The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-11
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Gossip and GIeaninGs-


Gossip and GlenninGs-
The London Student survived but half
year. ~ i.rs.i. aai la io,ioal.4l g. l.l.sla
-One hundred and fifty persons were ar
rested In Chicago the other day for leaving
their horses unhitched in the streets. e o-
The St Paul Dispatch thinks that pretty
much all Sweden is coming to Minnesota.
The Trinity faculty have tabooed class.day
chronicles. -ua a.lq io f-f'asir 81
-on an opening night at a Nevada opera
bouse an admirer threw an eighty dollar sill
yer brick at the dsbutante 'f 'see .i3ai.t
"A special tax of one-eighth fone per cent
is to be levied in Patterson. NJ, to pay the
sewerage debt and interest," ou-3 flila..s
The Prussian journals state that a Protes-
tant Jubilee is to be held next autumn at Ber-
lin, as q sort Of fcounterpoise to the Councilto
assemb in Rome. g s.s5 es-io,A t'i"
-Workmen repairing an old house in Hart
ford, Ct, lately, found beneath the kitchen
floor young butternut tree that without sum
light had grown to the size Of mans wrist,
running horizontally twenty feet ..s - lfl,s
Lester Wallack is the great lion in London
Just at present.
Gen. Robert @, schenck sails for Europe
this week s., - y l. .i,,s3I saoiaiii. ~ $3.50
Mrs. Jones, a farmers wife in Connect
cut says: ST believe I've got the tenderest-
hearted boys in the world. can't tell one OF
'em to fetch pail of water, but what he will
burst out crying. ''n q las2 ~ t.e,~
The latest news, from Cuba is 'Dulce est
desipere in loco Dulce is disappearing in
/ hat :. tI.If
'-Prentice's practical PHILOSOPHY teaches
that "if man begins conversation by saying
you know how frank am, knock him down
without waiting for him to get q word fur
ther." 5ls is.N 5pIsesess Z a.lti.-
-Maynard wants to play the part of big dog
and run off with the bone over which Stokes
aud Senter are wrangling. ii1i q a.sH
"A disease supposed to be ieprosy has ap-
peared among the swine, in the Vicinity of
Hamilton, Ont. 1t is the real article of He
brew antiquity, and this is said to be its first
manifestation in this county. l-e., Il.
Nearly all the cottage residents have re-
turned to Long Branch, end visitors have be-
gun to battle in the surf. y 49,,
Two hundred girls answered an advertise
ment in the Chicago papers by the manager,
who is to exhibit forty thieves. ~.
| The Professor Gabb, who sprang into sud-
den notoriety short time ago as the discover
| er of immense gold fields in the Island Of San
Domingo, has now got ready, to offer the
principal mining sites on lease" ....fs..
The various churches in New York city
| pay two million dollars annually, to have their
praises sung for them. -.
We are glad to see that Cen Thomas is
| going to make tour Of inspection through his
new command on the Pacific coast, including
| Alaska. tall the reports arc true, he viii
| find evils enough there to reform. ~ lns-
"A traveller in PENNSYLVANIA asked his
| landlord if he had haS any cases of sunstroke
| in that town. mo, sir" said the landIordi'if
| a man gets drunk here, we say be IS drunk,
and never call it by any other name."l "l9hslse
"A Nebraska editor asserts, with all the
boldness of one who knows, "that hell is tree
less t'.. .s.s-s..f .,if Il. ,s.,6. '.7,,1
1, According to an English authority it cost
Reyerdy johnson some $40 600 in gold for the
brief ministerial triumphs which he enjoyed in
the mother country.
| The Sun draws rather gloomy picture OF
Englands declining greatness, and thinks that
both Prussia and Russia will eventually ont
strip her In the race OF progress. y si seit,ai5
Miss Ida Lewis, the great American Life
Preserver, seems in fair way of gaining
great notoriety and in danger of being spoiled,
were she not very sensible, so many are the
honors heaped upon her, .a14k 1.i ai lalll,
| Mrs. DR.. Mary E. Walker is seeking at the
Department of State the names Of families in
tending to 90 to Europe. She wishes to travel
| with family as physician. aal ~ 'sDlag5 aif
The London Times has sarewdness enough
to forsee nothing but defeat and humiliation
for the Tory Lords who are inviting popular
vengeance by their resistance to the Irish
\ Charoh DissstablishaaAa4- -Rill----
"A Bishop in Vienna, having refused to
obey summons to appear before civil court
was arrested and taken before the judges BY
the police. Austria is getting ahead of the
English House of Lords in the line of Church
| reform 49,. .ii,..3o.i1Q = J.,
The daily bin Of fare of the elephant EN-
press. in Central Park. New York, is twenty
five four pound loayes, three hundred pounds of
oats and bran mash mixed, and one hundred
and fifty pounds Of hay. This she washes
| down with sOzty pals Of water. odi b. yea.
"A Partisan actress visited the lunatic asy-
lum at Charenton the other day. "why are
you here?" she said to one of the unfortunate
| patients. "Why, on account of an abandoned
woman like yourself" replied the lunatic.--
| swell, well." murmnred Mile. X----, ON lsav-
ing him, ''that lunatic is not so very insane"
The President Of the Republic of Nicara-
qua has written to the State Department say
ing that he would like to be furnished with the
| catalogues Of the schools and colleges IN this
| country, so that his people may see what edu-
| cational advantages are offered by this ccun-
try. -iei q ira'il i... -.. : -.
| Boat racing, base ball, cricket, yachting,
| and other heaith-giving outdoor sports are
,at;,a s,re hold in this country. The race for
| r-..,,b. in which foreigners accuse us of ex-
hsnsting the best portion Of our physical ener-
~. is not so exacting as to interrupt the
| growth of these pastimes. oA' '-s
| : "A worthy cilizen of Davenport, Iowa, was
standing In his door, on Monday, when up
| trimmed a bold damsel and demanded kiss.
aMe, vvbv I'm marrledr' said he in astonish-
,oent $50 much the better; you know how
-pm on woman's rights this morning, and
| TN commence with you. Come, kiss now,
quick" She then sprang 10 his front and put
up her lips The unwilling and foolish citizen
gave her push which sent her of the side
walk, and in the afternoon she had him ar
| rested for disturbing the peace. sie0F 7aa'li'.
| A married man in Bridgeport was recently
| urged by an insurance agent 10 take out . pol
lev for the benefit Of his wife TO the amount OF
| $4,000 or $4,000, aud long discussion en-
sued. which was ended by the husband, who
said aNo; a widow with more than $1,000,
would Be dangerous legacy to leave to pos
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