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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-24
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND, SIS.
AT THE COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS be-
gun and holden at Portland, within and for the
county OF Cumberland, the first Tuesday OF
January, Ammo Domini, 1876.
On the fore going Petition 1t being satisfac-
torily shown to the Court that the Petitioners
responsible and that hearing is expedient, 1t is
hereby
Ordered, That the County Commissioners will
meet at the house of Sias Larry in Scartoro on Thurs
day, April 9th. 1876 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and that the
Petitioners give notice to all persons interested by
causing atesed copies Of said Petition and this Order
of Court thereon, to be served upon the Town Clerk
of Scarboro' and also by posting up copies OF the
same in three public places lin said town, and
publishing the three weeks successfully in the
Maine State Press, newspaper printed in Portland
the first of said publications, and each of
the other notices be at least thirty days before the
time of said meeting; at which time and place. latter
it has been satisfactorily shown that the above no.
tice has been duly given,) the Commissioners will
proceed to view the route set forth in said Petition
and other routes and roads connected Herewith and
after such view, they will give hearing the par
ties and their witnesses at some convenient place
in the vicinity, when and where all persons
and corporations interested may appear and show
cause il any they have, why the prayer of said ne,
tition should not be granted.
Attest, +. j. LIrTLEFIELD, Clerk
Copy OF che Petition and Order OF Court thereon.
ATTEST, L. y. LITTLEFIELD, Clerk.
lU9
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FOREIGN ExDOrts.

LIVERPOOL. ENG. Br Steamship Prussian-
6148 bush wheat, 6434 do peas, $500 do oatmeal 424
packages leather ia bbls ext bark, 1880 lbs beef
203 100 do buteI 200 do meats, 400 200 do bacon
20O do taow, 800 do pork, 70 800 do cheese, 1885,
0C0 do lard, 240 bbls apples, sewing machines. 154
pcs timber. hides, At packages sundry merchandise
HAVANA. Sehr Grace Webster. 146,5O7 # lum-
Der, 455 shocks and heads, 1888 box shocks.
ST JOHN. NIB. Steamer Chase-2SOo bbls -four,
346 bags feed,
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Grimes and Casualties.

Samuel Muzzy was fatally killed by horse
at Laconia, N. H., Saturday night.
A freight train fell through a bridge at
Spring Grove, Ohio, Saturday, killing an en-
gineer named Coutry, fireman named Frank
Leman and brakeman.
Capt. A. A. Smith of Gloucester, committed
suicide Saturday.
Joel o. Durfee was killed at Montpelier, Sat-
urday, by log rolling upon him.
The saw mill of Conlee Beach at Oshkosh,
Wis, was burned Friday; loss $4,000.
Ex-Gov. Thomas of Maryland was killed at
Keyser, w. Va, Saturday, by railroad train.
John Mally, prominent citizen of Somer-
vile, Mass. was thrown from a buggy Saturday
and died yesterday.
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f OR E IG NJ .
Railroad Collision.
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
MANY INJURED.

LONDON, Jan. 22.-It is stated that a triple
collision has occurred on the Great Northern
Railway near Huntington. The accounts are
that the Scotch express collided with mineral
train, and the express from London ran into
the debris of the first two. A special train car
rying doctors has left London for the scene of
the collision.
and many severely wounded before the second
colliop occurred.
The Pail Mall Gazette says the accident was
occasioned by binding snow storm, and that
IL persons were killed.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The total number killed
in the railroad accident near Huntington is 10.
Among the dead is son of Dian Boucicault.
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dLOUCESTER, MdSS., january
Gloucester Fish market and arrivals for the week
ending January 22d:
Arrivals have been reported. fifteen from La Lave
balks with aggregate catch of GOO Tbs Goldfish and
100000 lbs Habut trip frozen herring of 2OO 900
from Grand Menan. Goldfish market quiet but prices
MackereL-but little transactions; we quote Shores
at % 90 S Dbl for No 90 for No 3's Bays at IT
OLA 90 for No rs and 2's, at which price they are
market; We quoteHake at 90 @Y qtl; Cusk at 50 P
qt; Haddock at 5O Pollock at IS for salt and Is
" qtl for slack salted Tongues and Sounds at 10 90
" Dbl; Halibut heads 8 so y Dbl; Halibut Fins at
- 90 ~ Dbl; Round Herring at 400 Y bbl Split Her.
ring so P Dbl; Labrador Herring 5 80 4Y Dbl; Bay
of Island Herring II in bulk; Smoked halibut Ice
% fb Prepared Goldfish at &c ~ ib; Boneless Goldfish
SIC ~ fb; Fresh Halibut have been in light receipts
last sales Fresh Cod and Haddock &c: Pollock, Hake
and CuSk lie 9Y lib,
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Usoursr1oNAR,v tbe imna;red CONSTITUTES,

