The Portland daily press., 1878-11-04
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No clue to the Manhattan bank robbers.
Col. Thomas A. Scott sails for Europe today.
Cornell has challenged Harvard to an eight
Dared race on Owasco Lake.
BfiR6t Moore, no OF the Redmond gang of
South Carolina, has been arrested.
The government of Indi, contemplates
adopting gold standard.
Russia has abandoned the idea of raising
new loan for the present.
Hon. Pierre Buchard, treasurer of the prov
ince of Quebec, died yesterday.
Greene's knitting mill at Amsterdam, N. Y,
was burned Saturday. Loss $4,000.
Eight thousand emigrants arrived at New
York during October.
Tire Hudson canal freight house at Opconta.
New York, has been burned. Loss $12 900.
The St. Petersburg journals report large
number of suicides and attempted suicides in
the Russian army in Bulgaria.
A dispatch from Thompson, Pa, says that
the story about a teacher having been ont
ragged ami her tongue cut out, is untrue.
Seven prisoners escaped from Jail at Siam.
ford, Kentucky, Thursday. by prying iron bars
apart.
At a reorganization of the New York noice
Friday, eleven coored patrolmen were regular.
~ appointed to serve.
a Qaebec Saturday Thomas Cardinal was
sentenced TO IA years Imprisonment for outrage
on q child
A ten year old daughter of Alexander Jarvis
OF Lowell was burned SO seriously Saturday
that she died yesterday.
Two highwaymen who were in a coach nm.
der guard from Cheyenne for Dead wood were
taken out by mob and hanged Saturday.
Clarence D Grand of Suucook, N. n aoed
~, committed suicide by shooting himself
yesterday. He leaves a wife.
brilliant fete was given in Paris, FRIDAY
evening. to the foreign commissioners to the
lis rumored that negotiations are going on
to the former of Delsgoa bay.
Mrs. Murphy Of Medford street, Charlestowp.
was burned fatally last night by the upsettine
OF kerosene lamp.
Andrew p. Anderson was arrested in Boston
last night for numbering his washerwoman he
cause she didn't have his clothes ready when be
called for them.
The United States training Ship Minnesota
has left Newport, on account of the shallow
ness OF the water. There have been MANY do
sertions among the boys.
1t is reported that the Delaware, Lackawan-
ma and Western .railraod intends to rednce
iaporels wages from 80 to IS cents day, and
other wages portiOnately.
Frank Sturgeon fatally shot Miss MARY Rnf-
fum, school teacher, on her way home from
school at Milan. Illinois, Friday. he was
discarded lover.
During a quarrel at South Granville. N, Y.
Friday, John Carpenter fatally shot his
brother Casslus, and also fred at by-stander
who interfered.
1t is stated the public is not taking advan.
tage of the new arrangement for sending coin
made. A"'0 ''en
Pendrick, the dafaulting custom house clerk
OF Bernard and Hutton of New York was
whereabouts are unknown,
The Worlds Washington special saws tbot
over sixty persons in Louisiana engaged in
securing the result for the Republicans in the
Presidential campaign have been given offces
6y the President, their salaries aggregating
1000 per annum.
A petition has been filed in the Iroitod
States court at Milwaukee on behalf of tha
European .bondholders of the Wisconsin Cen
tral railroad for the appointment of a receivar
as the interest on the debt is S165, 200 and the
annual net earnings only $12O,OOO
special despatch from Paris saws ,Tamas
Soloon Bennett left Paris Friday night for St.
fetersourg. en- route for Afghanistsp. takino
with him Joan Worstyue, who is 70 hecome
correspondent for the N. Y. Herald in the |
event of war. 'no
capt Prett, OF the regular army detailed for |
VOTE, went east from Sioux City, Iowa, Satur-
10y, m,an ioity-nlne Indian children gathered
from agencies up the Missouri, for Hsmnton
Virginia, where the children will he nIaneJ -
school at the governments expense. The ane
OF the children average about Is years so
Henry Decourcelles, young FOREIGNER hos
been arrested at Reading, Pa. he has has nas
ordering supplies of machinery at dIfferent
cities in Pennsylvania and the East, paving
with bogus checks. He obtained no be6efit
from the transaction beyond sumptuous treat
crazy. 0'o0 w no
rt A despatch from Chetope, Kansas, SAYS
FpS uuofe oh msasterman. farmer, was arrested
named Hunt and MORALLY wonndfng his n;fa
wednesday night Hunt was shot throusb " the
Ilsht eye and Mr. Hunt through the left The rhe
latter revived sufficiently to denounce Manstaro
between the men. eA's'eo