The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-26
GENERAL NEWS.

John Seigel's tobacco warehouse, near Bied-in-
Hand, Pa. was burned Monday night with 500
cases of tobacco. l. 'ss $4,000.
George Russell, living at No. 1043 Fales Aue-
nue. Brook yn, N. Y shot his wife yes; erday morn
ing and then shot himself. Jealousy the
cause. Mrs. Russell may recover but nussen will
die.
The PoinG of Pines the well-knowu seashore re
on the north shore Of Massachusetts Bay WAS
sold Tuesday at auction by order of trustees under
the mortgag It was purchased by W. G. Salton-
stall for the bondhoders for $3.50, 600, less than
one-hali the o. iginal cost
james D. Frairy s. Son Company, cutlery manu-
factureis of Bridgep )rt, Conn.,, made assign
Monday evening for the benefit of creditors Their
labi lties aOout $50, 900; a>sests not detern-
lied but are largely stock in process Of manufac-
ture.
son of Capt. James Graham, at Graham. N c..
while hunting, was killed by the accidental dis
charge of nis gun. he was grandson of the Hon.
Wii.iam A. Graham, formerly Secretary of the
Navy.
Mayor Martin of Boston has determined to break
up gambling in Precincts q 3 and 4. He began
Monday by transferring the captains of those pre-
cincts to suburban precincts and putting other men
in their places.
Aoyices from Hayti say that the foreign consuls
at acmel refused to deliver to the authorities the
amy desert ers who sought refuge at the consuates
the ground that during the civil war there were
no recognized deserters.
at Trenton, N. j., yesterday Judge Nixon re-
fused new trial In the case Of Ada Davey against
the E Lie insurance Company at Hartford. A
vei dict r $1,000 had been given the plaintiff,
wbose deceased husband insured, aud the COM
pany charged that he drank himself to death.
The wife of ex-Mayor Palmer of Boston, who was
injured a few weeks ago by falling On icy side
walk is not expected TO live and notice of suit for
heavy damages has been filed by he ex-Mayor.
Rodney Wallace of Fitchbu G, Mass, has donated
lot of land Main street, worth $40 00,, to the
city of Fitchburg, and will expend $4,000 addi-
| tional in creating building TO be used free
public library, readit rooms and art gallery.
The final arguments in the collapsed Augustinian
Savings oank case OF Ellen Leahy VS.. Arehbishs ID
| Williams was made yesterday afternoon at Law
| renee, Mass. This forenoon Judge Bacon will
| cha ge the jury and the prospects ae disagree
mant. Should the case be decided against the
Archbishop an appeal will be made to the Supreme
| Court.
| None Of the / so miners imprisoned in the mine
| at Poe thontas, Va, have as vet been rescued.
| In the Massachusetts House, yesterday, Repre-
| sentative Morse's solution insruciDg the Massa-
material duction and general readjustment of
| the tariff was rejected by laTg ge majority
Gen. David S Stanley viii be appointed brigadier
I general of the army. woe Brig.-Gen Mackenzie.
| Epizooty prevails Dayton, o.. to a remarkable
extei among horses, and is reported as being
| worse than ever before.
A further reduction in freights from Chicago to
| Montreal has been made by the Grand Trunk and
| Canadian Pacific Railways.
| George NJ. Riley Of st. Louis, a pilot shot bis
wife yesterday morning i've times. fatally ini ring
| her. and then shot and killed himself Riey's wife
had some property and hal repea ly asked that 1t
| be decided TO him. which she refused. They had q
quarrel Monday on the subect and his wife threw 8
| cup coffee at him.
Mrs. Ella Arthur Haynesworth, q sister of Presi
dent Chester A. Arthur, arrived In Columbia S. u.
on Sunday aft 'rnoon from New York. She is visit
ing her sster-in-law, Mrs. j. j McMahon.
At Hoboken N. j., last night, Expert Sackett re-
ported to The Common Council that during the pas
three years John Mcmahon the defaulting eollsctol
of taxes, had misappropriated S66,0U0
The Republican State Committee of Massschu
setts has Issued al oticial notice to all local com
~,nsff fho tx.arx. III
withdrawal from membership OF federal office
holders.
Capt Horace B. Kemp, Of the National Lsneers
Boston, was last night elected Major of the Firs
Battalion of Cavalry.
The teachers institute for Rockingham county
n. H., opened at Dover yesterday afternoon with I
L rnnda atfandance