The Portland daily press., 1872-08-27
NEW YORK.
Ei2ht or No Money

Fight or No Money.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Alderman iMcMullen,
who holds the Mace-O' Baldwin's stakes, says
they shall not be giveh up until the fight takes
place.
A Disgraceful Affair.
A prize fight took place yesterday, near New
York, between John Casey and Bob Russell.
The latter was badly punished and knocked out
of time in the 18th round. Two policeman were
among the spectators.
An Adventurous Oarsman Safe.
Arthur Stevenson, who started from Glouces-
ter, Mass, to row to this city in wherry;
reached New York safely last Thursday eve
ming at seven o'clock. He had to lie four days
wind-bound on the passage, and in rounding
Cape Cod rowed 36 hours conseeutively.
Arrival of Minister Curtin. Hr-
The Hon. A. G.. Curtin and family arrived
yesterday on the steamship Republic, from
Liverpool.
MurderOus ARRAY.
Two men named Haggerty and Sullivan
fought yesterday over quarrel between their
children. Haggerty struck Sullivan on the head
with bottle, fracturing his skull. Sullivan
cannot recover Haggerty has not been ar
rested. .sa. .aU
Election inspectors.
The executive committee of the Reform As
ISOLATION have addressed letter to the Police
Commissioners who have the appointment of
election of inspectors, proposing to name of
the 6 inspectors OF each district leaving to be
appointed by the Commissioners Tho Com
mittee protest against the appointment of Of
fee holders to be inspectors and promise that
half their appointees shall be Republicans and
half Democrats and none office holders.
Deputy-Sheriff Keene to-day arrested VIM.
Tucker, London (Eng) bankrupt charged
with absconding with $4,000 worth of wines
liquors with intention of defrauding This credi-
tors. He was held in $4,000 ba il
af EFT Cetera.
NJ Grandin No al Dibartv St Twas held
| in $4,000 dollars bail to-day charged with de-
| posting obscene literature in the mails.
| Judge Barrett to-day granted peremptory
| mandamus against Comptroller Green directing
| him to pay the salaries of SO attaches of the
| Supreme Court
Fighting Indians.
| ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26-The Times, tomorrow,
| will publish letter from the Indian council at
| the Cheyenne agency, which brings the pro-
ceedings down to the 18th inst. Live Wolf, the
| principal chief of the Kiowas, made q speech
in which he said that before any peace can be
| made with the government the military must
| be removed from the country, Fort Sill aban-
| doned and the soldiers sent home. Raiding in
| to Texas, he said, they would never be willing
| to renounce. The Gambdrikas, Quatodas and
| Guerilla's bands of Mexicans make that coun-
try their ra'ding ground and the Kiowas will
| never give up their share of the spols. The
council was expected to adjourn the next day
| after the letter was written. 'H AslR% VI
Death of Hon. Ralph L. EngersOlI
| New HAVEN, CT, Aug. 26.-Hon. Ralph l..
Ingersoll died in this city at o'clock this morn
ing after short illness, in the Saith year OF his
| age. He was for many years a leading lawyer
| in this State. He represented New Haven in
| the State Legislature seven consecutive years
| from 1919 He served in Congress four con-
/ seeutive terms from 1925, and was upon impor-
tant committees, principally the Committee on
| WAYS and Means. He then resumed the prac-
| tice of law in New Haven, was the attorney for
the county and declined the appointment of q.
S. Senator, not wishing to re-enter political life.
| He was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to
Russia by President Polk. He remained abroad
two years and has since lived quietly in this
| citv