The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-18

A Toronto despatch says Major Walker is
disqualified from sitting in Parliament for the
next five years. Corrupt practices was the
charge against him.
King Kalakaua has gone to St. Louis.
William Dawson's residence in st. Paul,
Mimi, was burned Saturday, Loss $4,000.
A telegram from Fort Jefferson, Nebraska,
says the mercury CONCEALED there and that spir-
it thermometers registered 400 below zero
Michael Murphy and his three children were
badly frozen in their house at Niagara, Onta-
rio, Friday night. All have died but one child.
-Four criminals escaped from the Jail at Salt
Lake, Friday night.
The five story lion building of the Console
dated Real Estate & Fire Insurance Company
in Baltimore, took fire Saturday night and the
two upper stories were burned QUE. Loss $10,-
900; insured.
At Lancaster, N H., Friday night was the
coolest Of the season thus far the thermome
ter standing at go below.
Heavy snow storms are prevailing in Utah,
and trains on the Pacific road are much delay
ed.
The loss by the Rutland, VT, fire Friday, is
now estim ated at about $110000; insurance
500 900, distributed among many companies
Miss Plum mer has received $4,000 for breach
of promise from Charles w. Compton e New
ark, n. j.
A special from Washington says that Buffers
bill for a new election in Louisiana has been
defeated in the House Judiciary Committee.
The foes of ice in the East and North Rivers
at New York were heavier Saturday than Fri
day, delaying ferry boats materially at certain
hours of the tide.
Resolutions endorsing the President and Gen.
Sheridan in the Louisiana matter were intro
duced in the Kansas Senate Friday and made
the special order for Wednesday,
The sudden death is announced of Rev. VIM.
S. Crowley, pastor of the Mana awana Baptist
church on Ridge avenue, Philadelphia
John Flynn, who was convicted a few days
ago of murder in the second degree, escaped
from Jail at Sunbury, Pa, Friday night with
another convict, whom he forced to burn hole
| through the cell door and then pick the lock,
Flynn keeping guard with revolver.
The dry goods store of Hocun & Horsford in
Lowell, Mass, was broken into Saturday night
| and robbed of $4,000 worth of the best goods.
| No clue to the robbers.
| John B. Anderson, who entered the shop of
| the Wallingford Wheel Company, March z,
1874 with revolver in each hand, and shot
| several, one mortally, has been convicted of
murder in the first degree.
| The President has approved the act fot the
| removal of the disabilities of Dabney I'll. Nav
| ry and Charles NJ. Huntlerby.
Lieut.. Commander Thomas f. Wade has been
| detached from the receiving ship at Boston, and
granted one years leave of absence.
1t is reported that the Atlantic and Pacific
| Telegraph Company have leased the AstOr
| House, and are to make it their headquarters
| and those of the new Atlantic Cable Company,
One man was fatally and six others seriously
| injured by the premature explosion OF blast
| at Round Brook, N j., Friday
| The passenger train going east on the Fort
| Wayne Railroad, was thrown from the track
| near Oscala, Indiana, Saturday morning, by a
broken rail. The train was totally wrecked,
| and it is reported that two persons were killed
aud large number injured
A large three-masted schooner is ashore five
| miles north of Washington woods near Nor
| folk. Her name is unknown. Assistance has
| been sent. She is laden with sugar in sacks,
| and bound for Baltimore. She is tul of water.
| The crew were saved by boats from the life
saving station. The vessel is head on. -
The New York Sunday Mercqrysavs the
| Spaniard named FernadTdio Garcia, who sold
the stolen Murillp painting. was kidnapped by
| Spanish SPIES IN Broadway q week ago, and
taken ON board the City of Vera Cruz shortly
before her departure for Havana,
A fire broke out in the vestry Of the Elm
wood Congregational church in Providence,
yesterday during service. The congregation
withdrew without panic and the fire was soon
eXtinguished.
The First Congregational church in Sonth
Hadley, Mass, valued at $40 600. was burned
Sunday morning. Insured for $4,000, $3.50
each in the Hartford and Phoenix of Hartford,
and $500 in the Home of New York.
The wife of Representative McDougall of
Auburn N. Y, died in Washington yesterday,
of typhoid fever.