The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-25
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| Iu Portsmouth, n. H., Wednesday forenoon,
| Albert +. Hatch was thrown from his carriage
by his horse taking fright from a railroad en-
| CINE, and severely cut and bruised, but it is
| thought that no bones are broken: w4zr
| The customs receipts for the week ending the
| 18th inst, amount to So, 100000. 3 a.,,. ..,
Baron Wolverton died at London Wednesday
morning.
Dr. George Odell, we'll known ph yscian of
Greenland, n, H., died Wednesday night, aged
| so years. FFTw
At Saratoga, N. Y, Tuesday. the Traverse
stakes We're won by Tom Bowling, beating
SpriDgbok. ,.-... -d
land were visited by severe thunder storms
Tuesday, causing great damage to property and
crops. go Tt Ga v
The fourth auditor by direction of the Secre-
tary OF the navy, is about to distribute prize
money to the officers of the United States
schooner Beauregard, for their capture of the
schooner Lucy, and cargo, condemned in Au-
gust, 1862. fE-L = fWvyE-r
A despatch srom ST. Joseph, No. says the
Iowa yobbers are believed to have been traced
into Nodaway County. 1t is thought they will
be captured. rr.,--.,. -a7f -l4 p
A despatch from Khiva says that decree
was issued by the Khan on the 2Sth inst, to-
tally abolishing slavery throughout his donlin-
ions, and providing that all persons held in
bondage, be made citizens or returned to their
national country. p Aia
1t is denied that the Kickapoo Indians have
been out of Mexico since McKenzies chastise-
ment. r-1es.--
Both the United States and Mexico have
agreed to extend the time for the settlement of
claims. -f "a
The frame wood working factory of A. M.
Chase at Oddtield Conn, was destroyed by
fire Thursday. Loss $4,000
Ship Julia from Philadelphia for Hamburg,
put into Deal Thursday. to land three men res
cuea from the schooner Gilmas Dickinson.
while the latter was laundering off Cape Cod.
VIM. Hill aged 70 years, was gored to death
by bull Thursday, in Scranton, Pa. ~
Two Frenchmen fought duel Tuesday, near
Wilkesbarre, Pa, with rapiers. One of them
was wounded in the side A woman was the
cause. ~LABR lsEfI
Chas Julian has been arrested in Washing
ton for robbing the store of Alfred Pickards Of
New York, of $4,000 worth of jewelry.
Jrs. Thompson, aged %, was drowned in the
surf at Atlantic City, N. j., Thursday. Ti8
Base ball at New York-Mutuals II; Balti-
mores 10.
Three women have been held in $1,000 bail at
Philadelphia, on charges of fortune telling and
keeping drugs for sale for Illicit purposes.
Extensive forest fires are raging on the line
of the Long Island Railroad near Yapbank and
Lakeland, N Y. .t-r E-
Steamer Falmouth arrived at Halifax Wedn-
esday from Portland.
The French Government has information
that series of labor strikes are to take place
during the coming recess of the Assembly.
The Spanish war steamer Vigilante has been
captured by the Prussian frigate despatched by
the German Consul.
The course of Commander Reed of the U. S.
steamer Kansas, in conveying the steamer Yer
glniQS out of ASDinWall meets with general
official appreciation.
A motion is pending to remove VIM. M.
Tweed, Jr., from the receivership of the Com
monweath Fire Insurance Co., for failing to
make his quarterly report to the clerk of the
court.