The Portland daily press., 1877-04-06
MINOR TELEGRAyIS.
The plague has appeared at Bagdad.

The plague has appeared at Bagdad.
Jacoby & Co., cigar manufacturers, have fail.
ed liabilities $165,0O0.
Very Rev. Father BonaventuIa Keller died at
Utica, yesterday. aged 90.
The Louisiana Commission is in New Or.
leans.
Indictments have been found against the
Chico asaassins for murder and arson.
Society for the advancement of political sci
ence commenced its session in New York last
night.
Phair, the Vermont murderer, is to be hung
TODAY. He is very much depressed and has
given up all hope of executive clemency.
The striking potters at Trenton have receiv-
| ed $1,000 from brother workmen in England,
| and voted to continue the strike.
The loss by the burning of Moore's paper
mills is nearly $780, 900 instead of $125,0O0 In
| sured in fifteen companies.
John Daniels and Edward Spencer have been
| lost overheard from the schooner Frederick
| Gearing.
Paul de Cassagnac has been sentenced to TIVE
months imprisonment, and oO0O francs, for in
| sulting the Chamber of Deputies.
1t is believed that some arrangement has
| been made between rival telegraph companies
| by which antagonism on rates shall cease.
Crazy Horse and his band are on the way TO
| Spotted Tail agency. They are destitute and
| anxious for peace Setting Bull is on his way
| to the British Possessions.
| Moores paper mill, Wilmington. DEL. was
| burned Wednesday night. Loss $3.50. 900. A
large number of operatives are thrown out Of
| work.
| The Nashua Manufacturing Co. have 100
i cases Of flannel stored in the car house of the
Boston, Lowell and Nashua Railroad in Nashua
awaiting shipment.
Schooner ST. Croix, Wilmington, N. c.. fol-
Bucksport, arrived at Vineyard Haven Wed.
nesday night, and reports that on the 28th nit
in gale, lost part of deckload of pine,
| Gov. Fairbanks of Vermont has appopted
Walter y. Dunton of Rutland to fiji the va.
cancy OF the sixth associate judge of the Su-
prems Count.
Daniel Hary and Michael McClosky were ar
| rested at Kingston, n. Y, yesterday. charg ed
with burning the building which destroyed the
lives OF Mrs. Burns and her four children.
The whole whisky trade of the country will
hold conference in Chicago, Saturday of nex1
| week, with view OF increasing prices and &c
take steps to prevent damage to the trade by
| crooked dealers.
Atlanta is much exercised over the disap
| pearance of George Sharp, a diamond mer
| chant, who has not been seen for several DAYS
| and his creditors are interested some $50, 0G(
| worth.
The semi-annual interest of three per cent. is
being paid to the stockholders of the Nashua &
Rochester Railroad by the Worcester & Nashua
| Railroad Co., at the Indian Head National
Bank of Nashua, N. Fl.
A bill was Struggled through the committee
of the New York legislature to abolish tht
| quarantine commission, which is the only self
supporting commission in the state. The at
tempt has been exposed and defeated.
The first anniversary of the Gorham, N. Fl
| Reform Club was celebrated by large and en-
thusiastic meeting Wednesday afternoon an6
evening. President Jewell was reelected, anG
there were addresses by Ell. M. Bryant, S. E
Pearson and many others.
In the New York conference of the Method
list Episcopal church yesterday Rev. DIR. Foss
president OF Wesleyan University reported the
condition of that institution and appealed fo
support. A large collection was taken up t.
defray the running expenses of the college.
Superintendent of Police Walling of New
York pronounces the concern advertised as tn,
Silver Mountain Mining Co. swindle. They
have recently sent circulars far and wide signed
ID: s. Tyler, President, offering shares fo
sale.
Six men supposed to be "monte'' operators
attempted to abduct Mrs. Geo. w. Watson,
wealthy and accomplished young woman O
MassilOn, o., from Rock Island train yester
day, under the pretense that she was lunatic
She escaped after desperate struggle
Some 300 working men of Ottawa assembled
yesterday and demanded of the Mayor work O
bread. They also demanded an interview will
Premier Mckenzie, but he refused to see then
and after passing vote of censure they dis
persed.