The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-30

A heavy shock of earthquake has been felt
on the lower st. Lawrenne.
n. K. Browns colossal statue of Lincoln for
New York city has been completed, and gives
great satisfaction
Perry, the murderer of Hays, the BROOKLYN
Waterman, has given himself up to the author
tiles Rum did it.
The London Times correspondent says that
the Pope's influence over the Ecumenical
Council is weaker.
Oakley, the defaulter of the Merchants Ma
tonal Bank of New York, has confessed to
having used The money of the bank for four
years past.
w T Fisher, the Brooklyn lawyer under
Indictment for stealing court papers in a d.
vorce suit, has fled to Canada, forfeiting his
bail of $4,000.
In the Caldwell case in Montreal, Judge
Coursal has decided that clear case of FORGE
ry and fraud was made out, and committed the
prisoner for extradition.
The New York association for the restora-
ton of American shipping interests, are to
hold monster meeting at the Cooper Institute
shortly, for the benefit of the mechanics who
are suffering from want of work.
The report that the Cole trial at Albany cost
Senator Cole $4,000 is pronounced untrue
Two of the counsel have commenced suits to
recover their fees, and not over $4,000 has been
paid for the defense and all its expenses.
gas house connected with the residence of
John Benner, near Jersey City, was burned
Tuesday night, and son of MI. Benner fatal
ly injured by an explosion caused by entering
the building to repair the leak with a lighted
candle.
In the Lewis kidnapping case in New York
Wednesday, Mrs. Lewis testified that she had
instituted the divorce proceedings of her own
volition, and sooner than live with DR.. Lewis
she would prefer to work her fingers to the
bone to support her children.
The musicians at Sacramento, Stockton
Marysville and other interior towns in Califor.
mia have decided to send delegations of per-
formers to assist at the grand musical festival
at San Francisco, under direction of Camilla
Urso for the benefit of the Mercantile Library
fund.-
Postmaster General Creswell is reported t.
l have stated that the steamers here take tn.
| mails like so much freight and for carrying
this freight they get 5000. so per ton, when tel
dollars per ton is the largest sum paid for frs
class freight, the United States thus payins
them 200 times as much as any one else.
| The three Loeb brothers whose extensive dis
| tllleries in New York were seized and sold BY
the government some time since, and agains
whom criminal warrants were lately issued fo
defrauding the government of nearly million
OF dollars, it is ascertained have quietly solt
their personal property and real estate and flet
to Europe.
The Savings Bank in Rockville, Ct, wal
robbed Tuesday night of $4,000 in bonds ant
$15O in bills. The robbers first visited th,
house of the Treasurer, Mr.. Bssell, and with
out arousing any one, got the bank keys, ant
the burglary was undiscovered till next morn
ing. The burglars stole hand car from. tn,
Rockville Branch road, and left it in Eas
Hartford.
The n. Y. World claims to have advices fror
Washington that the Duke of Argyle is to b
sent there from England to assist in the adjust
ment of the Alabama Claims, he being author
lied to act upon such terms as may be agree,
upon. The apology insisted upon by Sumne
will not be made by England, but the British
government will propose to transfer to tn
United States all territory in British Americ
lying west of Lake Superior, including Brtis
Columbia and all possessions of the Pacifi
coast in consideration of our paying a lare
sum of money.
The first annual Convention of the Ne,
Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association wi
be held in Concord on Thursday and Frida,
Dec. Both and 31st. Among the speakers er
gagged tobe present are Mrs. Julia Ward How,
Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, Rev. R. B. Stra
ton, Rev. Rowland Conner, Rev. Phebe A
Hanaford, Mrs DR.. Hathaw ay and S. s. Fo.
ter, OF Massachusetts,; Mrs. Lucy Stone, ii. I
Blackwell, A. J. and Mrs Mary 7. Davis, {
New Jersey; Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, of Chi
cago, and many of the clergy and others {
New Hampshire.
The New York papers say that the rumors {
defalcation in the Merchants Exchange Ma
tional Bank have very solid found alton. Til
directors have been investigating the book
and have found deficit of $15O,OOO 1t is fear
ed the defalcations will reach a quarter of
million, from present appearances, but as tn
bank has over million and quarter surplu
no damage will enure to stockholders or de
positors. e. j. Oakley, the cashier, is the per
son implicated. 1t is said that personal ex
travagance, and the use of the money in bust
ness speculations with relative, were tn
| causes of the loss. A part of the loss will b,
covered by the cashiers sureties
A Galveston disnotnh oe.,,- oo.,- 49,.
suit of the election for Governor is still uncer
tain. Davis is about five hundred ahead, will
twenty-five counties from which no official re
turns have been received. There are no re-
turns of the vote on the constitution, but it hal
probably been carried almost unanimously
If an election is held in Milan and Navarro
counties it is thought that Hamilton will be
elected, otherwise Davis will be elected by
several hundred majority. The result in the
First Congressional District is uncertain: in
the Second District Join c. Conner is elected
in the third, w. f. Clark; in the fourth, Ed
ward Degener. As far as heard from the Leg
islature stands about as follows Senate-Con-
servatives Is; Republicans IA; with one to
hear from. House-Conservatves A; Repub-
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