PROFESSIONALLY the impaired constitution can
be brought to a sanitary condition by the use of
Hunts Remedy. Family physicians freely prescribe
this medicine for dropsy, Bright's disease, kidney.
bladder and glandular complaints, mental and
physical debility, pain in the back and loins, gravel
diabetes, uterine Affections, errors of youth or
mature age, excuses, ntemperance, female irregu-
larities and prostration of the nervous structure
janis deodSw1w
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MINOR TELEGRAMS.

The accounts of the city messenger of Hav-
erhill are $3.50 short-money which he received
for lease of the hall.
About inches of snow fell in Concord, n.
e., yesterday.
The committee in charge of the Bunker Hill
souvenirs arrived in Charleston yesterday.
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FoREIGN POETS.

AR at Gibraltar 2ist INST brig Cnaaska, Fuller,
Leghorn for Philadelphia, with loss of sas)
Ar at Havre goth, ship Reunion, New Orleans.
Sid FIN Sunderland 10th, barque Ellen Dyer, Clapp,
New York.
At London 21st inst, ship Oriental. Otis, for San
Francisco.
Ar at Liverpool goth, ship Forest Eagle, Hosmer.
New Orlean; Valley Forge Ames, Savannah; 21st,
Leading Wind Oliver, San Francisco.
Cid 18th, barque Everett Gray, Lorng, tor United
States; brig Josefa, True. do.
Ar at Falmouth, E, 10th inst, barque Enrique Pay
son, Galveston.
Ar az Belize, (Hon) Dec 24th, sch Carrie A Jones,
Dermott. Rockland l6 days.
ar at st Jago previous to 2lst inst barque Jose A
B1eno. Jones, New York.
At Baracoa Sth inst, schs Annie Freeman, Harris,
and Baracoa. MeCntock, tor Charleston; f Dres-
ser, Harris from 90, just ar.
Ar at Centuegos 18th inst. sch j M Leonard, Crow
ley, New York; 10th, barque Alex Campbell, Bunker
st Thomas.
Sid 18th inst, sch Nellie Pendleton, for Boston.
Ar at Trinidad 18th inst, brig Josie, Petugrew,
Newcastle, K.
Ar at Havana Goth inst. brig Josie A Devereux,
Higgins, Boston.
At Matanzas 18th inst. barque Alice DYER for Bal
timore; brig M q Mariner, Titcomb, for Baltimore or
Philadelphia.
Ar at Matanzas 18th inst brig Geo Gilchrist Pat
sch Nellie Bowers, Stackpole. New York; James A
Potter, Ogier, Philadelphia; Butler Eaton, Bos-
tor; 3 Paige, billiard, I'm st John, NIB; goth, brig
Winfield. Bibber Boston; 21st. barque Lavinia, Da-
Eudorous, McAlevy. do.
Sid 2lst brig Mechanic, Gould, North OF Hatteras;
sch Willard. Woodbury., do -
Ar at Cardenas Goth. sch Weeks, Farr, from
Portland; brig Faustina, Conaton. st Thomas
Sid 18th. brig Gambia, Upper. North of Hatteras;
schs Ada Whitney, Marsters, and James Brown
Collins. do; 18th Mary K Long, Haskell, for NYork
Grace Davis, Davis, North of Hatteras.
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FINANCIAL AND COM MEHCHAL
Portland Wholesale Market.

