The Portland daily press., 1884-12-15
GENERAL NEWS.

Dyer Of Boston and McManus of Lowell. who ad-
vertlsed TO give pugi stic exhibition in Halifax
y. 3, tonight have been notified by the Halifax
authori lies that they will be arrested if they at
tempt to exhtbi
Henry Beatty, Henry Klinger and Emanuel
Gross were fatally injured Saturday afternoon by
T9e Iq., sxpioso1 Of boiler at Bittles mill in
Union township, Pa
=, A. g. Foster, q wealthy stock dealer of Jersey,
H., committed suicide at st. Louis, Saturday
morning. Cause financial troubles.
= The entire property Of the New York Graphic
Company has been purchased by j. W. Hinkley. 1t
was Sold piece by piece, and it is no said that Mr.
Hinkley's title is "bullet proof
Friday evening two penitentiary convicts were
killed ana TWO seriously wounded while attemptinp
to escape from the Knoxville Tenn Iron Com
pany's mine a. Coal Creek.
The steamer Westmoreland, from the Rappahan-
mock, arrived at Baltimore, and those on board re.
port tnat the destruction OF life by Tuesdays storm
is much greater than heretofore reported So far
OF the party of colored men whose boats were can,
sized sl near ur5sna, 70 are known to have been
drowned, In addition to those already reported
John Connors OF Fall River. Mass. was arrested
IN New York, Saturday, on suspicion of theft He
nad presented some $4,000 worth OF diamond
jewelry for sale.
Hezekish Brown, colored school teacher In a
lonely part of Howard county, Md was hanged
Saturday BY thirteen masked men.
The Louisville New Orleans and Texas Railroad
Will be opened for passenger business today.
The 25th anniversary of the FIRST public annear
ance Of Nine. Adelina Patti was celebrated In Nav
YorS, Saturday night, by banquet at Hotel Bruns-
WICK About hfty persons were present. 1t was a
very interesting occasion.
Abjan North, until recently eonductiro bo4o,s a.
Plattsburg, Champlain and Rouse's Point was
drowned Thursday, near Champlan by breaking
through the ice.
The customs authorities at Victoria b. g. have
captured the American schooner Fieetwing which
has been engaged in smuggling Cinnamon into the
United States.
The proceedings commenced in Chicago against
nj in fHr
ward election fraud. before the United states
commissioner, was dismissed Saturday, in view of
his Indictment by the grand jury.
Tne funeral Of Reuben R. Springer, In Cincin-
nati, Saturday, was largely attended. At O'clock
in the morning the public were permitted 10 fIe
past the body as it lay in the Springer residence
and take last look at the deceased The Droees
sion past the coffin continued for an hour when tha
body was borne TO the cathedral which was crovd
ed Win persons admitted on tickets of invitation
Archbishop Elder, with assistants celebrated tha
requiem mass. The Ceremonies were most impres-
sive. P'
One man was killed and two others injured in a
wreck on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at East New.
ark n. j., yesterday.
John Mason. convict in the insane hosnital ot
the Missouri State penitentiary, who has been cor
sldered harmless, arose Friday night and with an
iron bar smashed in the heads of two inmates and
padly cut third before he was secured
Tbs business portion OF Rrookville. Ind. was al.
most entirely burned yesterday mornlnp The
whole town was threatened with destruction but at
between 500 1000 and 100000.
The six-story building, Nos. 27s and $50 Ninth
Avenue, New York city. WIS burned Yesterday In
was owned and partly occupied by Hugh Getty a
builder, who loses S20,00O on the bniloing and
$4,000 on tao tools and stock ~
Willie s. drifin, II years old, and Flora A.
MeiI MMeintyTe, aged 10, escaped fgam Worcester
Mass. Friday. and were married in Troy n. y
Saturday, returning home yesterday. GrIfBn ia
son q ~ e. Griffin treasurer of the Rice L. Griffin
Manufacturing Company and the girl is a dansbter
OF veteran soldier, letter carrier.
= me Murphy temperance revival which started in
fhesnpsourg, "a, two weeks ago, is growing rapid
~, oUoO persons having already 1oIned the blne
ribbon army. At meeting there last night nearly
pledge. 'Ae
The charrsd body of Alva Higbee, the police
luuge missing since the fire in ST. Mary's kan
Saturday morning. was found in the ruins yester,
day. 'S''S'
Millbank, D. T., despatch says that the motion
10 dissolve the injunction IN the Sphinx county seat
fight was argued before Judge Smith YESTERDAY
The judge held that Redield was not the county
seat ana ordered the sheriff to remove the books
and records back to Ashton. N'