The Portland daily press., 1886-01-09
GENERAL NEWS.

Edward A. Tinkham, for the past foul
years contracting agent of Barnum's Show
and who before that held similar position
with w. G. Coup, died in Rochester, N. Y,
from the bursting Of a blood vessel Thurs
day night.
The business failures throughout the coun-
try for the last seven days, number in the
United States 316, Canada 20, being the lar
gest aggregate for any week since January,
1885 The causaltles were most numerous in
the SOUTH
The forger, Calvin Pratt, sailed Thursday
from Yokohama, Japan, in charge of a detee-
tive. 1t is understood that none of the mon
ey has been recovered. Over $4,000 was OBJ
tanned by his forgeries.
The business portion of the town of Cuba,
Mo-, on the San Francisco road, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire Thursday. The
loss is $4,000.
The New York Daily Telegraph did not
appear yesterday morning. The stockhol-
ders held a meeting Thursday and directed
that the publication of the paper be suspend
ed pending general overhauling Of its af-
fairs with view to the Reorganization of the
company on strong financial basis.
The St. James hotel at Batavia, N. Y,
was entirely destroyed, by fire yesterday
ance about $25000.
The merchants of Ell Paso Texas, and 9TH
er American towns on the Rio Grande, are
circulate 6 petitions which will be sent to
Washington requesting the United States
Government to abolish the free zone between
this country and Mexico, owing to the faeili-
ties it offers for smuggling on both sides. 1t
is stated that smuggling has grown to such
vast proportions as to seriously affect legiti-
mate trade.
J. Clinkskill, a merchant of Bradford, n.
w. T., has left Montreal for Ottawa, to i'm
press upon the authorities the necessity of
taking proper precautions to prevent an In
dian uprising. He says that the Indians are
enraged because of the execution of the
eight murderers in November last, and are
making all sorts of threats.
J. G. Fenton, who was appointed postmas-
ter of High Grove, KY, by eX-President Ar
thur, was arrested last night. 1t is charged
that Fenton refused to turn over the postof-
fee to his successor, who was recently ap-
pointed by President Cleveland.
A New Orleans special TO the New York
World says the exposition management is fl
nancially embarrassed and they now propose
to sell to the city for $125,000 the entire prop
erty of the exposition, which cost 81, ,350, 900.
Another large party of negroes, passed
through Chattanooga, Tenn, Thursday. en-
route from Carolina to Arkansas. The exo-
dus of negroes from the Carolinas, Georgia
and Alabama, to the West is increasing each
week, and is produced chiefly by high rents,
bad crops and the defective tenant system
in that section of the South.
A complimentary dinner was given at Del
monico's in New York last night, to Cover
nor Hill, by business men of New York.
James O'Rouke, boy II years old, lost his
right arm in picker machine, at Kimball &
Gerrish's tannery, in Manchester, N. H., yes
terday.
VIM. II. Guion, Jr., who became the head
of the Guion line of steamers in this country
on the retirement of his uncle two years ago,
died last night, aged 3S.
VIM II. Rose, the embezzling book-keeper
of Painter, Targue & Co.. of Baltimore, was
arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with
having embezzled $4,000. Rose states the
amount he took was $4,000
In North Adams, Mass, yesterday, little
Annie May Davidson was found dead at her
home by, officers and the board Of health, with
both feet frozen. A post norton examina-
tion showed one of her lungs was congested,
and she had been brutally treated before
death. Her parents were drunk and carous-
ing two nights ago, and the little girl was
neglected. 1t is probable her mother will be