The Portland daily press., 1875-08-27

Several others have been arres ted severely
wounded.
The Erie and Central Vermont railroads
have been considerably damaged by heavy
| rains.
John Evans, cook of the schooner Hobison
hickman, has bsen arrested for attempting to
poison the crew and burn the vessel in the har |
Dor of Neuvtas, Cuba.
Willie j. Cummings of Plymouth n. H., was
| drowned at Bristol last week by the upsettipg
of boat
The Herzegovina revolt has assumed alarm
| ing proportions, and may result in the forma.
| ton of Scavonic state by the union of Bos-
mia, Servia, and Montenegro. The powers of
Europe are anxious to preserve peace, but Tur-
key obstinately refuse to listen to terms or to
grant reforms. Meanwhile fighting continues,
and the insurgents still win victories. The
Turks threaten to occupy Serv.a.
Russia will order military occupation of
Khokand, the rebels having attacked the Rus
sian troops.
The royal yacht, bearing Queen Victoria and
family, ran into and sank the yacht Misletoe
| off Gosport last week. Several lives were lost.
President Morens of Ecuador has been assas-
| sinated.
Ex-President Theirs declines to be can
didate for the Senate, preferring to remain in
| the lower house. .tfeE rrEah
The late Emperor Ferdinand of Austria left
by his will to the Pope $4,000 900 which
amount has already been paid
The London Times says the grain market is
| active and that the prices of wheat will proba-
bly, he we'll sustained this season. ..-
The National Council of Switzerland has
| passed resolution for the suppression of con-
| vents.
| Cutie & Bordley the tea defaulters who
absconded from Baltimore after swindIiug
their creditors out of 100000 were arrested 10
| Canada Friday, under capias granted by
| Cnef Justice Richards of Toronto, under an
| old English statute coucerning foreign alb
| sounding debtors.
Arrangements have been made with the
| American authorities to give the Caua lian
department. at the Centennial Exhibition at
| Philadelphia an area of 5000 square feet.
! Canadian commissioners will control the
arrangements appertaning to Dominion en-
| tries.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
There has been considerable excitement in
| Washington and Jefferson counties, Georgia
occasioned by the pretended discovery of plot
| among the colored men to massacre the whites
and divide their properly among themselves.
There was a great scare, but from all the re-
ports we do not learn that colore men assaulted
in any force or made the first attemp TO com NIT
any outrage. Nearly 100 men have been ar
rested. 1t is said that the rngeaders will be
tried and punished and the rest set at liberty.
TIE men have been thrown into prison without
due process of law. 1t looks as though the
whole scare was gotten up by the Democratic
leaders to intimidate the colored voters.
Killing frosts are reported the nights of Aug.
q and % at several points along the line OF the
Lake Superior railroad in Minnesota so heavy
as to kill unripe crops. Quite heavy frosts are
also reported in Iowa and Wisconsin, large
acreage of corn being entirely destroyed.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached to a
tent fu. of people, estimated at 1000, at the
Twin Mountain House on Sunday. Trains were
run from Portland and all other points.
The crop prospects 10 Louisiana are excellent.
The sugar crop is much larger than last season.
Railroad rates in the West have been ad-
vanced but competition has reduced the fare
on the trunk lines between New York and
Chicago to $40. 1t is said that new sched-
ule has been agreed upon putting the fare be-
twee> these places at 500.
Duncan, Sherman s. Co., of New York, an
nounce that they will pay 80 per cent. of their
liabilities on time # discharged from the en-
tire obligation.
There are again stories of more gold at the
Black Hills. The Indians are warlike and
L E. IL.
the miners are in the country. They have
been ordered to leave the Hills while negotia-
lions are taking place. ayr
| There is little news fro N the Indian investi-
CATION. Cheyenne despatch says that 100
witnesses have been examined, but no intima-
ton is given of the conclusion of the Commits
sion by its members.
| -Four Indians captured a ranch in Texas a
few days since, with two men, two women,
and 100 head of cattle. In their retreat all of
the persons were killed except one woman.
The Chicago Tribune says that Illinois bust
ness men, almost without exception, are op
posed to initiation, and favor resumption of
specie pay ments.
BRIEF MENTION.
The Department of Justice has entered
suit against Capt. Mattox of the marine corps
and the bondsmen of the alleged fraudulent
contractors.-The Booksellers of New Eng.
land have formed an association to effect GER
tain reforms in the business.--Kansas is re-
Jocing over the largest and finest crop ever
produced in that state.--HoD. Warren Low
ell, for many years prominent New Hamp
shire judge, is dead.--The Massachusetts
Democratic State convention will be held at
| Worcester, Sept. % Receiver Jewett of the
Erie road, reports that the receipts from the
| time of his appointment to June Both were
| $3,192OO8; disbursements $2,759. sos; balance
on hand $432, 403.--The passenger rates from
Chicago to New York have been raised, the
Michigan Central having withdraw its oppo-
stion -Jaues Murphy, one of the proprie.
tors OF the Qulntard Iron Works, is dead
An elevator association has been formed in
Buffalo. The charge is to be one cent per
ushe Including five days storage.--B,ds for
the treasury gold last week amounted to 81 ,215-
000.-$l, 100000 were awarded at 1880 to
| 1137S--The ceremony of laying the corner
stone of the Union Ageacy building for the
five largest nations of Indians took place at
Prospect Hill, Indian Territory, under the aus
pices of the Grand Lodge Of Masons.--The
Baptist camp meeting at Oak Bluff is sue
cess.--Bonner has purchased the trotter
Grafton, paying $4,000 for him--Edwin
Booth with be able to play 10 October He
will be compelled to keep perfectly quiet ten
days longer-The amount of national ba nix
notes received at Washington one day last
week for redemption was S65O,OOO; customs re-
ceipts $8O0,000; internal revenue receipts $780,
600 The government has appealed to the
Supreme Court from the decision of the court
of claims which awarded $4,000 in gold to the
State National Bank of Boston, and has also
appealed from the decision of the court of
claims in seventeen cotton awards Involving
$3OO,0O0 to $400, 0O0.--British ship Kinsman,
Baltimore for Antwerp, took out 4S0, 9I9 gal
Ions refined petroleum, the largest quantity
ever shipped at one time from that port--
-Four thousand two hundred and fifty boxes of
peaches were received at one wharf in altir
more Thursday.--Mr. Rastin of the Chicago
Stats Zeitung has announced that his paper
will support Grant on hard-m money platform
against anV candidate on a rao mnnav nlat |