The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-29
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

A Greeley and Brown Club was organized at
PASSPORT Friday night, with DIR. 81. G. Fessen-
den as President. Speeches were made by
q. d. Leavitt c. H. Dyer, A. McNchol and
others. Mr.. teavitt in an able and eloquent
speech urged the Democrats to bury all past
issues, and strongly advocated the nomination
of Hon. +. A. Pike as Representative to Con-
gress. -'5
A despatch from Jefferson City, Mo-, says
that great frauds, both on the State and county,
recently came to light in the circuit clerk
office of Livingston County. but the amount of
money involved is not stated. Chas. r. Berry,
the circuit clerk, and R. W. Goldsby, deputy,
and former circuit clerk, suddenly left, being
implicated.
In the Barnard impeachment trial. Saturday
morning. Thomas G Sherwood was examined
relative to the proceedings i'll the elections of
the directors of the New York Pier & Ware
house Company He stated that he was arrest
ed under an order of Barnards, and not to be
nard, and stating that certain stock stood in
the name of Daniel Packer, Barnard released
him. although Fred Lane opposed it.
A Raleigh despatch to the New York Times
states the mob which compelled Governor Har-
riman of New Hampshire to retire from a
meeting in Charlotte, N. g., the night OF the
oath, was led by the son Of the Mayor of that
city. One of the leaders named Treversan drew
pistol on Hartman, but did not use it. After
Hartman retired, Col Osbourne Of the Ku-
Klux and Messrs. Mills and Graham made
speeches to the mob which was mainly COM
posed of half-grown boys.
The New York & Brooklyn Ferry Company
offer five hundred dollars reward for the appre-
hension of the thieves who stole hundred and
fifteen dollars from the engine room of one of
the boats.
A fire at Joliet, ILL.,, Friday night entirely
destroyed the Masonic Hall. The lower floors
were occupied by Hammond & Bedford, dry
onI fhn cfnn VOC q
$4,000; insured $11 900; and Macks whole
sale boot and shoe store; the stock was valued
at $4,000; insured for $4,000. On the third
floor was the Masonic Hall, one of the finest in
in the hall was destroyed. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance $1,000. A great portion OF the goods in
the stores below was'saved.
A letter from the Choctaw country states
that the Congressional Investigating Commit
tee now there has discovered that of over two
million dollars paid for their Missouri lands
none of it has been received by the tribe, but
passed into the hands of Baltimore lawyer
named Latrobe and five delegates to Washing
ton from that tribe The Chickasaw Indians
also were similarly victmized.
The alleged Cuban privateer, Pioneer, which
has been lying at Newport in custody OF Col
lector Marsy for violation of revenue laws,
passed into charge of o. S. Marshal Cogges-
| hall Saturday, on an order of President Grant
to hold the vessel for violation of the neutral
ity act of 1918. ...
| In bar-room quarrel at Pittsfield, Mass,
Friday night, William b. Burbank, son OF
Abraham Burbank, proprietor of the Burbank
! House, struck an Irishman named John Berri-
| gan on the head with club, from the effects
of which Berrigan died. Burbank was ar
rested and held to bail for an examination
Monday.
| Walter SCOTS monument is not expected to
arrive at New York in time to be erected Au-
gust 10, and the ceremonies are to be postponed
| till November Sd.
| The crop reports, from about one-fJurth of
| the counties of Illinois and from a number of
| points IN Wisconsin and Minnesota, show that
the recent rains have inflicted very little dam
age, and that the yield of all kinds of grain
! promises fully to be up to the average.