The Portland daily press., 1875-01-29
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Internal revenue rece pts yesterday S229, 597
The ice gorge at Cincinnati broke yesterday
sinking a number of coal barges and causing q
loss of $4,000.
Mayor Stockley of Philadelphia, offers a re-
| ward of $4,000 for the return of Charlie Ross or
information that will lead to his recovery.
The Cumberland NJ. e. church, Philadelphia
was burned yesterday. Loss $38, 900.
A man named O'Bren murdered his " ife al
Brantford, Ont, yesterday. Both were in
toxicated He was arrested.
Rev. Samuel A. Clark, rector of st. Johns
| Episcopal church in Elizabeth, N. j., and a
brother of Bishop Clark of Rhode Island, died
| yesterday afternoon, aged 80. a
Judge Durfee was elected Chief Justice OF
Rhode Island by the Legislature yesterday
Prince Leopold is still Improving.
Geo. W. Pincham, an obscure picture seller,
has been sentenced to the N. Y. Penitentlary
| for years and fined $500.
| The diamonds presented by the Kbedve of
| Egypt TO the daughter of General Sherman,
arrived at the custom house in New York,
| Wednesday, and are in charge of Collector
| Arthur.
G. w Ball is under $1,000 bail in New York
| on charge of extensive smuggling.
Prof. Chandler has resigned from the direc-
| tory of the American Institute, on the ground
| that the other directors gave medals to I'M
worthy people.
| Prof Greman of Reception Hospital of New
| York, is dying from the effects of a wound
caused by the tip of an umbrella rib pene-
trating his eye when falling on the ice We'd
| nesday.
| Rev. DR.. Barton of Brooklyn, jumped from
| ferry boat into the East river Wednesday. and
| was rescued with great difficulty. He is par
| TALLY insane.
A Spanish spy was elected from meeting of
Cubans in New York Wednesday night.
The Lake Shore & Tuscarawas Valley Rail-
road was sold at auction Wednesday at Cleve-
land, to Selah Chamberlain, of that city, for
100000
The first ballotin joint convention in the
Wisconsin Legislature yesterday, resulted as
follows: Carpenter 81, Bragg 81 Cole Is, Dix
on, Bubble and Brown 1 each.
The royalist army in Navarro is advancing
on the Carllsts and has already captured sever
al positions. King Alfonso is present
The Senate Election Committee has agreed
to recognize the Kellogg government, to 2.
Two members were absent.
The Dominion government has COMMITTED
the sentence of Lepne from death to two years
imprisonment and forfeiture OF all political
rights.
After stormy session of the Illinois House
Wednesday, series of resolutions condemning
federal action in Louisiana, was adopted.
John Homley, prominent rubber merchant
of Philadelphia died Wednesday night of
Pneumonia, aged GA years. He was promi-
nent Free Mason.
A convention was held in st. Louis Wednes-
day, for the purpose of urging some recogni-
tion of a Supreme Being Incorporated in the
constitution
The Democrats of the West Virginia Legis-
lature could not agree on a candidate for Sena-
tor Wednesday night
At New Orleans Wednesday, Major Merrill
testified before the Congressional Committee
that reign of terrorism existed in the Red
River region, and that Republicans, either
white or black, are not safe. The presence of
troops only prevented their murder.
A Halifax despatch says the steamship
through forty miles of heavy field ice. Run
ming out of coal she burned 100 bags of nuts
for fuel The crew are badly frost bitten.
The new ship Mary L. Stone, Pbinney, of
of Bath for Boston with ballast, put into
Gloucester Mass, yesterday afternoon.
thick southeast snow storm is raging tonight
Staten Island Sound is entirely closed, and
people cross Oh the ice at various points along
the river. There was no ferry communication
by any of the ferries after seven O'Clock We'd
nesoay evening
The custom house receipts for the week end
ing Jan. 23d were: Boston, 500, 694; New |
York. So 414, 112; Baltimore, $SS, 499; Phila- |
delphia, S5S,94S. Customs receipts at New |
Orleans for the week ending the 10Th were
$47, 100
Morgan's shingle mill at Howard City, Mich, |
is burned. Loss $4,000
The ship Screamer, from Havre for Tybee, |
has returned short of provisions
The ship Samuel G. Gewer. which arrived |
at Liverpool Friday, from Galveston, was in |
collision on the passage and suffered much |