The Portland daily press., 1873-03-14
TELEGRAPHlC ITEMS.

Darling's dry goods store and Hurd's hemp
store in Hamilton, Ontario, were burned Tues
day night Loss 81, 900.
The Massachusetts soldiers in the late war
are talking of monument to Governor An
drew.
lot Of strikers on the Camden and Amboy
Railroad threaten to murder men who prefer to
work than beg
There is some fear of a short supply of water
in New York this summer, there has been SO
little rain and snow this winter
The ship Denmark, formerly the Great Re-
public, was abandoned at sea on voyage from
Rio Janeiro to st. John, with 10 feet Of water
IN he hold Her captain and crew arrived at
Bermuda March 9th in the ships boats
The schooner Othello, from Cardenas for
Philadelphia, was spoken the 18th inst, short
of provisions and repairing sails. She was sup
Piled with provisions by the steamship San
Francisco.
Frank Abbott and w. Renfrew of Littleton,
NJ H., were seriously injured by an explosion
af powder while firing salute in honor of the
election Tuesday evening All the windows in
the front end of Thayer's hotel were blown in
at the time. .tlal eva .8t l .al. .lissr. .5 g
Schooner S. P. M. Tasker, from Philadelphia
for Boston, with coal, went ashore Tuesday
evening on Peaked Hill Bar, and will be total
loss. Crew saved. rs .+.-a 49, .iH ile
Schooner Adelia Kelley of Harwich, Mass,
from Baltimore for Plymouth, is ashore near
South Wellfeet. All hands lost but one man.
The vessel is high up on the beach. a.a ri
Several lumber yards on 10th and Market
streets were damaged $4,000 by fire Tuesday
night .e4llT .1i7. ~ -. 80. n ~
On Sunday evening in drunken row in a
bar room near st. Joseph, Clark county, Ind,
August Keyerger shot James Cuddy in the
breast with donble-barreled shot gun infiict-
ing mortal wound 81 -, ii .f-. e
"A Richmond despatch states that all the car
rlers and clerks of the post Office struck conse-
9uent upon tne domineering action of Miss Van
Lew, the POstlnistress.
The New Jersey Legislature has passed bill
to validate the agreements between the compa-
MES owning the raj roads between New York
and Philadelphia. ITs 80 y.is ,5-uEa4raols+
The Chicago Times favors union of all the
elements OF opposition to Grant, and the en-
dorsement of the Columbus ticket by the Gin
cinnati Convention. r
died in London Wednesday from -injuries re-
celved at the hands OF mob in Whitehaven.
A st1ike of the conpositors of London pa
pers is expected in consequence of an effort on
the part OF employers to break up Topographic
cal Unions - = - d.
The Michigan Legislature met at Lansing
yesterday. '' -' .i -1f RI
The railroad bridge across the Mississippi at
Omaha was tested yesterday and was pronounce
ed satisfactory. s -
The steamer China, which sailed from New
York for Liverpool yesterday, took 1926, 900 in
specie. "
There We're II deaths from small pox during
last week in Chicago, and II cases reported.
The French Assembly passed d bill Wednes-
day which makes it criminal offence to be-
long to the International Society.
The Paris crew of St. John offer to row the
bigiin crew OF New York at Springfield, three
miles and return for $1,000
The South Carolina Legislature adiop~nad
yesterday after passing bills for the relief Of
the present financial embarrassment,
Wea'her Report, March IA, ~ p. M.
war DseRpaIitment, Signal Service, u s. Army, Di-