The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-08
g DOMINION OF CANADA,
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.


A man was frozen to death at Whitestone
Long Island, Thursday
All of the London papers rejoice over the re-
suit of the Tichborne case
The directors of the French Cable Company
have recently decided to lay another cable to
America. ru
The London Times is so good as to mention
the friendly tone of the American press toward
England
Capt, Stevens of the frigate Guerrero, guilty
of neglect of duty, and sentenced him to dis
missal from the service ~
James Young, of Baltimore, President of the
Maryland Institute and founder of the Sons of
Temperance In that State, died Thursday, aged
SO years
The petroleum refiners had meeting in New
York Wednesday to concert measures for op-
posing the great monopoly of the South I'M
provement Company
The Wilton Mills, in Wilton, N. H., were
burned Wednesday afternoon. The loss is esti-
mated at $780, 900 and 150 operatives are thrown
out of employment.
Two emigrants who arrived at Boston by the
last steamer took the cars for New York When
they reached there they were arrested for drunk
enness and one died at the station during the
night and the other is dying, They had been
drugged.
One of the Justices of Westchester county.
n T., was held in $4,000 bail for trial, Wednes-
day, on a charge of appropriating the county
money. 1t is stated that nearly every Justice
IN the county has been indicted for similar
offences.
The foreign consuls at Havana were entirely
ignored by the authorities ON the occasion of the
visit OF the Grand Duke Alexis, not being in
vlted to join In any of the ceremonies.
Gov. Randolph, of N. j., refused to sell the
surplus arms of that State to French agents in
1870. ~!
!, shocks OF earthquake were felt throughout
Central Germany at intervals during the entire
night of Wednesday.
"A severe snow storm prevailed throughout
the northwest yesterday and last night
j. ID. Nichols 4 Sons wooden mill at Burrill-
vile, H. l., was burned yesterday. Loss $40
A detachment of federal troops recently de-
stroyed nineteen distilleries in Tennessee and
Alabama. ~ ~
Several prominent Boston merchants are in
Washington urging upon the attention of Con-
gress the Importance of doing something to
sustain wooden ship-building.
Mrs BROKER, sister of Mrs Woodruff, spoke
J IN Cooper Institute Thursday night denounc-
'ng free love and declaring that Mrs. w. is in
| ane.
"A British war sloop has shelled and DESTROYED
.neyillage inhabited by the murderers of Bish-
op latterson. -ir1 MN
j.. VPeatives in the Leeds (Eng.) silk factories,
" .ne number of $500, have been refused en-
p1y raS in consequence of refusing the terms
onered thm by employers.
:, Inc rop has not made any application to
ene brltish government for an asylum in that
country, nor las home there been offered him.
MRS. Maya. Lvermore addressed Repub-
lican meeting and Charles p. Kimball of this
I Sa Democrtic meeting in Concord, N H.,
me Centenn.l Commissioners will meet
the GfaaEn Philadelphia Saturday, at
The Wisconsin lc;s,o.r 80 III, -.
act temperance laS similar to the Ohio stat
ute, it having alreadypassed the House.
weather Report, March Z, 12P, NJ,
War Department, Signal Nervice, U. s. Army, Dr.