The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-20
News and Other items.

Joseph Stuart, New York banker died
suddenly "Wednesday.
Rochefort has established in Rome an offica
for publishing La Lonterne.
A Masonic pilgrimage to the birthplace
of Shakespeare was recently orga nzed in Eng
land.
There are at least fifty applicants for every
place in the gift of cand dates elected at the re-
cent contest in New York city.
ExQueen Isabella of Spain is about to sell
her diamonds, estimated at a value of twelve
millions of francs. They will be disposed of by
auction in London.
The proprietors of Appletons Journal have
published splendid prospectus for 1875. there
by refutiug the rumors that the publication was
to be discontinued ..
Mrs. A. w. Randall, widow of the late
Postm .ster General, who is pleasantly remem-
bered in Washington society, has made her de-
but as public reader.
Baltimore is 10 have sailors bethel, which
is to include nautical school, sailors. museum,
savings bank, reading room ana library, and,
as adjuncts to these. lyceum and temperance
league will soon be instituted.
The saloon scare is again stirring upDubuque,
Ia. Several suits having been commenced
against saloon keepers by the wives of druak'
en- husbands, the owners of tue property in
which SAID saloons are situated have ordered
the tenants out.
Matt r. Cullen, the police justice of ST.
Louis who has just been through an impeach'
meut tfial, and was acquitted, has declared his
intention to institute SUIT against Joseph
Brown, mayor of st. Louis for 100000 dam
ages.
A gang of miners returning from Fairtown
| colliery, Pa, to Scranton, wednesday after
noon, were hooted and pelted BY mob of 900
and the miners fred revovers into the crown,
but without injury. The miners drove of in
wagons. Further and more serious trouble is
| expected
Mr.. Gladstone, like the late Mr.. Greeley.
| finds consolation in the AK. He has lately
| developed an enthusiastic love for chopping
trees, and few days ago with Que compan-
ion, cutdown in two hours a tree measuring
thirteen fee and eight inches iu oircumfer-
| encc.
The Charleston Is. c. News and Courier
announces, on authority of the leading physi-
clans, that the sporadic cases of yellow fever
reported last month have entirely ceased siuce
the recent cold weather, aud that the city is
i now absolutely free from danger to the unac-
climated.
There are more kid gloves sold ia New York
than in any city in the world. The annual re-
| ceipts at this port are about 250,0O0 dozen OF
what are called first class gloves. Including
an inferior article, the number reaches 100000
dozen year, making $40, 100000 paid annual
ly by New York merchants for this one srti-
Gle.
A San Francisco paper notices the tardiness
of arrivals of the whaling fleet at that port,
aud says that the latest reports from the fleet
speak of mild weather and noticeable search
ty of whales. The fear IS also expressed that
some of the vessels may not come to that port
at all on account OF 'poor fares From the
north Atlantic, on the contrary, good reports
are received at New Bedford, and the whaler
there seem to have done better than for several
years.
The elections in the southern states devel-
oped some interesting incidents. Here is one.
related by Virginia paper: "Old Uncle Ned
Gen. Early's old body-servaut, came cut te
election ard voted the conservative ticket
One of the most enjoyable features OF the day
was the witnessing of this venerable aud faith
full old servant ride into town on horseback
dressed iu suit of gray, politely bowiDg tc
every white man he chanced to meet, scarcely
deignng to notice negro, and, with look oil
pride beamuy upon his countenance, deposit
his conservative ballot along with those cast u
the friends of his old master"