SATURDAY--The grain market is very firm to-day.
Flour is steady and sales rather light. Apples are
still plenty. but prices do not fall off might be
pected. Sugars are firm at the following prices:
GRADUATED 105c, Coffee 10sc. Extra 10c, G &c.
Syrups go q 7Oc Eagle Sugar Refinery &C 9ac, EXC
9sc, Havana Brown No 70 to 16 10 q 1O!c, Refining
"a m S1c
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MARRIED..

In winthrop. Jan. 10, Edgar Il. jackson and Miss
Julia E. Shaw.
In So. Thomaston. Jan. Il, Albert W. Willens and
Miss Jennie A. Cummings.
In Saco, Jan. 8, George Dyer of Buxton and Annie
j. McElroy of Saco.
In Rockland, Jan. 10, Hiram Rhoades and Miss
Carrie e. Rogers.
IN Rockand. Jan. IA, r. Fl. Lothrop of Rockland
and Miss Cora A. McKenney of Lincolnville
In Waldoboro, Jan. r. Silas Sprague and Miss
Emeine Genthner.
In Rockport, JAM II, Daniel Kirk and Miss Hattie
Balkan, both of Camden.
In Vinalhaven, Frank M. Calderwood and Rachel
r. Pierce, both Of Camden.
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MARINE NEWS.
A Maine Schoaner Wrecked.

A Maine Schooner Wrecked.
CAMDEN, Jan. 22.-The schooner Greyhound
the mail packet of North Haven, Capt. Mills,
misstayed in beating out of Pulpit harbor,
North Haven, went ashore Friday and imme-
diately bilged. The materials were saved but
the hull was a total loss. Partly insured
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For New England,
Broken Again.

New YORK, Jan. 23.-The officers of the Di.
rect U. S. Gable Co. announce that thier cable
broke again to-day about 40 mills west of Tor
bay. N S.
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MEMORANDA.

Baroue Neversink, Barstow, at Antwerp from Sa-
vannah reports furious gales. with heavy seas. from
Dec 9th to the 10TH during which the vessel abored
70 so, sighted the schr Itaska, OF Cherryfield $50
miles from Cape Cod. with loss of sails, leaking,
10TH lat 81 3d. Ion SO 49, sighted the schr Thos Watts,
from New York for st John, NIB, with coal in sink
ing condition boat and sails gone, out of provisions
and water, and crew exhausted. Took off all hands
and the schr sunk soon after. Both vessels were
blown off in the gale of Nov goth and the crews bad
been constantly exposed to the cold weather and
were badly used up.
Brig Onalaska, Fuller. from Leghorn for Phiadel-
phia put into Gibraltar 2lst inst with loss of sails.
Sch Alruna, Smith, from Cardenas for port North
of Hateras put into Charleston, &C. 22d inst, with
loss OF part of part OF deckload. having struck
the Stone Breakers and had to tighten. Damage not
ascertained.
Thomaston, Jan 20-Oapt VIM Tobey has gone to
New York to take charge of ship St Nicholas, and
Capt VIM Tobey, Jr, has gone to Bath to take charge
of ship Santa Clara.
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THE EASTERN REBELLION.

Serious Disaster to the Turkish Forces
The Ragusa correspondent of the Times tele-
graphs that there has been two days fighting
between the Turks and Herzegovinians, during
which $50 of the former were killed. The in
surgents lost 100 killed and wounded.
Dispatches from Ragusa place the Turkish
dead at $50 and the insurgent at 60. In conse-
quence of the defeat TrebiDje is in the hands of
the insurgents.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-24
NeverlnOre

Can the course gritty tooth powders and tooth
destroying chemical fluids find place on the toilets
of sensible people. The fragrant and preservative
SazOdOnt has superseded them all.
janc4 deodS,w1w
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Providence Print Cloths Market

PROVIDENCE. January 23.-The Printing cloths
market has been through the past week with sales
of % 5000 pieces, and closed with rmer feeling and
more inquiry, Ga Ga standard and extra being held
at 4sc for ten to thirty days.
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DIED.

