The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-28
Gleanings from the Mails.

The Houston (Texas) Telegraph says that
within IS months over dozen men have been
hanged in Texas, and that every man died
with a cigar in his mouth.
A Montpelier, VT, man exhibited at the
local fair three packages of butter from the
same churning but under different marks, and
got first premium on one, second on another,
while the third was condemned as poor
Alfonsos girl is to wear a wedding
dress of silver cloth embroided in garlands with
sparkling white jet, and a bridal veil of Brus-
sells point lace bearing the arms of Spain, the
gift of her aunt, the Queen of Belgium.
On election day in Ohio Mr.. Charles W. Fos-
ter, so years old, farther of the goyernor-elect,
rugged up his horse and wagon with flags,
wound calico bands round the animal, and
drove up and down the street of his native
town, inquiring for shat soldiers widow that
Charles sold calico to at 70 cents a yard" as
alleged by Democratic newspapers and speak
ers.
Ward H. Lamon, the partneriand biographer
of Abraham Lincoln, says Mr.. Lincoln always,
from lis boyhood, had presentment that he
would be Presdent,and another that he would
die natural DEATH A singular incident in
thematter is that Mrs. Lincoln, from the first,
had the same belief as to his Presidential fu-
ture, when she married him. -
The great blocks of stone quarrying at the
Portland quarries near Middletown, Conn, for
President Vanderbilts new house in New
York are objects of much interest. Some of
them weigh 10 tons, and OF one are the tracks
of a prehistoric animal, whose foot, from heel
to toe, must have been 10 inches in length, and
which made a stride Of more than four feet at
an ordinary gait.
The scaptive Cetewayo was photographed
on board the steamer Natal, while going to
Cape Town. The photographer says: "The
steamer was rolling too much to be sure of
success We, however, were obliged to do the
best possible under the circumstances. Hav-
ing placed everything in readiness, we inform
ed the King, through his interprer, we were
ready, and received an answer that the King
was going to sleep and did not wish to be
disturbed. After while we could hear him
speak, so we once more informed him that we
were waiting for him. He did not seem in
clined to appear and Captain Poolo thought it
best to give him some inducement to do SO,
which was accomplished by catching fish.
This made him come out at once, and after
some paaver the King was persuaded to seat
himself near the compass, with his back
against the wheel. He appeared. to be very
nervous, and requested that it might be done
at once in order to have it over. He seemed
to dread the camera, and did not like the looks
of the lens. We succeeded however, il get
ting our first double negative. He was more
at ease when he found that it was done without
being hurt; but in order to show him what we
were doing Commander Caffyn showed him a
photo of Dabulamsnzi, at which he seemed
pleased, and at once disencumbered himself Of
his blanket to show his figure, of which he ap-
pears to be very proud. We succeeded in
second double negative, and then he sternly
refused to have any more taken.'
John Carroll Of Boston, professor of Greek
at Dartmouth College, died yesterday.