The Portland daily press., 1885-12-24
GENERAL NEWS.

While testing the boilers at the Lactriel
| rolling mills in Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday
morning, one of them exploded and scatter
| ed the steam and debris in every direction.
| Over one hundred persons were in the viclnl-
| ty at the time and six were injured, two Sc
| riously.
| At Parkersburg, w. Va, Monday evening"
| Mrs. Fred Kopt went to the store near by
| leaving her girl, years and babe Is months
| old locked up in the house. The house
caught fire and the children were burned to
death.
The Dominion government have wired in
structions to all inspectors and commissions
under the Dominion License Act to cease all
attempts to enforce the act as it is now a
dead letter. The provincial government
alone will now Issue liquor licenses.
Early Yesterday morning burglars broke
into the jewelry store of Ramsay q Co., of
Milton, Ont, and carried off a cart load Of
iewelry, silver ware, money, etc. The store
was cleaned out. The goods were worth
thousands of dollars.
The frame warehouse and elevator, OF the
Wabash railroad at huntington, lnd., was
burned Tuesday night with all its contents
Two frame dwelling houses were also con-
sumed The loss is $4,000.
A despatchsfrUn Houston, Texas, says that
about hundred of the creditors of tho sus-
pended city bank held meeting tuesday,
and adopted a resolution declaring the deeds
of trust executed by the bank in favor Of the
.offcers and directors, when they knew of the
banks insolvent condition, fraudulent and
void, and pledging their utmost endeavors to
have the same set aside and the deposltors
paid.
Mrs Lizzie Brown, a young Chicago
widow, has for some time been annoyed by
the persistent attentions of John Oakley, a
barber. Saturday she had him arrested on
charge of disorderly conduct. In leaving
the court room he assaulted her with razor,
xVonn6iOo har SpVarplV and then nttpmDtp6
in vain to take his own life.
Chunk AIcLenden shot and killed his
father-in-law, Judge Rufus johnson, at
Greenville, Ga, yesterday, while the latter
was endeayoring to collect rent.
General Alexander Shaler of New York,
appeared in the general sessions court yes
terday and pleaded not guilty to the indict-
ment recently laid against him charging bri-
berry in connection with the selection OF
armory sites.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was waited
upon yesterday morning at his residence by
Alderman George Curtis and Councilman
VIM. Taylor of Boston, who presented him
with a beautiful gold watch, the gift of the
city government of Boston, as a memorial
for the service he rendered the city Eof Bos-
ton, October %, in delivering the eulogy on
Gen Grant. Mr.. Beecher made feeling re-
sponse to the address, in which Alderman
Curtis presented the time piece
Rev. Daniel James Noyes, d. d., swho for
nearly half century was one of the most
valuable instructors in Dartmouth College,
died Tuesday night in Chester, N. III. He
was born in Springfield in 1872
1t is reported that settlement Of the suit
| of the Erie Telephone Company against its
| old officers has been made by which the Erie
| will receive between $4,000 and $4,000, and
the receipt of this money will nearly cancel
all the indebtedness of the Erie.
While lot of longshoremen engaged in
unloading vessel at the sugar refinery on
South Second Pier, IN. Y, Tuesday, were
washing up for dinner one OF their number
was pushed into the great ''breaker" so call
ed where the lumpy sugar is broken up and
converted into syrup-and instantly killed.
He was crushed and mangled in a fearful
manner.
Sehaeffer defeated Slosson yesterday at
billiards in Chicago 800 to 66S. Schaetfer's
highest run was 122 and Slosson's 10S.
Mr.. Parnell says he cannot attend the land
league convention in Chicago in January and
the convention has been postponed to some
date to be named hereafter.
The Houston Insurance Company of
Houston, Texas, whose capital was badly
impaired by the recent failure of the City
bank of Houston has Teinsured all its out
standing risks in the City of London COM
pany Nimited) and the Houston company
will Immediately wind up its affairs and go
out of existence. The stockholders expect
to lose:ithe entire amount of the capital
$500, 600, nearly all of which was invested in
the City bank stock.