The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-10
Probable Loss of a steamer with Her
Grew.
MEMOIR TEIEGRAH1s.

Sir Charles Dixie, of the English Parliament,
arrived in New York Wednesday, and left last
evening for San Francisco and Japan.
All the hotels at Rockaway are to be prose.
cuted for violation of the excise law.
William Patrick, we'll known cotton mer-
chant, died Wednesday ia New York, aged 80
years. He was native of Nova Scotia, and
during the war was put in Fort Lafayette for
treason, but released on his innocence being
proved.
A Long Branch despatch states that while
an organist of a New York Episcopal church,
with some boys of his choir, were singing a
selection from the Messiah in the parlor of a
hotel, Wednesday evening. Catholic priest
named Father Mcmahon told them to stop or
he would put them out, as he would have no
such singing as that in the house. The. guests,
however, insisted upon its clntinuance and
Kissed and booted the interfering priest, who
retired in disgust.
Steamships Colon and Claribel have arrived
at New York.
The Webster House at Marshfeld Mass
was burned Wednesday night.
The regents of the State University of Cali
fornia have elected D. o. Mills treasurer, vice
Ralston, deceased. The university will lose
nothing by the failure.
Burglars broke into the safe of one of the
ticket offices at the depot in Springfield, Mass,
Wednesday night, and robbed it of $4,000 of
which $1,000 was the personal property of John
G. Mcintosh, the ticket agent.
Patrick Boyle has been arrested in New York
for kicking his wife insensbe, and then throw
ing her out of a two-story window. She will
die.
The Union laundering Company of Chip
| ties of $650,000. The assets, according to the
| statement of the President are over twice that
| amount.
| A train on the Fitchburg road Wednesday
| night ran over the team of Geo. Smith, near
| Waltham, Mass killing the horses, and injur-
| ing Mr.. Smith, perhaps fatally.
| W. r. Cumming & Co. of Baltimore, -four
| and grain dealers, have suspended. Their
liabilities are not stated, but it is believed they
Will not exceed $4,000.
Chief Justice Barnard has decided that ex-
| City Treasurer Sprague of Brooklyn is not
entitled to recover from Brooklyn certain bonds
and mortgages held to indemnify that city for
| the defacatons of said Sprague, but that
| Brooklyn is entitled to Judgment with costs.
Edward Lee, aged three, and Lewis Masser,
| aged five, were buried Ill sand bank at Con-
| cord, N. H., yesterday, and killed.
Capt Thomas Gard, aged 100, died in Dover,
| N. H., yesterday. He was the oldest man in
| the state.
1t is stated that Geu. Spinner declined the
| nomination for Comptroller of New York.
An extensive raid has been made on counter
| feiters in Alabama aud Tennessee.
Forest fires are raging in the vicinity of Mas
sena, n. Y.
-Four story brick building 43 and 45 High
street, Boston, was burned yesterday. Loss
| $1,000.
AT Mystic Park next Tuesday the stallion
race for the championship shirt and $4,000
comes off; on Wednesday there will be two
| races for $4,000 and $1,000, and Friday Gold
smith Maid will take her leave of the turf by
trying to beat her time of 2 IA Tor purse of
| $4,000.
Setter & Sous of Liverpool have suspended.
Liabilities 100000.
Gen. Joyellar has resumed the ministry Of
war, and Rivera the captaincy general of New
CASTLE.
Sharkey, the murderer, has been banished
from Cuba, and is to be landed on the island of
San Domingo.
A salute will be fired in Providence to-day in
honor OF the anniversary of the battle of Lake
Erie.
x. II. Drew and John Hoyt have been
arrested for attempting to throw train on the
Eastern railroad off the track at Hamilton,
August 4.