The Portland daily press., 1877-05-01
News and Other Items.

News and Other Items.
| Secretary Sherman says he wants the investi.
cation at the New York Custom House to be
public and the press admitted.
| An attempt is being made to revive the de-
funct Washington Chrouic'e.as an anti.admir.
| istration orgaL.
The New York Gold Exchange closed yester.
| day. Its business passes into the hands of the
Stock Exchange.
Mr.. Ritchie, the husband of the late Anna
| Cora Mowatt, the actress and writer, has Just
| died in Virginia.
Edward Seymour, of the firm of Scribner,
Armstrong & Co., died at Bloomfield, N. j.,
| Saturday night He was connected with the
| New York Times for many years aud was wide
| ly known as literary man.
The Boston Herald has rather a doubtful
story to the effect that Collector Simmons is
| to be appointed Internal Revenue Commis-
| sioner in place of Gen. Raum, the present in
| cumbent.
| Thaddeus Fairbanks of ST. Johnsbury, the
| inventor of the platform scale, has received
| from the Bey of Tunis the decoration of Nish.
am ell Iftihar with the grade OF commander, in
consideration of his services at the Philadelphia
Exhibition.
England's fleet is now represented By 6S
| ironclads, 800 steamers and ITO sailing ships,
all available for actual service. Some of their
ironclads are of immense size, and they carry
guns of very heavy cahbre aud of thu most
improved construction.
The hard times have forced the proprietors
of the Springfield Union to reduce the pay of
the men in the composing room, and now men
and women receive the same price for an equal
amount of composition, thing previously un-
known there.
The Tribune says the removal of Chief Con-
structor HaDscom, by the Secretary of the
Navy, was for ordering the sale of old brass
and other materials at the Bo,ton yard, wi tn
out advertising, and accepting worthless stuff
in payment therefor; also, that, whenever any
jobbing in connection with cArIain contractors
came up, Hanscom always appeared to have
had something to do with it.
Tie Grand Duke Alexis has just received
from his mother magnificent gold bracelet
1t has three very large diamonds of the pare i
water The bracelet is worn By the Grand
Duke on his left wrist, under his coat slee7e
and he will wear it thare- -natit tfe end Of he
wrsr. 1t was accompanied by his mother',
blessir,g. and prayers for preservation and safe
restoration, and a6 iSSianctloa to behave liks a
true Russian. EaS 4
Amasa FL. Lyman, one of the sid Mormon
leaders, who for long time was rival of
Brigham Young, died at Fillmore, in Southern
California, a few days ago. 1t was through his
off IA hat tho of tha at
massacre were disclosed, and in consequence
he was communicated from the Mormon
church, all his wives but one were forced to
desert him, and his own children became his
btterest enemies. .-.-~5.,
Among the callers at the White House in
Washington last week was Mrs. Sarah DAVIS,
who has shaken hands with every President
from Washington down. She is 80 years old
and resides near the navy yard, at the capital.
She was accompanied by Or. Isaac Cole of
Marsllrd, and sent her card up to President
Hayes, who shortly afterwards came into the
East Room and received Der there. She told
the President that when little girl she saw
Washington lay the cornerstone of the Capt.
to-. The President expressed himself gratified
at meeting her, and hoped she would live to
shake hands with other Presidents to come.
The jury in the case of the Emma Silver
Mining Company of London, against Trenor
W. Park and Others, returned verdict in favor
of defendants. This ends the first stage Of
the suit, as doubtless the plaintiffs will carry
the case to the United States Supreme Court.
The trial was begun in December, and has
occupied over seventy working days. The suit
hrn1 hu ba oe L.
mine, to whom Mr.. Park sold it, TO recover the
$5,000000 paid for it, alleging that there was
fraud, deceit aud Misrepresentation on the part
of Mr.. Park in regard to the resources of the
| mine. 1t is said that Mr. Park will forthwith
enter lumber of libel suits against several
newspapers on the strength of the verdict in
his favor
One night last week Miss Helen Potter ap.
peared 10 the Star Course, Philadelphia, and
among Other things advertised to give imper-
sonatens of Miss Anna Dickinson in the
"CIown of Thorns.'' This coming to the
notice of Miss Dickinson, she sent a telegram
| to her lawyer directing him to 60 to the
| Academy of Music and make sure that Miss
Potter was making use of portions of the
Grown of Thorns," aud say to her that she
was infringing upon a copyright, and must
| desist or abide the legal consequences. Miss
| Pottel's advisers toll her that she might pro
| ceed With her performance without any fear of
| the law. She accordingly went upon the stage,
and in few introductory remarks said that in
her coming impersonations she had no desire to
| offend Miss Dickinson or her friends in the
| house, but would merely give, so far as her
ability enabled her, aa imitation Of Miss
| Dickinson's assumption of Anne Boleyn, and
then went on with the programme.