The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-09

OF the occupants, was awakened and saw man
with his face covered with muller. She
screamed for help. The burglar walked to the
door leading to the corridor, locked it and
walked back to tho bed in. which were Mrs.
Raines and her daughter. The frightened
ladies began to shrek loudly, but one of the
burglars with an oath seized Mrs. Raines by
the wrist and shaking jimmy babe her keep
still. The outcry aroused Mrs. Raines' broth
ers, who armed themselves with shotguns and
revolyers and endeavored to enter Mrs. Raines'
room. The burglars hesitated a minute then
one of them rushed to Mrs. Raines' toilet table,
seized her watch and chain, ran to the window,
opened it jumped with his companions to the
roof of the verandah, dropped to the ground
and escaped.
A boarding house in Montreal was burned
Friday morning and several persons persisted
in the flames.
Lydia Wilcox, an elderly woman living alone
in Centredale, North Providence, was burned
to death Thursday evening. Probably she was
lying on the lounge smoking, when she fell
asleep, and her pipe falling from her mouth
set the lounge on fire.
A ST. Thomas letter of Oct. 16 says that the
ship M. Motto bohn arrived there in charge of
the first mate Madison, the second mate being
in irons for killing Capt. Whitney. Second
mate Kelley says he bad scufae with the cap
tain on the night of Sept. 30th, during which
the captain fell overheard. AS Kelley did not
heave to, Or make any effort to rescue the
captain, or report the fair until an hour AFTER
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Kelly home.
The Tax Payers Association of Brooklyn
charge that of the $1O00O.O00 expended on
Prospect Park $500. 900 were stolen.
Thursday express train on the Philadelphia
and Erie railroad colliaed with freight train
east of Ridgeway, killing the engineers and
fremen of both trains, one brakeman and
fatally injuring another brakeman.
The testimony as to the methods Of carrying
ON the late popular New York life insurance
company's business by its manager Lambert,
shows that they were Of the most fraudulent
nature.
w. S. Mcfarland, attorney, Charles T. Bar
ry, school teacher, George A. Rogers, VIM. n.
Warner, and Miss Addie E. Ward, school
teacher, all Of Boston, have been held $4,000
each for an alleged attempts to blackmail
DR.. Daman of that city. Miss Ward wrote to
Daman, accusing him of seduction and abor.
ton, and threatened exposure. The conspira-
tors persuaded him to leave the city secretly.
and followed him over the country with offers
to settle. Daman's friends, learning of the
case, brought him back and entered suit.
BRIEF MENTION.
Daniel W. Voorhees, has been appointed to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death Of
Senator Morton. have been
made this week before the Fishery Commission
at Halifax-John Brougham, the actor, il
dangerously i'll at Cleveland.--Aif funding as
ISOLATION has been incorporated in New York to
fluid the Southern state debts and an agent has
already been sent to Tennessee.
Church, one of the Oldest and most respected
citizens of Hartford died Monday.--The
chiefs of the Ponca Indians are about to make
trip to Washington to treat for land and over
coats.--Full time has been resumed in the
Grand Trunk Car shops at Montreal.-John
d. Stockman, one of the editors of the New
York Herald died in Philadelphia Saturday
--Some Of the New York cigar manufacture
ers have sent to San Francisco for Chinese te
take the place of the strikers, others are EN-.
ploying women.-There was heavy shock Of
earthquake in the Adirondack region Sunday
morning. 2, 100000 bushels of wheat
was shipped from New York last week.
Gen. Grant denies that he ever spoke dispar
agingly of Vanderbilt.--An alarming Com
mnnistic movement has broken out in Califor
MIA and trouble is feared.--Oakey Hall hal
returned to New York as suddenly and mys
terous]y as he disappeared He denies that he
left because he feared indictment for his con-
nection with the Tweed Ring. Kate Claxton
the actress, has just beer married to Chas. A
Stevens. She recently got a divorce from hel
first husband, -Hon. A. B. Foster of Mon
treal, one of the most extensive railroad con.
tractors in the country died last week Of heart
disease.--The Western Union and Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Companies have settled
their difficulty. The latter company is to pay
thirteen one hundred forty-ffths of the ex
penses.-The official count makes Bishops
majorisy in Ohio 22520.--The New Yorl
Chamber of Commerce has prepared memo
ial to Congress requesting that committee be
appointed to inquire into the workings of the
bankrupt law with view to its amendment
The Northumberland fisheries are tota
failure.-Gen. Grant visited Madam Thier
last week and presented crown of flowers t.
place on her husbands grave.--Gov. Rice ha
appointed Nov. 20 as Thanksgiving day il
Massachusetts.
TURco-RUssIAN WAR.
Fortune still favors the arms of Russia, Civ
ing promise, even at this late stage of the cam
paign, of successes that will outweigh all it
previous disasters. Plevna is more closely be.
set than ever. The one remaining avenue o
escape-the road leading to Rahova and Wild
din-has just been closed by the valor of tn
Ronmanians, whose recent exploits are suff
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freely urged against them. The Turkisl
works defending the road have been stormed
the garrison driven out with loss and the high
way securely occupied by the conquerors, whit
have thus cut off all chance of escape on the
west. On the north and east lie the Russians
in overwhelming force, while to the south tn
probable direction of Osman Pasha's expected
sortie, the passage is doubly guarded. TIL,
Roumanian troops formerly employed agains
the second Grivitza redoubt have been trans
ferred to Bogot, eight miles south of Plevna
forming, as it were, an inner line of circum
valuation, while the outer line is represented b.
Gen. Gourkhos victorious division at Telische
on the Sophia highroad. The successive tri
umphs of this active commanders southwark
march, although purchased with heavy losses
have been absolutely crushing in their effec
upon the enemy.
The swiftness with which the whole as
pect of the war in Asia Minor ha
changed since the Turkish defeat east o
Kars is astonishing. From Kars to Erzeroun
is one hundred and twenty miles, and ye
Mukhtar Pasha has retreated the Who'll
distance, and the Russians have closely fol
lowed him up. Mondays dispatches sa
that the Turks have been driven after hare
battle from their position in the suburbs Q
Erzeroum, and. that city is taken.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.