The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-13
[From the Maine State Press of July 70, 1871
History Of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Tuesday
Night, July 10.
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued a
circular to naval constructors, fixing fthe
pay of various foremen, superintendent and
others for a days work of eight hours
from $500 to $3.50 per day, and the pay for
days work of 10 hours ranging from $500
to $3.50 per day. The circular provides that in
yards where there is an assistant naval con-
structor on duty, he shall inspect all timber and
lumber, and the position Of timber inspector is
abolished.
The President is reported as saying yesterday
that while he regards the prosecution of Wells
and Anderson.as violation of pledges made
by the Nichols Louisiana Legislature, he
president Hayes can have nothing to do with
the matter, and has no apprehension as to the
result
The grand jury at New Orleans have indicted
for perjury, the members of the Louisiana Re
turning Board, Wells, Anderson, Kenner and
Cassenave; this is charged to be violation of
faith with the administration, there being an
understanding that there should be no political
prosecution.
The investigation into the case of Grover of
Oregon. tends to show that he bought his seat
in the United States Senate, paying some MEM
bers of the Legislature as high as a thousand
dollars for vote.
Mexico protests against our troops entering
her territory to arrest marauders; the admins
tration has not yet decided whether it will re-
cognize the Diaz government, which has sent
new minister to Washington. A detachment
of our troops has already crossed the Rio
Grande, and is encampsd on Mexican soil.
BRIEF MENTION.
John e. Owens, the actor, is seriously ill.,
The widow of the late Francis P. Blair died
Thursday. monument is to be erected over
of the United States.--The Philadelphia
mint has resumed work on double eagles and
trade dollars Clinton Savings bank OF
New York city has suspended assets. 81 ,366,-
1888; liabilities $7,349, 555.--The Montreal
Council has adopted resolution pledging help
to suppress the liquor traffic.--The loss on
value of Boston real estate for the past year
will be fully 100000. 900, and on personal prop
erty $20.000,0 00.--For the quarter ending
june 30, $4,000, 600 feet of sawed lumber were
shipped from Ottawa valued at $3S5OOO.--
David S. Brown, founder of some of Philadel
phia's most important Industries, is dead
Cattle are dying from heat in the neighborhood
of New Orleans.--The next meeting of the
General Presbyterian Council will be held at
Philadelphia. George s. Merrill, post
master at Lawrence, has sent in his resigna-
ton as Secretary of the Republican State Com
mittee of Massachusetts,. Catholics of
New Rochelle demand that the Douay Bible shall
be read in the schools, saying that the Protestant
Bible is mutilated and uninspired version of
he Scriptures.--J. M. S, Williams of Boston
has failed, but the financial standing of Slider,
s. Williams. one of the oldest shipping houses
of Boston, is not affected as Mr.. Williams had
retired from that frm.-Upwards of 1000
dogs have been drowned in New York city
since the dog law went into effect.--The new
monument erected by the Fireman's Benevo-
lent Association of New Haven was unveiled
Monday with appropriate ceremonies, There
was very successful test of Bells telephone at
the government torpedo station, Newport, r.
l., Sunday night. The circuit extended five
miles under ground. Corn and beans have
been injured by heavy rain storms in Illinois,
Indiana and Kansas, but wheat is in good con-
diton.--The Merchants Loan and Trust Com
pany of Paterson, N. j., has Isuspended. De-
positors will be paid.--The Boston Board of
Aldermen has unanimously voted to make the
ferries between Boston and East Boston free
after January l, 1876 Hon. Thomas Talbot
declines the use of his name for candidate for
governor of Massachusetts-The Tooth an
niversary of the adoption Of the first consti-
tuition of Vermont was celebrated Monday
Ex-Gov. Osborne of Kansas, Minister to Chill
has received instructions and will depart on
the 18th inst.--Thirty-sev out of seventy
five applicants have been admitted to the naval
academy at Annapolis. projectors of the
Thomas Music Hall are disappointed at the re-
suit of the invitation for subscription. Only
10000 have been pledged, while $25O,OOO are
necessary to begin the work "A libel suit has
been begun by Manager Hart of the Brooklyn
Theatre against the New York Herald
Nearly 1000 silk operators are now out of work
at Robinson, N. j., and the proprietors are
about to sue them for breach of contract as
they agreed some time ago that if another
strike occurred they would finish the work on
which they were engaged, which they have
not done.--Cyrus W. Field and Samuel J.
Tilden sail for. Europe next week to raise loan
fol. the New York elevated railroad. The
monument to ?. B. Bliss in the cemetery at
Rome, Pa, was dedicated Tuesday.
has accepted Weston's challenge to walk in
London six or twelve days in September for
$4,000 side
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Thomas Sullivan, seaman on the schooner
MAR lying at Portsmouth, N. H.. was fatally
stabbed Sunday by another seaman named
james Hankins. Hankins was arrested.
The Keesville IN. Y.,) National Bank was
robbed Friday night by eight men, who bound
and gagged the Waterman and then blew open
the safe. They obtained about $12O,0 1000 in bills
and currency and $4,000 in bonds.
The Worlds New Orleans special places the
amount of defalcation in the office of the first
district of that city at $4,000.
Joe Coburn has been denied a new trial
A violent storm passed over Berks county.
Pa, Thursday evening, demolishing buildings
and doing much damage to bridges. Estimat-
ed damage 100000.
THE TURKo-RUssIAN WAR
Although the dispatches from the seat of war
are extremely vague and contradictory, enough
can be gathered from them to prove beyond a
doubt that the Russians have sustained serious
reverses in Asia. Before the war began, they
were far more confident of their success in Ar
menia than in Bulgaria, and when they ad-
vanced in three bodies from Tifis, bad not a |
dream other than of victory. But the Black
Sea division has been beaten before Batoum,
the Erivan divisitn has been checked in the
passes on the Erzeroum road, and if
it is now reported that the Kars division, una
bic to take that city, has been compelled to
raise the seige and 60 to the relief of the body
from Eriyan, to save it from utter destruction.
But if the Russians are in bad fix in Asia,
the Turks seem to be far worse off in Europe.
The Russian army has thus far utterly ignored
the famous quadrilateral which was to stop
their progress, and have crossed the Danube
ahOVa and below IL Tho Yoo;n ,ross;o~ L..