The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-17

the second was not fatal"
Gov Walker, of Virginia, has pardoned a
negro convicted of larceny, it appearing that
the witnesses against him were the real culprits.
English brides are getting stubborn at the
word ''obey'' in the marriage service, and Dis
senters now leave it out altogether
A mean Wisconsin man avenged himself of
his adversary, who is poor widow, by empty
ing half bushel of potato-bugs into her ga1s
den.
The Bishop of Strasburg is now in Rome. He
gives a sad account of the condition of the
Catholic Church in the annexed provinces of
Alsace and Lorraine. III 80 a,
An lowe clergyman has four boys, and the
youngest is named Doxology, because he is the
last of the hims If another appears he will
be called Ben. E. Dick-tion.
In Lawrence, Mass, a city ordinance allows
persons charged with slight offences to have
their names suppressed on payment of one dol
lar. .....,-..-
Sunset Cox, of New York, was robbed during
his stay at the Carrollton House, Baltimore, by
a roommate of liberal principles, of a gold
watch and chain and $3.50 in greenbacks. .a.ta
Advices from the wheat-growing departments
of France speak with confidence of an album
dant harvest, now that bad weather is followed
by a warm atmosphere. i@'
While the people on this side of the Atlantic
are excited as to who shall be the next Presi-
dent, the question who shall be the next Pope
agitates the courts of Europe.
/ A country paper reports that the cellar of the
New Hampshire house where Greeley was born
is to be cut up into small holes, and retailed on
to Democrats good places in which to hide
after election. .Ia.l
Walnut stumps have become an article of
merchandise, and many of them are very valu-
able. The curly grain of the roots is used for
veneering, and some stumps are worth $3.50
after being properly worked into shape.
Go straight on and don't mind enemies. If
they get in your way walk round them regard
less of their spite. A celebrated character who
was surrounded by enemies used to remark,
'They are sparks which, if you do not blow,
will go out of themselves.
Lone Pine, Cal, has married pair, the male
of which is. half century old and the female
barely twelve years. They have been married
three years, and the wife still wears short dress
es and plays with dolls. sfs4s s.ts
An effort is making, to introduce Japanese
paper clothing in the West. One would think
they had tried paper. suits enough there in con-
nection with libel ID VIZ -
A young man in Mississippi who had lost a
leg in the war, crushed the other one so badly
recently that it he'd to be amputated. He talk
ed pleasantly during the operation, and thank
ed God that he had two strong arms left to get
living with"
The Cincinnati boy who threw bunch of
ire-erackers into the cornet Of one of Tony
Pastors horn-blowers, produced staccato pas
sage, which the player couldn't find in his notes.
A Florida correspondent of the Savannah
Republican says that the Indians in the ever
glades refuse to free their slaves, and swear
tibet Sheridan viii have to 'ride the tail off eve
ry horse in the army before they give up sim
gle Niger" A
William, Woodruff, the well known turfman,
died at Brighton, Mass, on Sunday, aged so.
The search for DIR. Livingstone is gradually
developing the nomenclature of Africa. For a
long time Ujiji seemed to be the only place of
note, but now Ugogo comes up smiling. We
like it better. 1t is a good name for the doctor
to remember. he has been in Africa quite
long enough 49, ~ .-,
1t is said that President Lincoln's family
were intensely panied by the publication of
Ward Lannon's book. Robert Lincoln attempt
ed to buy up the whole edition, and failing in
that went to Europe in order to be out of the
way when the uncourtly stories about his faith
er and grandfather were exciting the first sem
sation. a4t
r, The Manchester Cotton Supply Association
has disbanded. It was called into existence
during the dearth of cotton incident to the war.
and strove tomake England independent of the
United States, so far as supply of cotton is
concerned, by stimulating its cultivation in In
dia. ,.I
An elderly lady, who was being examined as
witness in a law case, insisted that her hus-
band had legal settlement in the town, be-
cause sHe was born and married there. and
they buried him there, and if that isn't settling
him there she's anxious to know what is .7a
Boston minister who was about to leave ON
his summer vacation, informed his people that
in case of sickness or death in their families he
hoped they would not hesitate to send for him.
but if they wished to be married he would pre-
fer not to be sent for, as they would have no
difficulty in securing the services of other min
listers for such an occasion.
AT the northern extreme Of New York CITY. a
few years ago, the firm which afterward con-
tracted to do the Hoosac Tunnel made an ex-
perimental hole with their machinery, forty feet
deep, through solid rocks, on an unoccupied lot.
The great hole was afterwards used as play
house for the children of the neighborhood,
when an enterprising German thought it might
be made available as an excellent wine cellar.
and leased it at "a merely nominal rent of it's
willing owner. 1t has since become one of the
most famous restaurants in New York, and is
crowded by visitors during the hot season, at
tracted thither by the oddity of the place and
its cool refuge from the heat.
The following story of the late boat race is
good: Every room in Digby that could be hired
was already occupied. A newspaper man from
st. John tried for one in vain for some time.
and then he walked into one of the houses that
had refused him and exclaimed in an impress
slve manner: Il am the editor of the st. John
Dday Vor PopuH, and will give you S. for a
room in this house as the headquarters of our
news bureau. will also put your name in nv
paper, sir,-and your name, madame-and the
names of all your family" Without waiting
for a response he walked up stairs, removed
some things belonging to a ruralist from a room.
put up huge sign-"H Headquarters of the st.
John DAILY You Populf '-on the door. and went
down stairs and thanked the people for having
made him comfortable