The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-06
LODA, III. Oct. 4 1870.
Gossip and Gleanings.

Wisconsin has population of 1862 $50.
542,72O being males. There are 2s25 colored
persons. The number of dwellings is 2Oo,-
66S. There were S9s2 deaths in the State
last year.
The Germans intend to attack Cherbourp
from the land side. They believe they can
carry the strong Notifications, as their engin-
eers have plan of all the works.
"A party of unknown men attacked a
negro cabin, near Bolivar, Miss, on Saturday
night, killed st. Jones, an occupant of the
cabin, and severely wounded his brother.
-Theophilus Z. Callicott, once speaker of
the assembly, and later United States col
lector Of internal revenue in Brooklyn, will
be released from the Albany penitentiary.
"A fire took place in Warrington, Fla, on
the 23d of November, destroying eighteen
buildings, involving the whole business part
OF the town. The totol loss is estimated to
be about $4,000 or more.
The Presbyterian Church at Saratoga
Springs must have planted itself on the
"Broad Church" platform, for Olive Logan
speaks from its pulpit next week.
In the summer of 1850, a lady while bath
ing at the south beach, at Newport, lost a
gold ring, marked with the name of the own
er. On Monday last the ring was found ia
the water by a boy, and was returned to the
lady, after lapse of twenty years.
AT Palermo, Ohio, the Rev. Miss Mary
A. Stinebaugh preached before the Methodist
Conference there in session. When the ser
mon was over, she stepped from the pulpit TO
the altar and was married to the Rev. Henry
j. Bradford. How nice!
Miss Sarah Edwards, lovely and accom-.
plished young lady, showing in the highest
and most aristocratic circles" of Galesburg,
ILL.,, passing blacksmith shop, accidentally
looked in, and see what follows. A workman
inside who was swinging the sledge, glanced
at her at the same instant. Their eyes met
and Their fate was settled. The blacksmith.
John Geddings, contrived to meet the lady
or course that was soon forbidden; but the
lovers corresponded. Naturally a runaway
marriage followed, and at Chicago, the two
were made one. The parents of the bride
were furious, but finally concluded to make
the best OF a bad bargain, and the curtain
drops, and all joiu hands and advance to the
footlights.
Somewhere in Australia the coroner dis
covered a bone in the ruins Of recent fire
which he proved to have been part of hu-
man body. 1t was also proved beyond a
doubt that a man named Jones had been in
the habit of sleeping in the burned building:
hence the bone in question had been his, and
the case was plain. The coroner pocketed
his fees. A week after the moribund Jones
suddenly reappeared, aud upon sending the
aforesaid bone. to a physician it was pro-
nounced ham bone.
Troy, not content with claiming the
champion drunkard, by reason of her "con-
firmed" specimen only eleven years old, now
shows what she can produce in the generous
way, as follows:
A few days since well known lager beer
saloon proprietor, who is noted for his close
ness, lost his pOcket-book containing up
wards OF 5000. A young man OF the city
had the good fortune to find II, ana discover
ing the name of the owner upon some pa
pers in the pocket-book, he returned it to him
safe and sound. The gratified Teuton, after
counting the money, and finding thas it was
all right, thus addressed the finder: Bob,
yeu is one honest man. 1 tell you what III
do: I'll shake you for the lagerp