The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-14
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= '-The latest Victim to the INTERVIEWING
mania is Mr.. George Peabody, -''l .''a
! --Thalberg is in Paris. &c eisnow very rich,
and only plays at private parties.
4 There is much opposition to the side shows
proposed near the Coliseum 21h"2
-fom Brown Hughes s going to write a
book on aAlfred the Great" - '3i'Fs
n'- Augusta, Georgia is eating buscuits from
new fiour lIi5i tnoatH 81 10 sfulA -
bsaAnna Dickinosn asks triumphantly wheth-
er ladies belong to any Of the s'rings' SO much
talked about sl1-se " h2taH -. Duh
4 Emma Webb, the actress, leaves the stage
for the stump IN opposition to the woman suf
frase movement. Ae't 'h isHN'i'ioN riA
"A skeleton, supposed to be that of an In
dian was found at Kingston Point few days
ago. IL had been buried in standing posi-
ton. :. 81 aap rneE scsos vpA
no--A pair of twins Joined after the Siamese-
twin fashion was born in London last month.
They spared the world another painful inAic-
ltion by dying. ti5N N'sqn NnA4 allan
iii--Hon. w. A. Richarsoa Assistants Secreta-
ry of the Treasury has been commissioned to
act sas Secretary ad intefsDs whenever Mr..
Boutwell, shall be absent.O 1dsiabi1
a "A high minded person has bought Jeffer-
son Davis family carriage QUE OF a junk-shop
in Richmond, with iintentite exhibit it at the
ssPeace Jubliee" in lBostons9 VI WoN
y 2rhe presence Of an Unusual number of
British, French, and Spanish vessels in Amer
ican waters is among the observations Of the
hour. ti-"'-'t 80. qua aAi'4' 'la
ae.aThe long vexedA question Of the extent of
the Jurisdiction OF the Interior ana War de-
partments in the management of Indian af-
fairs is inia fair way to- be settled. 'ai 30
Ds-AFhe voygael6f the raft n onpareil to Europe
is postponed. The owner is to take his craft to
Philadelphia TO exhibit il, and will afterwards
return to New York, to sail some time about
the last Of this month. ip e'heiH i's
"A number of the national banks which
are repositories have applied to be struck from
the list saying that the privilege is defri-
ment to their business, and that they can otii-
erwise more proftably empl:y the bonds de-
posted for security. a- a#a'
AT fashionable wedding in st. Louis last
week, the officiating Clergyman the kev. Faith
er T. NJ Keilty in his address to the groom,
said: '"You are the man, and the man must
be the ruler Any idea hooking TO woman as
being the ruler is perverslon OF Scripture
esATheI Archbishop OF Canterbury is a sensi-
BILE politicians. He advises the House OF Lords
not to oppose the overwhelming sentiment in
favor Of the Irish Church bill and thereby
make stand against a foregone conclusion.
af---A story is told of German shoemaker
who, having made pair OF boots for gentle
man of whose financial integnty he had con
siderable doubt, made 4 he following reply 10
him when he called for the articiess der
poOts ish not quite done but der beel ish made
out,,i1aTl aid ilsl NH hris ssiiEi slaA
IA cancaniste at St. Louis executed flying
leap from the stage into one OF the private box
es the other evening, and scratched the face of
swell who had winked at her. ~
81 senator Nye has, In he name of the Pa
cific slope, asked Mr.. Sumner to visit that part
of the country and speak upon International
and other topics of the day, The correspond
ent Of the Tribune says that Mr.. Sumner has
accepted the invi alto i 'a'i io4 hiret
h--Correspondents from different parts OF the
South are playing sort Of a match brag game.
Their boast that public opinion runs this, that
and the other way, Of course eoinciding always
with their own peculiar views, makes it dubi-
Gus il there be any such a thing as public opin-
ion down there at all. s. s''iea "a sts
I S-sprague, of Ghcago,9 Is a sort OF critical
visitation sent to US TO show in how many aud
\ what miraculous ways certain English words
may be spelled He would pass for pretty
good iokist OF the orthographical school, aud
some of his efforts are without parallel. He
spell sthe word wild thus-''yld.''a This sub
lime reliance on the sound Of the first letter
would have broken the heart Of Artemus.
1t was always conventional belief in So
ciety that murder viii be found out. But peo-
pie may remember great number Of instances
to contradict this To these they must prob
ably now add the case Of Gilbert Robinson, Of
\ Rye Neck, lately murdered in q manner SO ST.
| lent and fendish, His murderer, like the mur-
derer Of Mr.. Rogers, has a chance Of remain
| ing forever unknown, since the inquest jury
at Rye Neck has returned its verdict, after the
fruitless investigation Of month. N
The University boat race to come off be-
tween the Harvardites and the Oxonians has q
moral-like puglism. In It's preamble, it teach
es all men that health and physical vitality de-
pend largely on temperance and rational exer-
else; and, for this once, the young men are OBJ
| serving the good rules which they should be al
| ways practicing, more or less. The oxonians are
i now growing stroug on solids mainly; and the
i Harvard men, who take freely to vegetables
/ and ordinary drinks. rather laugh at this. But
| in this difference of opinion they are both
probably right, The English are too moist by
nature, and SO wish to dry up little, while
our men, of much drier mould, may take their
suecuent yictuals wish climatic propriety
-Tayiorville, Illinois, recently had shower
| of snakes. All. the streams, ponds and rivu-
lets were full Of them. -s,-s,...--..-
% Another party Of forty "Josephites' i. e..
l followers of Joseph Smith, the younger, and
enamie. of Brigham Young, have left Salt
~ C,ilv.t sssisba zora kr7 cHru
i v;os.President Colfax and wife at BooRton,
N n the guests of Congressman Hill
The trial of the officers of the em2rant
ship James Foster Jr. has begun in New York
The excavations at Hereulaneum, under
taken by means Of the $4,000 francs granted oy
King Victor Emanuel, have led to the discov-
ery of q large room, which must have served
for kitchen. In it was wooden clothes
press, entirely carbonized; also fourteen vases
| a capdlabrum, and lamp, all in bronze, sew
eral vessels in glass and terra Gotta, small
marble statue of faun, and two broken Ia
bles, one in marble and the other in slate
Visitors have been very numerous OF late 10
examine these objects .or..n
"A thoughtful English writsr says that un-
dergraduate life is exceedingly deficient in
two great merits-simplicity and seriousness
John q. S lrratt has gone into the pro
duce and general commission business IN BAL
timores The rebel sympathizing papers o.
Maryland. in referring to the fact ask for hia
q large share of custom, on account OF tn
-,a-secntiou to which he has been suoieete'
1ha last three years, etc. p % lasa.lc~
-l.q.9 .r.at fr, iip MiH sai