The Portland daily press., 1880-04-26
Gleanings from the Mails.

The Tennessee historical society has been
presented with a coat made by President
"Andy" johnson in 1856 for Judge w. W.
Pepper. who was at that time Judge of the 7th
judicial circuit of Tennessee. Andrew john
son was Governor of the State, and the coat
was made by him in return for an iron shovel
made and sent to him by Judge Pepper.
johnson was tailor and Pepper blacksmith
by trade.
A New York letter carrier was found wildly
intoxicated in the street and throwing the let
ters at the crowd which assembled. He was
taken into custody and $500 found ON his per-
son.
The Oakland iute grain sack factory has
evaded the California law prohibiting corpora.
tions to employ Chinese by giving up its char
ter and prosecuting its business as private
company, with seven hundred and fifty Chi
nese as employees
The new laboratory at Vassar college. built
by the liberality of Matthew and John Guy
Vassar, is completed at cost of $4,000 and
was opened with appropriate exercises on Fri
day, the 10th inst. 1t is spacious two-story
brick building, and is claimed to be as COM
plete in its design and arrangements as any
other laboratory in the country.
The lady teachers of the pnblic schools of
New Orleans, to the number of about 100,
visited the legislature last Wednesday after
noon to make personal appeal to the mem
bers OF both houses for the payment of their
long-deferred salaries. They were much graf
flied upon being told that bill for their re-
lief had been introduced in the House only
the day previous under suspension of the
rules.
An examination OF the pictures recovered
from the ruins of the Madison Square Garden
shows that about three-fourths of them did
not sustain any serious injury, and some of
them scarcely bore scratch.
Chicago packed last year 5, 100, 900 hogs, be-
ing an increase of 10 per cent. over 1878, and
75per cent. over 1877. Over 10000 men are
employed.
The widow of Gen. Custer has written let
ter protesting against the erection of statue
to her devoted husband in Washington, by
Mcdonald, the sculptor, whose statue of the
General is now at West Point. She says she
cannot endure the thought of this wretched
statue being repeated. nl
A pamphlet has been largely circulated in
Midlothian, Scotland, which is entitled "Po-
litical Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith."
1t is neatly gotten up, and when opened is
found to contain some thirty blank pages
Distinguished Amateurs-The Vocalist
She.-'I do hope you'll sing this afternoon.
What is your voice?" He (modestly(-"Oh. a
kind of sort of baritone-tenor-bass don't
you lanow; like Santley and Sims Reeves rolled
into one-only under better controll Those
professional fellows never know how To sing
in drawing-room." She-'Iudeedl No more
do some amateurs. I'm told some dreadful
creature was trying to sing Gounod's Maid of
Athens, last Tuesday afternoon, at Mrs. Pom
sonby Tomkyns's. Everybody was in fits. il
seems" Heat Mrs. Ponsonhy Tomkyns,s1
Do you know, you must make some mistake.
for, oddly enough, the only person who SANG
there last Tuesday afternoon was myself-anS
by strange coincidence, Gounod's Maid of
Athens was the very song / sang.n She
(blushing uncomfortably)-"Ah il was some1
where else, then-or some other dav." He
"No doubt. L wonder where and when and
Punch, ''''''
We cannot be too grateful to the Naugatuck
man who has invented rubber shoe that can
be carried in the pocket. This will obyiate
leaving 1t in the hall for someone to drain his
umbrella m.-Danbury News,