The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

1t is denied that a contract has been entered
into between the Canada Southern and New
York Central roads.
The fire commissioners of Cleveland, O.,
charge chief Engineer Hill with derelctlon OF
duty and request him to resign.
The schooner Fanny Strout 80 days out from
Savannah for New York, is considered miss
ing vessel. She had crew of eight men,
mostly belonging to New York.
The child found drowned in Newark Bay
proves to have been only some eighteen months
old.
Two railroad collisions occurred in England
yesterday, by which several persons were killed
and many injured.
The defendants in the suit of Miss Proctor
against the Graphic have been granted an ex-
tension of ten days in which TO answer.
Two insurauce;men named II. Tardy and B.
ID. Lay, fought duel yestesday near Mobile.
Tardy was killed on the first fire.
A Methodist clergyman has been arraigned
at Maiden, Mass, for bastardy, the complain
ant being former domestic. He has given
bonds for his appearance.
The bark Morse from New York Nov. 10Th,
for Queenstown, arrived at the latter port with
two survivors of the bark Amty. The latter
foundered on the voyage from Philadelphia for
Antwerp, and 18 hands were drowned
Alfred Macy of the Governors Council of
Massachusetts, died last evening. .-.
Nelson Tracy was caught In the machinery
of Stevens mill at QuinnebaDg. Mass, yester-
day, and instantly'killed. He leaves a large
family.
Mary Handley, the female detective, was
Yesterday paid the $1,000 reward offered for
the arrest of the murderers OF Charles Good
rich.
Three thousand colored men of Richmond,
Va, petition for the declaration of dividend
to the depositors of the Freedmens Bank.
Several railroad thieves have been arrested
at West Point, Miss, for a systematic robbery
of freight traI MS.
Four men were killed at Bergen, N. j by
being precipitated down a shaft TO feet, by the
giving way OF bucket.
Mr.. Beecher says, in the Christian Union,
that he is innocent, and there will be no com =
promise in the case before the people.
Johnson's dental factory in Brooklyn, was
burned yesterday morning Loss $4,000.
The petition asking the Governor of Massa.
chusetts to pardon Spencer Pettis, the forger,
represents $400, 100000. He has made some as
founding disclosures S.
A Washington special says that it is said
that Gen. Butler and Judge Kelley will oppose
the finance bill passed by the Senate Tuesday,
but it will be enacted and receive the signature
of the President.
An old plot to assassinate Bismarck in 1873,
is for the first time made known. A PROPOSE
lion was made to a French archbishop to do
the deed for $4,000. Tue French government
was informed.
A sub committee of the Ways and Means
Committee will take testimony on the Pacific
Mail case, in New York, during the recess.
1t is said that Boston capitalists will prompt
ly furnish the s., 000, 900 necessary to build the
new trunk line to the Pennsylvania coal fields,
when the route is demonstrated to be practi-
cable.
Several of the missing officers of the steamer
Japan have arrived at Hong Kong.
Thomas Cotrell Clark, the we'll known jour-
nalist, formerly associated in business with
Edgar A. Poe, died Monday at Camden, N. j.