The Portland daily press., 1875-12-03

ness to surrender their bodies to crafty the
| lust Of their employers, and in some cases
| the teachers themselves were foul-mouthed and
| handed
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
| The Boston rubber shoe factory a, Maiden
with adjoining buildings was burned Monday
morning. Loss 100000.
| A serious mining casualty occurred at the
| Chauncey and Grand Tunnel miues in Wyom-
ing Valley Saturday. For several days the
Superintendent had noticed a settling in the
roof and finally became so alarmed that he or
dered the miners to stop work. They had bare
| ly got out Of the mine when the roof fell. The
| damage is very extensive but fortunately was
| unattended with any loss of life.
A Guilford VT, lad named Cross, aged II,
| committed suicide Monday. Depression of
| spirits.
A rotary bleacher in c. B. Richmond & Co.'S
MANILA paper mills, Lowell, burst Wednesday,
| and was thrown 20 feet through the wall of an
adjoining brick MILL Loss $4,000.
Julia Green, aged 10 years, committed sui
eide in Westerly, R. l.. Wednesday night, by
drowning Ill health inducing melancholy
was the cause.
Ineath's planning mill at Colum bia Pa, is
burned. Loss $4,000.
John Turner, prominent editor, lawyer and
politician residing in Marston, Wis, commit
ted suicide Friday.
Henry FL. Gillistee of Cir cinnati. committed
suicide Saturday. He had induced number of
women to take shares in building association,
and the concern becoming bankrupt and he fail
ing in his endeayor to pay them, was led to the
act by remorse.
George French, three years DID, son of Hem
ry French, was drowned in Lowell Saturday
morning, in the Suffolk canal. He fell in
while playing on thu bank
VIM. Maxfeld, formerly Democratic poll
tician of some prominence, in New Bedford,
shot himself Saturday.
Jas. Thomas, fireman ON the locomotive,
Matt Morgan which exploded her boiler in
Providence, died of injuries
Arthur Curry, aged 49, son of Lieut.. James
Curry of the 9TH U. S. Artillery, accidentally
shot himself at Fortress Monroe, Saturday.
Jane Mcclellan of Boston, while hanging
out clothes Saturday on roof, fell to the
ground and was killed instantly.
Frank Degun, an Englishman living in
Providence, was killed at Pawtucket, Saturday
night while walking OF the track.
During drunken quarrel at Cranston, R. l.,
Saturday, William Madning shot his mother
dead, installing her for an officer of the law
who was trying to arrest him.
The Grand Trunk engine house at Beleville,
Ont, was burned Monday night with ten en-
gines. Loss $150,O00.
The Central Hotel at Lake George N Y,
was burned Tuesday night. Loss $4,000.
Judge Barrett Wednesday sent Scannell to
the insane asylum.
The Sherman House at Mason, City, Ill,
was burned Tuesday. Loss $12,5OO.
The round house Of the indianapolis, Bloom
iDgton & Western Railroad at indianapolis
was burned Wednesday. Loss on building and
engines $50 1000.
w. f. Fisher, engineer of the exploded loco
motive at Providence is dead.
BRIEF MENTION.
The Republicans of Boston have nom mated
Halsey j. Boardman for mayor.--The trunk
lines from Chicago have advanced rates on
flour and grain as follows: To New York 40
cts, Boston 30 cts, Baltimore 40 cts, Buff 10
% cts.--Major Harry Gilmore on being in
troduced to Fred Douglass, proposed to shake
hands across the bloody chasm, but Mr.. Doug
lass said, ''Let US shake hands across free
country. Mr.. Kerr denies that be is in any
sense an infationist. is proposed to erect
monument at Yorktown in memory of Corn
walliss surrender.--At meeting at Hanson
place Baptist church last week anti-Fulton
deacons were elected and Fulton's charges dis
missed.--W T. Marcy dry goods dealer in
Buffalo, has suspended. Liabilities $4,000;
assets $780, 00-Agent Saville at the Red
Cloud agency has been instructed to stop the
rations OF the Indians until the young Indian
who shot Geo. Butler is delivered up--The
master builders of New York appointed by
Gov Tilden to examine the construction of
the new capitol building, report that the
management and manner of construction
show negligence and want of skill without
parallel. The building will have to be torn
down.---Senator Ferry of Michigan states
that he is not an inflationst but thinks the
government should accept its owe currency for
customs, and when it wants gold to pay inter-
est on its debts should buy it the same as mer.
chants.--The excise law in New York is
shown to be working we'll by the fact that since
Commissioner Steiner's entry ON his duties as
treasurer the receipts have amounted to $685.
000.--Col Stanton at Cheyenne reports ex-
tremely cold weather in the North.--Capt.
Pollock's command has evacuated the Black
Hills and miners are pouring in.--Chef JUS
tice Waite refuses to give his assent to move
meLt in favor of him as Presidential candi-
date.--Ex- Gov. English has been appointed
to succeed the late Senator Ferry of Connecti-
cut.--Mr Samuel Wood proposes to establish
college of music in Central Park and endow
it with $4,000. OO0.--The salaries of the en-
ployes in the New York custom house have
been cut down Is per cent. The collector
makes the reduction apply to his own sal
ary.--The state OF Arkansas commenced pay
ing currency, Monday. for the first time in five
years.--Indian agent Gibson has resigned
There are fears of an Apache revolt in New
Mexico. 1t appears that one of the chiefs of
that tribe refused to take the rations offered,
and after some words shot the agent through
the head. He was put in irons when the rest of
the tribe made disturbance, and there are
grave fears that grand outbreak may re-
Subtitle Sonora revolutionists have been
thoroughly defeated.--Senator Logan is ill
with rheumatism of the BRAIN i
FOREIGN. 4
The great event of the week in foreign affairs
has been the purchase from the Khedive of
Egypt of "a, 100000 worth of Suez canal stock
This purchase gives England virtual possession
Of the canal. In political sense the move is
an important one, for it gives to the British
the control of the great route to her Indian
possessions, and is equivalent to a protectorate
over Egypt. The other European powers view
the purchase with suspicion.
Negotiations between Spain and the United
States are progressing favorably.
1t is rumored that Savoy is moving for sep
aratiOn from France and annexation to Italy.
The French Assembly has finally adopted
the clause of the electoral bill providing for
voting by ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
There has been rising in Khokand, and the
majority of the Russian garrisons have been
massacred.
The Paris Moniteur says there is no longer
any doubt that England has an eye upon
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