The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-06-12
Gossip and GIeanings.

Gossip and GIeanings.
The New Jersey Editorial Association will
make an excursion to the coal regions Of
Pennsylvania from the 23d to the oath OF June.
Smith is in the Connecticut Legislature
six of him. aaI b. e1laai 1fidet
The Long Branch fishermen are very sue
AT a recent English wedding breakfast,
one of the speech makers wished the bride
'smany returns of the happy OCCASION"
Long Branch will have a daily paper dur
ing the season. seu
The Tomahawk calls the French Suez
Canal the unkindest "cut" of ALL,
Some witty but irreverent lawyer once
said that he doubted whether the Almighty
knew what would be the verdict OF petty
jury" f ca4 3la -fd ftll t4
"A Massachusetts, farmer has been plough
ing mp gold watch. 1t was lucky turn up.
Cen. Kirby Smith is managing Military
Academy at Newcastle, Kentucky. ir
The Inhabitants of Boston and Dorchester
will have an opportunity Of expressing their
sentiments on the question of annexation in an
effectual way on the I'D inst .l
Forty thousand beef cattle bound North
have crossed the Brazos River at Waco, Tex
as, the present seasons. Four thousand cross
ed in two successive days. i.l. .i5Ini
The Yale class of 1919 viii hold its fiftieth
anniversary this year. Out OF class OF thr-
ty-nine members only a dozen now survive.
"a Captain Jinks'' is to be performed at
Boston every Cay during the Jubilee. Lin
gard does it at a variety show, which he will
probably ehristen the Call-and see-'em.
The Yale men have acted handso nelly with
Harvard. As the latter sends four of her best
oarsmen to England, Yale allows her to select
ore man for the College Regatta trom the Law
School Mr.. Fay is the man. There is
''chiyalryY among the boating men, after ALL
The Medical Gasette has strong article
on sThe Infection of Crime, which condemns
the too prevalent practice of publishing highly
wrought accounts of criminal actions.
The centennial anniversary of the adop-
tion of the lightning conductor in Germany
was chronicled in the past month. May, 1769'
was the date of the erection of the first light
ming rod in Germany, on the tower OF the
aeobi church. .s.t t,ss.
"A New Hampshire paper says: 'Keene,
which boasts twenty-four legal voters bearing
the name of Ellis, is beaten by town Of about
one-fifth its population. A correspondent at
stratham informs us that Of the two hundred
and fifteen voters in that town twenty-five
| bear the name of Wiegin."
THE Puget Sound lumber trade has in
| creased very rapidly Of iste years. Upwards
of fourteen hundred vessels were loaded with
lumber from the mills on the Sound within
year past, and there is d n.-na fer new mills
to supply the Caliiornia rs,lrot- Ii'n
Extensive preparaticrs arc making in
Mystic, Ct., for the building Of gurbcats At
several yards the keels have sl-aady been laid.
1T appears to be the opiticn n England
that the wheat. crop there Ills year vii neith-
er be early nor great, owirg to tne cold north
and east winds which prevailed daring May
AT o young ladies' strinsr.. recently,
during an examination in his!eiy, ele Of the
most promising pupils was INTERCEPTED: "Ma-
nv, did Martin Luther die natural death2''
NO. was the reply, "he was excommunicat-
ed by o bull" fs 81, lf.g.ssi s..Uff
One of the fire companies of Brattleboro,
VT, recently elected negro to membership
when disaffected member offered his resgna-
ton, saving that he didn't want to train in the
| ranks with a black man. His request was met
with a dishonorable discharge BY Q unanimous
| vote. sss sai T. Haa 81 afn r.l
A Kentucky paper objects to the word
'scroquet'' as too Frenchy, and wishes the
game to be called Presbyterian billiards.
IA writer, describing one of the engage
ments in the late war, gives the following in
teresting item: "In the battle we lost the
brave Capt. Smith A cannon ball took off
his head. His last words were, Bury me on
| the spot where fell" "
"A young boy in Vermont, Fulton county,
III. hung himself 4 few days ago-the third
| lad who has committed suicide m that neigh
borhood within the past month.
In consequence Of the potter's strike at
Trenton, N. j., not less than five hundred per-
sons have been. idle for about eleven weeks,
during which time they might have earned
over $1,000.
-Rodas comes to govern Cuba, and with
him timely reinforcement Of Thousand sol
| diers. Since the trouble became active the
| spanish forces have had disabled more than
this number with killed, wounded and pros
| trated bv diseases incident to the country and
.ba climate. Five thousand will not supply
ths loss. and the next loss to be supplied will
! ha GREATER. How long will Spain stand the
drai..H1f ,,...an .ta,tsa in CHICAGO n wear
- aan' hnHN Lewis, is to be ENLARGED and
as1,y saya - .S.nasa to the Universe. The Chi
cago sorosis and Adva.' nee Guar - The
been purchased to be MERGE tnerein.
first issue under the new name VII. contain
paper by Robert Dale Owen entitled Spirit
ualsm a Moral and Social Necessity"
On Commemoration Day, at Charleston,
s. G., Chief-Justice Chase said: "The dead
are not dead. They have only gone before
and new see eye to eye. Why may we not all
borrow from their sacred graves oblivion of
past differences and henoeforth unite in noble
and generous endeavor to assure the honor and
welfare of our whole country, of all her States
and of all her citizens loo1a smsr7a
when Napolean visited the horticultural
show, the loyal ruralists filed the Imperial
carriage with prize asparagus and beans.
In book by DIR. Harley, just published in
London, there is some curious information in
regard to Hemlock. He has found that prep
arations from the dried plant or fruit are
quite inert, but that tho fresh plant and prep
arations from the unripe fruit are potent poi
sons; and he considers hemlock valuable as
remedial agent in a variety of nervous dis
eases. He is of opinion that it was the spot
ted hemlock with which Socrates and Phocion
were killed.
The Philadelphia Pa, insurance compan-
les seem to be in rather bad way The pro-
lection company lately closed its doors and its
assets, which had been represented at $780,
OOO were found to consist mostly Of office fur
niture; the Kensington Aas suspended and is
in the hands OF a receiver, and two others are
in very uncomfortable and uncertain circum-
stances. Some of the papers of the country
received good deal of unfavorabe criticism,
months ago. for intiTatipg that such state of
things as that in Ph.lsGsiahia might come to