The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-08-07
NE W YORK.

NEW York, Aug 5.-Mayor Hall announces
| tnat stateme mt OF the city and county debt
VIII hereafter appear regularly on the hrst OF
every month, as published this morning. it
SHOWS that the funded debt of the city July
olst, has been $54 33l 7O8 and of the county
| $24, 791 $50. from which, deducting the sinking
fun9 OF SlS $780, 81, the remains as the the net
n aunued deDt OF the city and county $50, 242 396
Inc temporary debt recoverable by assessments
9n toperty Tor Improvement, by which the
utot Is incurred, is $11 ,824 500, aud the reven-
ue bonds to be paid from the takes of the cur
rent year, $50 100000. The debt incurred for
expenses growing out of the late war, $12 $685.
Voo among the city expenditures during Ju-
tionary, $140,652 for salaries, $67 74O for street
clearing, $4,000 for contingencies Among
the county expenses are Sc 859 for armorips
aud drill rooms and $97 933 for salaries.
N.ws from >an Domingo.
Port au Prince letter of the 18th ut. saws
that President BaeZ of San Domingo is distrib
utIng among the Haytien insurgent partisaps
Of the late President Sanave arms and NUM-
tons OF war received from New York, and in
retaliation has ordered 5000 troops TO the from
tier with ORDERS to make reprisals and shoot
every one found under arms. JSaez, ia his
cent engagement with Cabral, took IA prison.
ers, all of whom were Immediately shot. Four
days after, Cabral retook San Juan, and being
reinforced and supplied with arms, will estab-
i,sh a provisional government in the south OF
the island and at once commence more active
operations against Bsez The crops IN Hayt
all promise large ed.
CONSOLIDATED.
The four German Consulates in this city are
to be consolidated into one, under the title OF
Consulate General of the Ger ran Empire.
An Injunction.
Justice Scott to-day issued an Injunction to
compel the occupants of a tenement house ad-
Joining the Alanson Methodist Church IN the
CITY 10 stop operating sewing machines, or
winch great number are employed during
church services The tenant, a jew named
heryoDski, with a number OF his wOrkmen,
made gross resistance to the officer who at
tempted to serve the injunction, for which be
was arrested and committed in default OF $lOOO
George c. Frcke, book-keeper and cashier,
confessed GO, yesterday to the embezzlement of
S40, G0O from Robbie & Corlis and William A.
h9oee q Co.. his employers, and was commit
Young scoundrels.
William Carroll of Derby, Conn.,, and John
harrington of No. l Bennett avenue, Boston,
each IA years old, were committed to Jail yes
terdsy in Milford, Penn, for placing obstruc-
lions on the Erie railroad track near Port Jar
VIZ, as they said when arrested, to see how high
the locomotive would Jump. They had fasten.
ed an inverted chair on one rail and wound
cnain repeatedly around the other but the en-
glne passed safely, and the boys lurking near
by were soon arrested.
Moro Victims.
Joseph Dutch died in Brooklyn yesterday
from Injuries received by the explosion of the
Westfield, and the body of Michael McQuade.
supposed TO be anO her victim of the disaster,
was found 10 North river.
International Exhibition.
BUFFALO, Aug. Gov Hoffman will de-
liver the opening addresses Of the Information
al Industrial Exhibition in this city Septem-
Der 18th.
Sunday TrOising.
The celebrated trotting mare Purity, while
exercising on the driving park this morning
dropped dead from heat. She was entered for
a 2 "a and 80 race for $40, 900. At the time of
the accident she had trottst over the track at
225 and was on the second round on 22O
gait
Goldsmith Maid made 10 2 this morning
while exercising.
SYRACUSE, Aug. ID. o. Solmons extern
sive factory and warehouse were totally de-
stroyed this morning. Loss $40, 900; insurance
$50 900.