The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-05
MAINE.
YORK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

foRK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
| Especial Dispatch by the International line,l
bIDDEFoRD, Oct. 4.-The York County Az.
ricultural Society's Cattle Show and Fair
opened to-day. The cattle show at Saco is un-
questionably the finest ever held in York
county, and the attendance larger than ever
before. Almost every variety of domestic ami
mails is ON exhibition and the quality is superb.
Inc Fair at City Hall, Biddeford, opened this
ai'ernoon and everything indicated that it will
oe unusually successful. One hundred more
entries than last year have al.eady been made
apere Will be trotting at the fair ground in
0"oo every day this week. The races will be
iss'ricted to horses raised in the county, ex-
oep' mat which is to occur Saturday afternoon
"neh all horses owned in the county forty DAVIS
prior to the show, can compete for the purse
OF one hundred dollars offered by the society.
f.
ITO Associated Press.1
TIE RAILROAD OFFICIALS EXCURSION.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 4-The excursion train con.
'uing the New England Railroad Superin-
aendents arrived here at five O'clock. A short
S.op was made. At five thirty the excursion
ie't Tor Skowhegan where they pass the night
NEW YORK.
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
:, NEW York, Oct 4-The American board of
~; Foreign Missions began its 61st annual meet
OF Music. President Hopkins of Williams sol.
,ese ana OF the Board presiding Among the
PROMINENT clergymen present were Prot. Cal
YIN VII stowe Rev. Drs. N. G. Clark, G. w.
wooa' and D. F. Shepherd Of Boston, Sweet
ser, OF Worcester, A. s. Thompson, of Roy
bury, Prest. Laharee of Middlebury college.
. duu otnerS, together with large number Of
distinguished laymen. This evening the aupu-
8, sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. G. T.
s Srvarns OF Newark. 1t is estimated that 5000
strangers will be in Brooklyn during the week
Ia attendance on meetings
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Inc health commissioners this p. M. renortad
seven 9eaths from yellow fever In this c;tv
slnce sept II, all from Governors Island. No
s urine spread Of the disease is apprehended.
seven yellow fever vessels are now detained at
quarantine and it has been fully decided that
the infection was first brought to this port by
vessels which evaded the quarantine by wav
of Perth Amboy.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT.
District Attorney Norh Davis will commence
suits in behalf of the government and nv in
structiOn of Solicitor Banfield of the Treasury
u department., at the present term of the United |
States District Court, against Jay Cooke & Co.
and Vemilye q Co. well-known brokers. for
the recovery of $4,000, the amount of 2. ~
bonds sold the government by these firms.
in 1868 and which were proved to be Counterfeit.
Several thousand dollars of the same kind of |
notes were also purchased by government from
other bankers and the present suits are intend |
ed as test question whether bankers are re-
sponsible for the restitution of money oh.
tanned for counterfeit notes.
Joseph Richards who was injured by the la-
uid safety gas explosion on 81 Avenue last
night will die. He set fire to the compound in
order to burn his goods which had been seized
by his creditors
Commodore Stebbins gave dinner to Com.
nodore Ashoury and c6 others, this evening at
he Union League Club.
The Haymakers beat the Atlantics at base
)all to-day, IL to 10.