The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-07
News and Other Items.

It is ascertained that the steamer Faraday
succeeded in picking up the defective direct
cable on the 18th of July, but was compelled to
drop it again on account of the heavy sea.
Monticello Va, seems to have hit upon
horrible novilty. At the execution there on the
9th ult. of one Brown, a small rope was attach
ed to the drop, and connected with the tongue
of the court house ball, so that at the instant
the poor wretch dropped the fact was ANNOUNCE
ed to the whole town by one solemn note.
Gen. Grant is sunburnt awfuly this summer.
1t comes from his riding out so much in the sun
in that narrow -brimmed hat; and if out-of-
doors, when riding or wolking, alone or with
only gent or two with him, he has lever been
seen without cigar in his mouth, it was be.
cause he had just thrown away the stump of
his last Havana.-[L Long Branch Letter.
1t seems the Dutch are still carrying on that
war against the Atchinese in Java, which is
now two years old and no nearer an end than
before. The Atchinese fight like devils, and
seem able to fully hold their own against the
Dutch, whose losses by disease exceed that by
the bullet of the enemy. The Dutch army is
about to be reinforced with a view to a final
effort to storm the Atchinese Notifications.
Mr.. Jewell went to Philadelphia, Wednesday,
to examine the proposed plan for the centennial
post office, and. having approved of it, the con-
struction will be begun Immediately. 1t will be
entirely independent of the city post Office in
Philadelphia. Post Offices in other cities will
be instructed to make mp separate mails for it,
and clerks will be employed who under stand
the languages of the different countries which
will be represented
Andrew Johnson's old tailor shop at Green
vile, Tenn, is small one story building, about
20 feet by 49, and is still in good state of pre-
servation. Over the door is the oldssign, a
board four feet long and foot and a half wide,
painted black, with the words "A. johnson,
Tailor" in yellow letters. The building has
two small windows, at one of which Mr.. John
son used to work as the village tailor. 1t is now
occupied by an old negro woman whom Mr..
johnson placed in charge of it.
A London correspondent thus describes Jen-
ny Lind, as seen at recent gathering: She
dresses her hair in precisely the same style as
when in America, % years ago 1t is but slight.
ly tinged with frost, and as nearly as full and
flowing as of yore. Age has more particularly
left its imprint in the shape of crows feet on
her chin and neck, and at the corners of her
eyes and mouth. She has the same blended ex-
preston of firmness and sweetness OF temper,
the same winning smile, and the same simpli-
city of behavior. She was dressed in dark
ash-colored sill, with a rich India shawl thrown
loosely over her shoulders. On her head was
small straw hat bearing short white plu me-
She was accompanied by her husba nd and two
lovely daughters, aged about IS and 20, looking
very much as their gifted mother did at their
age. Mr.. Goldschmidt shows the effect of age
and study, his head being as bald and shining
as a white bean.