The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-05

May Bellard, of La Crosse, took hot brick
to bed with her to warm her feet, and burned
up $1,000 house by so doing. -
Doors inlaid with ivory and Gilt are now
considered Indispensable in modern dwellings
on Fifth avenue. ~ b. ~ lHili0T
On January 4th no less than eighty frat
class private social entertainments viii take
place in New York. II. sir't-,C
Buff note paper and envelopes are in vogue,
and when ornamented by scarlet crest or
monogram are said to be very handsome.
Roman malaria is now the fashionable af-
fectation among young ladies who have been
to the Eternal city. Coughs are no longer in
vogue. d. -. Fl -.
The friends of Major Gen. Burnside in New
York will soon tender that distinguished gen.
tleman complimentary banquet at Delmoni-
cos. .T1lT--7
A Detroiter, who took a flask of whiskey
with MIN on shooting trip, struck a race
ed around it all night wondering why he did
not get to town. ~
Two barcns are circulating extensively in
society just now, and are eyed by match. max.
Ing mammas. There are two lords and a
duke in Washington, and count in Brook.
lyn. Lrao - - --'e",
woman at Oberlin, Ohio, collected rnon.y
ior the soldiers orphans, and useu It TO bny
bonnet. She said orphans alter they got used
to it, could live without bread, but women
must have bonnets or starve. '1 ni.T
This remark was made by young lady OF
St. Louis: 1T is wisely ordained that the
same WIND that sweeps our liesses aside also
dust"
Mrs. Stover, the daughter of Andy John.
son, who presided with so much quiet dignity
Tor three years at the White House. Is now
Mrs. Brown, the vile of country storekeeper
in Greenville, Tenn. Mr.. Brown is a plain
and elderly looking gentleman, well-to-do In
the world through his dealings In dry goods,
groceries and notions. Andy Johnson,s only
nving son, a youth seventeen or eighteen
years OF age, Is clerk In Mr.. Browns store,
Ex-Collector Bailey is reported to be In
South America. ~ b. hi -
The Presidents father Is spending the hoi.
days at the White House. ~ p =
Samuel Lowry, Of Nashville, colored man.
mas 6een admitted to practice In the Tepnes.
see Supreme Court. @
Mark Twain will publish burlesoue auto.
biography, In pamphlet form, in faw day,
through Sheldon & Co. 80
1t Is remarkable fact that the irst mama
erawn rom me jury box In Stouyhton, Mass
that of Minot G. Packard, his victim.
Leather bits should be substituted for metal
ones In the winter; since the contact OF fros.
" IRON causes liberation OF the horses
mouth.
A woman in Terre Haute glues her hus-
bands eyellds together when be gets drunk.
and when he promises better things She SOAK
tnem IN warm water and restores bis vision,
A Young lawyer of Philadelphia wrote to an
old limb near Chicago thus: SIS there an
opening In your part OF the country that
can set into?" Answer: "There is an omen.
ing IN my back yard. about thirty feet deep,
no curb around it. Ii that will suit, come op.s
In Washington court suit has been COM.
menced against President Grant, Chief JUS
tice Chase, Mayor Emery and Others. In their
capacity as trustees of the Metropolitan
church, to secure payment Tor the materials
used in the construction Of that build ne.
This is the first time the name OF President
has appeared on the docket as a party to .
civil suit in the District. y =,