The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-07-05
Gossip and Gleanines.

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The National Game" The Virginia cleo
ton. July 9th. s3raa
"A Russian Prince has just been exiled to
Siberia for kleptomania A'
Miss Hensler, not Fanny EIlsler married
the King of Portugal .''tl,-'
"A Troy expressman says the letters 80.
Q. D." mean "Come Omediately Down"
E-The deed to every lot OF the new town of
Llscomb, Iowa, provides that liquor shall ns.s-
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part Of this continent which Efehh Efshhup ri y that
rarily occupies" -s..ee, .fsa as,ri
-Martha's Vineyard camp ground is nearly
fenced in The fence ON one side Is 900 feet
long.
Cincinnati has voted, by fifteen to one, to
subscribe ten millions toward the construction
Of q railroad between that city and Chattanoo-
| ga, Tenn. sasr. -541 ST.
The Jewish Messenger complains OF the
| introduction Of secretarian books into the pri-
mary and junior departments Of our public
schools. M a,.i.4 - t4t -flle4 tf.
Andy johnson, it is said, is about 70 write
book. 1t will no doubt contain many chap
ter of lamentations f4i IS 4illet
The Sun, which, in quiet way, isadvo-
eating the claims of Mr. Colfax as candidate
for the Presidency, is mortified to find that he
falls Just two pounds below the proper fighting
weight of one hundred and sixty ~ 'A'
Now that old Borieas has gone, how wiz
TIE Navy be able to raise the wind?
"A cranky bachelor says that there are rot
| half so many self-made men nowadays ~
| there are 'sself-made" women.
u Motto for the outside Of q snuff-box-
whats the odds SO long as you're rappeei-
Judy, sf.i.t assf ~ 3 taycs.
-Borie got out before the President could
say Jack Robson. ia @
A trip around the world is coming to b
the fashionable excursion. H
The Saratoga Trunk" nuisance has be
| gun.
Admiral Porter denies that he was In ia
4 vor Of Secretary Bories scheme OF changing
the names of cur war vessels. Secretar!
, Robeson, it is intimated, viii restore al sn
: old Indian names.
Not finding a police officer a San Francis
: co lady insulted in the street, looked Tor COD
a BILE stone with which she pounded her assail
l. ants head.
-Tba traditional drVa, of thunder an,
!, lightning, remembered by elderly people, ha
Z greatly died away in these days-the childrei
! fearing them as little as they fear shower Q
, rain. -------- of Ai
j lit is stated that young ladies make tn
. best telegraph operators during thunds
t storm, inasmuch as none have yet been foun'
J. who are afraid of the electric sparks-"or an.
: other man.
. A great blast was lately made at the linn
ouarries in CHtheroe, England. A tunne
i twenty-eight yards in length was bored, an'
I sixty-hundred weight Of powder walled in II
!. The mass Of stone sixty feet ir height wa
terown upward in very nearly vertical al
a rection, and at least $1,000 tons of solid lime
stone was displaced. ..f.s.
!; A North Carolina State Senator Is accus
: cd of having written the annexed letter: isis
q ter marry Wood have sent you by your hus
8 hand If had known when he was Going :
y leye. YOU Just buse him for me but don't yo
9 hurt your Self in so doing yon otieceo
brothear." re40 q 81 la 1..si
!. The Springfield Republican says; rlt
4 pleasant to hear of the gradual restoration
d permanent health Of Mr.. james r. Spauldin
y for so many years the leading editorial writ'
: of the New York Courier and Enquirer, an
I. the New York Times"