The Portland daily press., 1884-12-13
!. GENERAL NEWS.

In Springfield. Mass, yesterday, Judge Rockwell,
in the Superior Court. sentenced Dennis Falvey to
ten years in State prison, he having been found
guilty Of kicking Geo. E. Bixby so that he died.
The Baltimore u Ohio Express Company has
notified the managers of the National Homeopathic
Hospital fair to- be held in Washington d. O., next
week. that they will transmit all articles intended
for the fair free Of charge from all points on their
routes
at the opera honse in Pittsbnrg, Pa, on Thursday
for the Hooking Valley miners.
Owing to the stoppage of tan at No. 10 mine. In
Sugar Notch, Pa, Thursday evening, gas accumu-
lated IN one OF the chambers in the niue. miner
entered tho chamber with naked lamp bis hat
and set freto the gas, when explosion occurred.
DQminlek uskarlck was Instantly killed, ana three
other miners were seriously burned. They were All
Polanders.
A despatch from Madison, Ala, says: An aged
man named Freeman was murdered Thursday night
by two negroes. The murderers were captured.
Au effort was made to lynch them, and 1t was only
prevented by carrying them to Huntsville, Ala.
Daxid Myers, clothier. who failed at Dayton, o..
this week. committed suicide on Wednesday night
by shooting himself through the head. In falling
the pistol went off again, sending bullet through
his abdomen, He died Instantly, leaving flour
William Harrington, alias McIncroe. of Janes-
vile. Wis, bought merchandise in Milwaukee
an Jshpening, Mich bank and ,Janesville, Wis,
bank The merchant made investigations before
sending the goods and found that the checks were
forgeries. Harrington was arrested.
John Rice, arrested at Hannibal NO., wsdnes-
day night for burglary has been identified as the
notorious William Callsghan, wba, while impris L.
ed for burglary at Sandwich, Ca ada, mur cred
Geo. o. Leach, governor of the jail, on March l6,
1884, and made his escape.
The Society of Medical Jurisprudence and State
Medicine, held its annual meeting in New York on
Thursday night. elected DR.. #. II. Hamilton presi.
dent, and listened to paper by Hon. Amos G. Hall
on Evidence of Experts"
The citizens of Nelsonvire. O., are excited over
the attempt of an unknown person TO blow up the
house of Richard Barnecutt aud kill his family be-
tween and 10 O'Clock Thursday night.
The wife Of Geo. Pratt of Fitchburg was badly
burned aud her mother, Mrs. Stone it is feared
fatally injured Thursday evening. child pulled a
kerosene lamp from the table and the Kerosene
took fire. The LADIES saved the children but their
clothes took fire.
c.. arrived at Petersburg. Virginia. Thursday night
route to Arkansas. The object OF the emigration
is to obtain more profitable employment.
Jacob and Henry Mills brothers. were fatally in
jured yesterday morning by the explosion of some
dynamite which they had paced in stove to thaw
out. They were engaged in blasting near Mains
vile, Pa.
The president of the New England tobacco as
ISOLATION has issued call for meeting of al
interested in the tobacco industry in Hartford
Conn.,, on Saturday, Dec. 30tL.
The cigar manufacturers of PHILADELPHIA have
| forwarded petition to Washington protesting
against ratification of the so-caed Spanish reeipro
| city treaty
The Worlds Exposition at New Orleans omen,
| Tuesday next. Indications that business gene
rally will be suspended and the city gay decorated
The Egremont, Mass, mystery was exploded yes
| terday by opening OF Estella Newman's grave and
| finding the body undisturbed.
| Gen. JAS. s. Brisbin vice president of the nation
al executive committee of the cattle men, ia letter
| to the Helena (MontanO Herald, says that one
sixth of all the cattle herds west of the Missouri
river are owned controlled by fcug glishmen who
| feed heir cattle free American grass and are
gradually driving Americans out of the cattle bust
ness.
| Josanb Marital IFrenchr,ar or,tvo q, u,o~..
| Dale mills, Rhode Island was sutfocated by IN,
/ fumes Of an oil tank yesterday.