The Portland daily press., 1874-05-04

curing tnat time III mas nelf and handed, with
profit to its depostors, not less. th3~ comes be-
roit 'C1e pGbllc, alter the severest valuation of
its property rating articles at their lowest cash
value in these dull times, with its liabilities
S2l7 900 in excess of its assets. Every bust
nses man will see at once that with assets
amounting as til do to more than $1,000 000
If only toerably well managed and let well
alone, few months only would be required to
enable it to OF ercome this small excess of liza
bilties and pay all the depositors small
amount of interest.
An legendary Caught.
Oxen REILLY was arrested to-Cay in the act of
setting fire to the premises of No 203 Lexing-
ton Avenue. AT the station house it was
certained that the prisoner was 10 the employ
of the owner of the house until a n onth ago.
Ehe house is a five story tenement filled with
families, mang of whom would have been
burned to death.
The Ring Thieves.
District Attorney Phelps says be has made
no compromise With Mike Norton or his friends
and intends to put him on trial as soon as pos
sible. Norton says at no time has he been
more that "a hours from New York.
John G. Walsh, whose confession was to i'm
plicate many prominent persons here. died in
Florida few days ago. Conan, who is living
in Canada, wants to come back and turn State
evidence bu: has been refused. 1t is now re-
ported that Woodward is to return in Tweeds
interest, revealing all of Connolly's doings.
Various Matters.
Owing to the backwardness of the season it
| is said that the shad catch in the waters
around New York IS not one-sixth as large as
ususl
The liabilities of Capron & Merriam, the G.
c. and |. G. pcol brokers, are S45O,0OO, and as
sets=S13, 200.
1t is stated that between thirty and forty
millions of dollars will be discussed here dur
ing the first two weeks of May, in the shape of
interest, dividends and rents
VIM. Smith, a sugar refiner, reported to have
died of Asiatic cholera on Wednesday, by his
physician, is now decided to have died Of he art
disease. No symptoms of cholera have ap-
! peared in this city.
James McHenry says if Erie will lease the
Atlantic and Great Western road arrangements
will be made in other quarters.
1t is stated that the mortgage or the Rock
| ford, Rock Island & ST. Louis railroad will
| soon be forecosed by the foreign boudholders.
The trustees of Cypress Hill Cemetery have
| offered lots of ground for the burial of mem
bers of the press who may die without relations
within reach.
The steamer St. Laurent, of the French line
sails to day, after giving ponds in 81 10000.
HUDSON, May 2.-Chares Earnst, who was
assaulted by Waltz, was alive this afternoon
and removed to his residence.
NEW YORK, May 3.-The Times believes
Samuel j. Tilden will be the Democratic can
didate for Governor next fall and says that he
| many at the coming State convention.
Negotiations are said to be still pending be-
tween the Western Union Telegraph Co. and
| the Union Pacific Co., for the purchase of
large quantity of Atlantic and Pacific Tele-
| graph stock.
1t is reported that Edward Large, convicted
| of appropriating to his own use mailbags, but
| whose sentence was set aside by decision OF the
| U. S. Supreme Court, has instituted proceed
ings to recover from Judge Benedict $25,oO0
damages.
The Misses Greeley will occupy the old home
| stead at Chappaqua on the 10Th inst
The ice companies say the price in New
York this year will be three or four times that
of last year.
Inspectors of barrels in New York and vicin-
ity have notified their employees they will be
| discharged unless they renounce allegiance to
the Coopers' Union. The men refuse to do
SO.
| Fleetwood Park opened for the season yester-
| day with some Indifferent trotting.
Nearly 900 Italians got vaccinated to-day IN
| consequence of a number of cases of small pox
being reported among their countrymen.
The Lexington, Ky Press of Saturday says
Gen. Breckenridge is recovering slowly from
! his recent severe attack.
James Mccain, who returned to his home
in West Broadway drunk last night, set his
bed clothes on fire and was burned to death. =
Great excitement exists 10 Sayville and other
sections of Long Island, owing to a fleet of 100
| Brookhaven vessels gong up 10 SayvIle anu
despoiling the oys er beds 1t is estimated
that between 5000 and 10000 bushels were ia K
| en-
They Break Bread.
Avery pleasant but quite informal enter
tainment was given last evening at Delmonico' S
by c. w. Field, at which the following gentle
men were present. Senator Schurz, Elk Gov.
Solomon. Geo. Brown. editor of the Toronto
| Globe, Horace White of the Chicago Tribute,
Henry NJ Waltersnn of the Louisville Courier
Journal, Murat Halsted of the Cincinnati
Commercial, Samuel Bowles of the SPRINGFIELD
Republican, Albert G. Browne, the new editor
of the n Y Evening Post, Whtelaw Ried and
John Hay of the Tribune, Gen. e. S. Sanford,
Morris X. Jessup, Robert r. Mnturn, and sew
eral other prominent bankers and financial
men.