The Portland daily press., 1877-10-03
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

A telegram from Gen. Sherman dated Port
land. Oregon, October LIST, announces his arrival
from Puget Sound. He started for San Fran
cisco overland yesterday.
Rnal estate belonging to Peter B. Sweeney
and Hugh Smith, sold in New York yesterday
brought $650,000.
Our consul at Liverpool recommends Amer
leans to export turkeys and chickens to Eng
land.
The consul at Leeds after reviewing the pro-
cess of preparing hides for export says there
is no reason why the United States should not
supply its home demand for leather and Eng.
land Also
Kate Goodsell, young girl, was fatally in
jured yesterday in escaping from he House of
Mercy in New York. This is the place where
Judge Donahue sent Mabel Leonard.
Kings county Sunday School Convention
was held in Brooklyn yesterday. Over 1000
delegates were present.
VIM. E. Montague, manager of the Hamp-
ton Gard Company, was held in $1,000 in SPRING
fields Mass, for examination, on the charge Of
raising note for $4,000 to $20,500.
The annual meeting of the New Hampshire
Pharmaceutical Association was held in Con-
cord yesterday.
The Grand Division of the Conductors Broth
erhood of the United States began their 10th
annual session in Elmira yesterday. About 60
delegates we're present, representing 50 sub .di.
visions. The sessions are secret.
Thomas Williams, who guided the raiding
party against the Illicit distillers in Lawrence
county, is reported murdered in that county.
The trial of railroad rioters at Reading, Pa.
began yesterday. The court house was densely
crowded Two bills have been found against
the defendants, who are some forty in number.
The miners of the Riverside Coal Company
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, have accepted 10 per cent.
advance All the collieries of that company
were working yesterday.
The Synod of New York, composed of repre-
sentatives of the presbyteries of New York and
New England, will commence four DAYS ses-
sion in New York Oct. 10th.
James r. Hawkins, colored, was sentenced
to death in Baltimore Monday, for an outrage
on young white girl.
James Quinlan aged 40 fell from wharf in
Charlestown, Mass, Monday evening and was
drowned.
Patrick Laffey, aged 80, fell under freight
train Monday evening at Milton Lower Mills in
Massachusetts,, and was killed.
The house owned by coored widow named
Grant, and Phelps tin shop adjoining, in Len
nox, Mass, were burned Monday night. Loss
$4,000; partly insured. The son-in-law of the
widow has been arrested as the incendiary, he
having threatened to burn the house.
r. S. Bailey's house and barn in st. Johns
bury, VT, were burned yesterday morning.
Loss $1,000; insured for $500.
There is large mountain fire raging on the
highlands near Breakneck, Poughkeepie. New
York.
One of the stills in Ballman s. O'Hara's dis
tillery in st. Louis, exploded Monday night,
and the building aud its contents were burned.
Loss $4,000. Fred w. Ballman was badly
burned.
Archbishop Bailey's condition is unchanged
and there is no hope of his recovery.
In the Oneida County Republican Conven-
ton at Rome, n. Y, there was sharp struggle
over the resolutions and the nominee. ConVen-
ton refused to endorse President HAYES and
nominated Coggleshall, a Conklingite.