The Portland daily press., 1875-07-30

Phia' I'D inulcImentS against persons I'M
plicated in the whiskey frauds were presented
In the U. S. District Court at St. Louis We'd
nesday.--Lone Bear, a Cheyenne chief now
confined at Fort Monroe, Fla, has become
insane.--Crop reports from Alabama are to
the effect that the crop compares favorably
with that !of last year.--Last Saturday the
Salt Lake Mormons celebrated the arrival of
the Norman powers % years ago.-The At
tOrney General sent to tho President long
opinion in the Chorpenning case, to the effect
that the $444, 01O.6O found to be due by the
late postmaster general, cannot be paid
The church of St. James, the new Catholic
edifice in Boston, was dedicated Sunday
The post Office department has sent to the
department of justice the names of 80 mail
contractors to be prosecuted for failing to per.
form service after their bids had been &C.
cepted.--Senator Morrill, declines serving on
the Indian ommission.--Five Massachu-
sets young ladies won the prize at archery at
Westhaven, n. Y, Tuesday, against six New
York young ladies.-Switzerland subscribes
100000 fraucs to defray expenses of the Swis q
exhibition at the centennial The Turkish
minister has been furnished with plan of the
on the Centennial grounds.--The deaths in
New York last week were $685. being nearly
100 more than for the week previous. More
than one half more children under fivs years of
age.--The census recently taken shows the
population of Buffalo to be 134,23S. An in
crease over 1870 of 16, AGO, and an increase over
1865 of SO, 746.--The collector of New York is
informed by the Secretary of the Treasury that
the signature of one partner of firm as bond
for duties does not bind the whole firm, and
all the names must be attached-L. o. C.
Lamar has been re-nominated for Congress
from Mississippi. The convention which NOM
mated him passed resolution against the for
nation of parties in the state founded on diff
ferences of race and color. and invited the
negro to cooperate in defeating the present
state government at the next election.--The
losses to fire insurance companies throughout
the country for the last six months aggregate
$4,000, 0O0.--A letter is printed purporting
to have been written by Peter Cooper, favor
ing greenbacks as conducive to the prosperity
of the country.
Considerable excitement was caused in the
British house of commons Thursday by an in
temperate speech of Mr.. Plimsoll on notice
that the government had abandoned the mer-
chants shipping bill. He denounced the min
istry in the most violent terms. He will prob
ably apologize for his speech, and government
will consent to take the subject into consider
alton.
Disasters are still reported in Europe. Four
thousand acres of grazing land are under
water in England, caused by the overflow of
the river Meme. A terrible ice storm at Gene.
va has destroyed all the crops and greatly dam
aged buildings. Houses, buildings and crops
have been destroyed in Prussia by violent
rain storm. A great famine is threatened in
Portugal. Cattle are dying of hunger, the
crops and pastures having been destroyed by
drought.
The French Assembly has adjo urned to the
4th of November
The instruction in Herzegovina is growing
more serious, and it is thought that the whole
Christian population of Turkey may become
involved in the uprising.
The priests who instigated the riots in San
Salvador have been expelled from the country.
The British ship Stuart Hahneman has been
wrecked on the voyage from Bombay and thir-
tyeight of her crew drowned. Five men only
escaped
Numerous failures are reported in England
and Canada.
The Carists are losing ground. Their losses
during the past three weeks are estimated at
10000 men.
The lower house of the Bavarian Diet stands
70 ultra-montane to 76 liberal.
The British house of commons has passed
the Canadian copyright bill
The religious federation clause of the Spanish
constitution has been adopted by the consttu-
tional committee.
Iusurrectionary movements among the Can
adam Indians are reported.
The list of German exhibitors at the Philadel.
phia Centennial has been officially closed.
The number of those who intend to exhibit in
the art department is 800. The large manu- fac
tories on the Rhine and in Westphalia and
Saxony will be specially represented. An i'm
perial commissioner has been appointed to OBJ
tain more room for the German department in
the exhibition building.
Sir Francis Bond Head formerly Lieut.. Gov.
of Upper Canada, and well known author, is
dead.
Isaac M. Singer, inventor of the sewing ma
chine bearing his name, died in London Friday
evening. He was "a years old.
The American naval crew won the boat race
at Callao July 9th, beating the Peruvian and
English crews.
The fishery regulations of the province of
New Brunswick are amended so that the an
nual tax on every 200 pounds of salmon caught
by net shall be forty cents, and every 200
pounds of bass twenty cents.
The Vicompte de Beaumont Massey we'll
known political writer of France, is dead.
.ar;' 'HE LATEST.
The Rutl.Id Railroad is endeavoring to
break its connection with the Vermont Gem
trail
Sharp shocks of earthquake were felt in Wa
terbury, Winsted, Canaan and Ltchfeld, Con-
neafftEi ee }s,syy Yesterday.
act of Feb. "a, 1862, have been called in h., ~,
Secretary of the Treasury. The amount ~
$14,S97, 200.
The Minnesota Republican convention has
declared emphatically in favor of hard money,
aund has nominated Joseph A. Wakefield for
Governor.
A tornado, causing great destruction of prop
erty but none to life isIreported from Indiana.
1t is believed that the wheat crop in that Sec
ton is ruined.