The Portland daily press., 1870-11-22
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There are one hundred and eighty varieties
of ILLS for liver cnmnlaint

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There are one hundred and eighty varieties
of Lills for liver complaint.
The city chamberlain Of New York manages
to rake up $150,000 a year from the office-$42,-
600 of it for writing one check.
"Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime Rock, who
was married few weeks ago, received from
portion.
The Lord Chamberlain has forbiddan the
dancing of the "Cancau' a: any of the London
theatres.
The general post-office in London pays its
letter-sorters the magnificent sum of six shil-
lings week.
A farmer of Springfield, Ohio, recently pick.
ed 400 bushels Of cramberries from three acres,
and sold the lot for $3.50.
The expenses for running the city govern
ment OF Philadelphia, for the ensuing wear are
estimated at $9,622,74O. 80.
The wholesale oyster business of New York
employs capital of $4,000, 900, and about one
hundred and fifty vessels are engaged in bring
ing oysters from from Baltimore and other
Southern ports.
James T. Fields is about to write for the At
lantic Monthly, his recollections of distinguish
ed foreign and American authors with whom
he has been familiar.
Mile Dejazet, the eighty year girl of the Par
lslan stage, has gone with the other theatrical
u'UeiAies VI tne Deieaguored city, to London,
wnere she is playing in the Opera Comique.
Spanish hoods, the latest novelty in head
gear, have been introduced, and are much
worn by young ladies' in going to and from the
opera, concert or evening party. Young ladies
say they are lovely" inasmuch as they do
not ''muss the haiK."
me most extensive sale of horses ever made
at at auction was held at Brighton on Tuesday,
The horses averaged $500 apiece, the sale
amounting to $14, GOO.
A Kansas paper tells of an Indian agent
who, IN two years, has saved enough from his
salary OF $500 to build $4,000 house and set
up bis brother and two other honest fellows
in the newspaper business to denounce corrup-
ton.
Some of the personals" in New York pa
per are decidedly personal, as witness the fol-
lowing: eff the gentleman with black hair and
mustache who sat in the fifth row at Wallack's
Thursday night, will use soap on his feet, he
will be less nuisance.
An excursion party Of Indiana editors lately
visited Georgia. Two of them liked that part
of the country SO well that they Immediately
made arrangements to establish daily Repub-
lican paper at Chattanooga.
An American giraffe, seven feet high, has
been caught in the wilds of Winnipeg. 1t is of
a dark brown or mouse color, large projecting
eyes, with slight indications of horns growing
out. Hh afh
Since Kansas City has become so large city,
and so important railroad centre, it has been
thought advisable to have grand union depot
ior all the roads entering the place. 1t is said
that arrangements for such structure have
been made 1t is to be 500 feet front by 1000
feet deep, to cost $4,000, and to be built of
stone, brick and iron.
wheeler, the celebrated diamond hunter of
Cape OF Good Hope, has arrived in London
he brings stones valued at $50 900 pounds and
weighing SO carats.
1t is not always safe to attempt to cowbida
an editor. A young man named Robert r.
Stockton tried to whip the proprietor of the
Trenton IN. J), Sentinel, on Friday, and found
that he had caught Tartar. The editor whip
ped his assailant.
It is remarked that nearly every one of the
women who have entered upon the practice of
medicine make the diseases of women a speci-
atty, IN most instances refusing their services
when called upon to attend other patients.
Forty pews in the New England Congrega-
ti0nal Church (Rev. Merrill Richardson's),
IN New York, were rented Friday night for
over $4,000.
The woman Suffrage leaders in Massachusetts,
comfort themselves in this style: They take
Gov. Claf1in's vote, 10000; Mr. Chataway's
vote, $4,000; and Wendell Phillips vote of 90
OO0-all these candidates being friendly to wo-
man suffrage-and adding them together they
get total vote Of 1860 in an aggregate of
$50, 900 votes cast. 4