The Portland daily press., 1871-09-23

90 Ras Rnonas f. Lee, first mate of the ship Thorn
C. &C. uuham has been indicted at New York
r9 ~ ,,'e auider in The second degree for killing
Aus" conway, sailor in the same vessel.
t1e Kepublican primaries in Kings county,
-; thursday night resulted in the Greeley
why securing two-tbrds of the delegates.
r, secretary Beknap and Gen. Sherman and
New York city.
IN, Henry Ward Beecher spoke in Montreal on
!l,hurr.day evening at a meeting in behalf of
the Congregational College.
me Grand Lodge of Locomotive Firemsn is
,oiuiag lts sixth annual session at ST. Louis
Nearly all the States are represented.
one OF the Irish clubs in New York proposes
20 20 withdraw from the confederation il James
stephens is made one of its executive com !.
mittee.
Wolford & Shaw's cotton mill. at Cardino.
ton, seven miles from Philadelphia, was burned
Thursday. Whtley's mill. at the same place
was also burned. Loss $150,OOO.
A safe in the Merchants. Bank. at Lima.
~ -<es-tnn a. AK. Apaxa "a
Ihursday night aud all the vaiuables stolen.
including $4,000 in cash.
1t is reported that yellow fever ia maxine
considerable headwsy in New Orleans
An express train going south from Water.
town, N. Y, yesterday, when near Adams ran
over and instantly killed Truman Green and
woman and lutte girl. They were attempting
10 cross the track ahead of the train.
Iaceudiaries attempted to burn Virginia
Guy, Nevada, Thursday morning. Fires were
set in several places, but no great damage was
done.
The total loss bv the fire at Phoebe, Nevada,
is estimated at 100000 There ls large in
crease IN the list OF persons wounded by the
disaster.
The woman who carried the cholera to
Woodbridge, N. j., was a passenger on the
steamer Westphaiia and cot out CT her while
in quarantine by paying The health officer $50
The convicts who escaped during the late
outbreak from the Nevada State prison are
scattered through the Sierra Nevada noun.
talns and are M iking their way towards Cali
fornla.
An iDcendiary fire at Holley, Orleans coun-
", N. T., yesterday morning. destroyed several
stores and other buildings, Loss $4,000.
In Northern Alabama the boil worm is doing
much injury to the colton crop.
Secretary Boutwell, is in Washington.
kev. D. w. c. Durgin's house in Newman
ket, N. d., was robbed OF clothing worth S100
Thursday nignt.
Hottnger's wharf, ia Charlestowu, Mass,
caved in yesterday, causing loss of $4,000.
Capt Preble will act as executive officer of
the Charlesown Navy Yard until successor
can be appointed 10 Capt. Bryson, who is Or
dered to the command of the fr,gate Brooklyn.
The Novelty Iron Works, at Toledo, were
burned Thursday night Loss $50 00O
George W. Greene. C. G. Shackfurd Charles
Babcock and James E. Oliver have been ap-
DoluIed to proessorsbips at Cornell Univer-
sity, where fifty persons are now actually en-
gag 10 teaching. The class which entered
this tall numbers 214.
A company with capital of $5,00000O has
been organized in San Francisco TO work the
coal miDes IN the Aentian Islands.
Chief Justice Chase is the guest OF Gerrit
Smith in Peterboro, n. Y.
Burglars carried off $4,000 worth of silks
from S0den Bros store III Brook yn Thursday,
night.
rue body of the late Prot. D. Fl. Matan was
found in the Hudson yesterday at Haverstraw.
The Swine Exposition in Chicago was a sue
cess every way but financially. Receipts
$500; expenses, $40, 800.
A 900 libei suit has been brought against
the Chicago Tribune.
Goldsmith Maid beat Lucy at St. Louis yes
teTday, Best time 49,
Eight cases of yellow fever we're reported in
Charleston yesterday
Tennessee sold railroads enough Thursday
= -. .1is,co hc- trSI,t -siii;s,, ,,1 q half
The Louisiana levees are in a very bad con-
dItlon and much apprehension is tet for the
consequences when the river rises.
weather HepOTt-sept 32-i2 r. NJ.
War Department, Sgual Service U. 3. Army Di-
O M for ha tot