The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-12-16
News and Other Items.

A number of young ladies in New Britain,
Conn, have commenced the study of Sauscrit
under the tuition of Elhu Burrtt.
Governor Page, of Vermont, is in Ottawa,
consulting with the Dominion government as
to the construction of the Caugbnawaga Canal
and the probable effect of the Reciprocity Trea-
ty thereon if adopted. .i e1I ..--..
1t is said that the contract made by Gen.
Butler with Secretary Richardson just after
the fire in Bosten, to supply stone for the ex
tension of the new post office in Boston, will
not be carried out by Secretary Bristow.
Ex-Gov. John NJ. Palmer of Illinois, assault
ed newspaper editor at Garllnsyille in that
state on Wednesday last because of the latter's
severe comments on his course in conducting
law suit. ".a
1t is understood that Mr. Walsh of st. Louis,
now experimenting the construction of the
new post office building in that city, will be
offered the position of supervising architect of
the Treasury ard will accept. tr0t-.
King Kalakaua told a Chicago journal re-
porter that he liked this country immensely,
but he suspected the people were not accus-
toned to the presence of kings, judging by the
way they examined him.
The Quebec Gazette, the Oldest paper on the
continent, which has been published without
interruption under its original name since 1764
has just been sold to be merged with another
paper. ... Co. 49,. ---.
Miss Susan E. Dickinson recently published
an open letter to Carl SUhurz, replying to soma
opinions advanced in his lecture upon ".Educa-
tional Problems" Miss Dickinson is in favor
of training women to support themselves in
life, opposed to the education of children at a
very early age, and presents her views in a
lively and forcible manner. ...
The girls in the upper High School, New Or
leans, mutinied Monday and left school because
an attempt was made to have olored people
admitted to the graduating class. Forty of the
young ladies refuse to accept the diploma or to
prepare fer examination unless the question is
settled, and the school house is empty.
Virginia City, Nevada, boasts of streets paved
with silver. An ounce or two of mud was taken
from the wheel of a vehicle recently and
placed in the hands of an assayer, who was not
told where the sample was obtained. The as
say was made, and the assayer's certificate
showed that the sample contained: "silver,
S7.54; gold, S2.32; total, $3.50"
hODerG Ddle OWeu WHO lormctAy euuOTSeO
Katie King, the spiritualist medium, has gone
back on that young woman, and in q card now
says that circumstantial evidence recently OBJ
tanned induces him to withdraw the assurances
which she has heretofore given of his confdene
in the genuine character of her manifesta-
tions. What he means to say probably is that
she is fraud. .1ssI..s.
Ship Forfarshire recently arrived at Brook
lyn reports a fearful tale of the ravages Of
cholera among cargo Of coolies which she took
from Calcutta to Demerara. The disease broke
out on the first day out, woman being the
first victim. All efforts to stay the disease
proved unavailing and in less than five days
thirty deaths occurred. As fast as the coolies
died their bodies were wrapped in sail cloth,
weighted with sand and unceTemoniously
thrown overbo1rd. After the cholera subsided
measles broke out and five children died.