The Portland daily press., 1877-03-01
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Masonic hall in North Attleboro, Mass, was
burned Tuesday night Loss $4,000.
James Gilmore's paper mill in East Lee
$4,000.
VIM. ?. Webster, U. S. Consul at Frankfor
on the Main, Germany. is dead. He was ma.
tive OF Newburyport, Mass.
IL 900 tons of Pittston coal were sold in New
York yerterday at an advance of about 10 cents
per ton over last month.
Steamer LAmerique, ashore on the New
jersey coast, was moved a few feet tow<tds
deep water Tuesday evening"
Connecticut House of Representatives YES
count.
Senators Weber and Hamlet, the two Louis
lana seeding Republican Senators, took their
seats in the state house Senate yesterday
The Minnesota legislature has adjusted the
old railroad mortgage debt of the state, amount
ing to $2,275,OOO
Charles Bruck, boy stolen from New York
three months ago, was found in Rochester. N.
Y, yesterday.
A bill has been introduced into the Connec-
ticut Legislature allowing women who are as
sessed in property valued at $500 or more to
vote at city, town and school district meetings.
Exceptions in the case of Henry o. Goodwin
OF Woodstock, VT, convicted of murder, have
been overruled, and he will be hung the second
Friday in March,
A large number of visitors was at the execu-
i've mansion yesterday, many of them in quest
of favors. Most of them went away disappoint-
ed.
The Monterey (Cal court house recently
burned, was set on fire for the purpose of de-
stroying the records in order to cover defalca-
tion of $4,000.
The Boards of trade of New York and Cleve-
land and the the prominent bankers of the for
mer city, protest against further delay in the
electoral count.
The stockholders of the Boston & Albany
railroad have approved the lease of the North
brookfeld & Plttsfeld and North Adams Rail-
roads.
Jnoge Wright (colored) of South Carolina, is
san 70 De AFRAID to announce his opinion COIN
cidng with the other judges in the habeos cor
berlain party. Wiz
two years old, last night, through tha besrt
and then attempted to kill his wife. Wh;sIay
was at the bottom of it. He is threatened with
iynchiDg. Will
Gov. Nichols of Louisiana has issued a
proclamation converting an extra session of the
Legislature for the purpose of indispensable
legislation, specifying education, appropria-
tons, election of U. S. Senator, etc.
The Democratic legislature of West Virginia
passed resolution Tuesday night and tele-
graphed them, inStructlng their senators and
representatives to take all constitutional meas
ures to prevent the completion of the count.
Joseph s. Crowell, formerly city treasurer of
aiSanway, N. d., was arrested Yesterday on
caarge OF embezzlement. He gave bail to ap-
pear TOR examination.
some OF the flibusters privately assert that
Iney aesife the counting of the vote to be GEM
pieted before the close of the week, but wish to
avoid the appearance of yielding without a
struggle. "''A'"' {"
The Washington correspondent of the Her
aid says: "A man who declined to give his
name informed the correspondent that he over
heard in an adjoining room at Wizards Hotel
on Monday night conversation between stran-
gers indicating that they were taking steps to
assassinate Coy. Hayes"