The Portland daily press., 1877-07-02
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

Two men and a span of horses were killed
by lightning near Youngstown, Ohio, Saturday.
1t is stated that the subscriptions received in
this country up to Saturday night for the per
cent. bonds reach over $7,000,00O.
George McCrebon, aged nine. was drowned
Saturday while bathing in Nashua river at
Fitchburg, Mass.
A coal-breaker at Forest Vile, Pennsylvania,
was burned Saturday morning and is a total
loss of $50,000.
The 22d Ward Bank of Philadelphia has
closed. The depositors will be paid in full and
the stockholders will receive about eighty per
cent.
There is great uneasiness at the New York
custom house. One hundred men in the col
lectors department. will be removed and 60 in
the surveyors department.
Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Orne of Boston, were
seriously injured by the explosion of steam
boat on Silver Lake the other day, and may not
recover. Miss Phillips little daughter Mira,
injured at the same time, is dead.
John Carberry, an ex-member of the Law
renee, Mass, police force has been arrested in
Providence, on charge of bigamy. He has
wife and four children in Lawrence, and was
married April 9th, to his second wife at Lynn.
While a,carriage containing Mrs. Faulken-
burg, widow of the late Baron Faulkenburg.
and two friends, was crossing bridge over the
Montmorency river, Canada, Friday, the
bridge gave way precipitating the party to the
bed of the stream and killing Mrs Falkenburg.
Her companions escaped.
An incendiary fire at Bridgeport, Conn, Fri
day night, destroyed four story wooden build
ing owned by Hartford Lyon, and occupied by
Charles Beers & Co, carpenters. Loss on build
ing $25, 900; insured $4,000. Loss on stock So
500; insured $1,000.
The Indians have killed John Rtchie of Mt.
Idaho, and driven off all the stock between the
middle and south forks of the Clear Water riv.
or. The settlers of the Wieser valley have
abandoned their growing crops and departed to
safer regions.
The grand jury at Baltimore Saturday re-
quested the court to extend the Germ, and on
refusing to do so indicted both justices.
James Mcdonald was accidentally stabbed in
Boston Saturday night. He cannot recover.
Peter Leddy OF East Providence was drown
ed Saturday night.
Secretary EVarts, Attorney General Devens
Gov. Hartranft and Mayor Bedlow of Newport
were guests Of Senator Burnside yesterday.
Catholic church at Laconia, N H., was struck
by lightning Yesterday. Loss $4,000
A New York Sunday paper hears there is
every prospect of settlement of the Connolly
case
La Batterschall, one of the originators of the
Cliff scheme, is charged with obtaining large
sums of money under false pretences.
Rev. Joseph Cook was married Saturday to
Miss George Hemingway of Fairhaven, CT,
A hail storm did great damage to garden
crops at Waterbury, Conn.,, yesterday.
Stephen Burrell, colored sailor of the
schooner A. Horton, from Bilboa, Spain, has
been committed to prison at Philadelphia, charg-
ed with the murder of John B. Jones, the first
mate, at sea. The murder occurred in quar-
rel, in which blows were struck.
Temperance: Holbrook of Melrose Highlands
died Saturday from the effects of severe burns
Failures in New York city for June foot up
So, 032, 435, with assets of S699,492.
Rooms of j. H. Bickma an of New York, at
one of the Long Branch hotels, was robbed
Saturday of diamonds valued at $2500.
The Tribune announces that no more proof
readers and compostors are needed, though they
might make room for few more of the latter
if eptionally fast.