The Portland daily press., 1872-06-19

will hold these duds I'll show him that he is
out of order" The point was sustained
The Jacksonville, Fla, Republican says: Du-
vail county, with population of less than
twelve thousand persons has, during the last
forty-two months, had fifty-two homicdes and
suicidal DEATHS and thirty-two accidental
deaths. Only one murderer hung.
The cable announces the sudden death of
Norman Mcleod, D. d. The name is faml-
lar one to those acquainted with the Scottish
church. As the author of Eastward and
other works, and as the editor of the popular
religious magazine, 'Good Words" DIR. Nc
Leod has been well known to American read
ers. He was one of Queen Victoria's Presby-
terrain chaplains.
The Boston Transcript calls the cordial re-
ception of the English band to Boston on the
anniversary of the battle of Bunkor Hill, zone
of the whirligigs of time. The former recep-
ton was, without doubt, warm.
Eli Perkins, the new humorist, is going to
lecture next winter, taking for his text "a De-
fence of the Heathen." He will satirize the
heathenism of politics, religion and society.
Somebody wants to know if P. s. G. invited
the thunder this summer to help on the Jubilee;
and hopes he will spare us hail-storm chorus
outside of the Coliseum. H"f
Hon. Lewis F. Allen of Buffalo, an old Re
publican, having paid his years subscription to
the Tribune in advance some months ago, wants
his money back now that the paper has broken
it's contract with him by furnishing him with
an article he did not buy. He sent letter with
this demand to the Tribune, and complains
that it was not published.
John Hay, it is said, has made $1,000 in
Erie stocks within year. If he had been as
lucky years ago we might have been saved
Little Brooches and dozens of like mon
strosities, but, as Fitz-Hugh Ludlow despair
ingly put it, everything comes too late, too
late"
Bridgeport Church has invented new
form of religious lottery. A ''tea meeting is
held, and silver brick from Nevada is given
to the person who estimates its weight correct
ly by ''hefting estimate 25 eents-for
the benefit of the infant class.
An aged woman, of about 80 years, lately
arrived at the Albany depot in Boston COM
pletely exhausted by starvation. She had been
an inmate of the Dunleith Qowa) poorhouse
was provided with ticket to Boston by that
institution, and a pound of hard tack upon
which to subsist during her journey. Unfortu-
nately the old woman had no teeth, and was
consequently unable to make use of the food so
generously provided. ..-...-. .-.-...
In st. Paul young man treated his sweet
heart to the circus and accidentally became
separated from her. After searching distract
edly for half an hour, he discovered his adored
imbibing lemonade with rival. jerking off
his coat he was soon engaged with his hated
enemy in rough and tumble fight. The dam
sci looked coolly on, as they goughed each
others eyes, and finally remarked: -"Fight it
out, you chaps, Pm going with the Teller who'll
take me to the show tonight"
Edward A. Pollard is said to be seeking an
engagement as pamphleteer for the Greeley
Brown party As the author of "The Lost
Cause" he has peculiar qualifications for the
work.
Pere Hyacinth is engaged to be married to the
only daughter of Count Won Adel, a Bavarian
nobleman of wealth.
The Parisians say the Prince of Wales was
not cured of his low tastes by his long and des-
perate illness. He was on the scent for wicked
amusements on his recent visit to that city,
The inventory of articles lost and found on
Monday at the Coliseum and taken charge of
by the police includes eight parasols, one water
proof cloak, one veil, one panier and one trav-
cling bag.
The severe rains of last week washed the
brick-yard belonging to Joseph Nutter, in
Rochester, N. H., and destroyed $4,000 bricks
which were struck off and ready for the kiln
1t in the course of wants you find it neces-
sary to poison any one you had better not use
arsenic, for the simple reason that the billionth
of grain can be traced in the stomach and re-
mains there forever
The decided stand taken on the question of
temperance by the International Convention in
Lowell on Saturday, in making total abstinence
prerequisite for admission to the Young Men s
Christian Association, shows the degree to
which the need of the reform is taking hold
upon all minds.
Three years ago Gloucester lady made her
husband promise that he would give her each
day the five cent pieces he had in his pocket,
and on his birthday, a few days since, she sur
prised him by making him present of hand
some gold watch, costing upwards of $780,
which she had purchased with the money thus
obtained. 1t shows how fast little savings will
accumulate.