The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-13
THE PRESS.
History of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednesday
Night, Aug.1I.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

up for one OF the banks was stolen from the
Treasurer's Office. 1t has now been discovered
that clerk nemed Halleck, and two other
men, named Ottman and Brown, stole the
money. They have been arrested and are in
Jail. The larger part of the money has been
recovered. s-...- ...s-.--.
The number of pensioners on the rolls June 80
was 228 ,034, decrease of 4,S71 compared with
last year.
The lighthouse department announces that
fog bell has been established at Long Point
light station, Cape Cod, which will strike two
blows in quick succession followed by an in
terval of thirty seconds
"a ...i THE STORM AND THE CROPS.
The weather the past week in the West has
been variable, and the price Of grain has va
ried in Chicago with the weather though
wheat is higher than a week ago. In som
parts of the West the damage to crops and
railroads was very great. In IA counties tribu-
tary to Terre Haute, Ind, the damage is esti-
mated at $12,0OO,0O0 This estimate was made
early in the week and will doubtless be moder-
ated somewhat. A Cincinnati despatch early
in the week, says that the loss to the crops is
much less than was expected, but the yield will
be so per cent less than last year. A fair crop
of corn is promised. An indianapolis, Ind,
despatch says that 200, 900 acres of corn along
the Wabash have been destroyed, and that the
loss to wheat in the central and southern parts
of the state will aggregate so per cent less than
the yield of last year. On the other hand, a
despatch dated the 10th inst. from Milwaukee,
Wis, says that the reports from 30 of the most
important counties of the state wisconsin,,
state that the crop of winter wheat is splen-
did; spring wheat is more than usual crop,
oats abundant, and on the whole the year Is an
excellent one for Wisconsin farmers. Doubt
less the severity of the loss has been over-esti
mated. l..,..t
POLITICAL.
The election in North Carolina for deleg ates
to q constitutional convention has resulted
quiteiunexpectedly in Republican victory.
The majority is over 10000 and the latest re-
ports are that the Republicans have a majority
of the delegates.
The Democrats have elected large imajor-
ity of the members of the constitutional con-
vention in Alabama. J1e fJ EEEt5 K
The Democratic majority in Kentucky is
about the same as last year. The Republicans
made large gains in Louisville.
The canvass in Ohio is getting warm. SEN
ator Morton has declared against the expan-
sion of the currency. 40 5l7s1a V4llG FOL
4sN @s GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
. A tornado at Colona, ILL.,, Thursday night
destroyed barns, unroofed houses and blew
down chimneys. Grain was badly injured.
Finnerty, a New York policeman, has been
arrested charged with an indecent assault on a
young girl dlDf
Eugene Archie Kelley, negro, was hanged
at Selma, Ala, last week for murder, his vic
tim also being negro. Pc
Ramsdell, who belonged in Wells in this
state, has been arrested at Gloucester, Mass.
on charge of murder.
LawenskIe, who owns the counterfeiting ma
chinery found in Brooklyn this week, has again
been arrested and his bail increased to $4,000.
A Jew is said to have been secured who will
turn states evidence. =
A man calling himself Rugant attempted to
obtain $4,000 from the Pemberton National
Bank of Lawrence Saturday on forged draft
but failed. ,1s
Indiana, shot at Samuel Riley, editor of the
Miner, but without effect. Riley then beat
Luther nearly to death. r4.
Miller, alias Woodruff, the defaulter and
bigamist, who was reported to have escaped to
Australia, is said to be held in private durance
by the Central Pacific railroad officers, proba-
bly, in the hope that he will disgorge some of
the stolen money. ,.--e s-- -''
Ethelbert Parsons and Lottie G. Philpott
were carried over Niagara Falls Saturday and
drowned
The losses by fire in New York during July
were only $14, 200.
The boiler of steam threshing machine in
operation near Nashville, exploded one day
last week, killing three men and injuring
seven.
Steamer s. E. Mitchell of Gloucester with a
party of excursionists from Pigeon Cove for the
Isle of Shoals ran ashore on Hallway Rock near
Star Island, Tuesday. The steamer was con-
siderably damaged but no lives were lost.
{ Billy Forester, q convict in the Illinois state
prison at Joliet, offers to tell all about the Ma
than murder for his freedom. %
A large reservoir at Celina, Ohio, burst last
eek and two men were drowned -
Parker, the defaulting treasurer of South
Carolina escaped last week but was recaptured.
Great damage was done in the Delaware val.
ley by storms last week to the crops.
The latest reports from Fort Barrancas indi.
cate that the yellow fever epidemic is about
over.
A hail storm at Omaha last week did ina
mense damage to the crops and broke all the
windows ia the city. I- ID -,
WINS. Carson has been arrested at St Louis
charged with embezzling $1Oo,OOO from John
P. Squire s. Co. at East Cambridge, of whose
pork packing establishment he was formerly
Superintendent ~r-,~,.sF
The Mount Clair railroad bridge over the Pas
sale river near Belleville, N. j., was struck by
lightning last week and burned. Loss $15.
600. Z IT, ~
Sunday night special police officer was fired
upon by six tramps at Hastingsvllle, Mass
One shot passed through one of his fingers and
and another through the dasher of the buggy.
Robbery was the object. --., et4i
At Elkhorn, Nebraska, Saturday, "a mar
named McElio fred a shot gun into crowd o.
men seriously wounding Mr.. Dungmohd, pro
prietor of the Phillips House, Carson, ani
f Charles Baldwin.
I'LL
who broke Jail at Denver, Col, and were de
coyed to corral were fired on by the ranch
men Friday. The first two were killed and the
latter was wounded. but escaped.
"A mob in Toronto tried to Lynch DR.. Davis
and wife, the abortionists, when they were tax
from the court to the jail, but were prevented
by the police. '-@
Deputy Sheriff Rufus N. Wallingford o.
Milford, N. H., was found dead in thehighway
near that town yesterday. Some suspect sui
eide and others murder. EEsNr
Joyce, the indicted revenue collector of St
Louis, has cleared out with about 100000, ant
is now probably in Canada.
A freight train while passing through thu
Big Bend tunnel, on the Chesapeake & Obi.
railroad, Tuesday, was crushed by the fall of {
portion of the roof, and the fireman killed.
BRIEF MENTION.
Grasshoppers are committing ravages il
= some parts of Nebraska. Massachusetts
Republican convection will be held at Worces
ter, Sept 29--The Colorado beetle has ap
peared on Coney Handicapped of thu
Newfoundland fisheries is very gloomy
The weather in the West has been more
favorable of late and farmers are hopeful O.