The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Eleazer smith, a hotel proprietor in Wentworth
N. H., for about fifty years and many years DsIoIe
that at Haverhill, Mass, died Saturday, agea 90
years.
The deaths in Boston during September, num-
bered 738; decrease of 189 compared with the
same time in 1884.
The glass workers employed at the. Boston
Sandwich Glass Co.'s works at Sandwich, Mss,
some "A in number, left work Saturday morning
on account of the company refusing to accept the
list of numbers and wages recently presented
to them by the local branch OF tne American fllht
Glass Workers Association
Samuel Low, Jacob Goswosk and Foreman
Brewer of the steam hammer works at Alllance,
molten t metal flying out On them from IL mace
The injuries to Goswoski and Low may prove fa-
tal
AT westerly Conn. Saturday Richard Coyle
met his divorced wife and asked her to live with
him. On her refusal Coyle shot at her twice, one
shot taking effect between the eyes, from which
she died in about twenty minutes Coyle then
shot himself in the neck. He was arrested and
a surgeon extracted the ball. He will recover.
Coyle was under the influence OF liquor when he
fired the Shots
The subscriptions to the Grant monument fund
in New York. Saturday amounted to $542, max
ing the grand total now $SSS1S.
The report of the Agricultural Board Of Kansas
for September estimates the total wheat yield OF
the State at IL million bushels about one third
of crop.
The Dominion government has finally decided
to build fog alarm station ON Big DUCK Island,
On the arrival of Jay Gould and party in st.
Louis Mo-, Saturday, adeputy sheriff served pa
pers on him In damage suit for $l5O, 900 brought
against him by John NJ. Woodward for breach of
Contract. Mr.. Goulc having as alleged, failed to
keep his promise to Woodward to furnish money
for the building of line of road from Pacific.
suburb, to St. Louis.
A majority of the boom men at Muskeegon,
Mich, went to work Saturday morning and the
strike is virtually ended.
Andover theological Seminary becomes a res
iduary legatee to the amount of from 100000 TO
S25 900 by the will Of the late Mrs. William
Richardson of Manchester N. H.. and the Amerl-
can Bible Society receives about the same amount.
Mrs. Richardson was the widow OF Kev. VIM;
Richardson graduate of Andover Seminary and
who died in 1869.
The first Hebrew Christian Church in America
was dedicated with appropriate services yes5eraay
by Rt. Rev. Bishops Harris and Nicholson ana
| Rev. Jacob Freshman, Rev. Drs Crosby, sabine,
Vincent and Day.
adjourn its convention in New York city until ear
| ly Yesterday morning. Yale, Harvard. Princeton,
| Pennsylvania and Wesleyan were represented,
| but on adoption of the amended rules Harvard
| withdrew. The legue schedule was arranged, the
| first game in which will be played Nov. 7th be-
| tween Pennsylvania and Wesleyan
The naval board of appraisers have completed
| the appraisement of the material on hand and
| work done at Roach's ship yard at Chester, Pa,
for the government and will present to Secretary
Whitney the result of their labor which is said to
| be very satisfactory to the assignee.
In the United States District Court at Rutland
! VT. Saturday Oscar A. Burton of Burlington, di-
| rector of the ST. AlbanS Bank was acquitted III
| his trial for perjury,
| BY an explosion Of natural gas in a pit at God
| frey s. Clark's paper factory at Tarentown, Pa
| yesterday afternoon George Headen, VIM Gar
| lech and Samuel Thompson were fatally injured
| The accident was caused by leakage in the
| pipes
| A SWede named Olsen, who was boating witt
| his daughter in skiff collided with steamer OIL
1 the Mississippi at st. Paul, Mimi, last evening
| the boat vas capsized and both were drowned.
| strong northeast gale which blew all day yes
| terday at Savannah Ga, caused a tidal wave in
1 the Savannah river at noon and another at IL
| last night. Rice plantations are all submerged
| the banks are badly broken and the crop is al
| 20 per cent.
Fears are entertained for the safety of the
| Swedish bark Prima, Capt. Holm, which sailed
| from Hull July 10, for Philadelphia, with crew
| of 13 men She is now 80 days out and her con
| signors have given her up for lost.