The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-17
DEATH OF MRS. TRUMBULL.
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH-sUsPICIoSs OF FOIT

MYSTERIOUS DEATH-sUsPICIoNs OF FOUL
PLAY.
New YORK Aug. ia wealthy lady died
last week in Charestown, Weschester Coun-
ty, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery
under suspicious circumstances. Her body
has be IN exhumed, and is being analysed by a
chemist.
1t is h nted that her husband was interested
pecuniarly in her death and h ance the inyes-
tgation which is being made under the aus
pices of her relatives. The property left by
her is valued at about one-hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
PEDEsTRIANIsM.
William Topley started to walk fourteen
miles in two hours, at WilkeSbarre, Pa, to-
day. He walked eight miles in one hour and
four minutes and was released from his ell
gagement.
sTABBING AFFRAY.
About o'clock last evening Jacob Stillwag-
on, who keeps German boarding house at SIS
East 14th street, was dangerously stabbed by
John Siebert, an intoxicated laborer, who mis-
took the house for a lager beer saloon, and who
was enraged at being refused glass of lager
and being expelled from the premises on be-
coming noisy. Slebert was arrested.
MAN DROWNED.
John Reynolds was drowned in the surf to-
day while bathing at Atlantic City. His body
was recovered. This is the second case of
drowning there this week.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS -RECRUITING TO BE
RECOMMENDED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-All disposable recruits
at the regular army depots at Governors, Bed
loe's and David's Islands, in this harbor are
under orders for military divisions of the Pa
CHIC. Officers who accompany these detach-
ments will remain in that department, as a re-
duction of the army by casualty and expira-
ton of service is being very rapidly proceeded
with. 1t is expected that recruiting offices
will soon be reopened to fill up the companies
now reduced below the minimum prescribed
in Gen. Grants order
A large lot of old subsistence stores and I'M
used war materials accumulated here will be
sold by the Government in few days.
THE CHINESE EMBAssY-NARRow ESCAPE OF
SUN TAKEN FROM DROWNING.
BUFFALO, Aug. 16-The Chinese Embassy
paid an informal visit to this city yesterday.
They were met at Niagara Falls depot by the
Mayor and the President of the Board of
Trade, who took charge of them and escorted
them in carriages to inspect the grain eleva-
tors, foundries, &c, of the city. They were
also sumptuously entertained at the private
residences of the citizens, the Buffalo club
house, etc. In the afternoon one OF the fastest
steamers of the Erie Railway line having been
placed at their disposal, they were taken out
on the lake for an excursion, escorted by
another steamer. When opposite Fort Porter
the boats Wee stopped and the Embassy was
honored with an international salute from the
fort. There not being sufficient time to return
to the city TO take the train for Niagara Falls,
the steamer Wabash steamed down to Tona-
wanda to intercept the train. Here an unfor-
tunate accident occurred to Sun Taken, the
Assistant Ambassador. While crossing an old
rickety wharf he was precipitated by loose
plank through the wharf into deep water. On
coming to the surface the Ambassador seized
plank and kept himself afioat until a deck
hand from the steamer Wabash swan to his
assistance. A rope was passed under his arms
by which he was raised to the wharf.