The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-10-21
MINOR TELEGRANTs

Iua FfeSlueut Is IN Baltimore.
Lord Duffarin sailed for home Saturday.
Cows with rinderpest have been found on
farm Dear Washington.
Secretary Sherman will purchase weekly 400
900 ounces of silver.
The Fall River boats will leave New York
hereafter at 430 p. m.
Benjamin Il. Latrobe, the distinguished civil
engineer, died Saturday of paralysis.
A Cleveland despatch says that since election
business has Improved materially.
Toe epizootic is reported in the vicinity of
Newark, N. j.
Passengers from the Catskills report snow at
Overlook Mountain Friday uight
Otis B. Howe, an old merchant of Buffalo.
n. Y, died yesterday.
Nothing is yet heard of Hoxie. the default
ing assistant attorney of Brooklyn.
After long debate on the governments pol
icy the Greek Chamber passed q vote of conf
dence by SO ayes to GO noes.
The U. S. steamer Ksarsarge, repairing at
the kittery navy yard, will not be ready for
sea for three months.
Arba Kidder of Keene, N. e., while digging
grave Saturday, fell and Immediately ex-
pired. Heart disease
John W. Green, retired druggist of Brook
Ign, aged 81, committed suicide yesterday,
Temporary insanity caused the act
Patrick Butler and wife were thrown from a
carriage yesterday in Central Park. Butler
died soon after and his wife will probably die.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad was
leased Saturday to the Atchinsop, Topeka &
Santa Fe company.
George, youngest son of the late Hon. David
A. Warde, accidentlV shot himself at Concord
N: H., Saturday. The wound is probably ia
tal
David X. Turner. retired Virginia mer-
chant, died of heart disease in a car on the
Elevated Railroad in New York, last Satur-
day.
Steamers for Europe Saturday took small
lists OF passengers but full cargoes of Ameri-
can produce Among the passengers was
James Gordon Bennett.
A negro named Giles was shot dead Thurs
day in Byram county, Georgia. BY Mr.. Demere.
tho husband Of lady whom he had attempted
to outrage.
Counterfeit SIS bills on the Canadian Bank O.
Commerce are 10 circulation. They are easily
detected by Inaccuracies in printing and the
poor paper used.
The Emperor of Germany has contributed
500 for the yellow fever sufferers. Minister
Moves has sent $4,000 from Paris for the same
object.
5. A. HunteV, brakeman on the Boston r.
Albany railroad. fell between the cars at Wash
ington station, Saturday night, and six cars
passed over him.
fire in one of the baildings of the Hart.
ford Foundry and Machine Co., early yesterdav
morning, caused. a loss of about $4,000. Fui.
ly insured.
The Democratic convention Saturdav nom.
mated John NJ. Wieting for Congress in the
10Th New York district. Weiting had pre-
viousy been nominated By the Greepback-La.
Dor party.
Quebec despatch says that the girl who
was passenger on the steamship Polynesian
from ENGLAND, has died of the small pex. and
ease.
Secretary Schurz was at the Treasury Ds.
partment yesterday with Comptroller KooY
aud other prominent officers of the denart-
ment, gathering statistical matter for his Bos.
ton speech.
:, Mr.. McCandless, secretary of the interior of
Pennsylvanis was hung in efigy Thursday
nlgnt, IN all the principal towns of the oil re-
gions, for his decisions against the oil pro.
ducers.
An engine aud five freight cars fell tbroush
bridge on the Port Royal railroad Saturday
nlght lato the Savannah river. No lives were
ost, but the damage to the train was $40. 900
The entire span of the bridge gave way.
The extensive Touring mill of j. d. Moore
= 90, at Ballvile,a mile south Of fremont, O.,
we're burned yesterday. There were 5000 bush,
9ls of wheat stored In the mill. Loss SOS O00
Insured for $500, of which $500 is in the
Hartford. o
An attempt has been made by the Demo-
,rasic ard Greenback parties of the first New
Hampshire district to induce both the Demo.
,fatlc and Greenback nominees to withdraw an |
hat they mightcoalescs a new man, but |
he Greenbacher obstinately refuses.
There was considerable excitement at the |
convention in BROOKLYN FRIDAY. |
It which MIR. Chittenden was nominated. Mr. |
iiesson and Others freely charged that money |
lad been lavishly used to buy Chittenden's nom
nation.
Trouble is feared at Paterson, N. j.. about
ne Indictment of Mcdonnell, the editor of the
1aoor Standard. for libel. The trial takes
dace MONDAY. Some strikers threaten ven
eahce against any Iuryman who votes for Nc
)onnelps conviction.
B. Follett, the Greenback candidate for Com
reSs in the I'd district in st. Louis baS III
rawn and John Hogan has been placed on tha
cket in his place. Hogan Represented the
ty in Congress or 10 years ago, and il
lem ocrat.
The boiler of the saw mill at Dole's Mills Q
lilies from McLeansboro, ILL.,, exploded yestsr.
az morning, killing r. Dole, the proprietor
'arreD, iaborer, and fatally woundinq Zeka
-rwood. the engineer, and two others. Tho
odies Of Dole and Warren were torn almost IN
agments.
A Nashville despatch says that Gov. Porter
'ys that If The Governor of Kentucky makes
requsi ton upon him for Rogers, the murder.
OF jackson, the revenue officer, he Gov
orter) will have him hunted down and arrest. |
|. Rogers has stated that he canno. ba or.
sted Ia Tennessee