The Portland daily press., 1881-04-18
MINOR KILOGRAMS.

Hamilton Fl. Howard British consul at
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, died at Rochester,
N. T., Saturday while on leave of absence.
The story of the abduction of Mary Adams,
OF Albany, N. Y, proves to be mere fiction.
The proposal to hold the International So
cialist Congress at Zurich, Switzerland, is
strongly disapproved, and efforts are being
made to prevent it.
Fire in New York Saturday night damaged
Shine & Co.'S shirt mandatory $4,000, Ru-
fus Yorst q Co.'s wooden goods warehouse
$4,000, and Alexander Rinds, linen goods
$4,000.
Peter N. w. Flynn, one of tho judges of
election in Jersey City, has been arrested for
stuffing the ballot boxes at tho recent election
Steamship Cleopatra, of the Baltimore and
Cha rleston line, lost her rudder il the recent
gale.
S tocks of Chas. A. Mellen and Clark &
Smith, dealers in lumber and builders sup
plies, Boston, were burned Saturday night.
Loss $4,000: insured.
A case of small pox is reported in Lowell
Postmaster General James has gone to New
York.
The emancipation celebration in Washing
ton Saturday was failure.
President Garfield has received an invitation
to be present at the Cowpens celebration at
Spartansburg, S. c., May 18th. He has also
received an in vitation to witness the laying of
the corner ston @ for the new school building
for Indian girls at Hampton, Va, May 10TH
Gen. Kilpa trick says that Secretary Blaine
informs him that he will be appointed minis
ter to Chill.
The King of Abyssinia is dead and has been
succeeded by his son Michael. The king fell
in battle with the Assimeraks.
The crops in Texas were greatly damaged
Friday night by frost.
Judge Lawrence, First Comptroller of the
Treasury, decides that the Treasury Depart
ment cannot DO hereafter committed to the
policy of transmitting drafts to parties pur-
chasing claims in any manner.
The Basutos have been defeated at Larobe
with heavy loss The colonial loss is not stated
Smith Ransom died at East Longmeadow,
Mass, Saturday night, from the effects of
blows received from Luther Bridge.
The Commercial Hotel and adjoining block
of stores in Trenton, N. Y, were burned Fri
day. Loss $25,00O
j. S: Phillips. a herder, has been arrested at
San Antonio, Texas, for the murder of Mrs
Simmons, her child and Mrs Parker.
Barque Romance, Of Nova Scotia, arrived at
New York from England, reports that on the
7th inst. Clarence Bancroft, seaman, fell from
the maintopsail yard to the deck and was
killed.
Frigate Powhattan has arrived at Key West
from Aspinwall, bound North.
w. j. Peters was arrested few days since
for the murder of Simon Pawpaw, superin-
tendent of the iron mines in Botetourt county,
Virginia. He was committed by magistrate,
and was ordered to Jail some fifteen miles dis
tant, but although two or three days have
elapsed he has not reached the Jail, and it is
now believed that he has been lynched.
A New Orleans dispatch says that on Sunday
a negro named Elijah Wall fired into boat
load OF negroes on Bayou Sorrel, killing two
and wouuding four others. They had driven
him from their working gang. He escaped.
A $40, 600 claim against the Nathan Durfee
estate was sold by auction in New York Satur-
day at four cents on the dollar.
Schooner Maria Theresa, of Rockland which
was dismasted in the recent gale, was towed
into Boston harbor yesterday.
Letters found on Most, the Socialistic editor
OF London, indicate that Venice had been Sc
lected as the headquarters of the Socialistic
agitation.