The Portland daily press., 1869-06-08
Gossip ana GleaningS,

Cholera bomb-shells in the shape of water
melons have made their appearance. eye
The American Tract Society issues daily
over 81 600 publications, of which 259 are vol
umes ' N N
"A fearful drouth prevails in the interior OF
Australia = ..s.....f ,i,i,
The Prince Of Wales has invited the
French Prince Imperial to pay him a visit
The men who were lately walters at the
hotels are now walters ON Providence. "
Helmets, Jr. has been presented with the
Arab horse "Said," which Lord Napier =ode
throughthe Abyssinian war. ,... 8. li-,. 4,s.,s.
"A New York paper supposes that during
the Heace Jubilee the Boston landlors will fur
nish their tables with tuning forks, 80 s,
Princes Metternich calls velOeipede" 50
machine that sets fool on rollers" aoA
The soiled and ragged fractional currency
should not be kept in circulation, but promptly
retuvhed for redemption. Boa aoifailIL =.
"A New York girl takes thirty seven mus
lin dresses to West Point-Chicago Post.
The dogs of war do not object to muslin, rs do
our common dogs.-Detroit Tribune. d ilia
"A Greek p aper In Constantinopie, the Ne
olgos, has been suspended for two months for
printing libel on the Prince Of Wales. aoilclO
-Jomini left several manuscripts ON mill
tary Subjects, which win be publihsed by
Brussels house the present year. 1l ia ld
1t is reported in London that another mo-
bleman has been ruined by turf operations.
His name is not mentioned. eah aie'
Another of Wellington's comrades is gone,
namely, the Oldest Austrian General, Baron
de Lsbzettern, who recently died ut ttAeugeof-
eightyrthree.
"A realistic manager in San Francisco in
troduced a live baby on the stage, with results
disastrous to the pathos the play. Z ..r Il
Death from suffocation by burning gas are
becoming so frequent that the term asphyrfd
will probably be soon corrupted into gdsgrtsa
Andy continues to express his views The
sstata If the country is his chronic malady.
A mn;s at owensboro, KY, rushed delib-
eratalv into the river the other day and drown
ed itself Supposed cause, pecuniafy smpar-
rassment and domestic unhappiness. laT n
We are inclined TO *dink favorlbly of the
plan whicn has been adopted in California Of
seizing Indian chiefs as hostage for the good
behavior of their tribes. ~ &. .'>.f.fa-lr l1
MIR Sumner is not only assailed by John
Bull, but by Bulls" generally, his speech hay-
ing made the fortune of Bears" on all the
stock markets OF Europe. f rr .a-r -a.
The members OF the Steinway piauo hrm
in New York return incomes OF S62,OOO, $4s,-
600, and $47 900, respectively Dodsworth, the
band man. realizes $11, 900 on notes.
IF as a late writer alleges, the gates of
hoova,, are swide Open," we wish the author
of that peculiar work would take the oppor-
s',,,ty to "sail in," and-spare us another
book
"A Harvard song commences, 'If you be-
long to Gideon's Band, here's my heart and
here's M; handr' Perhaps at the present
time it would sound much more appropriate if
the words were, changed so as to read;-"H
YOU belong to Gilmore's Band" etc. Fn
"A Judge in Greensbnrg, Ind, who had
been insulted by a lawyer, descended from the
bench and whipped him until he was nearly
dead. The Judge is now under arrest await
ing the result of the lawyers injuries.
Mr. Greeley is slightly iocose upon the
subject of capital punishment He favors the
introduction Of the gaillotine as an "Improssssq
Life Extinguisher." 80 the Boston
The Anniversary Of Of ti,.es a. large as the
Hill WIN w..a sR'Sces s4Rorces engaged in that msmoraOis
conflict.