The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-11
MINOR TEL EGRAMS,

The citizens of Ouray, Col, held meeting
Saturday and resolved that if the government
did not take steps to get rid of the Utes they
would take matters into their own hands.
The verdict of the coroner's jury finds that
the responsibility for the accident OH the New
York and New England railroad at Williams
burg rests on the dead conductor of the freight
train who moved his train against orders when
it should have been held.
A telegram announces the death of Ord
nance Sergeant Weaver at Fort Jefferson, Key
West, Friday from yellow fever The ser
geants youngest daughter is now sick with
fever.
Bark Grace Darling of Portland arrived at
Boston yesterday.
The corner stone for the obelisk at Central
Park was laid Saturday with appropriate cere-
monies.
Baltimore celebrates her sesqui-centennial
anniversary to-day.
Gen Grant remained at his hotel yesterday
morning and received only few intimate
friends. In the afternoon he visited his
mother in Jersey City.
The large cooperative chair factory at East
Tempeton, Mass, was burned Sunday. Loss
$25,O0O Insured $4,000.
For week ending Saturday there were S41 1902
standard silver dollars distributed. In the cor
responding week of 1879 there were but $780,
997 put in circulation.
An aJtempu was LndQ6 TO wreck q Ufaln on
the Fitchburg railroad, at Belmont, Mass,
Saturday night,s but the instructions were for
tunately discovered and removed in season.
Gen. Grant and party arrived at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, at LOO o'clock Sun
day morning. ,.
The Italian government has granted amnes-
ty to Garibaldi's son-in-law, Major Canzeson,
and his companions. y
The Democrats of the I'd Massachusetts dis
trict have nominated DR.. Edgar E. Dean for
Congress.
The Massachusetts, Prohibitionists have de-
cided to put full Congressional and electoral
ticket in the field.
Democrats of the 10th Massachusetts district
have nominated Henry E. Alvord for Con-
gress.
Riley, the oarsrnan, sailed for Liverpool
Saturday.
August Burman, aged AZ, was murdered in
Rochester, N. Y. Friday night. 1t is sup
posed his wife committed the deed.
1t is stated that the preliminary contract for
the construction of the Canadian Pacific rail-
road has been signed in London, and that ne
gotiations are now being prosecuted to determ-
inc the details of the final contract prior to its
submittal to Parliament.
The Irving Institute, young ladies' private
school at West Farms, N. j., was burned
Thursday night. ~
The strike on the Cape Cod canal is ended.
The Sportsman says Hosmer has arrived at
| Barnes with his supporter, W. McManus of
Boston. He is apparently a poor match for
Laycock, and is suffering from cold.
| The agent of the secret service telegraphs
| that he has arrested at Flint, Mich, John Nc
| Pherson for.selling counterfeit United States
notes on the National State Bank of Troy, N.
Y.
| Hon. John S. H. Frnk of Portsmouth. N.
H., has not been notified by the Prohibition
lists of his nomination as solicitor of the county.
but when notified, will decline the nomina.
| ton.
| Fifteen thousand barrels of apples were
shipped from New York to England Saturday
The Philadelphia Times states that James
Watson, alias Dutch Dan, was arrested there
Friday for robbing Carlisle's tortoise shell fac
1 tory of $1,000 worth of goods on Sunday night.
| He was connected with the robbery of the
| Thomaston Bank in Maine and the Boyslton
| Bank of Boston.
Cyrus w. Field has accepted the invitation
to farewell supper rendered him for the 10Th
inst, by Peter Cooper, Wilson g. Hunt, E. s.
Sanford, William M. Fliess, William M
Evarts, Levi P, Morton and so Others