The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-03
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q. A. Bagley IS the hepuOllcan nominee Tor
Congress in the goth New York district.
Geo. D. Carey has been sentenced at SYRIA
,use, N. Y, to be hanged Nov Is, for the MUIR
Ter of George johnson.
The French steamer Lafayette from New
York, arrived safely at Brest Saturday morn
ing
Montana has IA 1888 men, and but SAL
women.
Kentucky wants intelligent and reliable
who do not claim China as their
birth place.
The anthracite coal deposits of PennsylVah-
ia underlie 47O square miles OF mountain ana
valley.
Rayaots of yomito are increasing on the
Mediterranean coast. At Barcelona on FRIDAY
there were fifty-five new cases and forty nine
deaths.
Lord Mayo, viceroy of India, is dead.
Treasurer Spinner is preparing circular to
be addressed to the banks and bankers, calling
upon them to send in all government green
backs of issues previous to 1869, and have them
redeemed by issues of the series of 1860. as he
desires to retire cd issues, thereby facilitating
trade and battling counterfeiters.
Jefferson County, Tenn, has spider which
has succeeded in capturing a venomous snake
one foot long, which had crawled into the store
of johnson & Branner at Messy Creek The
spider spun his web tightly around the neck
and head of the reptile aRd drew him clear
from the floor, making him close prisoner.
AT the late Jewish Synod, held in Leipsic,
the following was resolved: "No bitter or harsh
expression shall be contained in any of the
prayers under revision or to be newly COM
posed; the contents shall embrace all human
beings of the universe. and nothing shall be
said therein with regard to the chosen people
which might in the least offend cur brethrea of
another creed"
One day last week at Packerton, near Manch
Chunk, Penn, a German named Adam Eber-
ling was working in Hon. Asa Packers deer
park, which is sixty acres in extent, and in
closed by fence eighteen feet in height
While he was working in the park alone he
was attacked by number of elks and gored to
death. Their antlers inflicted wounds in nine
different places, ard the unfortunate man was
literally rent to pieces, his entrails being torn
from his body.
At recent Methodist Conference at Cedar
Falls, Iowa a resolution was introduced declar-
ing that it is true Methodism to oppose woman
suffrage. Two hundred ministers voted on the
question, and the resolution was laid on the
table by a small majority.
A volcano, near San Rafael Valley, Lower
California, is in violent eruption, emitting
smoke, ashes and cinders.
A California woman took big rattesnake
out of her baby's cradle and dropped him into
kettle of boiling water which took the bite
out of him. or eoasEa7
Patrick Murphy deliberately shot James
Wood in a barn, in Hartford, with the object OF
committing robbery, on Thursday night
Wood is dangerously wounded, and Murphy
has escaped.
The exports of hops from this country du.
ring the last year were 16,357,631 pounds, the
value of which was $2,517.7s4. As two pounds
of hops are used to barrel of beer, the quanti-
ty exported was sufficient for over 5000 coo 600
barrels.
| An English bank robber named Christopher
Jones, was arrested in Toronto, Canada, on the
18th inst, for robbing the London and County
Bank seven years ago. He was traced by his
family rejoining him in Canada, where he was
known as Hadwell.
Among those killed at Metz lately was the
famous Baron Henri de Riviere, who made 9
sensation in this country some ten years age
by marrying rich Mobile widow, and subse
quently in being prosecuted for the recovery O
certain moneys in New York by rich French
lady with whom he had been travelling and
fourshing in both hemispheres like an Eas
Indian nabob.
Father Sufiield, al eloquent English Bene
dictine monk, has followed his protest agains
the Vatican Coucil by leaving the Roman
Church. He has refused oversures to Join TIL
Anglican Church, saying that he ''queston
alike the infalibility of the Pope and of thu
Scriptures" He throws in his lot with "thos,
who are commonly called Unitarlans, Ere;
Christians, or Christian Theists'
A special from Cincinnati says that mar
named Donovan has been arrested there
charged with Wandering Mr.. Rogers of New
York, two years ago Donovan IS said to be
fully identified as a former employee of the St.
Nicholas Hotel. The papers in his possiesson &c
to show him to be the murderer as he has trav.
elled under many aliases and keeping up
correspondence with New York continually
about the Rogers affair. An old private
grudge, as it appears from the correspon
| dence, led ta&he murder, which the prisoner
| is said to have partially confessed.
Secretary Boutwell, has issued a circular re-
specting the distribution of the United States
notes of the series of 1869 and the new frac-
tional currency to replace the legal tender
| notes of former issues remaining in crcula-
ton. The holders of the former issues are
| permitted to forward them by express to the
| Treasurer for redemption under contract with
Adams Express in sums of $500 and not ex.
ceeding $1,000 or an even multiple thereof by
less than $500. Returns will be promptly
made in new notes, new fractional currency or
checks on the Boston, Philadelphia, New York
or New Orleans Assistant Treasurer and des-
ignated repositories.