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

Six fishing vessels have been seized at Fall
River for violating the shell fishery act.
Internal revenue receipts yesterday $312. O27.
$3,OOO,O00 of coin have been exported since
last Saturday and tO-day's steamers Will take a
million and half more.
The number of distilleries has increased by
20 within month.
DR.. j. S. Hurlbut has been elected President
of the Massachusetts Dental Society.
Johnson's shoe store at Ogdensburg, N. Y,
was burned Friday. Loss $4,000.
There was another heavy gale on the coast of
Great Britain yesterday.
The Quebec Ministry has been sustained by a
majority OF ten.
greatly excited by receipt of garbled extracts
of President Grants message. The govern
ment, however, has received correct version,
and its publication will calm the popular
feeling.
William McDaniels has been arrested in
Kansas City on suspicion of being one of the
Muncie train robbers. He belongs in that
place and is respectfully connected.
Patrick Mullaney, steward of the steamer
Dean Richmond, has been arrested for sys-
tematically defrauding the company for four
years past, involving ten or fifteen thousand
dollars.
Won Arnim, Thursday, showed serious symp-
toms of illness and was overcome by the heat
The court rose at an early hour at his request
A Washington special says the indications
are that the mixed school provision Of the civil
rights bill will probably be stricken out.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
with its land grant of 100000 acres, has been
purchased by P. o. Shattuck, J. M. Wills and
Geo. Risley of Boston for $4,000 above the
mortgages. The purchasers will go on with the
construction. Z .HErEE
A Scranton letter says murders still continue
among the idle miners, and tie authorities are
incapable of dealing with the culpritS. Stores
are broken into nightly and the burglars escape
in every instance. The Chief OF Police is
under arrest for alleged murder, the Mayor for
perjury, and the school board is under bail of
$4,000 for malfeasance. Vigilance committees
are talked of.
Chas H. Lobdel of New Bedford committed
suicide by drowning yesterday. He was
prominent citizen
A fire in Charleston, West Virginia, Thurs
day night, destroyed all the buildings on both
sides of Kanawha street. from the court house to
Anderson street, including a hotel, engine
house, saloons, shops stores, offices and dwell
ings.
Walkers Eotel at Lyndonville, Vermont, was
burned Thursday night, with most of its con-
tents. Loss from $4,000 to $4,000; insured
$4,000 - .s ..
Rev. Dr. Huntington of Worcester, Mass,
has been elected Bishop Of Iowa. DR.. Potter
declined to accept.
A party of white men are reported to be
trespassiDg in the Black Hills region.
The whalers of New Bedford, Mass, are con-
sidering the proprety of prosecuting in the
court of Alabama claims at Washington, claims
for constructive damages on account OF the
prospective catch of whales destroyed or fright
ened out of the Arctic ocean by the pirate
Shedandoah in 1864. -a....-.
The Cairo, Egypt, observation OF the transit
of Venus was most satisfactory.
Although the public schools of the large
cities were prevented from being canvassed for
the Agassiz memorial the treasurer of the
association reports that SO, 695 contributors in
various states have contributed $50, 1874.
The crew of the life saving station at Straw's
Point, N. H., consists of six men under Capt.
Rufus Philbrick.
A majority of the stockholders of the Frank
lin Telegraph Co. have filed petition in the
Supreme Court at Boston, praying that the
lease of the property of the company to
the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. may be
revoked and that receivers may be appointed
to close up the affairs of the corporation.
The banking house of Stoddard Bros of
Little Rock has suspended. Assets, however,
exceed liabilities.
Mary Martin, woman of bad repute, was
found dead in her house yesterday in Spring
field, Mass, with pistol shot in her head.
The total loss by the fire in Charleston, West
Virginia. Thursday night, was $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000