The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-03

| q 'usIoH VI parties IN the interest OF muul-
cipai reform is going on at Troy, N. Y.
| City Treasurer Mercer of Philadelphia, has
resigned He was bound over in the SUM OF
Sloo'ooo to answer to the charge against him.
| John Ware of Camden, N. j., has been SEN
| fenced TO be hanged on the 10Th of December,
for the murder of his father.
| Mckes's flour mill at Allegheny City, Pa,
was burned Wednesday night. Loss $35, 900.
Cameron's stud of blood horses were sold at
auction Tuesday, bringing $4,000. The horse
Hampton Count brought $1,000.
The tax receipts in New York Wednesday
| were 100000.
In North Chelmsford, Wednesday, staging
gave way, ard Otis Coburn, Frank Bickford
Edward O'Neil were seriously injured by be-
lug precipitated 30 feet.
There were q bids for government gold in
New York Thursday amounting to So, O65, 900,
at Ill. 26 to liz -. The million was awarded
at Ill SO to 11213.
Henry Hooper, Superintendent of the Sioux
Colony, has sued the editor of the Sioux CITY
Herald for libel for charging the former with
adultery and theft The damages are laid at
$25, 900.
The agents at New York of the Suez Canal
are instructed to call the attention of shpmas-
tiers to the necessity of clean bills of health, as
failure necesstates quarantine of ten or fiji
teen days. ## EEH
There has been serious railroad accident
near Perth, Scotland.
Thomas Murphy dressed as a clergyman,
was arrested on the horse cars in New York,
and proved to be an adept pickpocket, He was
sent to Jail.
The Tribune prints statement relative to
the insurance management in Chicago. One
company had risks in that city amounting to
about twenty times its assets, and seven COM
panies assets would not aggregate one-tenth
of their risks.
Tba iot of
day rendered decision against the Central
Pacific Railroad in favor of the passenger who
rendered greenbacks instead of coin for his fare
and was put off the train.
TIE Sheriff of Chilicothe, Ohio, broke up
the headquarters of gang of organized burg
lars and number of stolen articles, including
a quantity of books for instructing novices in
the art of burglary.
Judge Noah Davis of New York, has pre-
sented ample proof that State Senator Bowen,
Republican in the last session of the Legis-
lature, received $4,000 for voting for the tax
levy bill, $4,000 tor voting for all the Ring
bills, $4,000 for voting for the Erie bill, and
$4,000 for voting for the city charter.
The New York Stock Exchange, by large
majority, decided to hold no session election
day. There will be no business in stocks and
bonds Tuesday next.
Ship Hannah Morris, of New York for Lon
Rangoon stranded on Point de Gale.
Edward Nelson, New York artist, was run
over and killed by railroad train on Wednes-
day.
The new house of Orrin Whipple at New
ton, Mass, valued at $4,000. was burned We'd
nesday hight.
The New York State Guard is to be armed
with Remington breach loading rifles.
Five deaths from yellow fever in Charleston
Thursday.
President Grant has not ordered his Seneca
quarry stock to be Sold
Mayor Kalbheisch has written a note deny-
ing any knowledge of Delmar's newspaper ar
ticle, rejecting on the char acters of the female
teachers of the schools of Brooklyn.
A Democratic meeting in Baltimore Thurs
day night was presided over by the Hon. Rev
erdy johnson. Its principal purpose was to
protest against the enforcement of the Ku-
Klux bin in South Carolina.
Gen. William B. Franklin bid off the extern
sive Woodruff & Beach iron works at Hart
ford, Conn, sold at auction yesterday, for $780,
500.
In Philadelphia Goldsmith Maid beat Lacym
three straight heats in % IL, 2.18 "a and
218 IA.
The brig Thomas Edwards, from Hamburg
for st. John, N. B., was burned on the 26th
ult. near Cape st. Francis. All hands were
saved.
The ship Kooria Mooria, from Brunswick,
GA, for England, put into Halifax, N. S., tor
repairs, having been ashore. She was placed
in quarantine with one case of fever on boarl.
The Express has a report that Gen. Siegel
has been obliged to subscribe $4,000 for cleo
ton purposes.
Mrs. Koch, residing in Division street. died
last night, suspected from poison. A coroner
investigates.
Charles Layton bit his brothers lower lip
completely off in fight in Williamsburg yes