The Portland daily press., 1871-04-28
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Steamer Prussian, from Portland, arrived at
Neville on Wednesday.
the small pox. which has been raging in
Lowell, Mass, has been checked.
The Germrn peace celebration in Philadel-
phia Is to take place on the 18th 18th and 18th
OF May. Sunday is TO be devoted to religions
services in the churches.
A new planet called Amalthea. discovered
by Dr. Luther of Blk, Germany, has been
observed by Prof. Hall of Washington. 1t is
OF the 18th magnitude, and the 18th of the
minor planets.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina lately
unanimously decided in favor of contracts in
winch slaves were q consideration.
The wreck of the revenue cutter Miami,
driven ashore last winter near Point Penn, was
sold at auction Thursday for $2050. She was
originally pleasure yacht for Lord Palmers-
ton.
The friends of Senator Conkling in New
York will give him public dinner in a few
days.
Government sold $2OOO,O 600 of gold in New
York on Thursday at $l10.761-2.
Smiths brewery at Rome, N. Y, was burn
ed Thursday morning. Loss $15, 900.
Avery d. Putnam, merchant on Pearl
street, New York, was struck OF the head with
car hook and fatally injured while leaving a
Broad way car on Wednesday night, by John
Foster, who had grossly insuIted some ladies
under Putnam's escort. Foster was arrested.
The st. Louis Arsenal has been transferred
by a general order to Jefferson, Mo-, and the
barracks were turned over to the Ordnance
Department.
James u. Sherman, deputy collector and U
s. Marshal, while making seizure of contra
band whiskey in South Carolina on the Goth,
was struck on the head with stick of wood
and fatally injured.
The wife of Rev. Thomas Hill of South Ded-
ham, Mass, drow ned herself in pond in that
town Wednesday while temporarily deranged.
| She was a worthy Christian woman and moth
er.
The Joint committee of the Massachusetts,
Legislature on the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy &
| Greenfield railroad have voted to report a re-
solve appropriating $1,000 to build railroad
from the west portal of the tunnel to North
Adams, to connect at the depot there with the
Troy and Boston railroad.
The Rothschild's "Haunch" won a 5000
guinea stake at Newmarket on Thursday.
Commissioner Pleasanton has decided that
the salaries of State officers are exempt from
| taxation.
the government by means of forged soldiers
| bounty and back pay claims has been discover
| ed in New York. About twenty persons have
thus far been implicated, including volunteer
army officers, pretended clergyman, Sc. =
The verdict in the Fair murder case is an.
proved in all parts of California as just.
Destructive winds prevail in the northern
and western parts of California, and the crops
will be injured.
Sheriff Sauviret has recovered $1,000 from
the proprietor of a saloon in New Orleans who
| refused to furnish him refreshments on account
| Of his color.
Two cOlored graduates Of the Howard Uni:
versity at Washington have been refused ad.
mission to the bar at New Orleans on the
ground that while parties who have practiced
before the Supreme Court in any State can be
admitted to practice in Louisiana, the 1ule
does not apply to them as they come from a
territory and must submit to an examination
The Ohio Grand Division of Sons of TEN.
psrance is in session at Williamsburg. Forty
subordinate divisions have been added. The
membership in the State is $4,000. The Ma
tional Division has been asked to admit mem
bers at the age of twelve years.
The health of Bishop Clark is improving
Bids for Indian supplies to the amount O
$5,O0OO00 were opened on Thursday by the
Commissioners. The prices were generally
below the current market rates.
The Workingmen's International Associa
ton in New York have pledged moral and ma
terlal assistance to the striking coal miners
and expressed sympathy with the Paris Com
munists as deserving the cooperation, as far a:
practicable, OF all true lovers of liberty.
In New York Thursday, Henry Austin, al
English confidence man, who has been operat
ing Oh the New Haven steamers, was sentenc
ed to five months Imprisonment and 500 tint
for passing counterfeit gold.
Five hundred claims have been filed before
the Southern Commissioners at Washington