The Portland daily press., 1875-02-01

hurlow Weed saws Andrew johnson in the
Senate will probably be watch dog over the
Treasury.
The Waterman of the American Express Co.,
at Utica. New York, was knocked down and
gagged the keys of the vault taken from him
and several bags of valuable matter taken
away. The robbers escaped.
In the ipaUest on the murder of Mrs. Emer-
son at Piedmont, n. H., held at Haverhill,
Saturday. testimony was introduced to show
the inoffensive character of Sawyer, and the
husband of the deceased related the circum-
stances attending the tragedy.
The internal revenue receipts Saturday were
1858, $780, for the month, $S65l, 124; for the ifs
cal wear to date SOL 1896, 124. The national
bank notes received Saturday for redemption
were $685. 75.
Mrs. Abby B. Emerson of Martins Ferry,
fell while getting upon train in motion in the
depot at Concord, N. H., Saturday forenoon
and was dragged between the platform and
car nearly hundred feet, receiving injuries
from which she died in half an hour. She was
about so years old.
The London Times says it is in posses sion
facts relating to the robbery of a large corpora
tion of that city recently of half q million dol
largs. the particulars OF which the company re-
fuse to divulge.
CARLYLE declines the order of. Bath and the
Telegraph believes that Tennyson will not ac
cent a baronetcy. Edward Snyder, Baron St.
Leonards, formerly Lord Chancellor of Eng
land died Friday, aged 81 years,
Wintermute, the murderer of General Nc
Cook. has been discharged from arrest on ac-
count of some legal informality, but has been
re arrested 1t is now thought he will not be
tried again.
There is more trouble in the Fall River mills
and a general strike is imminent, New Bed
ford operatives have voted to sustain the strik-
ers.
The Catholic temperance societies at meet
ing in Boston, last night, took m easures to
commence the erection OF a central hall I'D Bos-
ton. This is the first move in a general plan
for the erection of similar building in every
state in the union.
Senator Ramsey goes to Washington to day
and will take no further perso action in the
Minnesota senatorshp. His friends are at
liberty to withdraw his name if they deem 1T
for the interests of the party.
A party of colored 'longshoremen had fight
with the police at New Orleans, Saturday.
They attempted to prevent men working below
rates. One or two were wounded.
The annexation of FIJI to the British Empire
was celebrated on the 18th of December in
Sydney by public banquet.
Railway extension in New Zealand is being
rapidly pushed.
Mauna Loa, Hawaii, is again in eruption.
The Cuban insurgents claim small success
| in the capture of the settlement of Jebara with
its garrison.
The observations of the transit Of Venus at
| Hobarttown, New Zealand, were obstructed by
| clouds. The German party at Auckland made
| a successful observation.
The New England Reform League is in ses'
| sion in Boston,
| Andrew S. Doe of New Market. n. H., com.
| mitted suicide yesterday. Religious excite
ment
A colored burglar was shot dead in the house
of Russ Burgess in Richmond, Virginia, yester-
| day.
Thomas Burns was thrown off New York
horse car lase night and killed, the driver
| was arrested.
Mrs, Mary Fellows, wife of Col. John Eel
| lows, of Boston, was so severely burned yester
day by her clothes catching fire, that she died
| in two hours.