The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-27
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, Dec. 26-Christmas was duly
celebrated yesterday here. The weather was
cold but very fine, and the skating parks were
damned in this city, Brooklyn and vicinity.
The church services were well attended. Chair
table institutions were fully supplied with the
good things of the season. At the Newsboy's
Lodg ing House last evening, over a Thousand
newsboys, bootbacks and gamins were ban
quetted by William N. Fless, and short adj
dresses We're made by George Jones of the
Times, Senator Roscoe Conkling, Henry Clews
and Isaac H. Bailey.
After dark last evening" the weather ncreas-
edin the intensity of the cold and grew cloudy
at ten o'clock. AT five o'clock this morning
heavy snow storm commenced, with gale from
the northeast, and atsnne o'clock six inches of
snow had fal en-. The snow is so thick on the
rivers that the ferry boats have to run by the
sound of the fog bells. The cold is still ex-
tremely severe.
Severe Weather mt Sea.
All vessels arriving report bad weather and
danger from the ice, with crews badly frost
bitten.
The Stokes Trial.
Tha Stokes trial proceeded to-day. There
was slight attendance in court The only new
testimony offered was the following:
Mrs. Mary Bissell who lives on 23d street
opposite the house formerly occupied by Miss
Mansfield, testified that on the afternoon of the
9th of January she saw Colonel Fisks carriage
driving up and down before her house, and a
coupe with one horse drive up to Mansfield's,
stop there and man get out. She didn't see
his face and cannot recollect what he WORE
Miss Mansfield, as she supposed, came to the
window, but the window was not raised. The
man got out of the carriage and then got back
and drove away.
Cross examined-Saw no signs between them
was sitting for an hour looking out of my
window ther. Did not see any one in Fisk S
carriage.
Andrew Parker testified that some six weeks
before Fisk was murdered, he (Parker) was in
troduced to Stokes, and in conversation which
unsucd relative to the trials then pending, Stokes
said that Fisk was d-n black mailer and he
(Stokes) would shoot Fisk. sHe (Stokes) said
that Fisk carried pistol. Stokes repeated
that Fisk was backmaier twice.
AT this point Stokes was very excited and
rose up, saying ''Fhat is false, all false
On his cross examination the witness stated
that he had been removed from running hotel
| at Meadv'lle, Pa, owned by the railway and
| by Fisk, and on stating the fact to Stokes, the
latter made the remarks about Fsk's black
mailing aud made the threat to shoot Fisk
| Stokes white coat was produced for the first
| time which he wore when he shot Fisk and
was identified by Farley the porter.
An officer notified the court that Dr. Triple1
was in Aspinwall and could not be produced a;
| witness.
The evidence for the prosecution in the
| Stokes case closed this afternoon, and Mr.
Townsend began the opening address for the
defence
The five story building 119 Franklin street
was burned tonight. 1t was occupied by Bes
& Co., importers of linen; B. A Dryer & Co.
dry goods jobbers Tim & Co., importers o
laces; Theo. Danseiger & Son, dry goods dealers
The total loss is estimated at 100000.
Long Ice Bridge.
WATERFOWL, Dec. 26-The St. Lawrence
river is bridged over with ice betweekp Cap
Vincent, N. Y, and Kingston, Ont, a distanc
of II miles and teams are crossing in safety.
Water Famine i'm Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Dec. ga strong easterly win
for forty-eight hours accompanied by snow
storm, has driven the water out of Magyar
river into the lake until the supply pipes of til
city water works are entirely above water, an
the city reservoir is entirely empty. Had
fire occurred in the above mentioned period o.
even now there is no calculating the disaster
The railways are greatly embarrassed in Pre-
curing water for engines leaving the city. Al
the manufactures depending on the city waite
works for supply have suspended operations
Ldter.-The arrangement of the water work.
here is causing great anxiety to the citizens
The real cause Of the trouble has not been as
certained; some think the mouth of the tunne
is choked with ice. The citizens in various IL
calities have organized into patrol companie
as a preventative against fire tonight Tn
Commercial and Courier printing offices wer
obliged to draw water from the creek to get OF
their papers. All places business requirin
steam, and which are supplied by the city waite
works have stopped, causing loss to thousand
of operatives. The water wheels of the mill
at Black Rock are several feet out OF water.
Fire Invesfi gatiOn.
The investigation of the. burning OF Barnum'
| circus building was continued this &osalse