The Portland daily press., 1877-11-19
MINOR TELEGRA,zs

The yellow fever is abating in Jacksonville.
Only five cases were reported Saturday. aud no
new ones.
The Republican State Committee of New
Hampshire meet in Concord the 9th inst to
prepare for the coming campaign.
A London despatch says that William Gale,
the Cardiff pedestrian, who attempted to walk
1000 quarter miles in 1000 consecutive periods
of 10 minutes each, completed his task at seven
minutes of II Saturday night at lsingtop. he
was in good condition.
The Philadelphia cigar makers are now
holding meetings, and strike is in pros
pect.
Martinez Carr has been arrested in New Or
leans for forgery on the citizens Bank amount
ing to over S40 QUO.
Tha Harvard Freshman foot ball team beat
the Yale team Saturday.
Judge Townsend has overruled the motions
for new trials 10 the CardOzo and Smalls cases.
Motions in arrest Of judgment were then made
which the court held under adVisement until
Monday, the Goth inst.
A Pekin, ILL.,, special says that the resi-
dence of b. S. Prettyman has been burned.
Loss $4,000.
Five thousand dollars reward is offered for
the apprehension aud conviction OF the Bata-
via, o., treasury robbers.
Fishing schooner Charles Ell. Kelley, of West
Harwich, ashore on Nantucket Flats for the
past week. was towed off by steamer Island
Home, Saturday.
Off Tuckernuck Shoal at ten Saturday
morning steamer Island Home passed large
side-wheel steamer, white top black hull. in
tow of black side-wheel steamer, going east,
A Richmond, We, special says decree has
been entered in the city circuit court against
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for $500 900
arrears OF taxes due the state.
OIville Gardner, the converted pugilist, says
his family are starving and he is about opening
rum shop in Newark. He left the church.
last week.
The Governor Of Maryland has dismissed
Justice Grief from the bench for irregularities
in his Office.
Tilton and his wife have been reeorciled and
will shortly resume housekeeping.
Geo. p Edgar withdraws from the Order Of
the American Union, and promises to diyulge
the workings Of that order.
d. p. Corbn. formerly well-to-do ieweller,
committed suicide at Kuapp's Hotel, Mt. Yer
non, Saturday. His body awaits the arrival of
relatives from Westbury, ct.
Five steamers for Englind, Saturday, took
$1,000 bushels corn, $4,000 bushels wheat, 5000
bales cotton, $4,000 boxes cheese, $500 boxes
bacon, 400 packages butter, $500 packages
LAID, 1900 bales hops, 2100 barrels apples, 5000
cases canned goods, $500 barrels floor, $50 tons,
25O tierces, 100 barrels, 800 quarters fresh beef
200 barrels shoe pegs. 700 barrels oysters
also the following for Germany: 26O0 bags
horn tips, $50 barrels grass seed, 1926 cases. 50
hogsheads tobacco, and 100 cases sewing ma
chines.
Baron Blanc, the Italian minister, arrived in
New York Saturday.
The Peoples saving bank in Newark n. j ,
has suspended, with about fifty thousand dol
lars due depositors. The assets, if reai zed,
will pay in full. The bank started in 1871.
There was run Saturday on the First Ma
tional Bank of Reading Pa.
A committee of ladies has been formed in
New York to aid the ladies Of Boston in saving
the Old South CHURCH.
Geo. S. Bangs, late superintendent of rail.
way mail service, is dead.
indians were seen in the vicinity of San An.
tonic Friday and have'stolen horses, &C. Citi.
zens went in pursuit.
Thomas Qainn, bank robber, haling from
Maine, was arrested in New York Saturday, for
robbing Homer RamsdelPs house at New
burg.
The papers in the case of Robert Smalls will
be sent to the House Judiciary Committee.
Moody addressed four large audiences at
Manchester n. H., yesterday Sankey took
part in all the meetings.
At Ware Mass, yesterday, lightning struck
the house OF MRS johnson, throwing down a
portion of the roof on to the bed in which she
and her daughter were. Both were consider
ably bruised.
Since Sept IA, the astronomical class at Vas.
sar college have sighted nearly 200 meteors,
some very brilliant and of many colors.
The Supreme Court of Vermont has sustained
the exceptions in tue Hopkins forgery case and
granted new trial.
William Fletcher of Mexico,N. Y, fell over
board from coal barge at Watch Hill, Satur.
day, and was drowned
Jacob Potter, farmer of Minnaville, N. W
was found murdered Saturday. Samuel John
son (colored) has been arrested on suspicion.
Two young Portsmouth girls of good family
LETT town mysterlously and are supposed to
nave eloped with two strange men whose ac'
qua1ntance they recently formed.
At Chicago Saturday, Judge Blodgett in the
Y. 5. District Court, overruled demurrers to
the amended answers of two prominent mem
bers of the second batch of whiskey conspira-
tors, and they will probably be released from
all Obligations to the government.
John Levike ore of the 600 who made the
charge at Balaklava, was arrested at Cleveland
Saturday for assault with intent to kill.
The first cargo of artifcially colored sugar
arrived in New York yesterday since Secretary
Sherman's recent order that such sugars will be
seized 1t will result in contest in the courts
Judge Flourneri in suit at Danville, Va.
on election bet decided that Hayes was recog.
nized as President by the decision of the cleo
toral commission.
Mrs. Sidney Bartlett of CRANKY, Mass, who
was struck on the head by a burglar last July
and has since been out of health, cut her throat
yesterday and will probably die.
John B. Hoffman, formerly one of the judges
OF the Court of Appeals of West Virginia, died
yesterday.
Police officer White, who was wounded in
st. Louis while arresting the murderer Ronde
died yesterday.