The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-28
MINOR TELEGRArrS

Col Fred d. Grant expects to leave Philadelphia
today to join his father in Europe
The bill to reorganize the army will be taken up
soon after the holidays.
About half of the Aladdin Palace, the winter resi-
dence of the Khedive of Egypt, is burned.
S lockwood & Co.'s wholesale hat store in St.
Louis is burned. Loss $4,000; insured.
z. Elmer Beder, Austriau.eonsul at New Orleans,
committed suicide yesterday. No cause ASST ned.
The revenue officers in Kentucky have DESTROYED
six more stills and arrested 20 men.
Sexton won the billiard match of 600 points in
New York yesterday.
Gen. D. c. McCullum, formerly General Superin-
tendent of the Erie Railway, died yesterday.
riot occurred at Grab Orchard, KY, Thurday
night, in which some 40 shots were fred and several
persons badly injured.
DR., John McGinn. a reputable physician of St.
Louis, has been arrested for the rape of Mrs. Eliza
WEEK.
The Navy Department has issued general or der
announcing the death OF Rear Admiral Hoff and Or
dering the navy into mourning.
The Brooklyn board of supervisors Thursday night
voted down the report OF the committee reducing
the salaries $4,000 per annum.
The funeral of the late Henry Walls, expressman.
will take place December 3lst, at Albany, New
York.
Lippes' mirror factory, and McGee's publishing
office in Barclay street, New York, were damaged by
fire Thursday night $4,000.
The Common Council of Newark, N. j., has voted
to reduce the salaries OF city officials 10 to Is per
cent.
The American ship Messenger, Capt. Gilkey, which
put into Martinicus for REPAIRS on the passage
New York for Hiogo, will probably be abandoned.
he daun
er had an audience with Gov. Mcclellan of New
Jersey, Thursday, but the Governor declines to act
and Hunter will probably be hanged the 10th OF JAN
uary according to his sentence.
The board of supervisors of Oswego report a def
cheney OF $685., the accounts OF the late treas
urer, Luthur H. Conkin, with Oswego county, and
special committee has been appointed to examine bis
books
The acceptance by the city Of Cleveland of the
viaduct or high level bridge connecting the east and
west sides Of Cleveland over the Cayahoga river
fats, was made the occasion of grand celebration
yesterday.
The report that the wages of brakeman and bag
gage masters on the passenger trains Of the Boston.
Clinton, FitchbuIg & New Bedford railway, to be
reduced after the LIST prox is not in accordance with
the facts The pay is to be $175 per day, which is
an advance of $775 per year over thu present rate
Application has been made to Judge Daniels of
the Supreme Court of New York. for receiver of
John M Cook and brother Of LONDON, against E. NJ
jenkins, all of Cooks tourists agency. The proceed.
iDgs arise out of suit instituted some time ago
The continuance of the injunction and accounting
are also asked for the claim being that Jenkins has
not accounted for S29 900.
Twelve new Cardinals will soon be appointed,
three of them foreigners.
special convention, with the object of organizing
the Catholic hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
will be signed shortly by the Pope and Austria.
Sir William Hayter, formerlya well-known Liberal
member of Parliament, and at one time Secretary of
the Treasury, was drowned yesterday.