The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-16
News and Other Items.


arrived at London.
number of burglars tools were found in
Newport yesterday, uear where Mr. jays silver
was buried.
The President and his son inspected,the Post
Office Department Saturday.
New York Washington special says much
unfavorable comment is made upon the wreck
ing OF Cutter Grant with Secretary Sherman
and party GU board.
st, Thomas dates, July 7tb, state that the
steamer Octavia has been released by the
Spanish authorities aud delivered to the British
consul at Porto Rico.
The governor Of New York refuses To inter-
fere iu ths case of Penwell, t. be- haDged in
Elmirs, Friday the 10th, for the murder of his
wife.
The Lake Dannore House, a summer resort
at Salisbury, w., was burued Saturday alter
noon. Estimated loss $4,000; insurance SlO,-
000.
The cooper shop of Jonas Spau ding, 10
Townsend HaIbor, Mass, was destroyed by fire
Saturday. Cause unknown. L,ss on building
aad stock, $4,000; insurance $500
There was run on the Boatmeus' Savings
bank, ST. Louis, Saturday, but it was promptly
met, as was tie run on the half dozen other
banks.
The pay of the Louisville printers has been
reduced from 40 to 36 ceLts, by an agreement
between the employed aud the employers
Weightmau's ldbraory at the falls of the
SchuSlkill, was damaged S25, 900 by ire Satur-
day.
All the Officers of the New York steamship
companies arrested for smuggling have been
discharged from the steamship service.
sou Of John Paro, four years CID, fellIinio
the Webster Mill canal in Suucook, N. Y, Sat-
urday afternoon aud drowned. The water was
drained off and the child found, and in taking
him oat the planking gave way, precipitating
two men and three women into the canal JOS
eph Mor1 was pulled out with a leg broken.
No others hurt
The warden of the penitent aIy at Joliet, hav-
lug discovered plot ef the prisoners to escape
Saturday seized 10 OF the rngleaders aud put
them in solitary confinement.
Mrs. Emma E. Cobb of Manchester, N ii.
young married woman, fell back ward down
three steps Saturday morning, and died from
the fleets of her injuries
building owned by the Northampto Rail-
road aud occupied by Hartwell & Brnde, was
bureed at Northampton yesterday morning,
Loss S25OO. Stock partly assured; 20 Insurance.
GA bajdg LEGENDARY.
A number of Masons and others turned ont
yesterday at Trentcn to search for the missing
Youmans, but without success lit is thought
| his abseues is caused By domestic troubles.
Il. NJ. Chambers, President of the Butchers
AMI Drovers' Bank of st. Louis. announces the
| suspension of that ius tuition.
fhe annual reports of the executive depart
meHts vii lie pres, nted to Congress in Octo.
| Der.
| A despatch from AlleLtown, Pa, says a
boiler xploded in Refers ore mills, near Mac
| dugal, Lehigh equity, Saturday morning kill
| ing the engineer an l three workmen and Djur-
ing several Others. 1t also killed several horses
| and mu'es.
| Postmaster james Of New York, is about
adoptitg the regulation b.u5 uniform for him.
self as Brigade, general, with that Of colonel
| for his superintendents, aud csp.ai ns aud lieu
tenants for supernumerary officers, while the
clerks aud others will wear the uniforms of phi
Yates in tue army. contract is made for a
thousand uniforms with a cheap firm in New
| York
| A"Sehe SShuyiei eeCiCtiIy Oh tue American
legation at Constantinople, was married at
Paris Friday afternoon, to Gertrude Kiog, a
daughter of President KJg of Columbia Col
lege, N. Y.
Mrs. Brown, who is widow aud a seam
stress in Newark, has been officially notified
that fortune of $1,000 has been left her by
her parents in England.
Thomas W. Cary, formerly wealthy poll
tician of New York, applied for permit FRI
| day to enter the aims house.
The liabilities OF Young McLaugtton & Co,
shirt aud collar manufacturers, lately failed in
Montreal, are $244 600; direct $4,000; indi-
rect 100000; assets $71 600; deficiency S172,-
800.
The Patterson, n. j., silk weavers held a
meeting Saturday, raised $50 and appointed a
committee TO go to New York aud employ
counsel to defend the silk weavers IN iail
there.