The Portland daily press., 1886-05-06
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Mr. Gladstones buttonhole posy, worn
when he made his great speech, was rose
with shamrocks, the gift of Mr.. Parnell.
The mayor of Warsaw, Ind, retiring after
four years service, has donated to the city
his salary for that period. 1t amounted 10
$780,
The London Times recently said that the
Smithsonian Institution afforded better
course Of chronological teaching, based on
primitive relics, than can be nau anywhere
else in the world
The ended strike at st. Louis has
been prolific of violence A record kept
by the Missouri Pacific managers show one
hundred cases of assault Among the vic
tins wassa crippled tlagman, who may die.
turtle which was captured in Illinois in
1912 and again in 1872, and each time marked,
was recaptured few days ago. After .'Gro-
yer Cleveland was cut in its shell it was
again turned loose. Afidavits will be forth
coming.
The theory that the Indians are decreas-
ing in number is not sustained by informa-
ton from Sitting Bulls people. During the
month of February among those enrolled at
Standing Rock, Oak, there were II deaths
and q births.
The oldest steamer on the Hudson river is
the Belle, once veritable belle, but now
towboat and good for many years of active
life yet. She was built by Stevens, the fa-
nous Greenpoint builder, over so years ago,
and has been on duty ever since.
A Paris notary who drew up will not
long ago made a clerical error, which result
ed in giving fortune of 100000 francs to the
wrong man. The notary has just been con-
demned to pay this sum to the disappointed
legatee
The brain of Gambetta was recently con
sidered by the French Anthropological Soci-
ETY.. M. Duval stated that it was small in
size, weighing only 1,161 grammes as COM
pared with the 1929 of Cauier's and the LOCO
| of Cromwell's, and notably only for great de-
velopment in the circumvolution commonly
assigned as the seat of the oratorlcal faculty.
Charles Dudley Warner writes to Forest
and Stream concerning the millinery bird
business: "a dead bird does not help the
appearance of an ugly woman, and pretty
woman needs no such adornment. If you
can get the women to recognize these two
things great deal will be done for the pro-
lection OF our song birds"
The New York World springs this: Mr..
John Alderman, of Poplar Bluff, Me-, re-
turning from the woods and his work, last
week, was badly scared by two wolves, but
| claims 10 nave scared JHeIll Ill IuTI by Sudk-
ing his dinner pail at them. AS he turned
pail the wolves turned tail, and as the tale is
/ believed at Poplar Bluff, the pail is likely to
become the popular bluff for wolves
Nearly every house in block on Sixth
avenue at Fifty-frst street, New York, is
overrun with rats. Cats and dogs, bane and
trap have had no sensible effect in diminish
ing their numbers or in preventing them
from destroying furniture, carpets, wood
/ work and plastering, as well as consuming
all there is eatable to be found. Mr. Jacob
Sharp's railway stables are thought to be
the breeding place of the rodents.
| Parson Kellogg relates little incident
which occurred while he was settled at
| Harpswell. One of his neighbors had the
reputation of clandestinely appropriating ar
ticles belonging to others. After much per-
suasion he prevailed upon his light-fngered
neighbor to attend church. One Sabbath,
/ seeing him present, he took occasion to
! preach a sermon on dishonesty, and covet-
| business, especially for the benefit of his dis
honest neighbor. After the meeting was dis
| missed the Parson was detained at the
church few minutes, and on his way home
overlook his dishonest neighbor with a top
rider ON his shoulder, which he had pilfered
from some farmers fence. The Parson
thought his sermon had not done the old
sinner much good.