The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-14


New YORK, Aug 13.-Patrick Hill, while
jumping off the eJersey City ferry boat last
night, missed his footing and was caught b.
tween the boat and the bridge aud dreadfully
crushed His right thigh near the groin was
nearly severed.
A Scamp Caught.
A man calling himself John Somers was ar
rested last night for attempting to murder j.
Wilson. At the station house Somers was rec
ognizcd as Howard Duzenbury, notorious
swindler and thief, and also as the man who
robbed lady of $500 en- ferry boat, and for
whom the Brooklyn police were searching
Brigham's Son ON his Futher's Troubles.
John W., the Oldest son of Brigham Young.
who is now here, said IN an interview last night
that Mrs. Eliza Young has been induced by
outside Gentiles to commence the suits against
his father to make schism in the church. =
Brigham has not consented to any compromise
but would fight the thing out
Exhibition of Flying Ladders.
A successful exhibition of Mrs Scattudah's
flying ladder took place before delegation
from the fire department of Boston consisting
of Chief Engineer Damrell of Boston, and
Messrs Burt and Home, the chief of the fire
department of this city, and Mayer Havemey-
en- 1t is stated that the ladder will in all prob.
ability be adopted by the fire departments Of
both cities.
Cruel Hoax.
There was a cruel report circulated late this
afternoon at the hotels and other public places
that steamer bound to Long Branch had sunk
on her way to Sandy Hook, and that 400 lives
were lost. There was no truth in the report,
and no accident of the slightest character has
occurred which would give foundation for such
hoax. The boats plying between this city
and Sandy Hook or Long Branch line have
made their regular trips, and passengers from
New. York BY the last boat reached there this
evening at the usual time Telegraphic des-
tph from, tho Oua s,fiu of uf Staten
Island from Fort Hamilton on the Long Island
side of the Narrows, and from Sandy Hook, all
state that no accident had occurred to any
steamer at either of these points.
Ensterly Storm.
The storm to-day has been very heavy from
the eastward, and large number of vessels
have come in from sea.
Heavy Shit.
A joint suit has been commenced in the o. S.
District Court, against j. r. Platt and E. r.
Boyd, to recover 81 100000 gold for underval>
uation of imports. Separate suits against each
have also been commenced to recover $4,000
and S40, 900 for similar offences.
Floods.
Trains from Buffalo which arrived to-day
several hours behind time, and experienced
great difficulty between Corning AID Elmlra.
The flood covered the track several miles to the
depth of nearly two feet, the cars having to
make their way slowly through mud, gravel
and drift-wood, nearly extingushing the fires
in the locomotives.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. 13-The storm is in
creasing, and it is now blowing terrific gale
1t is thought the surf will rise and carry off the
remaining bathing houses before midnight.
The New Jersey Southern track at Sea Bright
is in danger. Much damage is expected along
the shore.
ELMIRA, Aug. 13-Tfe bridge over Monkey
river on the Erie railroad, fourteen miles west
of here, was carried away this morning. One
hundred feet of the bank of the Cbemung ca
nal feeder near Corning, is washed out. a
dam on one OF the creeks broke away and car
ried off dwelling house. 1t was during the
height of the storm and the owner of the house
with his wife and daughter sought refuge in
barn. The barn was not near the path of the
flood. The clouds seemed to have emptied
themselves on the spot for the building was
washed away and scattered over the fields.
The man was found some distance from
where the barn stood, so much injured he can
not recover His wife and daughter have not
yet been found. The trains on Erie railroad
were DELAYED six hours by the Carving away
of Monkey river bridge
Erie Censured.
BUFFALO Aug 13--The coroper's Jury has
cpnsured the Erie Railway for illegal speed. and
the Buffalo and Philadelphia Railroad for ems
ployidg incompetent switchmen, which caused
the death of mrs. Pierce
The Hartford Piscatorial Club arrived at