The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-26
NEW YORK.
The Raid on the Marlke, Nuisance.

80 AAaAu Oh the NUafket lVuhsHuHess
New York. July 25.-Papers are now being
PREPARED for one hundred suits against the city
by the deposed Washington Mnrket standhold-
ers. A raid will also probably be made upon
IN Inc booths and stands around Fulton Market.
The aggregate rent paid to the city for those so
1ar destroyed. was 100000.
The Cholera.
DIR. Harris of the health board, who is in dali
~ correspondence with the cholera invaded cit
les at the West, is of the opinion that the pes
thence will uot reach New York this season.
KATE stoddard.
The fear entertained that Kate Stoddard will
commit suicide, is dispelled, and the daily
watch over her has been discontinued.
A Denial.
The officers of the Erie Railroad have
authorized the contradiction of the report that
the United Brotherhood of Engineers have or
dered strike on that road and that the COM
pany contemplated reducing the pay of its en-
gineers.
The Catholics aad the Public schools.
The Times publishes an article this morning
10 show that the Catholic clergy are just now
making extraordinary efforts to establish sec
tarlan schools, and notes it as a part of plan
to destroy the present public school system.
The chief support of the public schools is the
payment of $40 per capita on the whole num-
Der of the children taught, and it is thought
that by establishing Catholic schools, the schools
IN Soille QlSCflctS Will De CloScu ior Wdut VI
scholars and the per capita allowance,
The Trust Company.
1t is now stated that Millss estate will more
than pay his Trust Company defalcation un-
less he was drawn into speculations other than
real estate. 1t is intimated that there was
ring among the directors who made use of
Mills as figure head.
the Brooklyn Trust Company are being called
in as rapidly as possible. and the company has
4 addition 100000 of Immediately available
assets
Forest City.
The forest fire on Long Island, burned
track about mile in width from Lakeland and
Patchogue, where its progress was stayed A
number of farms and dwellings were destroyed
A small settlement near Patchogue called Eden
Vile, was literary swept out of existence. Every
house in it being destroyed, aud one building on
the outskirts of Patchogue was also burned The
loss not ascertaned.
The Kimball Failure.
The Commercial Advertiser saws that a
morning paper publishes Boston sensation
relative to the failure of H. j. Kimball & Co.,
and containing list of the creditors of the de-
funct firm. The failure referred to occurred
about two years ago. In the list the house of
Henry Cews q Co., is stated to be be a credit
or for million dollars. This is an error, as the
amount involved is only about 100000, and
this was secured by abundant collateral.
Two Boys Killed. sar
NEW YORK, July 25.-Last night. Dauel
O'Hara, aged nine, was struck and instantly
killed on the Port Morris Branch Railroad, near
Melrose station, by the backing of some cars
while he was on the tract. in their rear and
this morning while Thomas Terney, aged six
was examining the blood stained bumper,
which caused the death of O'Hara, he was in
stantly killed by train of freight cars. which
crushed him against q coal car.
Various Matters.
The police commissioners gave notice to day,
that in the future no armed organizations Of
| the sort that figured so disgracefully at Lyon
| Park the other evening, will be permitted to
parade without special permission.