The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-17

at O'clock. Additional accounts show the
effects OF the storm in this vicinity Tuesday
night and by the high tides Wednesday to
have been gate severe. large quantity Of
Harlem flats was washed away. In Jersey
the Morris canal overfowed, subnerging base
ments, carrying If lu mber, boats, yachts, etc !,
damaging ever $4,000 worth OF property
The lecture room of the Methodist church at
Bergen Heights was blown down and the
church damaged.
In Newark over $4,000 worth OF property
was destroyed by Wild and water, several uu-
finished houses being demolised and cellar.
Easements flooded.
At Elizabeth brick foundry and five build
ings were blown dewD. The Schooner Native,
of Green WITCH, Conn.,, was blown high aud dry
on dock and another schooner driven ashore
demolisting barn in its progress. Worralrs
brick factory lost 10000 bricks and seventy five
tons of moulding sand. An unfinished Church
in Plainfield was also destroyed.
VIM. PlimptOn, brakeman on the Long
Island Railroad, was blown from train on to
the track, another train severiDg his bead from
his body. r...f .,... -.. .-., - 3
The Presbyterian church at Freehall, N. j.,
was partly demolished by the gale on Tuesday
night. Loss $4,000.
The kiag md the Viaduct Railway,
The Directors of the proposed Viaduct Rail-
way, including Tweed, Sweeney, Bradley ,Con-
molly. Hall, O'Gorman and Il aIk Smith, have
all resigned, and all the employees are say
pended except the Secretary.
Change.
The residence of Mr.. Nathan, who was so
mysterioasly murdered, is being converted into
a gambling hell.
The unk nown man who died of apoplexy at
Belieyqe Hospital yesterday was Judge Fled
erck Vose, of Walpole, N. II.
The ERenry r. Lsrd.
The bark Rachel, from PHILADELPHIA for
Portland. has arrived here. On the i4.h- at o
A. NJ off Rarner,t, beaIino Vast tl,irtv.i Ave
miles she fall in with a boat contain;no 1ne
captain and crew Of the bark Henry p. Lord.
of Harpsve,l Me- from philade,nbia far Port
lana, with coal. which they had left on her
beam ends and in sinking condition. Tue
Rachel took the crew on board and brouo bit
them to Sandy Hook and transferred them.
with the execution of the captaip. TO a steam.
tug. which brought them to this mort
Cs
"p0 % So"iA'eIis Aer'
Daliaru, one OF me men VINO escaped from
Iau1aew stieet la,i lass hlgot, was one OF MI
Iel llose u S ara dangerous men IN conn,
ser, s Iney cut through The ceiling and
house and escaped through the hatchway of
the latter to the street.
iis9 ccpptfhead suit.
Johr Mitchell gained a point TO day in the
suit against Gen. Dix for alleged false mpris-
onment, Judge McCunn denying molten to
tor the reason that il did not come under the
laws OF congress OF 1868 apd 1868, the arrest
uavins ooeurteu ouue Is, 1909, subsequent TO
ene aate ilAeu oy tpe PRESIDENTIAL proclama-
tloh Oh Tue CLOSE OF tue rebellion.
Extra scssso7 of Legislature Considered.
An Albany special says Gov. Hoffman met
inc democratic state Senators at Troy to-day,
the Ieoisaure p t oa ao ezra session OF
.ne Lee 'siatute " pass the new reform charters
or ei.eWSuy uuaiseu w ~ Conof, Illoen ana others
ior No" AofA anu orooKlyo.
M oiser''
one more death from cholera at West Bank
no Tt,o D. ...8,
Alden r StocL veil w. obnss DIen aoJuseeu;
f w Rellows Vica pras;J"St IT, 'n.;. auu
tions M Clewe Tool ,UooS - ,es.sn a
when thew we,a Md ;n.lv;Sn, aIoJH,eu
and 70 aleo,eS d;ranto.s " S'o0A uoioeis
The Fish. Marsf;eiS sr;+ ,os ,u.,s .:u
IN morrow sun was Po''poneu III
Daniel Sweenev 5;od in Tow ,treot proo1,-
lvn vestarjav frone tha L.. " sotso'' DiooA-
a horse car ,vas ds,no,;.i'a5 - =" No,.
