The Portland daily press., 1872-05-30
News, Gossip and Editorial Notes.


1t is considered much cheaper for large
family to spend the summer in Europe, where
they can live at the rate of one dollar apiece
a day, while at Saratoga or Newport it would
cost five times that amount
The Danbury News says: 'The latest tip
for hats is perfect likeness of Mr.. Greeley.
The picture is so very natural that it seems
as if it would almost swear"
The London Telegraph says that when
Canada wishes to separate from Great Brit
ain the latter will make no objection.
A new style of china for dinner sets is of a
bright crimson color, with large gilt mono
gram in the centre, and border to match.
1t is announced in London that Mr.. Haw-
thorne's posthumous novel, "Septimeus" will
be in the hands of the public in few days.
In editing the book and in writing the pre-
face which introduces it, Miss Hawthorne has
been materially assisted by Mr.. Robert
Browning.
The London Standard, of recent date,
says: ''The political campaign just opened
in the United States has caused hundreds of
street riots men and women have been shot
down for their political sentiments, and
reign of violence and blood shed has been in
augurated which we pray England may nev-
er see."
Mr.. Bergh is stirring up a New York court
to decide whether. as merciful treatment,
turtle should be transported lying on its back
and tied by cordslpassing through holes cut in
its fins, or deposited in the natural way, feet
downward, and subject to jolting and tum-
bling about Dealers contend that the first is
the humane method.
The rush of strawberries and peas from Nor
folk for the north last week, Tuesday were so
| great that all the steamers were loaded down
to the fullest capacity, and good deal of the
"truck" had to be left behind.
The st. Louis post office has been located
so far west that the Democrat congratulates
itself that there are troops enough at the ar
senal to protect it from Indian depredations.
| An irate Western editor lately wrote to a
contributor: eff you don't stop sending me
such abominable poetry, Pll print piece of it
some day with your name appended in full,
and send a copy to your girl"
The new prima dona Mdlle Alboni, who
has recently created a sensation in London
and Florence is French Canadian by birth
and descendant of the family of which Long
fellows Evangeline was member, her real
name being Emma La Jeunesse.
ga Civil Servant" is the title of Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale's new story prepared to be
told before lycehms next winter.
1.-The power of France" says the Spectd-
tor, is inherent in her fertile soil and gallant
race. In four or five years she viii be mign-
ty once more.'
In order to get the streets cleaned, Little
Rock paper prints this pleasant paragraph
We have laid in an elegant assortment oi
frst-c,ass obituaries, from which we shall Sc
lect. with pleasure, fitting ones for each Of
the Aldermen, when he dies from the cholera
or other disease, superinduced by the filthy
condition of our streets and alleys.
The wholesale German emigration tC
America is attracting great attention in Eu
rope, and various theories are given to ac
count for it, the best Of which is that the peo-
pie are poor and want to do better.
From penny-a-lining some literary mel
have reached halfpenny-a-wording. Mr.
George A Sala made curious contract 10
writing the Thanksgiving Number OF tn
London Graphic. He was to put togethe
$1,000 words, and to be paid for his task