The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-09
GENERAL NEWS.

COL Wilcox has been elected vice president of the
Oklahoma colony, and will have charge during
Capt. Couch's absence. He is typical frontiers
man.
There has been no material change in ex.Secre-
tary Frelinghuysens condition during the past two
days.
A suit has been brought in the Supreme Judicial
Court for Suffolk county. Massachusetts, by the
National Soldiers Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers against Benjamin f. Butler, to recover
$4,000 alleged to be due the Home. 1t is claimed
that Gen. Butler failed to account for this sum
while acting treasurer of the Home. The ad dam
mum of the writ is $4,000. 1t was entered at the
present April term of court.
At Providence, R. l.. yesterday, In the interest
suit of the Quidnick Company vs.. Sprague, for the
of the Quidnick and Arctic mills at a rental of
$4,000 year. verdict was given for the defend
ant.
Rear Admiral Jo4n Marston, u S. n, died in
Philadelphia, Tuesday evening" aged 80.
despatch from Berne states that the United
States Minister to Switzerland. Mr.. NJ. j. Cramer,
Cramer's interference with the Swiss governments
measures against the Salvation army people has
made him generally disliked there.
The summer residence of Duncan Woods of New
York, at Islip. l.. l.. burned with its contents
yesterday morning. The loss is $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000.
Reuben Fl. Wheeler, prominent citizen of Ber-
lin, N. H., died of pneumonia Tuesday.
The Kings county, N Y. Supreme Court yester-
day decided,that physicians were not required to
register in every county of the State and that if
they registered in one county that sufficient.
The mayor Of Philadelphia yesterday issued or
ders to the police looking to the suppression of
sparring with gloves in every place of amusement
in that city.
The home of Dr. L. B. Almy in Norwich, Conn.,,
was entered Tuesday night during the doctors alb
sence, and about 81 900 worth of jewelry taken.
Suspicion rests on servant.
VIM. Carroll, former labor agitator, and the
originator OF the miners unions throughout Penn
sylvania, fatally shot Henry Taylor, a business
rival at Wilkesbarre, yesterday. Carroll had been
eJected by his landlord to make room for Taylor.
Edward Lambert, 90 years of age called at the
nome OF his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ann A. Milligan,
yesterday in Chicago. to his wife from whom he
had been estranged, and while there he shot and
Killed Mrs. MuIligan, shot and dangerously wound
ed his wife, and then killed himself.
Yesterday the Hudson IN. } Gazette celebrated
It's centennial anniversary by issuing illustrated
memorial sheet
"A patient in the insane asylum at Nashville
Tenn, yesterday, suddenly seized floor mop and
before he could be secured he had crushed in the
skull OF an attendant and also tnat OF patient.
number of mysterious disappearances of well
known citizens has recently occurred in the western
portion of Virginia.
Alfred A. Nudge, of the well known Boston
evening of dropsy, aged 81.
Mrs. Susan Moore, the celebrated Canadian au
thoress died in Toronto yesterday.
Cyrus W. Field Tuesday resigned as one of the
executive committee of the Manhattan Railway
company and yesterday one of the executive
COMMITTEES OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany He does this it is said to carry out the pur
pose OF retiring when he had completed fifty year,
OF active business in New York.