The Portland daily press., 1870-06-18

One hnndred members of the ST. Crispin
Lodge in North Brookfeld, Mass, dissatisfied
with the workings OF their lodge, held an en-
thusiastic meeting on Tuesday and passed
resolutions to the effect that these members
withdraw from the order, and would pay no
money into its treasury, or have anything to
do with it after the first of July next.
Two meteors fell Wednesday evening, one
at the corner OF Grand and Norfolk streets,
and the other in Becker street, New York.
The former fell upon cart, utterly demolish-
ing it and killing the horse Its fall was wit
messed by several persons, who were greatly
frightened.
A little incident occurred on decoration
day, in certain town in the State. The ex-
trcises were in the open air,-speakers, musi-
clans and returned soldiers IN the centre, and
The public outside OF a circle formed by the
marshals Of the day. The military stood
shoulder TO shoulder, somewhat hiding the
view from gentee party in their immediate
rear. A young man Of the kid glove persua-
sion, stepping from their midst approached
remonstratively the military, and addressed
them thus: "My dear fellows, you prevent
our seeing; you are standing up there right
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Eyes, sir, and we stood in front and covered
you all through the war;" Remonstrant sub
sided.
The two girls, Helen and Louisa Lincoln,
who were captured in Texas by the Kiowa
Indians two or three years ago, after their
parents and relatives had been murdered, are
to receive five thousand dollars compensation
for their wrongs, the amount to be deducted
from the annuities of the Indians. The Joint
resolution authorizing the appropriation was
passed by Congress fortnight since, and the
President having failed to return it with his
signature within the required time, it is of
course law.
A San Francisco excursion party discover
ed while on their return that their steamer
was drifting out toward the Heads. and some
of them, on going to the wheel-house found
the officer at the wheel too drunk to perform
his duty. They displaced him and put deck
hand in his place. They then went below
and found the engineer also intoxicated, the
boilers without water and in critical condi-
tion. They installed new engineer, let of
the steam, lowered the fires, and finally filled
the boilers, got up steam and came safely into
port.
At the time of the fire in the st. James
Hotel, Washington, Mr.. Samuel Throop, a
pate-printer, assembled ladder to the fourth
story of the hotel to rescue lady and child,
the Chronicle says that the ladder being short
he was obliged to reach up with his hands and
clasp the window-si, and draw himself into
the room. He passed the child out, and then
got the lady out on the ladder, when she
swooned. swinging him partially off the lad
der, TO which he chung with one hand and
with the other held the lady until others came
up and relieved him.
A terrible accident has just occurred in Swift
zerland. The Choral Society of Vevey had
been to Gruyeres to givea concert for the
benefit of all orphan asylum, and were return
ing by the valley of Alieres, when some Of
them proposed an excursion ON a lake which
exists on the plateau Of Jaman. That place
is celebrated for delicious trout, which the
inhabitants fish for from species of raft.
Upon one of these about thirty of the compa-
ny embarked and had attained the middle of
the lake, which is not above 600 yards in di-
Ameter, although very deep, when their frail
support became disocated, and sank with
them. Although nearly all were good swim
mers, twenty were drowned.