The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-29
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

DuOW 1ell III NOW DIX rludy HISut,
Three stills and 80 barrels of whskey have
been seized in Yadkin county, N. c., belonging
to Sheriff Jones of that county.
Six steamships sailed from New York for
Europe Saturday, taking 233, 900 bushels of
wheat. and large quantities of provisions and
miscellaneous freights.
Mrs. Catherine Murphy of Newport r. l.,
while in a fit of temporary insanity Saturday
morning, jumped into the harbor. She was
rescued. but her recovery is doubtful
A dwelling, shed and stable owned by Alyah
urday morning. Loss $25OO; insured for $500
in the Atna and North British Mercantile
Henry Stephenson of North Dighton, was
fatally crushed by the cars at North Easton
Saturday.
A horse epidemic is prevalent at Port Re-
public, N. j. Five hundred horses and mules
have died and swine are now suffering. The
people are killing their hogs in order to save
the meat.
The Postoffice Department has ordered all
railway postal clerks to procure blue uniforms
costing about $28 each.
Mrs. Mary Hooper of Boston, and a young
girl named Nellie, are under arrest for stealing
diamonds from the Delany family of Brooklyn
where they were guests. Mrs Hooper threat
ems damaging exposures, involving society peo-
pie of Brooklyn.
LARRY yesterday mOruluS Iu6 CUOpor supp VI
B. d. Moore on Fourth street, Pittsburg, with
keg factory were totally burned. Loss $780,
600; no insurance. A few minutes later a fire
broke out on Cliff street where stable which
bad been fred was entirely destroyed. About
twenty minutes after another fire was discov-
cred in Claney's cooper shop in Mulberry al
ley. and the contents were destroyed. Loss
$1,000 The fires were all incendiary and it is
believed an organized effort was made by some
one to burn the city. A man named James
Melvin was arrested for attempting to fire a
house on Locust avenue.
An examination by experts of the affairs of
the North Bridgewater savings bank, shows the
total loss to the deposltors through the irregu-
ularities of e. Southworth, late treasurer, will
be $780, 600.
In the Supreme Court, now in session at
Ossipee, N. H., in the case of John G. Gate VS..
the town Of Wolfboro, for injuries received in
1876 by defective highway, verdict was rem
Adam Brown VS.. Lake National Bank, to re-
cover $1,000 loaned in 1857, verdict was rem
dered for plaintiff for $4,000.
1t is said that an under standing will be ar
rived at between Spain and the United States
on the question of the customs tariff.
Several representatives of French newspa-
pers interviewed Gen. Grant Saturday, but he
declined to express his .oplnon on the political
situation in France.
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Forest King won in three straight heats.
Palmer Knox came in third. The time was
2.29, 229a, 2299a.
A Jefferson City despatch says the Supreme
Court has granted an appeal in the Hannibal &
st. Joseph railroad case The decision, it is
said, suspends the appointment of a receiver
and restores the road to its original st atus.
The Manchester Print Works have suspend
ed until about December LIST, to effect the
usual change in patterns from fall to spring
styles.
The Nashua & Wilton railroad has declared
dividend of three per cent. and the Nashua
& Lowell dividend of two per cent, payable
after November LIST.
Capt. Joseph P. Pillsbury, business manager
of the Woonsocket Machine Co., committed
suicide yesterday. Insanity was the cause.
PIT Barnum was on Saturday nominated
for representative in the Connecticut Legisla-
ture.
The premises of Oxley 6 Geddings, manu-
facturers of gas fixtures at No. 103 Walker
street, n. Y, were damaged by fire to the
amount of $4,000 Saturday night.
The Attorney General of New York has re-
quested the District Attorney OF Erie county to
Court of Appeals aud to bring to trial imme-
diately the other indictment against Lord.
Dodge's wooden ware factory at Amherst, N.
S.. was burned Saturday night. Loss $l0,-
900.
Samuel Dill, his wife, daughter, and grand
daughter, residing near Walden, N. j., were
poisoned yesterday by water from a well. Mr.
Dill is dead, the others will recover.