The Portland daily press., 1870-01-27
Gossip and Gleenings.

The ends ofjustice-a cat-o,nine-taIs.
Punch
Words that burn-Rejected communlca-
| tions.-EI. .1
The Tippler's excuse-better tight than
| lax.-Punch.
The person who " found his match" has
since struck it.-Jadd.
A tonsorial' artist has " studio" In
Carmine street.
There is Door County in Wisconsin. It
is always open to immigrants.
dorchester in Massachusetts,, has degen
Grated, by annexation, into the Sixteenth
ward of Boston.
The Montreal Witness says the Ameri-
cans may well be proud of the fact thet two
Secretaries of War have died poor. a'
A petition to the legislature for female
suffrage is being extensively circulated
throughout California.
-One-ninth of the whites in Arizona have
had their hair raised by Apaches within the
past ten years.
"A duel was recently fought in Kansas
City, in which the weapons were a pltchfork
and butcher-knife
- Boston has machine in full operation
which will clip horse in an hour, and make
clean and even work oft. "
The young lady who "wished she was a
bird" changed her mind after dinner on
Christmas day, when she saw how dreadfully
little was left of the turkey.-Judy.
After all Indiana and Illinois are nc.
where compared with Oregan, in the matter
of divorce. In one Oregon county last year
there were 123 marriages and 40 divorces.
A Peoria, ILL.,, paper advises its readers
to "nail things sure. to keep them from being
stolen," as the thieves are determined to visit
every house in the city.
Ole Bull starts soon for the Pacific coast
on musical tour, the net proceeds of which
are to be devoted to the erection of a light
house on the coast of Norway.
Five hundred and fifty large volumes
have been filled with copies of deeds, at the
Suffolk Mass registry of deeds, within thirty
years.
-Four business firms in Ottawa, Iowa, ad;
vertse to pay. their customers silver in change
provided the amount does not exceed fifty
scents uud tire purchase Is over one dollar.
: Miss Winnie Ream is said to be singer
as well as sculptor. If the old rule holds
good, the one singing Ream ought to be equal
to twenty tuneful quires. --,, ..
-Four years ago there was solitary wo-
man studying medicine at the University of
Zurich; now there are sixteen who are earn
estly pushing their studies there unmolested.
Adam Clark, in advising young wes-
leyan preacher, told him on no consideration
to hold interviews with women, especially
youthful ones-unless in the presence Of wilt
nesses. ,..a.
indianapolis never had so much sickness
as during the recent session OF the State
Teachers Association at that place. OF thlr-
ty.seven families called upon, thirty would
like to accommodate, and would do so but for
sickness in the house." --c
"A colored boy of Red Hook, y. Y, was
last week sentenced to three months In the
Albany Penitentiary, for killing and dressing
a cat and selling the same to Mr.. Miles Brzce
as fine large rabbit, of which the latter par
took.
Judge E. p. Brooks, Of Elmira, N. Y, for
many years canal appraiser, intended to re-
sign that position on the completion of the
business on hand, and made rough draft of
his resignation, which he laid away. TbI.
draft was stolen and forwarded to Gov. Hoa.
man, by some scamp, and the Judge wa. as
tonished a few days since at receiving from
lhe Governor highly complimentary letter,
accepting his resignation. The matter was at
once righted, and the resignation returned.
Major Geo. W. Whistler, son of the chief
engineer of the construction Of the western
ruilroad is dead. His connection with tue
great Moscow and st. Petersburg rallroau
made him for many years resident OIL nus
sia, where he amassed large fortune. he
afterward removed to Frankfort, in Germany,
where he has resided most of the time for tsn
years past He died In Brighton, England.
His LOYALTY was conspicuous during the rebes
lion. -----