(. last evening hv a South Side Ra;Iroad IAN
Fourteen passengers jumped off in time to save
their lives. =
4 A hundred Park laborers are understood to
have voted against Bradley for the Senate and
have been dismissed.
wild steer ran through tho st. eets on the
west side Of the, town to-day ard injured
nunberof people, some Of them fatally.
Forged Check Dccssiou.
IL I,aoo N.ornr1 H.. -, - ~. ar
forged check that the bank nsyirs il is loser
though drawn on another insritntiop. The
National Mechanics Banking Association suf-
fers to the amount OF S1550O W
The six,a ward var. Rroon,v,
Ia c,;,h,u. .s.ho So.
ed a mandamus restraining the canyassers Of
Kings county from proce eding with the vote of
I
GAINED, the oaiiot boxes were stuffed and that
~ was pnyslcai impossloili!y to poll as many
votes as appeared 10 nave been done. ~
Tine Proposed Charter.
The committee of seventy are giving exclu-
sive attention to the framing of the new city
charter and election law and similar matters
for legislative action EyGov Salomon il
chairman of the subcommittee on legislation.
The committee have just secured new quarters
at the corner Of 4th avenue and 18th street
Ihere IS considerable talk of running ex-
Mayor Havemeyer for the Mayoralty in the
spring II new charter ls then in etfeJt.
Democratic Organization. -r
Eek Gov. Seymour to-day had a long confer
enee with Samuel G. Coupteney, chairman Of
Apollo Hall Democratic committee, relative to
ttorgan'zation or the democratic elements
y; 10y au o te !. 70 nuoWu Suao oey
tnour ior aconsoiua'ion OF tne party
~ I'M T Wv ~ cis .ne coii ~,
,s's - Aainany noln iurener ""Ainss Vi Tue
patty e
-
oAsp1 LUZ nv No.. oC 1i:Ny IS nos
and anchored off hers sst nebt She ranorts
that sbe uarted comnanv with,the shin having
The Grand Dnks IN hoard Nov 9Th lat d
long 20 - -, - u
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.slra+ WAsHENGTON. $3.50 .
u Value of the signal Service.
WARRINGTON. Nov 16--The sional office nv
cautinary sionsls warned ali narts Of the conn
try from five to fifteen hours ahead of the an.
nro.ch of The storm Tha wind at Nau Vork
reachsa The veioc;tv of sytv m;ie. nar bonr
Snow storms prevailed Yesterday and ,ast
night at Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland. Pittsburg
Rochester and Oswego
sold.
a Young laay OF bridgeport, Conn. appar-
otfsrad re,,yar5 os eaoo e., - ,,;ii;a, daf
postage aud revenue stamos has FORWARDED 10 :
500 stamps on account and reouests nav pro.
rata.
appointment.
Charles Rradv ia anno;nted ass;.sart stora
L.enar in tho f,nston, Honse RnSton.
r.
wv NJ 81 NJ.
donated bv The comntroIler Of currency tn m II a
i1,vestisafion INTO The aff,;rs nf ths Chicsgo
Nat;nnoI u Ms ,.no-.s 80 ~ ~ Il, -,
ahtv mnch less ihap was est;mated inst after
tbe fire and that nn,lar fhe Observation-Disclosures
capoiti,,, f h., ha,,Ls ara .xooltant
80 80 nv. 80,
III. O., .c.n:I
nc Cis s service commission mas nau un-
uer consiuerstio ~, tne ouoIect OF ooaies Vi eA-
auIihauoh aoo thelr appototmcnt dutles. 4
Ia response 70 secretary Dtianos request
~ is, ~ 49,, = - teJ w Satuo"u, INC poueiou
ei as follows: Resignation sent by mail. Mai
Neyin. Of Penn. now chief OF The division of
raoaints q MI ynana; -, roc ~ t,,a Traaerrw n,