The Portland daily press., 1875-03-26

uOeH carried away anu Niii"Seo e"o-oiSOu'
The ice piled up in masses, twenty feet high.
The water reached the mine openings Thurs
day, near Pittston, and began to flood the an.
thracite regions. All railroad trains were stop
ped. The flood is the most disastrous ever
known in the Delaware valley, and the loss
will reach nearly million dollars. At Port
Deposit Md, the water was fifteen feet deep
in the streets. At Marietta, Pa, for a mile
along Fore river the ice was piled from ten to
forty feet high. AT Port Jervis, fifty families
are homeless, their houses having been swept
away The water is now subsiding, and no
more damage is feared.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Ameeting of the bondholders of the North
ern Pacific railroad was held in New York
Thursday, Hon. L. d. M. Sweat, of Portland,
presiding. The floating debt of the Company
is 1924 ,658 and the ret earnings OF the ROAD
$124,056. Resolutions were passed to the effece
that the bondhOlders cooperate with the direct-
ors of the road to devise some plan 10 secure
early resumption of the work.
The award of the Congressional Louisiana
Committee leaves the House Democratic and
the Senate Republican. No difficulty is ex-
pected in carrying it into effect.
BRIEF MENTION.
daughter of Gen. Hancock died in New
York last week.-Schr. William G. Endcott
of Gloucester is missing and considerable anx-
iety is felt for her safety.--The North Carroll
ma legislature has called a constitutional con-
vention.--Rev. DR.. Upson of Albany has
been called to DR.. Adams church in New York
at salary of ,OOO.-Cardoza, the state
rofS Cor has haop acquitted
of charges of mismanagement of the state H..
nances.-A committee of the Virginia Senate
has reported in favor of expelling Graham for
his connection with the recent naval cadetship
scandal.--Ben Butler has written to eolored
man in Cincinnati that he does not think bar
Der shops come under the civil rights law.
The Central Pacific railroad has de-
clared dividend of six per cent
| Sharkey, the murderer, has been arrest
| ell in Havana and will be delivered to the
| United States authorities. entire tribe
| of Sheebit Indians were baptized into the
Mormon church, Frday.-The yield of the
| gold fields in New Zealand has fallen off about
| $4,000 ounces from the previous year.-A
| delegation of women have petitioned the gov
| ernor of Massachusetts to refuse a commuta-
| tation of the Pomeroy boy.-A London dis
patch says the General South American COM
pany has failed.--John Robinson, the circus
| man, has been nominated for Mayor of Chica.
| go by the epublcans.--Ontrages are perpe-
| trated in Todd Country, Kentucky, by Ku-
klux-Clara Louise Kellogg is seriously
| ill.--The will of the late Chief Justice
| Green of Rhode Island bequeathed $75. 900 to
Methodist Sunday Schools in that state. -
| Small pox is raging in Fall River.--HOH.
John Hickman, ex-member of Congress, is
| ead-The Rev. Mr.. Halliday of Beecher's
church, is to be sued for libel by the Juvenile
Guardian Society, for calling it in his testimo-
ny, humbug.
John Mitchell, Irish patriot and Southern
| rebel, is dead. Mitchell was born in County
| Derry in 1915. In 1916 he started the paper
known as the United Irishman, for utterances
| in which he was expatriated in 1918. He es-
| capped from Australia and came to this country
| in 1854. He was warmly received and showed
| his gratitude by advocating secession and the
| revival of the slave trade. A few months ago
| he returned to Ireland and was elected to par
| lament from Tpperary. He was refused ad
| mission on the ground that he was convicted
| days after his reelection.
Difficulties have arisen between the British
government in India and the King of Burmah
regarding boundaries. The Burmese troops
occupy the disputed territory.
The General South American Company of
London has suspended with liabilities at G400,
600.
| The boat race between Oxford and Cam
bridge Universities was won by the Oxfords by
| ten lengths
The treatment of the Spanish press by the
| government is daily becoming more arbitrary,
| and excites great dissatisfaction.
The Marquis de Lafayette Ia name of good
| omen) has been chosen president of the COM
mittee to make arrangements for the participa-
| ton of France IN the Philadelphia exhibition,
| 1t appears that ct the massacre of Protest
ants at Acapulco, the assassins, some forty in
| number, entered the church and began an in
discriminate slaughter of the worshipers The
minister was absent, and lawyer named Pro-
| capio Diaz, who conducted the services, drew
pistol and shot the leader of the assailants.
| A bloody hand to-hand light followed. Blood
streamed in torrents over the floor, which was
covered with dead and dying men and women.
| The massacre lasted about ten minutes. The
authorities arrived too late to effect the arrest
| of the assassius. The Catholics claim that
| their religion has been Systematically insulted
| by the Protestant congregation.
Canada is suffering from snow blockade.
1t is claimed in the Dominion parliament
| that the United States is imposing duties on
canned Holsters in contravention of the treaty
| of Washington.
| The Irishmen held a mass meeting at yde
| Park, Saturday, and demanded the release of
Fenan prisoners, and adopted resolutions Of
coincidence to the family of John Mitchell.
The lower Houss of the Austrian Reichrath
| has appropriated a grant of $25 900 for 1875
| and one of $4,000 for 1876, to defray the ex-
penses of the representation of Austria at the
| American Centennial.
| The coalition in the French Assembly which
supports the constitutional laws, have major
| ity of eleven in the permanent committee ap-
pointed to sit during the recess.
Count de Jarnac, French Ambassador to the
English court, is dead.
Moody and Sankey have held conference
with the ministers of all denominations to con-
slider the question of continuing the revival
| movement which they have opened with such
| extraordinary success. 1t was arranged that
Moody should by telegraph invite to England
some of the most popular preachers in Ameri-
| ca and Australia.
Advices from the Fiji Islands state that the
measles have broken out among the natives
with many deaths.
The Dominion parliament is greatly troubled
by the friendly relations between the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands.
There is considerable political excitement in
Ireland, and some disturbances are,reported.
THE LATEST.
The Senate by strict party vote adopted the
Louisiana resolution, endorsing the action of
President Grant Last night Senate adjourned
sine die.
A clue has been discovered to the murderer
of Mrs. Bingham in Boston, and it is thought
the criminal will soon be arrested.
The Senate refused to confirm Don Pardee as
U. S. District Judge in Louisiana.
A number of persons were killed by coal
mine explosion in Belgium Wednesday.
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