The Portland daily press., 1871-05-01

There Is breach in the bank of the Erie
canai AZ Ok Bow, from which 10000 yards of
earth nave been washed. Much damage has
Deen done TO FARMS roads aud buildings A
ca'a' Doat was carried through the breach
| mile distant. o''N0" "
a mliIiOn dollars worth of silkworm eoos
[ have been imported into San Francisco Nv
Japanese, intended for italian and French
dealers. =
An agent Of the, Equitable Life Insurance
Company has been arrested in San Francisco
for embezzliDg $3.50 Of the company's money.
Commissioned Pleasanton decides that reve-
nue. assessors have no authority to call for in
come returns from persons whose incomes last
year were less than $1,000; but if they have
sufficient evidence that persons who make no
return are defrauding the government they
may proceed against them.
On account Of removal of portion Of the
work to New York 145 employees Of the TN.
craving and printing bureau at the Treasury
Department have been discharged.
Seventeen additional representatives of the
Japanese government have arrived in Wash-
ingt)n. -4-H
The coal miners at Tamaqua, Pa, have re-
Iected the latest proposals OF the operators.
Track laying on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road has begun and will proceed at the rate of
half mile day.
The Boston bakers have aeceded to the de-
mands of the tourneymen for increased wages
and there will be no strike.
Mrs. Richardson of West Chelmsford, Mass,
aged &c, was run over by railroad train SAT-
urday night, near her residence.
AT Peoria, Ill, on Saturday q grain eleva-
tor and warehouse were considerably damaged
by fire, and at La Crosse a saw mill was Dc
stroyed. Loss on the latter $25, 600. sr.a
Secretary Boutwell, made an excursion on
Lake Michigan Saturday and was to leave
Tor Washington on Sunday night.
b. Young, printer of Holden, Mo-, shot
his wife through the head Saturday. Instantly
killing her, and then shot himself Cause, in.
temperance. i.rf ii
The Boston & Maine Railroad Company, 1t
is reported. have contracted for the rails and
sleepers for the extension to Portland.
The funeral of Putnam, who was fatally as
saulted on New York street car last week will
take place Tuesday, and nearly all the places
OF business in the vicinity OF his store on Pearl
street will he closed. Macy prominent mer-
chants and business associates have united in
testimonial OF respect to the character and
sympathy with his family. The event has Great
ed great excitement and indignation, and thore
are threats OF retrbution and a vigilance COM
mittee are freely expressed, When Foster, the
murderer, was told of the result of his act be
tainted, but on recovering became dopped. sur-
y and insulting, and denied all knowledge of
the act. Putnam was a native of Worcester,
Mass. He leaves wife and son Thirteen
years of age. :
The. Hoffman patent for enameling paper
collars has Eeen sustained by Judge Batch
ford of New York. tlllt<'.ir@ i.
Five English war ships are at Havana.
The Daily Chronicle and Alta California of
san francisco have been indicted for libel.
The situation of Mr. Corcoran. the Wash
1nston banker, remains critical.
During the month of May the government
will purchase ST., 600 900 OF bonds and sell S.
O00O 900 of gold. 90
The Young Democracy of New York have
established an organ called the SUNDAY Free
Press. Barclay Gallagher. formerly Of the
Tribune, il its conductor.
In his sermon yesterday Henry Ward Beech
er lndlgnant,y secuted the theory Of the resur-
5 The contract for the construction OF the Mem.
phls u st. Louis railroad has been signed
An @ronaut was thrown out Of his balloon
IN Hartford ON Saturday and bad q leg broken.
: Samuel w. Collins, the founder of the Col.
Inns 20 and large manufacturer of edge
tools, died at Collinsville on Sunday, aged IS
years. f7sa $3.50 49, :
The French contribution for the support of
the RUSSIAN troops has been paid up the 18th
Of April. @
Mr. Gladstone is reported as determined to
oppose any further alteration OF the budget
The U uted States steamer Franklin. flagship
OF the European squadron, is in the Tagus.
Thirty persons were discharged from the
Philadelphia custom house ON SATURDAY..
Samuel Chaplin Of Springfield, Mass, aged
~, SHOT himself fatally on Saturday, on ac-
count OF religious excitement.
A Mrs. Norwood, formerly Of Maine, cut her
throat with razor at South Hadley Falls.
nj iss. Domestic troubles was the cause.
Il; b. Patterson OF Pittsburg, Pa, was found
dead in coal yard under the railroad track
SUNDAY morning. 1t is thought that he fell
road train.
Postmaster Mccoy of Monticello. Mo. has
been arrested for purluning money from reg.
lsterad letters. Some of the money was top nj
in his possession. saw :
Goldsmith, the conductor on the street car
on which Mr.. Putnam of New York was as
saulted, has surrendered himself and has bee
detained as witness.
Scholarship George M. Barnard, in Boston
harbor, was slightly injured by fire on Sunday.
The employees Of the Mckay iron aud loco
motive woras, Jersey City, are on strike to
recover back wages, many having received
nothing since January and threaten If not
PAID by Thursday to attach the property of the
concern. l.-L -l'l6l
The lawer House Of the Austrian Reicherath
has ratified the naturalization treaty with the
United States. The Hungarian Diet have rot
yet taken action on the subject.
Two chlldieu, aged and years, of Mrs.
las uas'e, ., E.rmount, West Virginia. were car
that place Saturday. and drowned.
John DonavOn, his wife and sou. elven wars
Oh, were fonnd in an apartment in ALBANY.
N. Y, on Saturday snffOcated to death bv coal
gas. A daughter three years old survived.