The Portland daily press., 1878-10-11

The commissioner of internal revenue rules
that persons who sell medicated liquors are as
liable to a special tax as liquor dealers, but in
asmuch as this is a reversal of former rulings it
shall be enforced only from Nov. l..
| CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Alvah Haynes, Of Burlington, Vermont was
arrested Tuesday, charged with ravishidg his
daughter, aged srom II to 10 years. He is about
80 years old and has been long time resident
of Burlington and both himself and family have
formerly stood we'll in socsty. The crime was
committed Sept. 1873
| While A. @. Bunman, the Greenback candi-
date for Congresst was addressing a meeting at
Burlington, Iowa, Wednesday evening, Thorn
as Roper, the chief of police, was assassinated,
and another man seriously injured. No cause
| is assigned.
| In Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sunday, tho
clothing of Mrs Jacob Kunz, aged 81 years.
| caught fire from kitchen fire. In her frenzy
the woman rushed into barn, rolled about the
floor, set the hay and barn on fire and rendered
her situation more critical. A moment after
she rushed out with her clothing all burned off
and her body black being literally roasted. To
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and was drowned. The burns we're severe
enough to have. caused DEATH The barn was
| burned.
A mulatto named James Stone in Washing
| ton Sunday, in fit of jealousy cut his wife's
| throat from ear to ear, causing death and d an
gerously injured his sister-in-law.
John Carpenter entered a Catholic church in
New Yosk Sunday during a service and fatally
stabbed Mary Lyons. He was arrested and
gave as reason that he thought the murdered
woman his wife,
John Shannon shot Joseph Miller Sunday
morning at Franklinville Nd, for seducing
the formers sister.
Edward Reinhard has been arrested IN New
York for alleged completely in the murder of
the young woman whose body was found in
barrel on Staten Island.
In Colboro, N. H., w. B. Lot, well-to-do
farmer, aged 6S, shielded Saturday by cutting
his throat. Mind impaired by sunstroke two
years ago.
Monday morning negro named Clebur
White shot and instantly killed another negro
named Ham Coleman, three milts below Rich
mond, Vermont. 1t is an alleged case of seduc-
ton of Whites sister, IA years old, and the re-
fusal of Coleman to marry her. White is in
jail
FOREIGN NEWS.
The loss of the Austrians in the Bosnian
campaign was 4OO0
The Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise
sail Tor Canada November IA. The steamer
Sarmatian has been chartered to convey the
new Governor General and his Royal consort
The SarnoatiQn will bp of of saa no tho Rrjsh
North American squadron now in port and
escorted to Halifax, where it is definitely ar
ranged that the Marquis and the princess will
first set foot on American soil.
hurricane off the Hayti port of Jackmel
the 25th ult. destroyed a great portion of the
shipping in the harbor.
There is negro instruction at Santa Cruz.
Murders and other atrocities are reported. The
| negroes are said to have full possession of TIE
| Island.
A Berlin despatch states that Bismarck has
offered to the committee on the socialist bill
the alternative of either accepting his bill with
QUE alteration or bis resignation.
A dispatch from Simla says that the British
have advanced to occupy the road at the North
of Khyber pass The Ameer is making levy
and thousands are focking to him. An ad-
| vance on Cabul will soon be made.
A St Petersburg despatch says the Russian
| pagers are growing saucy relative to Afghan
istan.
The rumor of the betrothal of Prince Louis
Napoleon to Princess Thyra of Denmark is
revived.
Dr.. Peterma nm, the eminent geographer
| has committed suicide.
The Glasgow bank has failed with liabilities
| of $50, 100000 1t was one of the largest
| banks in Scotland and had 1873 branches. OF
| late its dividends have been twelve per cent.
There is a prospect of the reopening Of the
Eastern question. The Turkish envoy has left
Vienna, and CONSERVATION has been produced
in the Austrian cabinet, and considerable
irritation in the public mind by the Turkish
| circular sent to the powers requesting them to
| compel Austria to conform to the declarations
| of her penipoten tiary at the Congress, and to
stop the advances and excuses of her troops
| pending the decision of the powers, declaring
that unless this is done the Porte will consider
| Austria a violator of international law. An
| drassy last week assured Herr Tsza, the Hun=
| garian premier, that the conclusion of the con-
vention with Turkey was regarded as mora
certainty, and its failure is likely to have very
| great influence in the Hungarian crisis. There
| is an impression in Hungary that Austria is in
danger of drifting into war with Tarkey, hence
the anxiety to prevent operations against Novi
| Bazaar. 1t is believed that Herr Tisza has
| stipulated as condition of even his temporary
retention of office, that the occupation of Bos-
mia should not be extended until the meeting
| of the leg slative bodies.
| BRIEF MENTION
1t is said that Solicitor Rsynor proposes to
sue all newspapers which have criticised his
decisions, for libel and slander--Two stu
dents of Amherst College, Senior and Soph-
more, have been suspended indefinitely for
mock duel in which Freshman was the vic.
tim.--The Cheyennes are committing horri-
BILE outrages east of Denver and north of the
Kansas Pacific. Troops ave been sent to that
regon--General Grant will return to Ameri-
ca early in May.-The Ranlon. Courtney race
at Lachine resulted in a victory for Hanlon by
two lengths There are intimationc that
Courtney sold the race.--Capt Fades esti-
mates the loss to business by yellow fever at
5000, 600 00O---Prarie fires are raging in
Minnesota Waddington, French minis
ter of foreign affairs, has sent 800 francs to the
fever suffere rs.--The yellow fever does rot
abate. 1t is spreading intothe country. Relief
is still urgently needed.--O'Leary has won
the walking MATCH beating Hughes by ninety
| eight miles The r ,publicans have carried