The Portland daily press., 1878-11-08
[From the Maine State Press Of November Z.
News Of the Week.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

ChlMEo AND CAcUALIlEos
Two wings of the Catholic College of May
nooth, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, were
destroyed by fire last week.
The British barkentine Blactpool, Captain
Aitchison, which sailed from Wilmington, N.
c., September 80, was compelled to put into
Bermuda October 10, after voyage of twenty
days, with all her crew down with some I'M
known fever. Two men died at sea and
third after the vessels arrival at the island.
The schooner John P. March, with crew of
four men, is reported a total wreck and all on
board lost at Good Harbor. Little Traverse Bay,
Lake Mich gan. Several minor casualties are
reported. Old sailors say that the storm was
the most terrific known on the lakes for six
teen years.
A yawl boat which was washed ashore near
Henderson, N. Y, on Lake Ontario, Sunday,
contained the body of man dashed to seat
and with his hands tied. He was probably
murdered
'John had liquor and me killee him." is the
confession made by Chinese laundry-man who
murdered his employe, John Ling, at Quincy,
ILL.,, Sunday night.
James 81. Wheatley, retired sugar refiner
of Brooklyn, supposed to be wealthy and who
held certain trust funds of an amount not as
certained, disappeared two months ago. The
police were not notified. and now proceedings
from several sources are begun to get at de-
posit of his-the nature of which is as yet I'M
known-with a safe deposit company.
W. Cameron, clerk employed By Mr.. Rob-
ert Cummings, of Ottawa, Canada, absconded
Sunday night with q cash box containing
81, 1000. He was arrested, but his brother, who
was an accomplice, escaped with the box.
Jason Metcalfe, prominent citizen of Gym
thiana, KY, was shot and killed Sunday by 81.
G. Magee, well-known politician, during
heated political discussion.
A fire at Montezuma, Ga. has destroyed the
west half of the business portion of the town.
Eleven stores, with light stocks of goods. were
burned. The loss is estimated at $13000 on
which there is insurance amounting to $1,000.
The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
A letter from Denver gives detailed &C.
count of the awful raid of the Cheyenne In
dams in Sappa Valley, September 10th and
Both. During that time they have massacred
IA men and left 20 families in utter desttution
by burning ranches and crops and stealing
horses and cattle. The outrages committed on
young girls and women are too horrible to re-
sount. After devastating Sappa Valley they
went to Beaver River and Republican Valley,
where they committed more awful ontrages on
women and girls and killed 16 men. The set
tiers state that Capt. Manck with his troops,
crmprising the pursuing party encamped Cd
the night of the LIST of October only three miles
from the camp of the Indians, and he allowed
the fiends to escape. The military authorities,
1t is said, deny the outrages by the Indians, but
the correspondent ha sseen several eye.wtnesses
and some of the victims.
FOREIGN.
sIThe reverberation is beginning from England
Of the discussion opened in this country Of the
issues now pending between the British and
American governments. The Pail Mall Ga
zette comments very bitterly on Secretary Ev-
arts communication to Mr.. Welsh of Septem-
Der % as described in a telegram to London.
The Gazette processes to see in this communca-
ton disposition to take advantage of the pres
emit foreign complications which surround Great
Britain.
The result of the recent elections for munich
pal delegates in France leaves no doubt that
the Republicans will have decided majority in
the next Senate.
The applications of the directors of the City of
Glasgow Bank to be admitted to bail have been
refused. The matter will be carried to the
highest court.
The National line steamer Helvetia, which
ran into AMI sunk the revenue cutter Fanny off
Tuskar Light, involving the loss of seventeen
of the latter's crew, sustained no injury and
has proceeded to New York from Queenstown.
The Ameer of Cabul in his recent reply to
Lord Lytton is reported to have declared that
he was not bound by any Russian alliance, and
did not invite the Russian embassy to Cabul
The British ultimatum is announced to have
demanded the retirement of the Russian embas-
sy and the preservation of neutral attitude on
the part of the Amer.
Thomas Haight & Co., of Liverpool, have
settlement of differences on 5000 to 10000
bales of cotton.
Corkey won the weeks walking match in
London. covering 52i miles to Browns 5O5, and
Rowelrs 469. The prizes were $500 and the
Ashley belt to Corkey. e100 to Brown, and $50
to Rowell.
BRIEF MENTION
John Leckie & Co. of Glasgow and London
have failed. Liabilities 100000 r. Shore &
have also failed. Liabilities $175. 0OO-The
local steamboat inspectors have revoked the
license of the engineer of the Adelphi whose
boiler exploded last summer.--Cornel has
challenged Harvard to row an eight-oared,
four mile race.--The Board of Directors of
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad have agreed upon
semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent.--The
annual report of the Boston & Providence
Railroad Company gives its gross receipts at
$1.209,417 and the expenses at $913,05S. AT
per cent. dividend has been declared--The
government of India contemplates adopting
the gold standard.--8,O0O emigrants arrived
at New York in October.--A brilliant fete
was given at Paris Friday evening to the for
eign commissioners to the exposition.-It is
rumored that negotiations are going on be-
tween England and Portugal for the cession of
Delagoc bay to the former.--rhe Board of