The Portland daily press., 1872-10-08

A man in Kentucky was recently indicted
for murder on the sole testimony of sister
of the murdered man. Being released on
bail, he devoted himself assiduously to this
dangerous witness, and before the time of
trial, effectually debarred her from testifying
against him by marrying her. He was ac-
quilted for want of evidence, but not every
man having his choice between hanging and
marriage would choose the latter alterna-
tive. ...r
Calumny viii soon starve and die of itself
if no one takes it in to lodge.
Young men in want of an heiress to pay
their bills can address sealed proposals to an
Indianapolis girl who says she is worth $780,
600, and spends portion of it in advertising
for husband
Nothing will cure home-sickness in Chi
cagoan but the combined smells of carbolic
acid and burned egg shell.
1t must not be inferred that the country is
"going to the dogs" because the selection of
the next President of the United States is re-
duced to choice between type-setter and
West Pointer.
A reporter writing up wreck at sea said
that no less than thirteen unfortunates bit the
dust. 4 - .
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man: '.One who is keerful of his clothes,
don't drink sperets. ken read the Bible with
out spelling the words, and eat cold Dime
on wash day without grumbling.
The new hundred dollar greenback will
soon be in circulation. 1t will have hearty
welcome, irrespective of party.
The medicine chest of one of the abandon
ed Arctic whalers was broken open by some
of the natives, who, thinking they had found
prize, proceeded to swallow tine contents Of
| all the bottles. The survivors describe the
result as startling, for the doses were too large
| for the constitution of even an Esquimaux.
| Several of the partakers died, and Others
wanted to but couldn't. ,.-. .......
The German measure of mileage is shortly
| to be modified in accordance with the metric
system. The German mile will be enlarged
from 1900 to 10. 600 metres. l a t
A seals paradise has been discovered, and
will soon be invaded by hundreds of enter
prising fishermen. Around group of small,
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south and east of Cape Horn, for twenty
years and over, the soft-eyed seals have sun
ned themselves and gamboled in perfect Sc
curity. But now change is to come DER
the spirit of their dreams, and it. will, from
this out, become the struggle OF their lives to
see whether they or some elegant young lady
will wear their skins. H ..ua.
A man who bought thousand Havana
cigars, recently, on being asked what he
had, replied they were tickets to course of
lectures to be given by his wife.
A Mississinni sheriff went for Judge to ar
rest him, but after the judge had put three or
four bullets through him, he changed his
mind and composed himself to join the innu-
merable caravan. t
Two colored men got into dispute at
church in Little Rock, Ark, as to which had
put the most money in the box, when one of
them drew pistol, and in another instant
there was but one party to dispute.
"There is one thing you see here that you
don't in London" said native to an Eng
lshman. ''What is that?" asked the for
eigner. ''Your shadow"
Iwenty-nine of the present cabinet minis
tiers of Europe, are free-masons. One is Grand
Master of one of the foremost Orders in Eu-
rope.
The Saturday Repie1 says: ''There is al
ways one side of mans character which
will bear the light and on which the funeral
sermon can expatiate comfortably.
A woman attempted to commit suicide by
drowning, at Chester, Illinois, and the boys
threw mud at her. She postponed dying in
order to have them arrested.
A curious suit for damages has just been de-
cided in Montreal court Two young men,
some time since, dressed themselves up as In
dians and, just for the fun of it, went out to
call on their friends Among other places
they called at a hotel and entered, without
any warning, the public room, where the
plaintiff, young lady, was sitting. As soon
as she saw them she ran out of the room and
! fell in swoon in the adjoining apartment. II
was six or seven hours before she recovered,
and her condition was for some time critical.
Suit was brought, not against the young men
but against man and his wife, who it was
alleged, instigated them to the joke, and
damages of 500 were awarded
THE "MoNTHLY GOSSIP" in the October
number of Lippincott's Magazine, contains
this capital story:
Perhaps the most brilliant conversational