The Portland daily press., 1874-09-30
sentence Of a wife Murderer.
NEW YORK.
The Irish Tcam-The Challenges.

rifles, J. Rlgby of the Irish team proposes a
match between five men on each side, of 100
SHOTS at 1000 yards, each man in addition to
have two sighting Shots Rigby and his side to
use muzzle-loaders, and their opponents to use
breech-loaders. No cleaning of the rifles is to
be permitted during the shooting of either side.
Captain Leech of the Irish team prints a
card of thanks to the Americans for the cour-
tesy, &C., received. and concludes with a chal-
lenge to a return match at Dublin next June,
the team to consist of not more than eight nor
less than six men. In his card Captain Leech
says that he was surprised at the order at
multitude was composed mainly of his own
countrymen.
Various Matters.
Francis d. Moulton will tomorrow furnish
bail in 1000 in sureties to appear for trial for
alleged libel of Edna Dean Proctor. The case
has been transferred to the city court.
Geo. Brown has sent another challenge to
Jas. III. Saddler champion of England, a five
mile race for from 81, 500 to $4,000 a side, at
Springfield, Mass, Halifax, or st. John, N B.,
the last week in October or the first week in
November.
1t has been raining this morning, but is now
cleaDing.
The conflicting elements in the Cuban Revo-
lutionary Society here have again broken out
in open warfare upon each other. The League
of the Daughters of Cuba, at a meeting yester-
day, adopted strong protest against the con-
tinuance Of Aldana as General Agent of the
Cuban Republic.
William H. Wickham, diamond merchant
on Maiden Lane, and who was member OF the
late Committee of Seventy, is spokenl Of now
as the Tammany candidate for Mayor.
John Kelly, Chief of Tammany Hall, having
sought the records of the Police Courts to dis
prove the figures in Mayor HavemeyerS charges
against him, it is found that most of the records
have been destroyed.
A large number of American friends accom-
panied the Lord Mayor OF Dublin and party
this morning on a trip via the Erie Railroad to
Niagara.
The New York Liquor Dealers Association
Of this state hold state convention in lived lie
Hall. Albany, Tomorrow. ID 0
AT Newark last night, Edward Kelley had
quarrel with Dominick Flynn, during which
he threw Flynn down high stoop causing in
juries from which he died to-day. Kele was
arrested.
ALBANY, Sept 29,-In the Phelps case to-.
day Treasurer Raines detailed the manner of
the discovery of the larceny and the arrest
OF Phelps, and identified the drafts and other
papers.
Van Benthuysen's paper mill at Castleton
was burned this morning. Loss $4,000; in
surance $4,000.
Railroad Accident.
BINGHAMPToN, Sept, 29.-The morning pas
senger train from Utica on the Utica &
Chenango Valley Railroad came in collision
with gravel train between Oxford and Nor
witch about - o'clock. The passenger train
was badly wrecked. Chlds, mail agent, and
Grillings, newsboy were killed. Some of the
train hands and several passengers were badly
injured.
BINGHAMPToN, Sept. 29.-The accident on
the Utica & Chenango Valley railroad to-day
occurred one and a half miles north Of Oxford
at 10 minutes after II O'Clock. The gravel
train was standing On the main track in deep
cut leading from the bank. The conductor
watch stopped at 10 minutes after 10 o'clock,
and he did not know it. He consulted it after
| it had stopped, and thought he had time to load
and get out OF the way of the passenger train
coming south. There was no signal man out
and the passenger train was running on time at
| full speed. The engines struck and smashed
| together, the tender of the passenger train
telescoping in the mail and express cars, killing
E. Chids, the mail agent. Chas Lewis, the
engineer of the passenger train, crawled out
with his shoulder broken and some severe cuts
and bruises. A fireman and Orange Emmons
of Norwich fell against the front of the boiler
and were covered with coal. They were dug
out by the railroad hands and passengers. The
! fireman was not much hurt but Emmons is
thought to be fatally injured. The mail car
was burned, nearly consuming Mr.. Chids'
body No mail matter was saved. Mrs. VIM.
Faulkner Of Fish Creek, an elderly lady in the
palace car, is thought. to be fatally injured.
Passenger cars were filled with persons going
| to Oxford fair A great many were bruised,
but few seriously.
A severe gale was reported yesterday on the
Delaware coast