The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-10-17
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Lord Duffera embarks on Saturday for Eng
laud.
Subscriptions to the per cent. loan yester-
day, $9O,950.
The Episcopal Congress convened at Cincn-
natl yesterday.
James W. Covert, member of Con gress fro o.
the first New York district has been nominated
for reelection.
Daniel M. Dickerson of Trenton. N. j., has
been sentenced to ten years in the state prison
for embezzlement.
Sarah Nolan fell through the elevator of
mill at Newmarket Tuesday, distance of 50
feet, and it is feared was fatally injured.
The Prohibitionists of the 7th Massachusetts,
congressional district have nominated John S.
Colby.
The first Massachusetts district Greenback-
Democrat convention nominated Matthias Ills
of Carver for Congress.
James FL. Carleton of Haverhill was nom
mated by the Democrats of the sixth Massa-
chusetts congressional district. He is bard
money man and anti-Butler.
An Omaha special says that Major Rendle-
brock has arrived there from his pursuit of
CheyeLnes, and charges the escape of the
Cheyennes upon Colonel Meguer of Fort Reno.
The boilers in Sellinger's single mill in
Cincinnati exploded Tuesday, instantly killing
Benjamin Leeple and seriously wounding four
others.
John L. Kelley's saw mill and carrenter
shop at Franklin were burned by an ncendiary
Tuesday night. Total loss $1,000; insured for
$4,000.
L. w. Redington, member of the Vermont
Legislature from Rutland, has introduced a
license law in the Vermont House of Repre-
sentativeS.
Ellipger's button factory. Thaye1's neck
wear factory, Shaler's cloth store and Krass's
cutlery store on Walker street, New York, have
been burned. Loss $4,000.
The sixth annual meeting of the carriage
builders national association was held in
Boston yesterday. Nearly 100 delegates were
present.
John X. Tarbox was nominated by acclama-
ton by the Democratic congressional cOnven-
ton of the 9TH Massachusetts district yesterday
forenoon.
Charles Theodore Russell writes letter de-
Ginning to be the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the 9Th Massachusetts district.
A building in South Boston, owned by the
Old Colony Railroad Company, occupied by
Bailey & Alley, hay dealers, and P. A. Lowell,
oil storage, was burned Tuesday night Total
loss N0O; insurance partial.
Commodore Mead telegraphed yesterday from
Huntington, Long Island, that Admiral Spald-
ing, who has boon some days dangerously i'll of
heart disease, was somewhat better, though
still very weak.
The grand jury in New Haven yesterday
found true bill against Freeman, colored,
who raped seven yea" old girl in Ansonia
two weeks ago, and narrowly escaped lynch
ing.
The annual meeting of representatives of the
relief associations of the Masonic and Odd
Fellows organizations of the Eastern, Western
and Middle States began at New Haven yester-
day forenoon.
The California Constitutional Convention has
QnnntQd q to <Io Droa
dent and the Senate of the United States to
modify the Burlingame treaty so as to prohibit
Chinese immigration.
The steamer Lord Give is locked at Liver
pool for repairs to propeller, and will remain in
the dock week on account of low tides. The
steamer City OF Brussels takes some of her
passengers
The schooner Josie w. Calderwood arrived
at Gloucester from the banks yesterday, and
reports the loss of two of the crew. William
Tate OF Nova Scotia, and Charles Russell Of
Bucksport, who left the vessel in dory to
attend travis October 9th, and failed to return.
The Commissioner of Education has received
formal communication from the London
School Board requesting that the American
educational exhibit at Paris be donated to it as
the foundation for the Foreign Educational
Museum in London.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Board
OF Control of the Anthracite Coal producers it
was resolved tnal tne productlon IOr November
be 100000 tons. The production last month
was 200, 900 tons. The officers were directed
to invite the various interests to conference
with view for an arrangement for 1879.
Schooner 81. r. Tilton of Philadelphia, which
arrived at New York Tuesday from Cardenas,
brought the captain and the crew of the brig
Florence of Annapolis, which vessel took fire
October 9TH. All hands took to the boats and
were picked up the next day by the bark Hull
dren and transferred to the Titon. The Flor
ence was four days out from Savannah for
London.