The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-09

george Fall is under arrest in New York for
shooting Z. w. Gevet who endeavored to pre-
vent the former from beating his wife to death
in the street.
The President has signed the Disability hill
ana tne TACT has been communicated to Gov.
Alcorn of Mississippi. Some of the officers Of
the Legislature are now enabled to qualify.
IL IS gratifying to know that Secretary Bout
wells funding scheme meets the approval q,
the Pail Mall Gazette.
The London Times denounces the course n,
the captain of the steamer Bombay after tbe
collision with the Oneida.
The Paris Marsellaise of Tuesday nnh,;shod
violent letters from Henri Rochefort and other
political prisoners.
Peter Reagan had his throat cut from ear to
ear in a row in drinking saloon in New York
Monday night. Seven men were arrested tor
murder.
A society has been organized in Paris called
tie Friends of Order.
p The Buffalo Board of Trade has renudiatad
tne action OF the trustees in generating Con.
sressman Bennett from completely in the al.
ieSed grain frauds, and demand furtbar ;nros
tigation.
heV. George II. Hepworth recently of Ras.
ton, preached in his church in New York Sun.
oay night on the school question. Before the
sermon, a petition to the Legislature against
sectarlan gratis was circulated in the conore-
CATION for signatures. Mr.. Hepworth consid-
cred that we were on the verge of a revolution
whose results would be more important than
anything occurring in American history since
the Declaration of Independence. He said
that bis principle was, 1.-THE bottom dollar for
public schools, but not one cent for sectarian
grants"
A bill to incorporate the Detroit River Tran.
SIT Company was introduced in the Ottawa
Parliament Tuesday. 1t is in the interest of
the Great Western and Michigan Central rail-
road companies. The capital is 5000. oOO.-
Inc company will be organized as soon as
million OF dollars is subscribed and 10 per cent.
PAID up. The company will have power to
build either bridge over the Detroit river or
construct a tunnel
oonn Stone was arrested in BROOKLYN Mon
DAY night for attempting to murder his wife
because she would not give him money to buv
rum with.
Inc cargo OF the steamship Eagle, reported
ashore on Body Island, embraced $500 barrels
potatoes, with cheese, butter, sewing machines.
bacon, lard and furniture, while in her iron
safe in the cabin were $159, 900 in specie to be
delivered in Havana.
Washington dispatches say Gen. Badeau has
been an applicant for appointment as Consul
General at London since his return from that
city, and his chances of obtaining it are now
good, although Mr.. Blaine had previously ex
erted himself to have John L. Stevens, late of
the Kenne5ec Journal, appointed.
Moulton's bedstead mandatory at Moulton.
vile, in Ossipee, N. H.. was burned to the
ground on Saturday, the 9Th inst, at o'clock
p. M, about the time the operatives were leav.
ing the building. Loss $4,000; insured for
$500. large portion of the movable macbin-
cry OF the marufactory was saved. Loss for
the insurance companies partial.
Gen. Butler has at last discovered the mis-
take he made by the wholesale insult he gave
to the newspaper press in his seat in CONGRESS-
and hastens to ''claw back He has inst nnh.
llshed an apologize explanation, in which he
segregates from legitimate journalism a class
properly known as "Bohemians," who hang
around and pick up scandal and falsehood tn
be retailed to whoever will buy. As the Cen
eral owes his position to the newspapers, it is
to his advantage that he offers the o,nende hon.
orable.