The Portland daily press., 1868-09-17
NEW yORR.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP REPUBLICAN MEETING

ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP A REPUBLICAN MEETING
| LocKpoRT. Sept. 16 The Republicans of the
| city OF Lockport held a.large impromptu meet
| ing last evening over the resultef the Maine
4 election Speeches, torchlight procession,
boR-tires, Sc, were INDUCED in, and the great
est enthusiasm prevailed. The Democracy un-
| dertoolk to break up the meeting ny large
crowd assembling and hooting. They were
not interfered with by the police
| r s POLITICAL ARRAY. -t r. b.. Il
ROCHESTER, Sept. 16-Three men, named
| John Wheeler, Charles Clancy and y mclean
| were last night disputing about politics III u
| drinking saloon when Wheeler drew revol-
yer and fired at Clancy, missing nlm' ne tnen
shot Mclean in the thigh, inflcting perhaps a
fatal wound. <-1-st>sF f7- ff
| ATTACK ON REPUBLICAN CLUB.
TRoY. Sept 16-The First Ward Grant and
Coifax Club, in gong to the Tenth Ward to q
banner raising last night, were assaulted with
voleys of stones from concealed ruffans Two
members OF the club, named Vanness and
Thatcher, were badly though not fatally in
jured. ..g ... .. .-...r-.. s. ~. &
..re waE CITY ITEMS q rssrasfo
New YORK, Sept l6-Two boys, one aged
ia, named William West, and William Reilley,
were arrested yesterday AID confessed to rob
blng the safe belonging to the Board of Bro
kers on Wall street of 500. A. large amount
OF the money was recovered and the boys were
committed -al-'ii 4.
uhist ihCi'J uiS. oCHST dl Ed
ton, obtained a warrant yesterday from a JUS
tice, Tor the arrest of her husband, on charge
of abducting and seducing her granddaughter,
Miss Randolph Buchigauni. He has not yet
been arrested.
5 Watson, who was stabbed by Tim. Murpbev
in Canal street on Sunday, died at the City
Hospital yesterday. He made partial state
ment before his death, in which Murphey was
designated as the man who stabbed him. He
dld no. know why, as they had been friends
hOVs t0Onthpr Mup ntaxr rI,a,,
ms victim died, and expressed the keenest af-
Fiction at the sight ,s -.-.
A man named Miller was struck in the face
by one George Brown, as alleged, with his fist,
IN Cherry 81; on Monday night, aud knocked
lnsenslble. He was taken to Bellevue Hos
Pltal, where he died in few hours afterwards.
Brown WAS arrested
Steamship Ocean Queen sailed to-day fer
Asplnwall. Among her passengers were Min
lister Cauldwell, en- route to Bolivia and Hiram
Ketchum, Collector of Customs for Alaska.
Edwin A. Stevens, late millionaire, was
buried at Hoboken without ostentation to- day.
The case of Martin and Rec, charged with
forging the names of Hunt, Helmer & Voor-
heeS of st. Louis for three Thousand dollars
was commenced to-day.
, Thomas McCabe, who was accidentally shot
tby policeman last night, died to-day in the
hospital. 1,ig,5eg sgsh9a
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH. -
The International Cricket Match between
all England Eleven and Twenty-Five New
York, commenced to-day on ST. Georges
ground, Hoboken. About 1000 people were
present including large number of ladies.
All England took the bat and by splendid |
cricket against first-rate bowling and moder-
ate fielding, scored one hundred and twenty
foaf runs for the loss of seven wickets. The |
match will continue Thursday and Friday.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL MBRvINE il,i
Utica, Sept. 16-Rear Admiral VIM. Mer- |
vine died in this city last night at the advanc-
ed age Of 78 years. ~ a,-'- f79.4s r
RESUMPTION OF RAILROAD TRAVEL. s'
ALBANY, Sept. 16.-The Central Railroad |
bridge at East Creek, which was carried away |
by the freshet last Saturday, has been replaced |
and all trains are running on tme
4 ELECTION OF PROFESSORS
ITHIcA, Sept. 16.-The following Professors |
of the Commercial University were to-day |
elected: Rhetoric and Oratory, H. B. Sprague, |
Principal Of the State Normal School Of Con-
nectcut; General and Agricultural Geology.
Professor q. Frederick Hartt, OF Vassar Col
Iege; Botany and horticulture Professor A.
Y Prcntiss of Michigan Agricultural College;
Director of the Shops John L. Morris of Ovid. |
The other professorships were deferred one |
week. The University opens Oct. z. ailI t'