The Portland daily press., 1880-03-31
Gleanings from the Mails.

Unhappy King Cetywayo is confined in
narrow cell, and only permitted to walk on the
ramparts accompanied by sentinel. The par
apet of the wall is high above his head, so that
flight by this means is impossible. while the
poor fellow has grown SO stiff and unwieldy
from confinement, change of habit and diet,
that it is as much as he can do to keep himself
steady on his legs during the long and dreary
promenade.
Colonel Phineas Adams Of Manchester. N. H.
who has in his possession one of the most valu
able collections of coins owned by single in
dividual in the United States, recently sold
from it a silver dollar of each year from the
date of the first coming for 81 800 Included in
the lot was dollar bearing the date of 1884,
for which he paid $500, and of which there are
only five more in existence.
Jay Goulds fncoms is now estimated Of
$4,000 day.
Francis Murphy has begun another temper
ance campaign at Philadelphia.
Brick Pomeroy's La Crosse daily Democrat
has been sold to Alex. Nevins who will make
it a Republican evening paper, but Brick will
diversity his speculations in Colorado mines
by editing his weekly Democrat at long range
Beyond the fact that Queen Victoria receives
81 1926 900 year from the British nation, and
100000 year from the duchy of Lancaster.
and that the fortune left to her by the mser,
Neild, amounted to $2,5OO,OOO, no one knows
except herself and secretary, what her income
is.
The Kentucky Legislature has tried to PIT a
stop to the intentional insults which bring on
go MAJ of oil o,rar OF tha hv oh
ing it misdemeanor for any person to use
abusive or insulting language in the presence
of another for the purpose of provoking an as
sault.
The hardships of life in the far West are
illustrated by the state of Virginia City, Color
ado. There are about one hundred people in
the city and there is no meat among them
and no material for lights Work is stopped
and the people are living on Hour and dried
fruit, for there is no means of getting anything
to the party on account Of the SHOWS.
A new series of United States notes are now
being issued by the Treasury Department and
are printed on distinctive" paper. The notes
on the new paper have different appearance
from the old notes. The paper is darker and
gives the note decidedly different look. The
fiber in the new paper is silk and of various
colors. The first paper on which the notes
now issued are printed has not fiber enough.
On the face of the new notes, ''series of $780,
the seal to the left of the picture in the centre
has disappeared. The words zone dollar,'
the one word printed through the other, have
them. The red ellipse that surrounded these
two words in the old note has disappeared.
1t appears that there was reason after all for
the fear that General Grant was lost. The
steamer City'of Mexico, which was carrying
him, was leaking badly, and nothing but the
excellent seamanship Of her officers kept her
afoat. She was put on the dry dock at once at
Galveston for repairs instead of continuing her
voyage.
The sale of the Viennese, Neapolitan, and
other porcelains that has been going on at
Florence, Italy, closed on Saturdays The total
receipts were 81, ,O06 ,631.
Reno New, claims to possess the strongest
man in the world in the person of Angelo Car
dela an Italian 35 years old. His spinal col
umn seems to be double, and his bones and
joints are all very large. He has repeatedly
lifted with the third finger of his right hand
men weighing from $50 to 200 pounds, by
placing his finger under the hollow of one of
their feet, and thus carrying them around a
room. He can strike with his fist blow with
power of 500 pounds as measured on regis
ter.
Roach, the ship-builder announces that Che
will discontinue his steamship line to Brazil
after May l. He claims to be losing $125,000
year by his mail contract, and a rival Brit
ish line has been started from New York
which has reduced freights on coffee to $4 a
ton, and other rates in the same improbable
fashion.
Dime-novel reading induced gang of De-
trot (Mich), boys of from Is to Is years to form
a robber league like what they read about.
| They stole 500 pounds of old ledgers and day
books, an anchor and sail, besides other plum.
der, and invested all their ill-gotten gains at
gun store. They intended to become trappers
and started once, but backed out soon after
| getting outside of the city limits, and are all
| now in the hands of the police.
The police steamer Seneca was burned al
| the dock in New York yesterday morning
Charles Berry, the steward, was burned tc
| death "a nd two officers were burned so badly
that they were taken to the hospital.
c. X. Allen, the express agent who had
charge of the bullion recently stolen from the
express office at Sidney, Neb., was arrested
| there Monday night, charged with completely
| in the robbery.
| The wind blew a gale in the upper part o
New York city yesterday afternoon. Two tin
smiths were blown from roof. One was killed
and the other fatally wounded.
QueeniVictoria and Princess Beatrice have ar
| rived at Darmstadt.