The Portland daily press., 1869-01-21
VaI.ietfeS.

MIR. and Mrs. Howard Paul will visit this
country again next March, under engagement
to Mr.. W. H. Lingard.
Alaska has base ball club Procupi Kic-
kad is first base, and Mr.. Komoipeehnsattri-
goo is pitcher.
Fifty people in Brooklyn were poisoned by
eating colofed ice-cream at Coming OUT
party last week.
Mrs. Betsey Rogers, of Newbury, Mass,
the champion" huckleberry woman, to whom
a reception was given last summer, slipped on
the ice Sunday evening, and broke her thigh,
a serious accident for person of ninety-six
years.
Mexican bandits are courteous set. Gu
tierrez, captain of a band in Jalisco, made one
of his captives the present of "biled shirt"
and cigar case, and gave him pass which was
duly honored by the next 'small party"
San Francisco's latest invention in the
way of deadly weapons is a two-edged dirk,
with handle at right angles to the blade, like
chopping knife. The blow is delivered
straight from the shoulder, and goes clean
through man the first time.
Them soldiers must be an awful dishon-
est SCI" said an old lady" ,"for not night seems
to pass that some sentry is not relieved of his
watch"
"A New York boot black has 5000 in the
bank. He has improved the shining hour" to
some purpose.
-"My friend" said the Rev. Sidney Smith
to cobbler who was mending his shoe when
the great wit was poor curate in Gloucester
shire. "You remind me of the sacred ordi-
nance of matrimony" "How SOP" quoth the
cobbler. Because you bind two soles together
in unity"
"A little fellow was eating some bread and
milk when he turned round to his mother and
said:-"Oh, motherl I'm full of gloryl There
was sunbeam on my spoon, and swallowed
it."
-Lossers on election bets in San Francisco
have been trying to get back their money by
legal process. But they didn't.
The San Francisco Alta California says
that california dried figs are taking their
place in the market and gradually crowding
out the imported article, many of them being
decidedly superior in quality to all from Smyr-
ma, save the very best. The raisins generally
are inferior to the imported, but they are i'm
proving in quality every year. So are the
prunes."
knowledge of American geography is lin
tied in France. A new work on the subject,
used in many French sohools,speaks of Toronto
as one of the eastern cities of the United States
of Portland as the capital of New England,
says the Germans constitute a large part Of
the population of the Territory OF Missouri,
and declares that the Territory of the Rocky
Mountains was conquered by the American
troops under General Fremont.
"A letter from st. Petersburg mentions tnat
the Prince Sergins, third son OF the Grand
| Duchess Mara and who is but Just nineteen
| years OF age, is about to follow the example
of his elder brothers, by making marriage
| NJ inclination The lady is the Princess Trou-
betskoi lady of honor at the Russian Court
and cousin to the Duchess de Sesto. The En-
,eror Alexander has already given his con-
| sent.
The Pail Mall Gazette as discovered that
Mr.. Gladstone's patronymc was originally
| Gledstanes. 1t is so in the old ballads, and is
derived from a holding on the Scottish border
so called from a cairn of stones frequepted by
| gleds, !. e., kites. 1t was common in the North
| to designate places from being in the vicinity
| of haunts of certain kinds of birds, and from
i these personal names have been in turn de-
| ri red, Hawk-shaw, Ravens s-heugh, &c.
| The postmaster at Oakland, California
has been made i'll from the presence OF alAaI'
in the mail matter received by the overland
route, which he is obliged to handle
in the Parliament of Greece recently,
debate grew so hot that several meni0e's u ,ne
Chamber OF Deputies came to blows. a. the
next meeting a council was held 10 devise
moan. % Of preventing such scandalous scenes,
la ono Of the deputies delivered the follow
"onoorls: "You see, gentlemen, that am
short M and aiIing, and therefore it is quite i'm
rossible for me to represent my province in a
satisfactory manner. l therefore beg leave to
send in my place one of our strong mountain
eers, whose muscular power will do more than
any speech of mine towards promoting the IN
terests of my country. The affair ended Win
laugh.
-Colored children are often used on the
stage at the South when the opera of"Norma
is performed.