The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-07-14

The Newsx
A fatal shooting ARRAY ocedfred in Louisvile
nght before last, resulting in the bling Of
jane Wheeler by Washington Fereuson.--
Wheeler received two fl>ots, causing almost
instant death Ferguson was committed to
jail.
R. NJ Field, the leading lawyer in st. Louis.
died Sunday evening.
+ One of Col. Ryan's Cuban command has ess
capped from the Seneampment on GARDENERS
island, and with two or three others who have.
become Disconnected with the way things are
arranged has come to New York city. These
men say that they have been generally enjoy
ing themselves at GARDENERS Island, but that
i'll feeling had been engendered between Col.
Currier and a portion of the recruits from vir-
ginia owing to the Coloneps political senti-
| ments. Ryan and Currier secrete themselves
at night and place guards around the Island
| to warn them of the approach of suspicious
4 vessels. ., y
1 The Bowery was the scene of hesvy row
| Monday evening between Catholics and Or
angemen.
1 1t is stated that well manned vessel with
over 200 recruits and full of supplies of arms
and ammunition, left some unknown point on
Long Island yesterday morning for Cuba.
1 Yesterday John Reach, in the employ of Mr..
| Harrington, shoe maker on Staten Island,
| while in frenzy of drunkenness entered the
chamber of Emma, daughter of Mr.. Harring-
ton, aged 15 years. and cut her throat from ear
to ear, causing her death in few moments,
and then fled to the shop where he cut his own
throat, Immediately expiring.
The Telegraph says Mr.. Rose is about to re-
tire from the Cabinet, and Sir John A. Nc
Donald or Sir George e. Cartier will succeed
him as finance minister.
The voyage Of the Great Eastern is compile
ted. She arrived off the Island yesterday
morning from Brest with the end of the French
cable, and announced that the line is in perfect
working order The shore section which was
was laid some days ago is now being spliced
with the main cable, and before the day closes
communications win pass and repass from land
4 to land.
Tho ocean Perit steamship was seized yes
| terday in New York for entering the port with
out manifest. ~ -sssss.sss
+ Gen. Osborn of Mass has declined tic ap-
| pointment of Supervisor of Internal Revenue
for Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that work Of
the anthracite coal mines has been pretty gen.
orally resumed. The receipts by rail and canal
up to Thursday last for the year, were $685..
S23 against 6,572 929 tons up to the same Pc
,riod last year; showing loss in the year ton
mage of SIS, 3O8 TONS. Henceforth, to the end
i of the year, it is believed the coal production
| will steadily increase. The high prices are .
stimulus in this direction. 60 !.
j. It is now ascertained that only one case o.
actual Asiatic cholera has occurred in New
York. The person attacked was a captain of a
barque recently arrived from Cuba. There il
no doubt but that the cholera in its worst form
1 is raging in parts of the interior Of Cuba, and
to some extent in some Of the ports. g p
While the storm was raging in the village o.
Westchester on Friday afternoon, a. strange
electrical phenomenon occurred. Two thun
derbolts, about three feet in diameter, sudden
4 ly descended into the heart of the town. Ont
Of the bolts was of a blush color, while thu
other was of vivid red. The display wal
4 very grand. No person was injured.
/ A Western despatch says John A. Risdon
who has been humbugging the people aad thu
newspapers as the sole survivor of the Powell
expedition, has just been arrested in Logar
County, Illinois, for stealing horses, and is now
in Jail. The entire report from all sourcesis 8
4 gigantic and cruel hoax. T,
The buildings belonging to E. T. Huntress
near Portsmouth, were burned Monday,
4 /. The semi-annuaI Convention of the Depart.
ment G. A. R. of New, Hampshire, met a
Manchester last evening. for the purpose o
transacting general business and comforting
three new degrees, adopted at the last Nation
al Convention at Cincinnati. s5s