The Portland daily press., 1875-07-12
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Gen. Henry L. Benning Of Columbus, Ga, is
dead.
The cotton states congress assemblies at Raj
eigh, N. c., on Tuesday.
Rev. DR.. Mortarty. an eminent Catholic di-
vine of Philadelphia, is dead.
Three deaths from yellow fever occurred at
Key West, Saturday, and two new cases were
reported.
Rev. S. d. Osgood. district Secretary of the
American Baptist Missionary Union, died at
Chicago, Friday
There are no cases of yellow fever in quaran-
tine at Pensacola The nine patients from the
German bark Won Moltke are convaescent.
There are DO new cases at the navy yard.
Three stores and one dwelling house were
burned in Rushford Friday night. Loss $780,
600.
1t is believed imposters are buying goods in
New York in the names of reliable North
Carolina merchants.
The story that Filkins, the express robber,
persisted in sewer at Clinton, N. Y, prison is
dis5slieved, as he has lately been seen in
Canada.
Edward Kelley, bridge Waterman at Oste-
90, N. Y. and his wife, were run over by
train and killed Friday night
Chester Carpenter, forman of the Tilton-
Beecher jury, was in the Brooklyn City Court,
Saturday, having been sued by grocer for a
bill OF $115; out testified that he was worth
nothing.
On Tuesday an argument will be heard in re.
gard to the granting of permanent injunction
to restrain the Misses Minnie and Lillian Con-
way from disposing of the scenery IN the
Brooklyn theatre.
A st. Louis despatch says two men have been
arrested for being connected with the Long
Point robbery.
Robert o. Thomas of Gloucester, Mass, and
another person, name not known.were drowned
off that port by the capsizing of yacht.
Mrs. Algernon Sartoris. daughter of the
President, gave birth to sou, yesterday,
weighing 10a lbs
The Secretary Of the Interior has telegraphed
Ouray, one of the powerful Colorado chiefs, re-
questing him to allow Prof. Hayden's expedi-
ton TO pass through that sec ton without
moleststion.
The schooner Laura Brinse sailed from Chel-
bourne, Saturday for Boston, where she has
been chartered to take an excursion party to
the coast of the Dominion, and will probably
proceed as far north as Hudson's Bay.
John Smith and Matthias Mcdonald, were
lost on the banks on the oath of June, from the
schooner Clyde of Gloucester, in dense fog
After being 81 hours on dory they were
picked up and arrived at Sydcey on Saturday
The importation of breech-oading rifles and
fixed ammunitionito any part of Alaska is off.
cially forbidden.
A new design for postal cards has been
adopted. 1t will be prnted in black upon
''cau de NIP green cardboard.
Two children of Charles Searle were killed at
Graniteville, Mass, Saturday, by being run
over by train, while at play upon the track.
A heavy thunder storm passed over the city
of Vergenes, Vt Friday afternoon. Its path
was about four miles wide, destroying crops
and lodging hay in Vergennes, Addison, Wal
than and New Haven. The Catholic church
at Vergennes was damaged $1,000. Windows
of the Congregational and Episcopal churches
were all broken by hail. 1t was the severest
storm since 1872.
At Crawford, N. j., the Central Hotel Mil
ler's Hall, and dwelling house were burned
Saturday morning. Loss $50, 000
The internal revenue receipts Saturday were
1908; for the month, 49, 846,52S; customs re
ceipts $549, 533.
There were two more deaths in the surf at
Cony Island, Friday.
Frank L. Free man of Massachusetts, has
been promoted from first assistant examiner to
The corps of special agents of the treasury
will soon be transferred from under the direc-
ton OF the customs bureau to the charge of the
solicitor of the treasury.
A coal barge sank in the Merrlmac at 81 aver
hill, Mass, Friday night. and will have to be
raised to clear the channel. Two men on board
narrowly escaped drowning.
The Atlantic cotton mills at Lawrence, which
give employment to 1850 operatives when run
ming to their full capacity, shnt down Saturday
for eight weeks.
President Grant, accompanied by Hamilton
Fish and several other gentlemen, arrived in
Camden, N. j., from Long Branch, Saturday
morng and were met by Gov. Hartranft of
Pennsylvania, Hon. A. E. Borie Col. Fred
Grant and others, who took the revenue cutter
for Cape May.
An immense water spout washed away 200
feet of the Union Pacific road Saturday.
The funeral of the late Gen. Frank Blair,
Jr., took place at st. Louis yesterday. There
was a large attendance.
The commissioner of internal revenue has de-
cided to allow such claims of state officers for
refunding the income tax paid upon the emol.
uments of their officers as were filed in due
time, whether those emoluments consist Of sal
airy or fees.
Abraham Jackson, the defaulting Boston
lawyer, was arraigned Saturday on a criminal
Indictment for forgery. jackson pleaded not
guilty, was remanded to jail for trial, where he
is held IN default of bail in the sum of 800, 900
on various charges of which he stands accused.
No day has been assigned for trial, but it will
probably take place before Septe The
grand jury have not acted upon the remaining
case against Jackson