The Portland daily press., 1876-04-15
Grimes and Casualties.

Over one hundred roughs with two pri ze
hghers were scattered Thursday night VIII lie
about forming prize ring in the upper part of
New York.
An extensive fire is raging in the woods near
Plymouth, Mass.
John White, captain of the schooner Grimes
OF Whitehaven, Conn.,, was drowned yesterday
morning near Staten Island.
Albert McCragen, 16 years old, was drowned
Thursday afternoon by the upsetting Of a
canoe in the Merrimac river, two miles below
Lawrence.
John Doherty, who broke out of the Law
renee House OF Correction, Thursday morning,
was recaptured Thursday night at Pelham Cen
tire, N. ii. He made desperate resistance
and was badly battered in the encounter.
A. j. Williams and N. Seibert two commits.
sioners of Luzerne county, Pa, were arrest
ed Thursday for defalcations, and Louis Gers
bacher, third commissioner, has fled to Can
ada.
Marvel Daval & Co.'s machine shop in Fall
River was burned yesterday. Loss $4,000; in
surance $30,500.
y. W. Oviatt, druggist at Bath, n. e.,
left that place in company with the wife of j.
n. Gale. They were pursued to Fort Edward,
N. Y, Oviatt is in custody.
A riot occurred near Massillon, O., yesterday
morning between green hands and the striking
miners. Several were more or less hurt.
The business portion of the town of Fulton,
Mo-, was burned Thursday by incendaries.
Loss $lOO, 900; insurance small
An unsuccessful attempt was made to fire the
opera house at Hamilton, o., Thursday night.
Alexir Balfam, an actor playing at the opera
house, confessed and was arrested.
A waterspout at Fountain. MINI, occurred
yesterday, carrying Oft bridges, overfowing
houses and flooding the main street to the
depth of five feet Damage $4,000.
John Sulliyan, blind, and Catherine Bowler,
deaf were run over by the cars while walking
on the track of the Providence & Worcester
road at Blackstone yesterday.
Considerable anxiety is felt concerning the
hshlng schooner Kearsarge, Capt Burchell, of
Gloucester She has been absent upwards of
four weeks on a trip to Georges banks. She
was reported as having left the banks Mon
day the Sd inst, the day before the last heavy
gale IN company with other vessels which
have arrived 1t is feared that she foundered.
Patrick Hartwell committed suicide at Salem
last night.
Several dwelling houses and stables at Me-
chanicsburg, Pa, were burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000.
An unknown man, about % years of age
while walking on the track of the Boston &
albany railroad near Cottage Farm station
last evening, was struck by an engine of an in
coming train and instantly killed
A VilIainous Roman Catholic Teacher.
CLEVELAND, April IA Herald special
from Norwalk, O., says the Chronicle to-day
publishes an account of the debaucberv of no
less than twelve girls from 9 to II years of age,
by G. B keuntz, teacher of the German Ro.
man Catholic church. 1t s stated that Keuntz
was detected in similar crimes twelve wears
ago, while teaching the school of the West
End Roman Catholic church, but the matter
was hushed up. The indignation is SO great
that if Keuntz should fall into the hands of
the German citizens his life would pay forfeit.
Keuntz has left and his whereabouts are un-
known.