The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-20

William Bagley, workman, fell from q
new building in Hartford, Monday, and was
killed. .s.
Agang of roughs attacked William Hall in
Brooklyn horse-car Sunday night. Hall
shot and fatally wounded one OF them and was
himself dangerously wounded. Five Of the
rowdies were arrested.
Tho attention of the grand jury in New
York has been directed to tho recent loss Of life
BIZ thu tall of the niano factory in 18th street,
Ex-senator, Drake entered upon his duties
a Judge Of the Court Of Claims on Monday.
At Media, Pa, the horses attached to . car
riage driven BY Peter Richings, father of Caro-
line:Richines Bernard, took fright Sunday and
turning suddenly upset the carriage, thrown
ing Mr.. Richings out, breaking his collar. bone
and otherwise iniuring him.
The team stolen at North Berwick by the
bank robbers was found at stable in Great
Falls. One Of the robbers left there in the
early train Friday morning and another got on
ct Lawrence. A party in North Berwick is
suspected of being implicated.
Tho bill introduced into the Italian parlia.
ment guaranteeing the papal prerogatives and
the perfect freedom of the ecumenical council
has passed through the committee
The people ofLuxembourg vote almost unan-
imously in favor of the independence of the
Duchy.
The Irish Times announces on the AUTHORITY
Of . letter from Gladstone that the immediate
release Of the Fenians now confined in the
prisons of Great Britain has been decided up.
on. as
The reform among the inmates Of several of
he houses Of ill-fame in New York seems to be
sincere and steadily advancing. Kitty Gil
bert, proprietor Of one of the most notorious
houses has discharged the girls in her employ
and domesticated herself at the Home for
Women" The rooms formerly occupied by
Kitty Waters were formerly dedicated yester-
day by Rev. w. H. Boole in the presence of
large assembly. The exercises we're held in
two dingy rooms on the ground floor separate
from an adjoining grog-shop by thin parti-
ton, and during the pauses of music could be
heard the clinking of glasses and the inter-
change of oaths.
Punchinello, the New York comic paper, is
dead. 1t died of envy of the daily press which
got up French war news that was more ridcu
lous than anything it could produce.
The Catholics Of San Francisco have been
badly swindled by an imposter, claiming to be
Bishop of Persia. He was dressed in gorgeous
raiment and preached in several churches
After raising considerable money to build
churches in Asia, he decamped.
:. The Odd Fellows of Lowell have purchased
Carleton's Block on Merrimack street. y four
story brick building, for the purposes of the Or
ganization at cost of $50 OOO
Four new cotton mills are to Re erected in
Fall River; and to these will probably be add.
ed fifth. The amount expended in their
erection will not 10 less. than $4,000
William Bishop, whom We spoke of yester-
day in connection with the mutiny on board
thu ship Shatemuc in New York, has finally
been held as witness for the defence at the
request Of Smith, the man who was so badly
wounded by the mate, Wright.
non. Jacob Benton representative in Con-
sress rom the third New Hampshire district, |
has published very handsome letter to his
constituents. Withdrawing any claims to a
third election. o,
Bark Trovotore, which met with the ro,or.
choly disaster reported in a Naples despatcb /
yesterday, was owned by Isaac Carver and
others of Searsport, and was commanded by
Capt. Blanchard. She was $50 tons burden.
hence the story of her carrying so large crew |
10 fifteen men is undoubtedly an error. She |
may have had some passengers, who swelled |
he number Of the lost. She was from Trieste |
Tor New York
Two murders took place in one New York
'alocn Sunday evening. Neither murderer or
murderers are over twenty years of age.
An eclipse of the sun will take place on
inursday. Dec. 22d, but it will not be visible to
c'''aens Of the United States unless they hap
pen to be in Newfoundland.