The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-17


islative appropriation bill in committee of the
whole, several members making speeches on
various topics. A memorial was presented
asking for the repeal of the compulsory pilot
age law, after which the House adjourned.
BRIEF MENTION.
Benz A. Whitman has obtained $4,000 dam
ages against Frank Leslie for defamation of
character in an article published in the Days
Doings.--Mt. Sterling, KY, has sensation
produced by shower of what despatch calls
quiverng f1esh.--Hon. VIM. H.. Cove, the
pioneer in the Free soilisms of New England,
known as the silver tongue1 orator of New
Hampshire, died last Saturday There is at
present enough lumber wharved in the vicinity
of St. John to load 40 100ton ships.-The
Alabama Legislature, two-thrds Democrats,
adopted strong resolutions in favor of the Cen
tennial exhibition before adiournment.-
Sonora state troops have defeated the revolu-
tionists, the latter losing 100 tmen.--Daniel
Drew, the great New York speculator and en-
dover of Methodist colleges, has failed, with
liabilities placed at 100000 His gifts to col
leges are secured by mortgages and SO will
probably be paid in full.--Printers in the
Evening Post Office, New York, have struck,
owing to reduction of wages.--The bank Of
the State of New York has failed.--The
Mississippi Senate, with but few dissenting
votes, has convicted Lieut.. Gov. Davis of that
state on the i'm parchment articles preferred by
the House-Work is gradually starting up
in the coal regions and general resumption is
probable soon.--Henry Hart, formerly agent
of the Pacific Mail Company in Japan and
China has commenced suit against the COM
pany for $125,000 which he claims is due him
as commissioner on sales of steamers to the
Japan government, effected by htm.--The
passengers who were wrecked on the steamer
Galveston have arrived. They state that the
tug sent from Nassau by the underwriters re-
fused to take them from the island, where they
were obliged to stay with some two dozen al
most naked negroes, and obliged to sleep out
of doors.--The New York Commercial says
Re demand for exchange in London has been
increased since Saturday to the extent of about
e175, 900, or 1876, 900 by the purchase of 10000
or 80 900 Erie commop.stock for the New York
market.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Aims house at Norwich, Conn, was
burned Sunday and IA of the inmates persisted
in the flames. Most of them were old people
from 60 to 20 years of age, Seven bodies were
taken from the ruins burned to cinder and
unacceptable. Five inmates were injured by
jumping from windows, two of them fatally.
The entire number of inmates was a.
A fire at Danielson, Ct, Wednesday night,
destroyed the freight depot of the Norwich &
Worcester Railroad, the passenger station and
II. AL I-of
fee, Tllinghast & Co.'s store and a market.
The smallpox is spreading in Jersey City.
A fire at Kenton, Ohio, Wednesday night,
destroyed Hart's candy mandatory, Flack's
market and two stores; loss $4,000.
Two passenger and two sleeping cars were
thrown from the track near Atkinson, Indiana,
Wednesday, and several persons injured.
Disastrous floods have occurred on the east
coast of New Zealand. The loss amounts to
100000.
The Wilmington Conference Academy at
Dover, Del, was burned Sunday. Loss $780,.
0C0.
Charles Nolan, brakeman, was fatally
crushed Thursday, while coupling cars in the
yard of the Fitchburg railroad.
A young man named Fred White was found
drowned in Leonard's Pond, Randolph, Mass,
Sunday. Supposed suicide.
The body found near the mouth of the river
at Newburyport, Mass, was Daniel Nolan Of
Lawrence, teamster. He probably commit
ted suicide Nov. 9th, on account Of domestic
unhappiness This body was sent to Lawrence.
The mangled remains of Daniel Lyons, EN-
ployed by Rice & Wright on the Rock Cut q.
West Deerfeld, Mass, on the Troy and Green
field R. r., were found Monday forenoon beside
the track, two miles west OF Greenfield. he
| was probably intoxicated and killed by the
extra freights that were running Sunday
| night.
A mad dog, supposed to belong in Taunton,
with collar marked f. Flynn, 54S, ran muck
| in Mansfield, Mass, Sunday forenoon, biting
| II dogs, of them SO sayagely that they died
almost instantly. He was finally slaughtered
| after long chase There s much excitement
| in the neighborhood.
Josephus Sooy, defaulting ex State Treas.
urer of New jersey, wac sentenced Monday
to three years in the penitentiary. He wept.
| Patrick Callahan, about so years of age, COM
| mitted suicide at Salmon Falls, Monday by
drowning.
| Mcahel Mcconnell was hung at hamilton,
| Ont, Monday for murder.
| A most terrible wind, rain and thunder
storm passed over the Northwest, Saturday.
1t appears to have extended from Qaincy Hi
mis-. to the northern portion of Iowa, and to
have been specially severe near the Mississippi
River. At some places it amounted to lorna
do and considerable damage was inflicted. The
| town of HaZelgreen, in the southeast corner of
Grant county, Wisconsin, near the Illinois
line, which has about thousand inhabitants,
mostly lead miners, was struck by the tornado
about o'clock. Messengers were despatched to
Galena and Dubuque for doctors to care for the
injured. These messengers told story of a
most extraordinary destruction of life aud
property. One of them aft rmed that forty-one
people had been killed or injured, and that the
town was almost totally destroyed. The little
town of Shinkey in Missouri was also Destroy
ed. Two persons were killed AMI twenty
wounded.
FOREIGN.
The French ministry has been definitely con.
sttuted as follows: Dufaure, Vice President
of the Council and Minister of Justice; Picard,
Minister of the Interior; Waddngton, Minister
VI duu WOrSu'p, OQrlS-
tophle, Minister of Public Works; Teisserence
de Bart, Minister of Agriculture and Com
merce; Admiral Fourichon, Minister of Ma
rine; Leon Say, Minister of Finance; Gen.
DeCissey, Minister of War; Due de CAFES,
Minister of Foreign Affairs. All the members
of the new cabinet belong to the Left Centre.
The Senate today definitely elected D. Audit
fet Pasulier as president and NM, Martel
and Duclerc of the Left, and Gen. IAdmiranlt
and M. Kerdiel of the Right, vice presidents
very severe snow storm prevailed Sunday,
March 18th, around the entire coast of Eng
laud and parts of the French coast. Numer-
GUS shipping casualties are reported.
In five small townships along the Danube 521
houses collapsed from the 18th to the 9th inst.
in 'consequence of the foundation having been
damaged by floods. In Pesth and its suburbs
it is impossible to count the houses ruined; 400
square miles of winter corn are lost to Hun
gary. The foundations of the houses in Buda