The Portland daily press., 1874-05-06
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Gen. Sickles has left London for the United
States, and Minister Jay is in that city en-
route for home.
The steamship Ohio, from Philadelphia for
Liverpool, put into Queenstown Monday, hav-
ing had part of her deck and portion Of her
cargo destroyed by fire.
All the newspapers throughout Central
America denounce the priests and assert that
the country will never again be under the SUBJ
lection of frars and nuns.
The internal revenue receipts yesterday were
$36S, 097.
Two brothers named Walker were shot at
Owenton, KY, Monday, by VIM. Smoot. One
of the brothers died instantly and the other is
dangerously wounded.
One hundred and fifty houses in Masyia,
Nicaragua. were Turned recently
The Erie canal was open for business yes
terday morning with everything in working Or
der
E. Bernard has been appointed Nicaraguan
Minister to Washington.
A fire in Orange, Nj, Monday night de-
stroyed the dry goods store of Fl. Meyers. baker
shop of Clattues, and saloon and dwelling of c.
Black. Loss $50, 600.
Cohn's brewery in Richmond Ky, was burn-
ed Monday night and Mrs. Cohu persisted in
the flames. Suspicious circumstances are con-
nected with the fire.
The faculty of the University of Michigan
Monday evening suspended thirty-nine sopho-
mores and forty-two freshmen for hazng
James McGregor, the Tammanv inspector of
buildings under the Tweed regime, was served
with another indictment for fraud Monday for
oh irgng for wages of men who were never en-
ployed.
The murderer of the Hamnet family in
Homestead, Pa, says he has ''spells'' in which
he does not know what he is doing.
Nearly $2,000,OO0 worth of six were received
at the port of New York last month.
Capt. John Christopher United States Arm
DRY Comman liant at Yorkville, s. c., commit
ted suicide yesterday.
Billy Edwards end Sam Collyer are matched
to fight Aug. 9th for $1,000 side and the cham
ship of America.
A tenement house in Philadelphia was set on
fire yesterday by coal oil lamp exploding, and
boy suffocated by the smoke.
The trial of Prof Swing, for alleged hersey,
is progressing before the Chicago Presbytery
The Third Army Corps Association met at
Newark, N. j., yesterday, Gen. McMichael
presiding, Gen. Hooker arrived in the even
ing 1t was voted to secure the early pubca-
ton of histoey of the corps.
The y. s. steamer Gettysburg has arrived at
Havana from the Gulf of Darien.
George Schmidt has been convicted of murder
at Quebec,
Philadelphia has been made an Arch diocese
by the Roman Catholic Archbishops now in
session at Cincinnati i.
The Nova Scotian sailed from Halifax yes
| teriay noon for Portland.
| Theree hundred and fifty agricultnrists sail
ed in the steamer Caspian yesterday from Liv-
| erpOol tor Quebec
Measures have been perfected for. line of
steamers direct between Savannah and Liver
| pool.
The city government of the new city of
Keene, N: H., was inaugurated yesterday
| The Schooner Eddy Way from Boston to
Santiago de Cuba, was wrecked on the 10th ult
Crew saved.
Base ball-Hartford, Ct.-Hartfords 10, Ath-
letics of Philadelphia g.
The Erie canal is open and boats are moving
| at all points,
Three men were killed and several injured by
the explosion OF boiler at Pictou Nova Scotia,
in Downs MILL Pieces of the boiler weighing
| ton were thrown 200 feet.
| A coalition has been formed in Oregon be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats, with
the hone of defeating the In dependents.
Copious rains yesterday and to-day through
out California will prove of much benefit to
the farmers. 1t is thought the wheat crop
| will be enormous