In Yarmouth, Jan. 90 Mrs. Abbie, wife of Ammi
M. Loring, aged IS years.
In BATH, Jan. 20, Mrs. Mary R. Winchester, aged
20 years.
In Waldoboro, Jan. 7, Mr.. George T. Hollis, aged
80 years.
In Waldobero, Jan. II, John W. Welt, aged IS
years months.
In Brunswick, Jan. II, Mr.. Geo. W. Hammond,
aged So years months.
In Topsham, Jan. IA, Miss Alice c. Baldwin, aged
81 years 10 months.
In Topsnam, Jan. IA, Mr.. Phillip Martin, aged
20 years.
In Bath, Jan. 81, Mrs. Ella E., wife OF John L. Per-
kins, aged 80 years months.
In Woolwch, Jan. 10, Mr.. Josiah W. Trott aged
81 years months.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-24
METEOROLOGICAL,

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FOUR
HOURS.
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHEF SIGNAL)
OFFICER, Washington. d. c.,
January "a, Il A. M
For New England,
the Middle States and lower lake regions, gen
orally cloudy and colder weather W it'll areas of
snow, northerly to westerly winds, and rising
barometer.
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ST. JOHN, NIB. Steamer Chase, 100 packages of
fresh fish tubs butter packages poultry and game
10 empty carboys bales betting and packing / Dbl
nets crates sheep skins to Stubs, 1886 kegs of
spikes IA bales bags to Railroad packages mer-
chandise.
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NEWS,
PORT OE PORTLAND

Saturday, San. %.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Eleanora, johnson, New York-passen-
gers and mdse to Henry Fox.
Steamship Chase, Thompson. st John. Nh.
Brig Bearse, Blaisdell. of and from Damaris-
Gotta, in tow of tug A Warren. 1.-THE G was
formerly schooner, but has recently been newly
spared and rugged into a brig.1
CLEARED.
Steamship Prussian, Br) Richie, Liverpool -
Fl s. A Allan.
Steamship Bermuda (Br) Cleaver, Halifax Ns-J
Porteous.
Steamship Chase, Thompson, st John, MA
Stubs.
Sch Grace Webster, Gales, Havana-Geo Hunt
g. Co.
Sch Henry Cole, Chadwick, Providence.
sunday, Jan. S:s.
ARRIVED.
Sch Billow, Mullen, Deer Isle for New York.
Sch HI Curtis, Curtis, Deer Isle for New York.
Sch Melville Green, Bucksport for Boston.
Sch Sailor, Leeman, Bristol.
BELOw-A light schr supposed the Benz Reed,
from Newburyport.
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To CONSERVATIVES.

