The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-07

o Boston is now sending its books cut to the
country by the cord. ,,rte-.g
West Point has at present two hundred and
forty-nre cadets Sc u
Regimental cooks in the Russian army are
fined months pay every time they spoil a din
1 ner ~ aH - 81 %
| The stad Portsmouth Journal says oranges
are for sale in that city which resemble feudal
castles-thick on the Rhine.
| The Methodists, once noted for the extreme
simplicity of their places Of worship, are now
building some of the most elegant and expen-
sive churches in Western cities.
The catch of mackerel up to this time has not
been more than two-thirds that of last season.
Whether the present month will add materially
to the catch remains to be seen, says the Cape
Ann Aduertiser - ~ T.
The 14th New Hampshire Regiment is to have
a reunion at Keene on the 18th inst. There
will be meeting to organize at IL o'clock, and
after that an address by Col Carroll d. Wright,
and banquet, with speeches, &c. D g2G
Charles Marshall of Duxbury, Vt, who has
been infrm in health, and supposed to be in
consumption for several years, vomted up
lizard three and half inches long the other
day, which he supposes he imbibed in drinking
from some brook Or spring. He feels relieved
The silk weayers of Patterson, N. j., Friday
held a grand demonstration in favor of protec-
ton to their manufacture. About four hun
bred men were in line. They held mass meet
ing in the evening. 2 4 yt13IG ltI
Mexican advices say the revolutionary ele.
ments are again undergoing organization, and
they will again take the field in opposition to
the government They expect to perfect their
arrangements during the Presidential canvass
and make the result pretext to infiame the
minds of the people. Porfrio Diaz is to be
their Presidential candidate, although he is in
arms against the government. He has declar-
ed theiconstitution null and void.
The st. John Globe gives an account of
fight between two semi-nude men in a rain
storm on public wharf in that city, with some
brutal details and asks, SIS our civilization
failure"' If that is a sample of st. John civ
ilization, the question is pertinent
Joaquin Miller, it is said, has abandoned
his intention to lecture, because his voice
doesn't correspond with his Cheek" ~
Mishigander is said to have sneezed from
his nose, the other day, a Minnie ball that had
entered his eye during the war -A--'
Rev. B. r. Hoyt, the Oldest ordained minis
ter of the Methodist church in New England
died Friday at his residence in Salem,
Mass.
Oscar, the new king of Sweden, when bow
of twelve ran away from home and was found
in the streets of Copenhagen, barefcoted and
ragged, playing marbles. l4lf ..l-rr-
A Brooklyn justice recently dismissed the
case before him and discharged all the prisoners
because he was too drunk to proceed with the
business before the court
We are sorry that the enterprise and q activity
OF the people of Kentucky have led to the pro-
suction of a new religion. We thought that
the market was already overstocked with the
commodity of sects, and he would be a bene-
factor of his race who would cause one
to grow where now there are two.
The new sect is, of course, a Community
and it calls itself by the entcing name of "Soul
Sleepers," the distinguishing article of faith
being that the soul slumbers in the grave with
the body until day of general Judgment in the
far future.-Neao York Eoening Mall
That view is entertained by one or two very
popular orthodox preachers in Maine.
The artesian well in the public square of Lin
coin, Neb., is flowing 100 barrels per minute of
good, salt-produced brine. ..H
Martha Dean Briggs commands the Con-
quest schooner that has made five trips be-
tween Dublin and Glasgow this season.
A meteor as large as a mans head, and car
rying a tail 200 feet long, has been kissing
within hearing of the Michiganders.
A widower observed the third anniversary of
his wife's decease with little supper the other
night. The affair passed off in an agreeable
manner, aed the party separated at a late hour
In the best of humor
"Hugging set to music is the term applied