The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-14
Personal and Peculiar.

Mr.. Geo. Sawyer of Hartland Me-, has two
deer which he has caught during the past
winter. They are both alive and doing fine
ly, aud have become quite tame.
Men were cutting ice on one of the ponds
in Woburn. Mass, few weeks ago, while
robins were singing blithely in the trees on
the shore.
Contracts by telephone are declared to be
legal by the Kentucky Supreme court, but
oaths by telephone have not yet been sane
toned by any court.
Woonsocket, r. l., with %, 900 population
claims to be the largest town in the United
States, an application for city charter never
having been made.
Whenever the Queen is at Osborne Brit
ish man-of-war is stationed off the Isle of
Wight, presumably to protect royalty from
a possible second Spanish Armada.
1t is estimated that 75o, 900 people go into
London by rail every day to attend to bust
ness, and leave it at night, aud yet an acci-
dent rarely occurs.
A Madrid man has invented cane that
contains complete set of typographical and
telegraphic instruments, heliograph and
lantern. It is intended for the use of engi-
neers in the army service.
Some genius has invented a fishing rod
that registers the precise number and weight
of the fishes caught; but, like the penny
blessing of j. Wellington Wells, it is not
| popular.
Every Italian member of Parliament dead
heads it all over Italy, and wonderful to re-
| late, is entitled to a compartment to himselfl
| Consequently, if several are in train there
| is apt TO be difficulty about seats. Italian
Pariiaments are never prorogued-only ad-
| journed.
A life prisoner in the penitentiary at
| Charlestown, Mass. claims to have bullet
| in his head which he can feel move when
| ever he shakes his Uranium. He has sold
| his head to a doctor for SIS, with the proviso
| that he is to keep it until his life sentence
| has expired.
At Queen Victoria's last drawing com
there we're some splendid Eastern costumes,
and an Indian lady, having kissed the
Queens hand, offered her Majesty an Orlen-
| entail salaam as she retired, to the great
amusement of the circle. This lady wore
quaint, but very becoming Asiatic dress Of
| white, with overdress richly embroidered
with gold, and a regular Eastern veil round
1 bQe uo1us DUG Uld1cu WIN ulAuIVuuSs
April is dotted heavily with Grant ami
versaries. Aaril 1, 1865, Grant turned Lees
right at Five Forks; April 2 he assaulted
and carried the lines at Petersburg; April
he entered Petersburg and Richmond; April
| 6, 1852, the battle of Shiloh opened; April 7
| Graut drove the rebels from the field; April
| s, 1865, he had thrown his cavalry across
1 Lees line of retreat; and April Lees army
1 surrendered.
Nine. Adelina Patti writes to the Chicago
| Tribune: regret very much having gone
out of my regular rule of never receiving
any reporters. But when was told
that the person sent to me from the Tribune
was young lady, admitted her. 1t was
hardly necessary for her to call upon me,
having no doubt partly arranged her inter-
view with me before seeing me. When I
read her Celebrations, as she termed them
herself yesterday, was most surprised TO
find that she had entirely misunderstood
nearly all I said. l love all VerdPs music
| and admire Wagner, but what want most
| particularly to contradict is the statement
supposed to be made by me concerning Miss
Kellogg. Her name IcGs neuer mentioned
during our short interview, and how your
reporter could dare say that thought she
had lost the purity and freshness of her
voice by singing the "Flying Dutchman, ,'I
cannot conceive. The last time heard Miss
Kellogg sing was in Lendon some years ago,
and certainly found her voice in excellent
| condition,