WiIbor's Cod Liver Oil and Lime has
now been before the public for ten years, and has
steadily grown into favor and appreciation. This
could not be the case unless the preparation OF
undoubted and high intrinsic value. The combina-
ton of the Phosphate of Lime with pure Cod Liver
OIL as prepared by DR.. WIbor, has produced new
phase in the treatment of Consumption and all dis
of the Lungs This article can be taken by the
most delicate invalid without creating the disgusting
nausea which is such prominent objection to the
Cod Liver Oil when taken without Lime. This prep
araon is prescribed by the regular faculty. and sold
by the proprietor, A. B. WILBoR, Chemist, Boston,
and by druggists generally. jl24eod1w
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LONDON, January 22-12.30 P M-Cotton market
quiet and steady ;iddling upands at SD do Orleans
at 15-16d sales 5000 bales, incudingg 1000 bales
or speculation and export.
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Dec "a, lat 20 S, lon SO 20, sch Lamoine, Leach,
from Milbridge for Rio Janeiro.
Jan 10, no lat &c, ship Golden Rule Morse, from
Liverpool for New Orleans.
Jan -. lat 90, Ion 55, barque Norton Slower, from
Liverpool for Havana.
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber
1 1y,,, has been duly appointed Executor of the
NANCY W. DEERING, late of Portland,
IN the County Of Cumberland, deceased, and has TAX
en- upon himself that trust as the law directs.
All persons having demands upon the estate of
said deceased are required to exhibit the same;
and all persons indebted to said estate called
upon to make payment to
GEORGE w. DEERING, Executor.
Portland, JAM Is, 1876. jan20dlaw3wThs
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Rio Jaueiro Coffee Market
RIO JANEIRo, January 22.-Cofee market is quiet
and price maintained.
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
Boston stock Market

By water conveyance-1OOO bush cornmeal to q.
W, True 81 Co,
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To the Honorable Court of County Conn
missioners for the County of Cumber-
land.
FENHE undersigned inhabitants of the Town of Scar
Il boro' and vicinity. represent that the highway
as heretofore travelled, commonly known as the
from the county road near Silas Lary's dwelling
house, to its junction with the new "Blue Point''
road, so called, is not necessary for the public con-
veDience wherefore your petitioners pray that your
Honors would, agreeably to law in such cases made
and provided, discontinue said highway, and direct
the same to be duly recorded.
Dated ScarDoro', Jan. 4, 1876.
Signed by WILLIAM MOULTON.
and * OfherS
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Please tell the people that you saw their
advertisement in the PRESS, the circula-
ton of which, per month, exceeds 400, 900.
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by making all its departments more complete and by
sparing no effort or expense at their command to
make the PRESS more valuable and desirable.
The PRESS has larger editorial corps than any
paper in Maine and has unexcelled facilities for col
Getting in all parts of the state. The business,
agricultural and manufacturing interest of Maine
will receive the continued attention of the PRESS.
The growing Importance of Portland as dstrlbu-
ting center for Maine and its fast increasing whole
sale trade make daily paper at this point Of special
Importance to every merchant and business man in
the state.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-24

JOB PRINTING neatly executed a,
this Odice.
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As q Political Journal


Despite the fact that the Publishers obliged to
pay the postage, the DAILY PRESS is offered for
$500 per annum in ADVANCE $3.50 for six months;
$1.75 for three months.
W During the session of the Legislature the
Daily will be furnished for $500 in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-30
BY TELEGRAPH.
MATTERS IN MAINE.

Suicide in Bethel.
Especial Despatch to the Press.]
BETHEL, Sept. 29.-S S. Dunn, wealthy
citizen of Bethel, hung himself this afternoon.
w.
Missiag Man Found.
ITO the Associated Pressl
AUGUSTA, Sept. 29.-James B. Russell, who
had been missing since Wednesday morning,
was found this morning between here and Hal
lowell. He had been most of the time in the
woods, and is doubtless insane.
Death of a skowhegan Physician.
SKowHEGAN, Sept 29.-Dr. G. w. Snow, a
highly esteemed citizen and skillful physician
of this place, died very suddenly this morning
of apcplexy. He will be buried tomorrow af-
ternoon by De Molay Commandery of knights
Tempar, of which he was an active member
The Alamo lowed into Gloucester.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Sept 29.-Sch Alice
NJ. Lewis at this port arrived this afternoon
and towed in the brig Alamo Of Machias, load
ed with coal. She found her on Middle Bank
dismasted and abandoned. She is supposed to
be the same collier reported in collision.
Washington County Fair.
PEMBROKE, Sept 29-At the second day Of
the Washington comfy cattle show and fair in
the race for county horses, McCurdy's "Flora
Mac won the first money. Time 255. 2 81,
2.501. In the sweepstake race Jas. Hills
Little Maid' won in three stra light heats.
Time 2403, 245, 2.44.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-30
Literary Notes.

