The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-08
MINOR KILOGRAMS.

The body of Jennie Cramer, 20 years old,
daughter Of Jacob Cramer of New Haven,
Conn, was found drowned Saturday. She
had been ruined and committed suicide in
consequence.
John Otis, painter, 20 years DID, was found
dead Saturday morning in James Smiths
barnyard in East LoDgmeadow Turpin
jerks, brother of Mrs. Smith, and 7S years
old, has been arrested, and circumstantial evil
dence is strong against him.
The text of the Pope's allocution is pub
lished. The Pope comments with great warmth
upon the respons Utility of the government for
the recent disturbance in Rome.
A Vienna dispatch to the Standard says:
The Porte will deliver a note Immediately to
the Powers, endeavoring to remove all ground
or cause for misunderstanding with France in
regard to Tripoli. The dispatch of Turkish
troops to Tripoli is defended on the ground of
the necessity of securing the safety of the
Tripolitans.
A despatch from Berlin says: "The motive
for Selling the steamers Diogenes and Socrates
at Kiel is stated to be that they were built
either for the Fenians of North America, Rus
sian n ihilists, or Peru. Another version is
that they are meant for the slave trade"
Orvlle Grant, brother of Gen. Grant, died
at the New Jersey insane asylum Saturday.
A statue of Harvey, who discovered the
circulation of the hood, was unveiled at
Fokestone Saturday.
Mary Hynes aged 10, was fatally burned a.
North Adams, Mass, Saturday.
Michael McBennett. aged 10, was drowned
at Dover, Saturday, while bathing
Haistoues as large as marbles fell at Roches-
ter, N. Y, Saturday.
Lou is Otterson, a New York saloon keeper,
was found dead Saturday morning. He had
locked him self in the ice box and turned on
the gas and suffocated.
Three little daughters OF D. d. Barley living
near Sherman, Texas were struck by light
ming Friday night and instantly killed.
Two children named Willie Wiser and
Charles Parker were burned to death at East
Aurora, N. ~, on Friday while trying to
light fire with kerosene.
A train on the Toledo Delphos and Burl-
ington rairoa d was thrown from the track
Friday and fireman named Glen fatally in
jured.
The commission which recently went to
Pittsfield, Mass, to examine the government
pape mills reports that the charges against
the superintendent are unfounded.
The remains of ex-Gov. Bagley of Michigan
laid in state at the city hall in Detroit Satur-
day, and were viewed by thousands.
Several buildings at WATERFOWL, N. Y,
were struck by lightni ng and burned Saturday
night
The Sportsman invites entries from America
and elsewhere for the race for the Sportsman s
championship of England challenge cup, to
be sculled on the Tyne on the Oath and Goth of
September, of the value of 2C0 guineas.
Three men escaped from the county jail in
Springfield, Mass, by prying apart the bars of
an attic window aud letting themselves down
with rope made of strips of clothing. They
were lawyer A, r. Barker, charged with
fraud, Fred Burwell, larceny, and James
Bradley, burglary
Horace T. Totmap, "a years old, drug
clerk Of Boston, started for Franconia with
fou young ladies' Arriving at the Basin, he
left the carriage and went down for drink of
water. Not returning, one of the young ladies
made search and found his body floating in
the water. Assistance was obtained and the
body brought to Littleton.
A plot to assassinate the Prince of Wales
and Duke of Edinburg has been discovered.
Gen. Robert Patterson died in Philadelphia
last evening of Bright's disease, aged 49,.