The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-10-31
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The rumor is current in Ireland th at Earl
Spencer, lord president of the council, will
replace Earl Cowper as Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland and that Lord Derby will replace Earl
Spencer in the Codncil.
Inquiries from all sections of the country
have reached the Post Office Department as to
the truth OF a report that an order had been is
sued by the Department prohibiting the en-
ployment in post offices Of any person above
The age of 35. The Postmaster General states
that no such order has been issued
A. j. Lane, the brave deputy collector of in
ternal revenue of Georgia, who was put under
heavy bail by state court on the charge OF
carrying concealed weaponssin 1880, was killed
near Montgomery, Ala, recently.
Mrs. Emma j. Rowell of Linden, Mass,
while passing through Blackstone street, Bos-
ton, Saturday, was jostled by two men, who
licemen who happened to be in the vicinity
quickly secured the thieves, who gave the
names of John Lynch and John Crimlisk aged
23and 10 respectively.
The Vanderbilt roads announce an advance
of q cents per hundredaon freights as follows:
To baltimore, Philadelphia and New York 20
cents on grain, % cents on provisions, to Bos-
ton % cents on grain, 80 cents on provisions.
At West Randolph, Vt, Saturday night, as
Chas. Thurston was going home from his store,
he was set upon by highwaymen, severely
beaten and robbed of $3.50. No clue to the
robbers.
Edgefeld Court House, South Carolina, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $10o, 600.
There are not provisions enough to last 4S
hours. Senator Buffers law office was burn
ed.
Alexander McCosh, eldest son of DR. Nc
Gosh, died at Princeton, N. j., yesterday
Eddie Mclean, alias Hamilton, has been ar
rested in New York ON suspicion of being the
person who defrauded the Morse Diamond
Cutting Co. of Boston out of $4,000 worth of
diamonds.
Funeral services in memory of the late
President Garfield were held in Berlin, yester-
day.
The French. visitors arrived at New York
yesterday.
Mrs. Christiancy was further examined on
certain letters Saturday.
Benjamin Coleman, treasury agent. died
in Washington, Saturday.
Frank Hatton formally took charge of the
office of First Assistant Postmaster General
Saturday.
1t is believed Gambetta will call M. de Frey
cinet and Leon Say to the French Cabinet
T. P. OConnor was in Salem Saturday
night.
Michael Early was murdered in Walling-
ford, Conn, Saturday night, by unknown par
ties.
that the flood has probably reached its height.
The Greeks have expelled Turkish post Of
flee employees from Larirra.
T. P. O'Connor spoke at Hartford last night.
Ex-senator Eaton presided.
Ship County of Aberdeen which arrived at
San Francisco yesterday from Rio reports that
August 9th, in latitude 37o 49, south, longi-
tnde so 80 west, between and II a. M, pass
ed ten corpses. Some of them from their cloth
ing appeared to be seamen, others were nude.
Sherman's majority in Iowa is 5000 over
all.
grand serenade was given the Won Steuben
party at st. Louis Saturday night. They left
for Chicago yesterday, stopping at Springfield
to visit Llncoln's tomb
Mr.. Window will remain in charge of the
Treasury Department few days longer at the
request of the Pretident.
A passenger. train on the Kansas & Texas
railroad at Udalia, Mo-, was thrown from the
track Friday night, and the engineer, James
E. Wagner, killed.
A million dollar fire occurred at Manila
Sept. To-
The Warren Memorial Tabernacle. Presby-
terrain. in Louisville, KY. was burned Friday
Loss $4,000.
A steam boiler connected with threshing
machine, exploded at Montville, N Y, FRI
day, killing Frank Millman, and iniuring
eight others.