j. Osgood & Co., announce for Septem-
Der Robert Browning's Pacchiorotto. For Oc-
tober they will have In the Levant by Mr..
Charles Dudley Warner, Dottings Around the
Circle by B. r. Curtis, the complete works Of
Longfel.ow revised to date, Zone volume $10),
and Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor as a gift
book beautifully illustrated by Mary A. Hal
lock. The same firm will publish five large
and elegant volumes of heliotypes each con-
tanning twenty-four pictures. The volumes
will be of the Dresden Gallery Gray, Collection
Titan Gallery, Gallery of famous artists and
Gallery of famous Beauties. In November will
appear Miss Martineau's Autobiography Hen
ry Wilson's third and last volume of the Slave
Power, and the illustrated library poets. Dur
ing the season Mr.. Howells' Private Theatri-
Gals will be brought out.
Scribner, Armstrong & Co. announce for the
fall a new edition of DR.. Bushnell's works, be-
ginning with Christian Nurture; that to be fol-
lowed by Sermons for the New Life, and the
others later. An Introduction to Political
Economy by Professor Perry of Williams col
lege will appear. Lange's Commentary will
move on to include Daniel and Ezekiel Jules
Verne will come out again in Michael Stragoff,
the Courier of the Gear, story of Russian adj
venture of the usual Verne size. DR.. Hollands
Mistress of the Manse will come out richly il
Illustrated as Christmas volume. A valuable
book on Turkistan is soon to appear. Noah
Brooks Boy Emigrants and Mr.. Hale's Philip
Nolan's Friends will take on book form. One
Leon Cahun, Frenchman, said to rival Verne,
will have out an astonishing story of B. c.,
1000, in which David, Solomon, Homer. the
Queen of Sheba, and others make their appear
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-30
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Shocking Accident.

SuOcAAuS ACCAOeuAs
SPRINGFIELD, Sept ga terrible accident
and fire occurred here at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The floors of the three story brick
building on Hampden street, occupied on the
first floor as pork packing house, on the Sec
opd as store room by Samuel Palmer & Co.,
commission merchants, and on the third floor
as store room by the Huck Cigar Manufact-
uring Co.. fell, burying six men in the ruins.
-Four escaped badly cut and bruised and two
are still beneath the debris, probably dead
The cause of the accident was probably the CIV
ing way of the third floor on which were stored
$4,000 pounds of tobacco. The ruins immed-
ately caught fire and are still burning The f.
nancial loss is about $50 900; partly insured
About 102 men are at work removing the de-
bris from the scene of this afternoons disaster
but the remaining two bodies will hardly be
reached before morning. A coroner's inquest
that the block was shabbibly built. The sad
affair has awakened local interest only second
to that of the Mill River disaster and the Hol-
yoke church burning.
Death from Injuries.
NEwBURYPoRT. Sept. 29.-Miss Ruth Lunt,
go years old, who was badly beaten with a
hammer by Frank Adams, an insane lad, on
the 9th of September, died today from her in.
juries.
Congressional Nomination.
BOSTON, Sept. 29-The 9th congressional
Democratic convention at Newtonville today
nominated by reclamation Hou. w. w. War
rem.
Yellow Fever in Boston Harbor.
Two vessels from Brunswick, Ga. arrived at
this port day with yellow fever on board and
were quarantined
Schooner Disabled.
Schooner AltaV Cole at this port from New
York, reports speaking schooner l. FL. Counce
on the morning of the 18th, Bangor for Provi-
dence, in tow of pilot boat. The Counce was
submerged to the rail even with the water.
State Temperance Alliance.
The annual meeting of the Massachusetts
state temperance alliance was held today. The
secretary's report gives details of the work of
the order for the year, large portion being de-
voted to the review of the license system, the
array of figures showing great increase of
crime and intemperance. and urging the adop-
ton of a prohibitory law.