The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-29

H B. Eaton Of Plainfeld, Conn. had his
pocket picked Monday night at the Eastern de-
pot in Boston, of $4,000.
The schooner Mary, Capt. Sawyer, from st.
reef, in getting into Newport, r. t., Monday,
and came off, leaking 400 strokes per hour
Abijah Richardson, messenger for the great
railroad bond forgers, has been arrested on the
charge of swindling the Fullerton company of
Joliet, out of $4,000.
A fire causing loss of $4,000 thalers, occur
red in Berlin Monday night.
The internal revenue re ,eipts Monday were
$86093
HI. Tirrell and Angel Clifford of Goffstown.
n. H.. have been held in $4,000 to answer to the
charge of setting fire to the stock stables of
David Taggart at that place.
Phelps, the defaulting cashier in the New
York State Treasury, was Tuesday morning
committed in default of $150000 ball. which his
counsel said he had no more chance of getting
than he had of paying the national debt.
Two weeks ago box containing quantity
of bonds belonging to John III. Leebach was
stolen from the Long Island Savings Bank in
Brooklyn. Saturday, Seehach received letter
asking if he would pay $4,000 for the return
of the bonds.
An ambassador from Austria has arrived in
Constantinople with instructions TO bring about
an amicable settlement of the differences be-
conduct of the Austrian consul in Bosnia.
Sir Garret Wolseley, the leader of the Asian
tee expedition, has arrived at Cape Coast
Castle.
Bankruptcy proceedings have been instituted
against the Union Trust Company by VIM. r.
Siney. Papers were served On.J. Frothingham
President of the company, late Monday even
ing.
Out of population of $4,000 in Memphis,
1900 of which is a large estimate for those re-
manning $4,000 have died, $4,000 are now sick,
over 1000 families are drawing rations and 200
orphans are in the different asylums.
The prDgressionists and liberals have quite
generally carried the parliamentary elections in
Prussia.
and feathering of Kelsey, who was found dead
at Long Island last summer, were arrested
Tuesday.
Agraran outrages are reported in Ireland.
Albert Pearce, of the firm of Woodruff & Co.,
New York, and J. Hecox of Syracuse, have
been arrested in st. Louis for frauds in conec-
ton with the cotton suits.
1t is suggested that boxes be placed at the
polls in every town in New York to receive
dimes for the Memphis Orphan Asylum.
Otis R. Cate of Portsmouth, N. H., has been
sentenced to twelve years in the State Prison
for burning a barn on the Hayes farm in
that city.
On account of the light receipts the first of
the month and the unusual demands upon the
Treasury the debt statement for October will
show slight increase over that of September.
Everybody having a demand against the gov
eminent has presented it the past month on &C
count of the stringency.
The new law recognizing the Italian army
has passed, placing the peace footing at ZOO
men.
Three persons were killed yesterday by an &C
cident on the London underground railway.
Minister Bingham has arrived in China.
All the cooie ships have been ordered out of
Chinese waters.
The Treasury Department did not pay out
over 500 in silver at Washington, Tuesday.
The house of Two Rollins brothers in Mercer
county, Mo-, was burned last week, in which
there were six children, two of whom were
burned to death and two fatally.
J monument was dedicated at Providence,
Il. l., Tuesday by the Grand Army Post to the
memory of their co!ored comrades buried at
Dutch Island during the war.
Burgess & wife, on trial at New Orleans for
inhuman treatment of little girl of six years,
have been found guilty on third count of
crime against nature, the penalty for which is
imprisonment for life.
-Four barges, containing 10000 bushels of
coal, were sunk by collision with tow boat
Loss $4,000
Schooner Maud, of Halifax N. S., is reported
lost T-ith all hands, at Isle la Marie, N. +.
There was severe storm of wind and rain at
Halifax Monday night. No disasters to ship
ping is reported.
Mr.. Deveraux, of Charleston. S. c., has con-
tributed 10000 feet of lumber to the Philadel-
phia centennial exhibition.