The Portland daily press., 1876-04-14


also wounded Shane In a return fire. Shane has
died and Jiltz will not recover.
Abram T. Doyle of Beverly, Mass, commit
ted suicide Saturday.
Mrs. Mary G. Gannett, wife of Rev. DIR.
Gannett of Boston, committed suicide Satur.
day evening by jumping from Beacon street
bridge.
james Brown, Superintendent of the Avon
dale coal mines, was instantly killed Saturday
by falling down shaft, distance of % feet
7. G. Little shot and killed Samuel Covel at
Potosi, No.. Saturday. Little owed Covel
grudge because the latter had been instrument
tai in effecting his discharge from position in
the employ of railway company.
A fire at Keesville, New York, Sunday, de-
stroyed eight stores. Loss 100000; insurance
$4,000.
A fire at Marysville, Kentucky Sunday night,
destroyed large stock of plows belonging to
Baldwin g. Co. Loss $25,0oO; insurance on
buildings $4,000.
Noah Adams of Townsend Harbor, Mass,
committed suicide, Sunday, by cutting his
throat. He was insane.
Sllas I'll. Cutting, an employe of the North
ern railroad, was found in the front hall of his
house at Potter Place, N. H., Monday, with
his skull fractured and numerous cuts and
bruises on his head and face. He is supposed
to have been murdered.
Peter Schnader, employed in the Boston
Betting Co.'s works. fell down stairs Monday,
and will probably die.
Considerable damage has been done at Chi
cot and Napoleon, Arkansas, by the flood.
Fire in Baltimore Monday, destroyed the
wooden ware and broom store of Lord & Rob-
inson. Loss on stock $4,000; fully insured;
on building $4,000; fully insured.
Willis Bailey, young married man of New
Haven, has been arrested for rape upon Mrs
Evarts, widow lady nearly 20 years old.
Fire destroyed house on Campobello Island
Tuesday owned by the widow of Capt. Moses
Loss $4,000; insured $1,000.
Realps butter and cheese warehouse in Phila-
delphia was burned Tuesday. Loss $4,000
The Roxborough Baptist church, Philadel-
phia, was destroyed by fire Monday night. Loss
about $4,000.
John FL. Sell, late teller and bookkeeper of
the suspended Security Savings Bank of New
York absconded with $4,000.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
The Republican convention in South Caro-
lima Tuesday to elect delegates to the Cincin-
natl convention resulted in a lively fight be-
tween the Chamberlain and uti-Chamberlain
faction. Each of the two parties desired to
control the convention, as that would carry
with it not only the selections of the delegates
to the Republican National convention, but
also probably the control of the state nomn-
atng convention, to be held hereafter. The
trial of strength took place on question
whether delegates whose seats were contested
by other delegates should be allowed to take
part in organizing the convention. Gov.
Chamberlain insisted that where any county
sent two sets of delegates all should be tempo
rarily admitted or all excluded. The debate
grew very hot. Judge Mackey, one of the
delegates, denounced the ti-Chamberlain
party as band of robbers, and told ex Con-
gresham Elliott, who asked whom he meant,
that he tEliott) was the head and front of
these robbers. Elliott drew pistol and sought
to get at Mackey, who awaited him. Desks
and chairs were overthrow, and the excited
delegates gathered around Mackey and Elliott
and dragged them apart. A chair was bran
dished over Gov. Chamberlain's head by an
opposition delegate. No blows passed, and
when the convention had Gained down little
the chairman, ex-Congressman Whittemore,
ruled out the contesting delegates, all of whom
were supporters of Coy. Chamberlain. The
convention elected full Western delegation.
Mcdonald, the convicted St. Louis revenue
supervisor, has been sentenced to 10 years in
states prison. McGuire's case is still in abey-
ance, waiting the decision of the President on
petition for his pardon. No decision has yet
been rendered in McKee's case. Avery has
been called for sentence.
The resolution introduced into the Brooklyn
Association of Congregational Ministers for
the appointment of committee to co operate
with the advisory committee scandal bureau,
was warmly opposed by Drs. Storrs and Bud
dington, and on its adoption those gentlemen
and several others withdrew from the associa-
ton.
The legislative committee Of the Massachu-
sets Legislature in investigating the Eastern
railroad have presented their report. 1t de-
tails the manner in which the debt was in
creased from $4,OO0,O00 in 1871 to $4,000. 900
at present through gross and reckless manage
ment. The report says that there are many
indications that the road can 60 on paying its
interest under the bill proposed, and by the
judicious sale of unneeded property eventually
reduce the debt to $1,000, 900, when the stock
holders are to assume control. The committee
conclude by reporting the following bill: "No
railroad corporation chartered under the laws
of this commonwealth shall hereafter issue any
bonds, coupon notes or other evidence of in
debtedness payable at periods at more than
twelve months from the date thereof, except
as provided by the act of 1874"
BRIEF MENTION.
Nathaniel Mckay has brought another libel
suit against the Philadelphia Times.--Gold-
smith Maid beat Golden Gate at San Francisco
Saturday making a mile in 2195.4-Tweed
is reported to he in Havana
shows that the charge that the St. Louis post
master assessed his clerks for political purposes
is unfounded.--The planters in the vicinity
of Memphis are rejoicing over the receding of
of the food.--Utah Democrats will send an
unpledged delegation to st. Louis.--The wife
of Gen. Butler died Saturday of throat dis
ease.-The retirement of five professors of
the Boston Dental College is announced on ac-
count of disagreement with the President
The steamers Bristol and Providence have be-
gun their summer trips.-The Massachusetts,
Supreme court has decided that if armed with
the proper warrant an officer, after demanding
admission to house where he has reason to
believe party sought is, and being refused,
may enter by force and cannot be treated as
trespasser even if the party sought is not in the
house.--The freshet on the Delaware has
proved very damaging to lumbermen.-The
treasury department has sent $250,0OO in so
cent notes to be used as tickets of admission to
the Centennial.--The American Straw Goods
Association whose factories are all in New
England have voted to continue the so per cent
reduction in the manufactures until the 18th
inst.--Sale of S. W. jacobs herd of short