The Portland daily press., 1870-11-04
Terms $500 per ammun,, is, adrance.


late election.
The modern (K)night Errand( "A hus-
band sent for the doctor.-lJudy.
Walters in New York restaurants make
$40 to $50 week in fees. 1.s0ias1a
The latest style OF war engraVings-Metz-
o-tint.-N. Y. Com. Ado. .l.
The winter in New York promises to be
the gayest for manv years. 71
-"He-Never-Weeps" is the name of Red
Clouds only brother-in-law. rsls
Henry Ward Beecher was the text for
liberal sermon in Chicago recently. ai
The New York sections have struck for
more pay for opening their churches to fash
ionable weddings r. .r4 fifl .auIi
Major Pauline Cushman, the "Unlon
Spy" is in Buffalo. sa- ha5aW
The Boston clergyman and the Brooklyn
editor are still 'going it Full-Tlt." itO
The Tribune calls Jim Fisk, Jr., - mag
got of the days compost" which is very good
The colored Baptists of Kentucky have
purchased fifty acres of land at Frankfort on
which they propose to establish theological
| school. .r ..s.- rr,tt
"A fifteen pound baby was included
among the distinguished arrivals at Taunton,
| the other day.
| The net profits on convict labor in the
Massachusetts, State Prison, last year, was
about S26,750.
"A contemporary tells of a drug store, the
sign whereof reads, physicians prescriptions
carefully confounded."
"A Crawford county, Ill.,, man, sold his
boots tor 81, and stole them back the same
night. Some people call it enterprise, but
others call it mean.
Senator Revels of Mississippi, opened the
Mechanics Course of Huntington Hall, Low
ell, on the 26th ultimo.
The meanest man yet heard Of is an ex-
tensive grape grower on Catawba Island, who
makes his girls "chaw" wax while picking the
| fruit, so they shall not eat any,
Statistics of the gas rates In SO cities
show that Pittsburg furnishes the cheapest
gas in the country, the price being s1.s5 per
thousand feet, while Columbus, Ca, pays the
highest rate, $3.50.
Olive Logan declares that she will "re-
move the mystery that surrounds the girls"
The rest of you may shut your eyes, but
hanged if We will.-Louispille Courier-your-
/ nal
Another large piece ofgranite has arrived
in Albany for the new Capitol. 1t weighs
twenty-five tons, and twenty-five horses were
required to draw it up State street.
The last announcement at weddings is
betting among the audience as to whether the
| groom will kiss the bride or not. Kid gloves
are won and lost with reckless profusion.
-Ex- Congressman Wilson of Iowa, who de-
clined to be Secretary Of State, and who is
now prominently mentioned in connection
with" the English mission, was chosen road
supervisor at the recent election.
The Hartford Times says it is thought
that the bequest of the late Chester Adams to
Trinity College will amount to $4,000, in
stead of $4,000, as was at first supposed.
Correspondents should keep in mind the
fact, says the Congregationalist, that every
periodical which is good for.,anything, is al
ways crowded with matter, and that every
inch of space is valuable In these days con-
dense must be the motto of every successful
newspaper writer. fV 'ia'l.t 1i
Lake Michigan is the deepest of all the
great lakes, having an average depth of 900
feet. Lake Superior has mean depth of ese
feet and Lake Erie of only s4 feet. The area
of all the chain of lakes is 10000 square
miles. -" e''.' RI i''.Ht
Louis Wechman, one of the witnesses at
the Surratt trial, holds position in the Phil
adelphia custom-house, and was recently
married to Annie johnson, young lady who
has been quite prominent in the temperance
cause. ay So l9n
Eighteen hundred men make locomo-
tive engine in one day-boiler, cylinders
frame wheels, truck, stack, cab, pilot and ten
des comolete--the speed OF torty miles an
hour and the power of a thousand tons ere.
} ated in day. 4I iddf lig.u %
A patent has been taken out in England
! for hollow iron curb-stone, inside of which
telegraph wires may be put, instead of being
buried in the earth, as is often done there
J The new plan will save good deal of labor
in taking up the roadways and pavemsnts fol
the repair of the lines. 9 tafsz.Q
"A circus in Ohio was struck by storm
and the tent lifted many feet high, and car
ried sheer over the people. The poles were
dragged through the crowd creating some bad
casualties, The elephant broke loose and
left the show in disgust. lgluoI
The Chicago Times, alluding to the capil-
larry process of making butter, adds that
there is capillary sort of butter product
that is often developed at boarding-hous
but this is different invention"
Not long since, while one of the river
boats was taking on some live stock, among
the lot was one large gray mule, that refused
to walk the staging. The mate sang out to
roustabout to "twist his tail, and he'd Gomez
A coroner's jury have decided that the man
came to his death "by obeying orders"
, The American Tract Society employs
r Chen Chung, Christian Chinese, as col
porteur among his countrymen in Californis
, with good success. He visits them in all
their Ihouses, as well as in stores and shops
, converses, breaches and distributes tracts, an,
t is kindly received. ..o o.i4sa 9a4s
1, Buffalo hams, neatly cut out of the hins
! quarters of the buffalo, with the skin left Oh
e them, sell in the town of Hays, Kansas, fol
!, $3.50 each. They weigh from two to tbrs,
hundred pounds each. The hams, tongues
e and rump steaks of the buffalo are delicious
s eating. ,.....r..
The burden of taxation, an exchange
says, in South Carolina must be very severe
In Kershaw county 1905 tax executions are
waiting collection, involving nearly one-third
: the population of the county; in Darlington
: county, $4,000 acres or one-sixth Of the ares
l is advertised for sale, in Fairfield county 4y-
t COO acres, in Williamsburg s6,542 and in th
r whole State nearly one million acres Wo
indeed, is upon rebellious people. 1'
! "A Dutchman, the other day, reading Al
5 account of a meeting, came to the words, "th
meeting then dissolved" He could not defn
the meaning of the latter, so he referred t.
D MS dictionary and felt satisfied. In fev
! minutes friend came in, when Hans said
"Dey must have very hot wedder ders il
, New York. I ret an agount Of meetin' ver
0 all de peoples had melted away" ,vli sdl
t Six students in the scientific department
/, of Dartmouth College have been given an in
definite vacation, for ducking Freshman un
n der the college pump. The faculty express 4
determination to stop all forms OF "hazing,'
even if whole classes are lost from the insti
! tuition. .--ll E.il .5.t
"A remarkable phenomenon accompanied