The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-27


Charles j. rhwing has been Appointed posi-
route agent between Portland and Bangor,
Maine. Effh
The delegates to the Railroad Engineer s
Convention, now in session at Baltimore, num-
Dering about 120 called ON the President yes
terday Delegates were present from all parts
OF tDe country. The President expressed his
gratihcatlon at meeting them, and expressed
MS sincere wishes for the prosperity and sue
cess ofthe organization.
The cotton case United States vs. VerrOn X.
stevenson, was decided yesterday in favor OF
Stevenson.
The machinists at Jersey City struck again
yesterday afternoon.
The Social Science Association commenced
its 9Th annual meeting in New York yester-
day.
A depositor in the Citizens Savings Bank,
New York city, attempted to shoot the paying
teller yesterday because he refused to hand
over the money deposited to his account with
out the production of his bank book.
The third race at the Jerome Park was won
by MIR. Jeromes b. +. Rapture; time 2O4 II.
The last races for all ages, mile heats, was won
by Ccttrill; time 1.4S 81 LAT IL.
The telegraph operators in the Franklin
Company's office in New York have struck for
an increase of salary.
Dispatches announce the alarming illness of
ex-dov. Pratt of Maryland. Gov. Pratt was
elected Governor of Maryland on the ticket
with Henry Clay in 1874, and in 1848 succeeded
Reverdy johnson to the Senate for two years
OF his unexpired term, when the latter entered
Taylor's Cabinet; and was also elected for the
full term OF six years succeeding. He had
great influence in Southern Maryland, and has
always exerted strong influence upon the
legislative matters of his State.
Edward Cody, a citizen of Warrenton Coun-
ty, Georgia, was taken from his house Monday
night by party of Federal soldiers, and while
being carried out of town he escaped, receiving
two gunshot wounds. The affair has created
much i'll feeling
In central Iowa it has been severely cold for
week past, with ice thick enough for skating,
but no snow has fallen.
The freight house and depot of the Illinois
Central Railroad at Chicago, together with a
block of business houses were burned Tuesday
night.
Gov. Holman of Illinois issued proclama-
ton on Tuesday, making Thursday, Nov. 18th,
a day of thanksgiving.
Admiral Farragut has so far improved as to
be able to sit up. He hopes to be able to go out
by the first of next week.
The journeymen tailors of Chicago Tuesday
morning were ordered to strike for an advance
on certain kinds OF work by the International
Tailors Union. - --- p 1851
At free trade meeting at Rochester, N Y,
wednesday evening, petition to Congress
i"Voiins ing ieuuSlon VI tne coal uuty was
presented, signed by 1000 voters; the petition
is fifty-six feet long.
A dispatch from Evansville, KY, says ad-
vices received to-day by tobacco warehouse
men from Indiana, Illinois and northern Ken
lucky state that all the tobacco housed and
not cured or protected by fires has been badly
damaged by freezing. 1t is impossible to state
what amount of damage has been sustained
but it will be great. A dispatch from Louis.
vile also says advices from Omen, Mason,
Brockue, Mason, BROKER and other tobacco
growing counties state that the recent frost
has seriously injured the uncured crops. Other
crops have been correspondingy affected.