The Portland daily press., 1877-04-13

A new brick block on the corner Of Oxford
Street and Central Avenue in Lynn was burned
Monday. Loss $4,000 to 100000.
Mrs. Strout of Chelmsford, Mass, who was
bitten two months ago by Spitz dog died of
bytirophobia Thursday night
Chas. H. Davis of Concord N. H., is under
arrest on suspicionKof having murdered his
wife, Martha Davis, who died very suddenly
Saturday morning.
Luke Jackson, negro who melted the recent
riot at Crawford, Ga, has been arrested in
Atlanta. He seems to have been jokingly
informed he was to be Postmaster, and made a
formal demand for the office. but was refused
and persuaded a secret society, of which he was
the head to assist in taking it by force, 1t ap-
pears one negro was wounded in the fight.
A shocking tragedy was enacted in New
York on Thursday of last week in the Office Of
John Jewett & Sons, the largest dealers in
white lead in the country; it appears that the
younger Jewett was an idle fellow, the bust
ness was not congenial to him. and he wished
to withdraw; there was some misunderstood
ing between him and his partners about the
| matter, when he, apparently crazed by liquor,
entered the counting-room armed with hand
grenade and a revolver, and getting into dis
| pute with his partners he threw the grenade,
| which exploded with terrific effect, killing his
| uncle, G. 81. Jewett, who was the head of the
| firm, wounding himself so that he died soon
after, and seriously wounding Mr.. Dean. anoth-
| er member of the firm.
| The circumstances attending the reprieve of
| John P. Phair, who was to be hung at Wind
| sor, VT, last Friday, are of peculiar interest
| He had been convicted purely upon circumstan-
| tial evidence, principally upon the testimony
| of the clerk of the Adams House in Boston,
who identified him as the man who passed the
night there June 8, 1884, also of two pawn
brokers who identified Phair as the man who
pawned with them, on the morning of the 10th,
articles of jewelry of the murdered woman.
Phair asserted he was in Providence the night
Of the 9th and came to Boston on the noon
| train of the 10th. This was, however, unsub-
| stantisted OF the trial, Friday morning NJ d,
| Downing of the Novelty Manufacturing Co.,
| No. so School street. Boston, reading Phair's
| statement in the morning papers, became con-
WINGED that Phair was the man he met and
accompanied from Providence to Boston June
10th, and visiting the Office of the chief of the
police, identified his photograph. If correct. it
would establish an alibi beyond question. He
telegraphed Gov. Fairbanks at Montpelier.
| The Governor was at st. Johnsbury and the
| despatch was resent there, arriving at % min
| utes before the hour for execution. The Gov
ernor by mere chance was at the telegraph
Office when it was received and Immediately
| telegraphed the sheriff at Windsor to postpone
the execution The affair has created unusual
excitement.
BRIEF MENTION.
John Gonant of Jaffrey, N. H., died Satur-
| day aged eighty years. He donated 100000
| for benevolent purposes during his life.--The
| city of Concord, N. H., has voted $250OO in aid
Of the extension of the road from Hillsboro
bridge to Peterboro. Dr. William
Mulhenberg died in New York Saturday night.
| He was the author of, the hymn 81 would not
| live always" and other pieces.-Yale and
Harvard cannot agree upon the place of hold
ing the annual boat race. Yale chooses Spring
field and Harvard New. London. The race
comes off the 10Th of June.--The recent
story of Tweed's escape published in Harper's
| Weekly is losing credit in New York. 1t was
written by man who some twenty-five years
| ago was connected with the Boston press
| The Republican candidate was elected mayor
of Cincinnati by a majority of 16A.--The
stockholders of the Direct Gable Company have
amalgamated their cable with the Anglo.
American. The result will be an increase in
cable tolls.-Oakey Hall is still in London.
His flight was the result of the revival of the
charges against him in connection with the
Tweed ring.--Gen. Sam Cary has been found
guilty of appropriatlng $4,000 intrusted to him
to buy Colorado mine with.-The New
York Methodist Conference at Roundout
passed resolutions approving the Presidents
policy,--The suits of the city of Brooklyn
against ex-City Treasurer Sprague and Deputy
Treasurer Rodman have been compromised by
the payment of 80 per cent. of the amount
claimed by the city. The glass blowers are on
strike for higher wages. is said some ar
rangement has been made between the rival
telegraph companies by which antagonism in
rates shall cease.--The whskey trade of the
country hold conference at Chicago with a
view to increasing prices.