The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-25
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Danbury, Conn, Is excited over the dis
coyery Of what appears to be a valuable coal
vein.
La Blanche, the Marine" has been ar
rested for seconding one of the women who
fought the recent prize fight at Buffalo.
Evangelist Moody proposes to enlarge his
school at Northfeld, Mass. The two schools
now have 600 pupils. Mr.. Moody is going ON
tour to the Pacific coast.
A wood chopper named Vancer was found
dead In the woods at Amesbury, Mass, yes
terday and suspicious of foul play are
entertained.
President Cleveland left Morristown, Pa,
for Washington, at $50 yesterday morning,
In a special train on the Pennsylvania rail
road.
Parsons B. Cogswell, managing editor Of
the Concard Monitor and his bride, were
rendered serenade by Concard newspaper
men last night, who gave Mr.. Cogswell a
gold headed cane.
Contractors Shirley and COrbet, engaged
In the construction Of the Hereford, N. s.,
Branch railroad have decamped with S25, 900
paid them by the company, leaving the men
unpaid and the work unfinished.
A line of pickets has been placed around
Birmingham, Ala, and will be kept up until
the danger of yellow fever is past No alarm
Is felt there, but business is seriously affect
ed by the quarantine.
The steam yacht Adelaide was sunk in col
lision with steamer Providence off White
stone Point, Long Island, Sunday evening
The yachts captain said that a misunder-
standing of the whistles was the cause
Much anxiety is felt at Keyport, New Jer-
sey, over the report that there Is case of
yellow fever in town. The victim is said to
be woman who recently arrived from
FLORIDA. The rumor. however, lacks confir-
nation.
Iauie navis xybo FOR civ ,,,on+he -. -.
confined in st. Louis Jail on charge of
numbering David Miller, was brought to Gu
ba. Miss, last Tuesday for trial. Early Sun
day morning he was taken from jail by
mob and lynched. Davis fought des perately
Ill his cell. but was overpowered
The two months old baby of a farmer
named William Beattie, who lives on the
banks Of the Cimmaron river below Wachita,
Kansas, was carried off by an eagle Satur-
day. The baby was left in charge Of a five
eagle and wounded and beat 1t off, but the
infant was dead, the body being horribly
lacerated.
No yellow fever has yet appeared in Mem
phis, but great inconvenience Is experienced
by the strict quarantine which has been es-
tabiished against all points. 1t is estimated
that 1000 people have left the city for the
North since Friday. Most of them are wom-
en- and children, the families of merchants
and others who send them North, fearing a
possible outbreak of the dreaded disease.
The. authorities at the police headquar-
ters in Boston were notified yes terday
morning Of the disappearance of Mr.. John
Thornton Wood, distinguished scientific
man, who left Washington to come to Bos-
ton, Sept. 18th, and after visiting a number
Of professors at Harvard was to continue
his journey to Thornton's Ferry. N II. 1t
IS known that he reached Boston, but since
then all trace of him has been lost. He is
20 years Of age, feet in height, $50 or 16O
pounds in weight, with long white beard,
moqstaehe and hair. He acts nervously, but
is slow in speech.
One week has made great change in the
agricultural outlook in South Carolina. The
floods have subsided and the sunshine has
improved the prospects immensely. Outside
OF the banks of the Savannah and Santee
rivers. the rice crop promises to be splendid.
The principal loss in the State is to the corn
in the lowlands along the river Cotton has
been injured to some extent by rains, but
with late frost the loss will be reduced to a
minimum. There is also great rejoicing over
the check to the iute bagging trust Two
factories have started the manufacture of
bagging from pine straw. 1t is probable
that dozen pine straw factories will soon
De In operation In Charleston.