The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-28

NEW YORK.

Nominations by the National Democracy.
NEW YORK, Oct 27.-The National Democ-
racy has made the following nominations: For
Mayor Jno. McCool; Judge of the Supreme
Court John McKeon; Judge of the Superior
Court JAS. G. Spenser.
An ExtradiSion Case.
Ludwig Krebs, arrested under the extraditon
treaty for forging a bank book in Mecklenburg,
is held to await the arrival of the necessary pa
pers from Germany.
Whisky Case Dismissed.
Judge Woodruff has dismissed the case of
Frank Tinkham against ex-COllector Sheridan
Shook, to recover the value of 262 barrels of
whiskey, on the ground that Tinkham had no
legal claim to the whiskey at the time Shook
The safe in J. L. Morgan & Co.'S. office, AZ
Fulton street.. has been robbed of $4,000 in
bonds of the people. Ferry & Co., of $4,000
cash. A package of $500 was overlooked
Members of the Stock Exchange Disci-
plined.
The governing committee OF the New York
Stock Exchange has decided to subject to dis
cipline two members who engaged in a fist
fight in the board room recently.
+ The Horse Disease.
The horse disease in this city is not abating.
The railroad lines have comparatively few cars
running In Brooklyn the disease still pre-
walls extensively. The city railroad companies
purpose of giving the needed rest to the well
horses. On some lines no cars were run and ON
others at long intervals.
,uk Minister Washburne fEF
Minister WashbuIne says he came from Paris
to vote for Gen. Grant, and take part in the
campaign, and shall return to France as soon
as possible.
Another Shooting Case.
John N. Norton shot, probably fatally, John
j. Henry in their boarding house at AZ Bond
street, Saturday night oI5 es-
Bishop Bacon i'm New York.
Bishop Bacon of Portland, Me-, officiated at
the confirmation yesterday of the orphans on
RandalPs Wards and Harris Islands, and the
boys on the school ship Mercury.
- Offer to Lonn Oxen.
The Mayor of Poughkeepsie offers to send
100 or more Jokes of oxen here in case their
services are deemed necessary on account of
the horse disease.
Te Greeley Meeting.
The Democrats and Liberal Republicans held
an immense mass meeting last night in and
around Tammany Hall, for the purpose of rat
flying the national and city tickets
Sec. Boutwell, in New Jersey.
Hon. George S. Boutwell, addressed Repub-
lican meeting in Jersey City last night.
Registry in New York.
Total registry in New York this year las, $40,
registry is 1857. The present registry law of
this city is SO stringent that ex-Collector Thos.
Murphy was unable to recure registration 1t
is estimated that close scrutiny of the regis
try lists warrant the striking off of number
of names from them .is sHe
An O'Bricn Meeting Assaulted.
AT an o. Brien meeting ON the corner Of
Roosevelt and Water streets, on Saturday night,
opposing politicians threw a chimney on the
people on the sidewalk, and Thos. Mangin was
killed and several wounded. 1t is not known
who overturned the chimney but there are four
arrests on suspicion.
Denial.
Chief of Police McWilliams of Jersey City,
on trial for completely in burglary, testified
yesterday, denying point blank all that the bur-
glars DENIM and Proctor had sworn.
EFT Cetera. fAI
Some eight orders of arrest await La Grave
to-day. The amount of his swindling is said
to reach nearly half million of dollars He
has been jailed in default of bail which was
fixed at $40, 900. p zr.-tfs -s-s7fsF
Late this afternoon it was announced that an
indictment had been found against Daniel Con-
over, Geo. III. Plunkett of the present Board of
Aldermen, Isaac Robinson and Edward Cas-
telo OF the old board, for frauds relating to the
ceding of city property in the upper part of
New York for railroad purposes.
Timothy Norton was was arrested to-day on
charge Of attempting to register under two
different names. f,-.-..e al : -.l..f
A special despatch says that the defalcation
of VIM. r. Teller, late paying teller of the
Virginia State Bank, is over $40, 900.
Charity Sits, on trial at Monticello, N. Y,
for the murder OF her husband in September,
1871, has been acquitted, and John Davis, in
dicted as an accomplish, has been discharged.
| Oliver Charlick, President of the Long Is
land railroad and delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, has resigned from the Tammany
| General Committee, and supports Havemeyer
| for mayor. lRJ
About rs horses died to-day.
Bnrk Neversink was demaged several thous-
and dollars by fire tonight occasioned by she
| explosion of a kerosene lamp. Fat
| Spread of the Horse Disease.
SYRACUSE, Oct. 2.-She horse disease is
| spreading rapidly in this city. Nearly every
| horse in Syracuse ID affected. The cars on two
street railways have discontinued running and
other lines run cars only hourly Several deaths
occurred yesterday. Leading merchants are
employing oxen in conveying goods to the de-
pots. - ftn %A1A is