The Portland daily press., 1874-11-13

OSaShSSo haSOeSs
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The most reliable advices from Nebraska
state that there are 10000 people destitute,
some now being without food, and all en- the
verge of starvation, having nothing to eat or
wear. The western cities are moving to aid
them. The east will be called on.
The case of Tilton against Beecher was
called up in the Brooklyn court Monday TIL
ton was ready to proceed, but Mr.. Beechers
counsel objected until an appeal was heard on
au order issued by Judge Nelson. The trial
was set down for Wednesday the 18th inst.
Forest fires are reported in Massachusetts
and in several places in New Hampshire along
the line of the Boston & Maine Railroad doing
considerable damage and threatening the safe
ty of several towns. Among the heavy fires of
the week are: Works soap factory, Cincinnati,
loss $4,000; several mills at Marcellas Falls
N. Y, loss $4,000; Frenchs furniture estab
lishment, Lynn, loss $4,000; Dunklee's block,
Manchester, loss $4,000; several blocks in
Batesville, Ind, loss 100000; livery stable and
seventy horses, in Peoria loss $4,000
Joseph Robbins confesses in court at Terre
Haute Iowa, that he shot man for money
knowing that he had but $32.
In Worcester, man has been found dead
with his ankle caught in picket fence.
In Springfield, Mass, a boy aged II shot his
younger brother and sister. One is dead, the
other can't live. 1t was not intentional.
Two persons were killed ann twenty in
jured by car being thrown off railroad track
Friday near Grand Rapids, Mich.
BRIEF MENTION
The sister of the Tichborne claimant has Pc
titioned for his pardon.-E. H. Davis, teller
in the savings department of the Montreal
Bank, is missing with $25,OOO.-John Dugan,
of Clair N. S., has been arrested in Glouces-
ter, Mass, on charge of numbering Capt.
Robinson at the former place. Select
Committee of the House of Representatives to
investigate Arkansas affairs, met at Little
Rock, Wednesday, - Goldsmith Maid at
tempted to beat her 2.14 record but failed
Delegates from Alsace and Lorraine have ia
ken seats in the German Parliament
children of John Marlin, of Allen county, Ind,
were abducted few weeks ago, by two women
and three men.--There is a strike among the
miners in the Pictou coal miners. loss
by the late gale on the lakes will reach $780,
600, mostly insured.-It is said that insurance
companies which have withdrawn from Chi
cago will soon resume business there.-Char-
lie Ross is said to have been seen at Meriden,
Conn.-Father Gordene, who absconded
from a Catholic church in Philadelphia, with a
woman, says he left because the doctrine of pa
pal infalibility was too much for him.
Keene, N. H., has voted to loan its credit, not
exceeding three per cent of its valuation, to
the Manchester and Keene Railroad.-The
propeller Westford, which cleared from De.
troit for Buffalo, with 10000 bushels of grain,
on the 3lst, is missing. British war ship
has arrived at New Orleans to protect British
life and property in case of trouble.-A new
form of japanese marriage has been intro
duced by Minister Mori.--Dr. Thomas r.
Pyndon has been elected President of Trinity
College.--The cotton crop has been injured in
some localities by frost.--A revolution has
broken out in Vcnezula, and it is thought that
President Banco will be overthrown.--Gen.
Sherman says that the military service has
been greatly impaired 10y the law of Congress
limiting it to $4,000 men.--The famine in
Asia Minor continues.-It is said that the
President will refuse to withdraw the troops
from Louisiana on the ground that the state
cannot protect itself.-Small-pox in Mon
treal is increasing-The authorities of Italy
are laboring to suppress the. Socialistic
movement.--There are 10000 persons in Kan
sas and Nebraska suffering from hunger
Miss Cushman bid farewell to the strge at
BIO oth's Theatre, New York, Saturday night
Richard H. Stoddard wrote poem for the oc-
casion, and William Cullen Bryant, in a brief
speech, to which she responded, presented her
a crown of laurel. She was escorted to the
hotel by a torch-lght procession, and after
wards serenaded.--Rev. Mr.. Murray has
preached his farewell sermon at Park Street
Church, Boston.-The italian government
has secured 1856 members of Parliament out Of
500 districts. Albert Bruce has been arrest
cd in Cincinnati for stealing $4,000 10 bonds.
Don Carlos is reported to have entered
France.-Henry G. Smith, treasurer Of
Christs Church, Chicago, is q bankrupt, and
has spent $4,000 of the church's fund--The
Chief Justice of Utah has sentenced two Nor
mons for voting on naturalization papers Issued
by Mormon probate court.
IN GENERAL. ~ ~
Great actions and brave deeds are sometimes
rewarded. The people Of Massachusetts have
had gold medals prepared for the brave men
who alarmed the villages along the path of the
Mill River flood, and the same were presented
by large and enthusiastic meeting Tuesday
night. A t
Crimes are frequently forgotten-at least,
Tweed's friends believe so for they are circulat-
ing petitions for his pardon.
The holders of Virginia state bonds not get
ting their interest, have had a consultation
with the state authorities The Governor repre-
sents the condition of the finances of the state
to be deplorabe, but outsiders think that with
out an increase of taxation, four per cent. can
be paid ~
The New York Herald frightened New York
the other day by full account of the breaking
loose of the wild animals in Central Park, oc-
cupyng full page Of that great paper 1t
was hoax, but thousands were greatly, fright
ened. autUnH
FOREIGN.
Additional advices from Macao and Hong
Kong more than confirm the previous report of
the damage by the late typhoon and tidal
wave. The loss of life is estimated at 10000.
with terrific violence, sweeping everything be-
fore it. When the tempest was at its hight fire
broke out in six different places, the work of
ince adiaries and large number of buildings
were burned Macao was laid in ruins and
the misery of the residents is fearful. 1t is COM
puted that over 10000 lives were lost in Macao
alone. -Four days after the calamity the efflu-
via from the dead bodies was SO horrible that
the soldiers refused to bury any more. Four
thousand bodies were then covered with tar
and burned.
The Carlists have abandoned h9siege of
Irun. The troops were about to assault the
works when orders were given to abandon the
siege, the result probably, of the arriva al of Re-
publican renforcements.
The first attempt of the Prussian government
to have priests elected by congregations has
taken place In one town and has resulted in an
utter failure.
The Pope has been i'll again, but his sickness
is not alarming. Annother blow be struck at his
temporal power by the Italian government,
which will ask foreign governments to with