The Portland daily press., 1876-07-28


Lydia Maze, % years old, committed suicide
| in Stockbrdge, Mass, Friday.
Nicholas Riley of Providence, aged eighty
years, was killed at East Greenwich Friday
| by the Shore Line express train.
Sheppard Pratt Wiley murdered his wife at
Pemberton, Pa, Monday, under the in
fuence of insane jealousy, and then committed
suicide by cutting his throat
JAS Lawton of Dubuque, Iowa. Wednesday
afternoon shot his father four times, inficting
wounds which will prove fatal. The family
reside at Kings, and were in town attending
funeral Father and son had just been drink
| ing soda together, and it was known than any
trouble existed.
A train of three cars containing party of
Odd Fellows collided with hand car near
Columbus, Ohio, Thursday morning and ran
| off bank thirty feet high. David Reynolds,
| fireman, was killed, James Fernald, engineer,
| fatally injured, and j. G. Taylor of Columbus,
| injured internally.
Joe Ealmage and Felipe Salzure, murderers,
were taken from jail at Canon City, COL, Sat-
urday and hung by.citizens.
A boat upset in Magnolia River, Iowa, Fri
| day night, and four persons were drowned, viz:
| Miss West, Miss Billings, Miss Hayden and
young child
Rev. James E. Welch, Baptist minister,
| was drowned at Seaside Park, Friday.
The Molly Maguires McShane, Raverty,
Carroll and Boyle, have just been convicted at
Pottsyille of the murder of Policeman Yorst.
Hubbard Hathaway, Woodstock, VT, far
mer, committed suicide Saturday.
During a thunder storm at Martha's Vine
yard Sunday frame building was struck by
lightning and Mr.. Chas. E. Chase of Central
Falls, r. L., killed.
| Nicholas Nelson was drowned in Boston
Harbor Sunday by the upsetting of boat
Carl Winkel cut John Tapp's throat in New
York Monday because the latter elected him
for the non-payment of rent.
John Brennan and three other roughs were
arrested in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, for fa-
tally beating man in Brennan's rum shop
and setting on him bull dog which tore the
victim fearfully.
Two young daughters of M. Pritchar d, Lear
Logansport. Ind., were burned to death Sunday
night by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
A portion of Nolan's Globe Mills in Philadel-
phia were burned yesterday and two op era
| tives, Ellen Haven and Ann Patterson, killed
by jumping from the windows.
POLITICAL.
The chairman of the Indianapolis Greenback
committee of Indiana denies the report that
the greenback party of Indiana will support
Tilden and Hendricks. The committee have
called new state convention for Ang. 18th to
take position on the silver question and will de-
| clare that the state legislature has right to
make all the silver coins of the United States
| full legal tender without limit as to the
amount and will make that test question on
the election of members to the next general
assembly.
The Missouri Democrats in convention as
sembled adopted resolution declaring that
| the Democratic party of Missouri commend the
action of the lower house of Congress in cur
failing the extravagant expenditures of the
government and investigating the corruption of
President Grants appointees in the Cabinet
| and throughout all the departments of public
service.
An address has been issued by Ethan Allen,
chairman of the National Liberal Republican
Committee, to the Liberal Republicans, annul-
ling the call for national convention to be
held at Philadelphia, July 26th. and support
ing the Republican ticket.
The Worcester Spy publishes letter ad-
dressed to the people of the 9th Massachusetts
Congressional District by Congressman George
f. Hoar, in which he says he shall not accept
the office of member Of Congress again, desir-
ing to return to the practice of his profession
BRIEF MENTION.
Ex.Gnv William Hoi1o of Nou H N, pcI; ro
died Of apoplexy Saturday morning, aged SO
Three thousand persons arrived at Long
Branch Saturday and the hotels are full
Dom Pedro has arrived in England--One fa-
tai case of cholera was reported in New York
last week-Gen. Sherman is reported as de-
nying that he ever favored the determination
of the Indians as alleged by Wendell Phillips
COL Henry o. Kent, a New Hampshire
member of the Liberal Republican Committee,
thinks the New Hampshire Liberals will sup
port Tilden. The wish is father to the thought
in this case--The damage by the Red River
overflow is estimated att$20, ,0O0--The vessel
riggers of Philadelphia have struck owing to
reduction of wages-There was slight frost
at Port Jarvis, N. Y, Sunday night--The
New Hampshire Legislature has adjourned
sine die-A reunion of all the Grand Army
posts in New Hampshire will be held at Great
Falls on Sept. 1st--Gen. John Mcdonald
and Col. John A. Joyce make affidavit that the
testimony of Fitzrey regarding. the payment of
$400 to Mckee on behalf of the whiskey ring
was false.
The revolutionary army in Mexico has been
scattered and the general aspect of affairs is in
favor of the government. Lerdo de Tejada
was elected President by an overwhelming ma
jority.
The town OF Ganray in France was burned
last week. A hundred houses were destroyed,
whereby four hundred families were rendered
homeless
E. G. Mellor jeweller Of Montreal, has abb
seconded taking with him $4,000 worth of jew
elry.
fire at Lachine near Montreal, Thursday
the goth, burned down the old Grand Trunk
Railway station and destroyed the entire fleet
of the Lachine Yacht Club. A child playing
inside was burned to death, and two men were
so badly injured that they died. Loss $4,000;
insurance small.
The general tenor of the dispatches from
Turkey indicate that the Servans are holding
their own, although no decided advantages are
substantiated on either side The Turkish
atrocities in Bulgaria still continue. On the
21st and 22d the Turks attacked Servian re-
doubt, but were repulsed A despatch from
Manchester says that within the last ten days
the Turks have lost 300 killed and $50 wound.
ed. While the Servians have lost fully $500
men with five cannon. 1t is estimated that
10000 Bulgarian and Bosnian volunteers have
taken up arms against Turkey. The Greeks
are also preparing for war and will protest
against the Porte's colonizing 10000 Circas-
slams near the Greek frontier
John Jacob Lowenthal, the celebrated chess
player and author, is dead. He was abont 66
years of age.
Minister Perrepont says that nothing has oc-
Cured in any wise altering the situation in re-