The Portland daily press., 1874-12-04
NEW YORK.
VarlOus Matters.

New YORK, Dec. 3.-At the meeting of the
American Society of Civil Engineers yesterday
over fifty plans for rapid transit and rapid
freight handling were presented, embracing
surface, elevated and underground plans, anJ
| covering large number of routes.
The united Grand Lodge of colored Masons
held their semi-annual conference yesterday.
Sixteen subordinate lodges were represented.
The packing box makers of Brooklyn are on
strike against the reduction of wages New
hands have been employed. III =.
The operatives in Higgins carpet factory in
this city, 1900 in number, struck yesterday
against reduction of wages.
The funeral OF Mayor Havemeyer takes place
Saturday at II o'clock, from ST. Pauls Metho-
dist church, 4th avenue and I'D street. The
Old Guard will form an escort to the house.
Among the pail bearers will be Governor Til
den, Peter Cooper, Ex-Governor Morgan and
Thurlow Weed. a.i ID -
Aldermen O'Connell of Brooklyn, with three
or four other roughs, beat man named Duffy
at Deerfoot Park yesterday SO seriously that he
is not expected to live. The Alderman and
friends are at large.
So many protests have been received by
POSTMASTER General Jewell against making
Brooklyn an outside post station to New York
city, that it is doubtful if any change will be
made. .
Tweed's lawyers will soon make another eff
fort to have Judge Davis decision set aside on
o writ of error. -
In consequence of the funeral of Mayor
HaEemeyer' there will be nc regular session of
the Stock Exchange, and it will close at twelve
o'clock on Saturday.
Booths Theatre was sold to-day by order of
the Supreme Court in foreclosure of the
property. It was bought by Oliver Ames of
Boston for 1885, 900, subject to a mortgage of
$27O,0OO, which amount is to be deducted from
the purchase.
A Nova Scotia built schooner, bound to Bos-
ton from the West indies loaded with molass-
es sugar, nuts and oranges, went ashore on
Smiths Point, Monday. during thick weather.
The captain supposed himself off Cape Ann
aud cast anchor to await clear weather, but
the sea was so heavy that he was compelled to
to his surprise. He had quarrelled with his
mate as to the position of the vessel and the
latter proved to be right. The vessel will be a
saved.
Gov. Dix characterizes the luxurious living
of Tweed in prison as an outrage and mockery
Of justice. The city of New York controls the
the prison.
The 'Longshorcmen
The 'longshOremen of Hoboken have endeay-
ored to effect a compromise with the Bremen,
Hamburg and Eagle Steamship Company's
but the agent informed them that no union
men will be hereafter employed The long
shoremen have had an understanding with
Walsh brothers, the leading stevedores on the
North river, and modification in the rates
anu SomPCno"eiou utsV5 uctu dS,rteu 10, anu IL
isexpected the men will go to work tomorrow.
The Procfor-MouItou Libel Suit.
The libel su brought by Miss Edna Dean
Proctor against Francis D. Moulton for $780,
600 damages, came up to-day before Judge
Woodruff in the Brooklyn United States Court.
Miss Proctor's counsel answered ready. Ex-
Judge Fullerton, for defendant, argued that
the court had no jurisdiction in this case, as it
did not appear in complaint that plaintiff was
citizen of the state. Judge Woodruff decided
not to entertain question of that. kind, but
plant before Monday next by inserting the
word ''citizen' instead of the word "resided''
wherever the latter occurred. The case was
then ordered to stand over till next Wednes-
day. - -
81 Close Of the Canals. ..,.ay q.
The canals will close on Saturday, after
season of diminished business as compared with
last year. accompanied by diminished business
on the lakes. The chief cause of the dIminu-
ton is the good harvest in Europe, there hav-
ing been decrease of about seventeen million
bushels in the shipment from the Atlantic ports
between August and November q, as com.
pared with the same period in 1873 = u,ill-3