The Portland daily press., 1869-06-21
Gleanings and Gossip. +.

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], "A very sensible project has been set on
foot in Cincinnati for re-establishing the Vel
low Springs in Ohio as a summer resort on
the basis of a co-opertion society. W
Miss Alcott is writing novel TO be called
''The Cost of an Idea,'' the scene to be laid in
the transcendental town of Concord, Mass.
When Burlingame danced the Chinese
paid the fiddler $780, a"-sha.
The new form of nitro-glycerine called
agiant powder" is rapidly making its way as
an economical explosion for mining pur-
poses. el lDta 10 lrler 4t4N
"A Louisville priest has been refusing to
bury a Fenian. aa .sJ boz hsl.Li
10 Young Bennett has new yacht l-
The number OF reduced gentIewomen''
in England Is daily increasing, and in order to
alleviate their distress Miss Emily Faithful
has started in London Ladies' Work Socie-
ty, the object of which is to endeavor to pro-
! cure work, and to be the means of offering it
to the public for sale. '7in--s
The citizens of Norwich, CT, have appointed
committee Of seven, with Senator Bucking-
ham at their head, to collect funds for building
a monument to the dead heroes of the late
war;. gIlsHoI4 D. sA1 l- I-e t-
% IAN engineer resigned his position on
western railroad in disgust, because as he
said it consisted of nothing but the right of
way and two streaks of rust. e9 aA
The Supreme Court of Georgia has decid
ed, with one dissenting voice out of three,
that negroes are eligible TO Office in that
State. ID sldg bss .alall rl 3. .Ytt sA
The ability Of the female tongue to keep
secret is proved by the conduct Of ST. Johns
qirl. who did not tell her lover that she was
worth four millions in her own right until af
ter the marriage.
Rain water caught during May or the first
week in June, win keep long time perfectly
pure and sweet. Some caught in 1928 was
pronounced as sweet as spring water in 1860.
.. "A western paper says that half the bust
ness OF the courts in Illinois seems to be to sat
isiy the vengeance OF women because they
can't get the men to marry them, and the 9th
er half to enable women to get rid of men who
have married them. a HtlsllI.a
IAN English parliamentary commission is
now taking evidence about elections, and near
ly every witness assures the members that the
ballot is the best check on corruption and un-
due influence at the polls. ilg .' H naaa
-Missouri STATE bonds went up to two per
cant AZ New York on Wednesday, in conse-
oranoa Of the announcement that the interest
dus Ia July and thereafter, as well as the prin-
o,gal when it becomes due, will be paid in gold
coin. i.'si Fl % ,''i..i4At-
Not single witness or fact has been put
forward by the lawyers conducting the de-
fence of the officers of the ship James Foster,
Jr., in rebuttal of the overwhelming testimony
to their fiendish conduct.
The Evening Post, noticing the mania for
new railroads raging extensively at present all
over the country, estimates that there are now
building, and in various stages of completion,
one thousand miles of new road in New York
State, in addition to the thirty-five miles now
in operation. 4.r..r.r-
That pertinacious woman Of America"
Mrs. DIR. Walker, is still hammering away at
the doors of the Washington Departments,
and, as the latest reports say, with some hopes
at last of getting in, to fill clerkship 1t
seems to us this is very much like waste OF
feminine ammunition Ifthe doctor has MT
ted herself for profession, why doesen't she
practice it? At this rate she is no better than
a man.