The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-09-04

The mnion parliament has been prorogued
to Sept. Goth. courts decide
that ship owners bringing Chinese women to
that state for thspurposes of prostitution, must
pay the expense of re-shipment. THE
Brown-Morris boat race comes off at St. John
Sept 23rd.-Roach won the two mile
single skull race at Saratog in lam,
243sec. society of the Army of
the James meet in New York Oct 7th.-
Caste troubles are feared in Jamalca--The
king of the Sandwich Islands desires reciprocity
with the United States.--Mount Etna is on a
tare, pouring hot stuff through three craters.
There was good trottirg ON Myrtle Park,
Boston, Tuesday, for a purse of $4,000. The
race was won by Bodine, but Lulu trotted a
mile in 2.1Sa. In one heat Bodine and Hope
full trotted half mile in 1.0SA--Work has
been resumed on majority of the PenIsylva-
MIA coal mines.--The ship Sierra Nevada
burned between Liverpool and San Francisco,
was launched at Kennebunk last fall and was
valued at 100000; insured for $4,000; owned
in Boston.--600 Menonnltes from southern
Russia passed through New York Friday en-
route to Dakota to form colony.-Monsieur
Blot who undertook to teach cookery in New
York is dead.-Gov Dix has pardoned one of
the Tompkins' Square rioters ON the ground
that the man had no idea of engaging in the
row when he went to the meeting.
York customs officers seized $4,000 worth of
rubies, dozen diamond watches and other
| jewelry on French steamer last Friday
John Scholteburg placed log across a railroad
| track near New York for fun last Friday, caus-
ing train to run off, damaging property and
bruising passengers He is in jail, for fun
Hon. F. Clark, formerly a merchant in Wis
casset and member of Congress from this state,
died in Brooklyn Saturday, aged 70.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
| During the week the Camp Meeting at Frye
burg, Poland and Livermore have been in ses-
SION and have now closed. These meetings
have been unusually satisfactory to the Meth.
odists.
A grand Temperance Camp meeting on tn q
famous Old Orchard grounds is the event of
next week, commencing on Tuesday next, and
continuing several days. Arrangements have
been made for half fare on trains and boats
Distinguished speakers from abroad will be
present. 1t is a moral suasion affair.
The New England Fair began its annual
exhibition at Providence r. I. Tuesday. The
exhibition is one of the society's best.
During the week President Grant and wife
with several officials visited the Vineyard
(Mass.) camp meeting, where the party re-
manned over Sunday. Monday the Presden,
was received by authorities and people of New
Bedford with much enthusiasm. He returned
to Long Branch Monday night.
THE LATEST.
The Ohio Republican Convention was heli
yesterday. The resolutions denounce repudia-
ton and favor speedy return to specie pay.
ments with free banking when legal tender
dollar is as good as one of gold.
The latest advices from Louisiana plainly
show that the murder of the Red River parish
officers was an unparalleled atrocity. Most Of
the murdered men were United States officials
The latest returns from Vermont show tina
the Republican majority on the state ticket will
be up to the old time figure considering the lgh
vote. Congressman Poland is badly beaten
the boiling Republican candidate in behalf of
the district, being about 1900 ahead of him.
The Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican
With a running mate in another sulky,
Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile yesterday ir
4-three-quarters of minute better than
than her best time heretofore. She made
half mile in 1.O6a.
Gold closed Wednesday at 1.O9 3-4 and hal
vibrated between that figure and 1891 during
the week.