The Portland daily press., 1870-11-05
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Justin NJ. earthly arrived at New York on
Tuesday from England.
The alleged murderer of Mary Norman.
child whose outraged dead body was found in
mudpuddle in Philadelphia in September.
1863 is now on trial in that city.
Paymaster james Girard, q. s. N. has been
Of government funds. . ~oe''
A meeting was held in Richmond. Va,
Thursday night with reference to Lee monu-
ment. JEFF Davis and Gems. Gordon and
Early made addresses.
French's oriental circus and caravan was
G SOTO az anctioD at Trenton, N. j., Thursday.
me elephant Empress" brought S. 000 -
double bumped camels brought $500.
The spirit-produciDg capacity of the distille-
RES in the United States il estimated at 49,
642 900 gallobs annually, while the consump-
ton is about rs, OOO, OOO leaving 43 100000 gall
Ions to be disposed OF by expectation.
A card appears in the Boston Traveller. sign
ed BY the Rev. Drs: Taylor and Simmons,
Secretaries of the Home Mission Board OF
New York, substantially affirming the truth Of
Rev. Mr.. Tilton's account OF his interview
with Theodore Tilton, concerning the charges
preferred by the latter relative to the "lager-
bier drinking
While John F. Smith of Milford, Ct. was
gathering seaweed, Friday afternoon, he found
sealed bottle containing paper bearing the
following statement: "Lat. sc deg, Ion, al !:
Oct. I'd, 1870. Sloop Emogene, Ezabethtow
Nj. Ship on fire; no sail in sight. God
help us! Samuels, captain
Three boys, named John Bacon, joseph Bar.
low and William Bennington, were arrested OF
Hartford, Monday for an act of wanton crueI-
ty toward little black and tan dog. Having
got the animal in an out of the wav place
they took knife and deliberately cut ooe of
hiseyes out, and then took broken scvthe
and cut him in the side, and left him t. die.
NEW YoRK.-Henry G. Murphy at a Demo.
cratic mass meeting Thursday night 10 Brook
Ign, said the United States government had
sent troops to overawe Democratic voters and
they were now in the navy-yard in thou
sands but Governor Hoffm an was commander
of the forces in this State and he might he call
ed to act in that capicity. He was conserva-
tol of the peace and order of the State and was
bound to see that its laws were administered.
United States Marshal Sharpe, at the Republic
can mass meeting at cooper Institute the
anne night said:
There will be talk about threats of federal
bavonets bot you will pit rmt me as ore having
official knowledge of the thing to say that no
such action was intended on the part of the
executiY, until the thu as of the Den ocralic
party d. nonstrated that 1T was necessary that
the law should he dmnistered in all it's bear
ings. We see the Democratic papers filled
with editorials to provoke people to 20 to the
polls with arms in their hands and it was be-
heved to be best that if any men came so
equipped they ought to be met bv men who
were accustomed to have arms in their hands.
An old hunter at North Conway, well known
- JACK Seavey," while examining his trap
on picket Mountain" last Sunday, discover
ed a 300 pound Bruin therein, with his fore
paw in the trap. very furious. At first Seavey
attempted to despatch him with sick, but
finding he was likely to get way, and it being
case of nip and tuck" resorted to a hatcher.
Before be had killed the bear, the latter went
half way upa tree, With the trap suspend d,
but finally died Seavy dressed him ON the
spot, left the hide and parts OF no value, and
carried back to North Conway $50 pounds of
the latest bears meat that has been ~ en- there
since the Pequawket Indians named the place
"Connaway," meaning the "Great Bear" as a
great place for BEARS Concord Monitor
The passenger list Ct the foundered steamer
Varuna, as published in the New York papers,
embraces the names of thirty-seven persons
of whom at least seven were ladies' Mr. Jen-
kins, M. P. of England, was on board, and
most of them are said to have been residents of
Texas, and in their loss Galveston and the sur
rounding country will fell tho blow most bit
terly. The officers were well tried men, and
experienced in the trade.