The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-11-29
MINOR TELEGBAMS.


night, to meet again in Washington the third
Wednesday in November. 1881.
The British Columbia Parliament has been
summoned to meet Jan. "a.
Important gold discoveries are reported near
Alaska.
II is reported that the steamship Algeria has
put into Halifax with broken shaft.
The Montreal subscriptions to the Stellarton
relief fund now foot up $4,000.
A Montreal dispatch says that the steam
ship Ottawa has been abandoned as a tota
wreck.
Manager Abbey out of Difference to public
opinion has abandoned his intention of bring.
ing out the Passion Play.
DR.. Yorgey has been arrested at Reading
Pa, for conspiring to defraud life insurance
companies by inducing the companies to in
sure dying women.
The Corn and Flour Exchange of Baltimore
has adopted resolutions protesting against the
raising OF the price OF storage of wheat in the
elevators OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroads.
Peter A. G. w. Phipps, prominent citizen
OF Milan, N. H., died Saturday.
Five hundred twenty-one thousand four
hundred ninety-eight standard silver dollars
were distributed last week against 275, 495 for
the corresponding period last year.
Col. M. d. Brown, we'll known citizen of
Pembroke, KY, was shot and killed Friday
The shooting was the result of a quarrel.
Peter Murray was captured in Jersey City,
Saturday, while breaking into a house. He
attempted to resist arrest and was shot dead
by the officers in self defence.
Secretary Sherman's annual report will be
given to the collectors of customs Thursday
next.
The President has informed delegation of
citizens of Washington that he would strenu-
OuSlV CONGRESS- To take m tn
prevent malarial troubles arising from the
river flats.
baggage car ON the night express on the
Texas Pacific road caught fire near Sulphur,
Tex, Saturday night, and was entirely con-
sumed with 80 pieces of baggage and so sacks
of mail matter. Loss SIS, 900.
Mrs. Mary G. Weicher has been convicted at
st. Paul, Mimi, of the murder of her hus-
band.
A female branch of the Irish Land League
has been organized in Lowell.
Geo. l.. Hooper is under arrest in New York
at the instance OF Boston parties for fraudu-
lentiy transferring his interest in drug store
to escape the payment of $1,000.
The hat shop of Meeker Brothers at Dam
bury, Ct, has been burned. Loss $4,000
Five millions francs were withdrawn from
the bank OF France, Friday, for shipment TO
America.
Henry Van Osburn confessed to Hoboken
coroners jury Saturday that he beat his wife
to death while she was drunk
James A. Lennett was smothered in fire in
Grand street boarding house in New York
Saturday morning.
The New York police made general raid
on the lottery dealers, Saturday.
Edison Fuller of Hartwellville, VT, who
was murderously assaulted by Henry Witham
is Still alive and slight hopes are entertained of
his recovery. Witham has been arrested
Israel M. Parr & Son, one of the largest
grain houses OF Baltimore, have suspended.
Vessels arriving at Portsmouth, N. H., re-
port about three miles south of Bear Island the
foremost of a vessel sticking out of the water.
Sixty laborers were buried in snow slide
near Cheek Creek, on the Kohoma extension
of the Denver aud Rio Grande road, Friday
John Dine was killed and nineteen others bad
ly injured
An exprers train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad was thrown from the track 30 miles
west of Cumberland Friday night and Fire
man Routh killed and the engineer badly in
jured.
Mrs. Vim. G. Crippen, wife of the principal
OF the Vermont State Normal School, commit
ten suicide yesterday by hanging.
Edward Doone brakeman on the New
York and New England railroad, fell from
railroad bridge yesterday and was drowned.
John Sullivan alias David Armstrong was
brought before New York police court yester-
day for horse stealing in Connecticut.
A burglar named George Edwards was cap
tured in St. Matthew's Lutheran church, New
York yesterday while he was preparing to blow
open the safe. His confederate escaped.
Arch ishop Feehan was inaugurated bishop
of Chicago yesterday.
Five members of an italian family are lying
i'll i'll Chicago from eating ham sausage meat
filled with trichlnR
Train No. on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad was thrown from the track by
broken rail yesterday between Pueblo and
Colorado Springs. Engineer Dickman and
fireman ST Masurette were killed None of
the passengers were seriously injured.
METEOROLOGICAL
INDICATIONS FOR rHR NEXT TwENrY-FouB
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIaNALl
OFFICER, Washington D. c..
Nov. %, 9 A. NJ.
For New England,
Falling followed by stationary or rising barom-
eter, northerly shifting to westerly winds, sta
tionary or higher temperature, partly cloudy or
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