The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-06

The late triple murder in Robson county
North Carolina, was committed by three men
with faces blackened and handkerchiels tied
around their heads, supposed to have preri-
ously stolen some horses. The Wilmington
Star says:
The wretches were first discovered in a rye
field near the house, soon after which they
entered the building from the back yard, rush
ing through to the front piazza where Neil
Mcleod was sitting with his family, and be-
fore he could make any resistance they COM
menced cutting him with their knives, and
finished their work by shooting him. Daniel
Mcleod seeing this, hurried to his room, pro-
cured gun and attempted to shoot them, but
the piece missed fire. whereupon he was hand
ed repeater by his niece but at this moment
he was shot down. Mrs. Neil Mcleod was
wounded in the arm. Her son was also dan
gerously wounded. The murderers got S95
from Mr.. Neil Mcleod. What amount they
got from his brother is not known. AS soon
as the lacts became known, party started IN
pursuit OF the murderers, who were tracked
in the direction OF Scuffletown.
Early one morning last week the house OIL
Aaron Richardson of Albany, was visited by
burglar, who effected an entrance through a
rear window. A young lady stopping with
Mrs. Richardson (Mr. r. being absent from
the city, hearing a noise in the dining-room,
aroused Mrs. Richardson, who got up, dressed
herself and went down stairs. On reaching
the basement, she discovered man in the
hall with tray of slverware. She immedi-
ately seized the thief by the coat collar, and
at the same time caught hold of the tray. The
robber dealt her severe blow on the head
knocking her down. He then kicked her sew
eral times. In the scullle that ensued the bur-
glar let the tray and contents fall. While the
struggle was taking place between Mrs. Rich
ardson and the burglar, the young lady visitor
went to the front window and shouted muir
der, and her outcries called the police, who
came to the rescue of the women, but the bur-
gar had fled.
The consolidation of all the anti-Western
Union lines was consummated last week in
Boston in the election of a new board of di-
rectors of the Franklin Company. The asso-
citation will embrace the Franklin lines from
Boston to Washington, the old Atlantic and
Pacific lines from New York to all the leading
western cities and the Missouri river, and the
lines, respectively, OF the Union Pacific and
the Central Pacific railroads; all of which are
now up and in operation, and give reliable
communication across the continent and be-
tween all the principal cities OF the great bust
ness belt of the nation. The capital stock of
the new company is put at $10,000,000, of
which the old Atlantic and Pacific Company
it assigned $3,000000, and the two Pacific
railroad lines $3,000,000 each, while the ex-
ira 81 100000 goes for the Franklin lines and
the general amelioralion of the obstacles to
the arrangement.
Several young men of Boston at the begin
ming ofthe late Fenian fiasco, responded to the
call made by the brotherhood for volunteers,
and being furnished with tickets by the trans
portaton officer, departed for the " seat of
war;" joined the army of the /. r. A. and
lent a helping hand in the "inglorious defeat"
AT the cessation of hostilites, they hung
around the border waiting for some one to
furnish them with the means to reach home.
but that anxiousy thought for person was not
to be found. So joining the company from
Providence they took the cars by way of wes-
tern New York, reaching Providence Thurs
day morning where they were dismissed.
Here the Boston party was again in fix, and
after trying various unsuccessful plans to get
home by rail, they resolved to march, and,
Friday afternoon, appeared at home, hungry,
fCOt-sOre and disGllsted