The Portland daily press., 1870-05-10

DIR. Sam'l Tilden, physician of 81 year,
practice, died at SaDdusky, Ohio Sunday, ,agei
c.
Region has subsided.
Lawrence Brainerd of St. Albans, VT, wide
)y known in political, commercial and railroad
circles, died Monday morning, aged S6. He
was for several years candidate of the old Liber-
ty party for Gov. of the State, and IN 1S-l was
elected to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Senator Up
ham.
James PIatt. Of Oswego, N. Y, President o
the Lake Ontario National Bank and first
Mayor of Oswego, died Sunday, aged SO years
of the leading men of the State during the rev.
Olutionary war, and alter whom Plattsburg
was named.
Nearly half of the town of Finicastle, Va,
was bruned Friday night. The Court House
was saved.
Hall of the street lamps between the Scuyl-
kill and 7th street in Philadelphia was destroy
ed Sunday by the hail storm. McKenzie's
nursery was damaged to the amount OF $40 900
and the beautiful stained glass windows in st.
Marks Episcopal and New Bath Eden church
es were broken. The largest hail-stone found
was II inches in circumference and weighed Z
ounces.
The tody Of Barney Brady, workman at
the Cambridge Glass Works, was found in
temple, and the absence of his watch and one
hundred dollars in money, which he was
known to have late Saturday night, induces
the suspicion of robbery and murder.
The majority of the committee on the sub
jcct of State aid to the Boston, Hartford and
Legislature or Monday. Their report provides
that scrip shall be issued by the Treasurer of
the Commonwealth to the amount of three and
half millions, to prov de for which the corpo-
ration is authorized to issue second mortgage
bonds to the amOunt of $15,000,00O, a majority
to be deposited in the State Treasury before
the first Of Jannary next, for wh ch certificates
shall be issued by the Treasurer, which shall
have the same value as the stock, and the
Treasurer is to hold the stock until the State
is relieved OF liability on account of its Joan.
Before the corporation can receive any scrip
from the Treasurer, there shall be a new elec-
tion Of officers of the company, and the State
shall have the right to vote lOr eight Of the
thirteen directors through the Governor and
Council. The report further provides that all
the property of the Boston, Hartford & Erie
Railroad Ferry Extension Company shall be
placed under the absolute control Of the b. H.
& E. RR. Co., in such manner as shall be sat
isfactory to the Governor and Council, The
report is signed by eight members of tue COM
mittee. A minority report, signed by three
members, differing with the majority, was also
presented.
Dnring disturbance among the soldiers at
North Platte, Neb., Monday, citizen named
Ih-eg was killed.
Rev. Chas. w. Smytbe of New York, who is
charged with treating reporters on gin and
milk at a grog-shOp on Sunday, has been dis
missed by his church.
The yachts Sappho, Dauntless and Cambria
took their places off Cowes yesterday, prepar-
atOIy to starting on their race this morning.
In the House of Commons the government
side expressed the opinion that mediation in
Cuban anai:s is not necessary, as the Spanish
government is fully able to subdue the insur-
rection.
Gems. Pope and Harvey are 10 have a con-
ference at Ft. Leavenworth in regard to meas
ules for the protection of the frontier.
The house of N. o. Sykes in Tippah county,
Miss, was burned on Sunday and two of his
children perished in the flames.
Col. Hough of California uses Gen. Thomas
own words to refute Fitzhugh Lees statement
that Gen. Thomas offered his services to Vir-
ginia at the beginning of the war.
The April returns to the Department of Ag-
riculture are, on the whole, rather favorable to
the cereal crops of the country.
The naturalization bill has passed the House
of Lords
The sheriff of Warren county, Georgia, is
umuer uh arrest for accepting bribes from persons
=, IL is estimated that 40 900 Mormons attended
t6e Mormon Church Conference at Salt IaIe
City Sunday. "' 9"i' NaAo