Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-12-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Tweed, through his counsel, plead not guilty
in New York Monday, and his trial is set for
Jan. G.
Miss Nellie Grant is said to be very popular
in Washington and the life Of the White
House
Congressman Brooks proposes 10 insist on
q special investigation Of the charges made
by MeComb that Brooks is interested in the
Credit Mobiler stock.
The Grand Jury at Syracuse, \. u, has
indicted tie Binghamton Railroad as null
sance. The case comes up at the next term
Of the court,
Mrs Thomas Smith Of Virginia was de
tanned on board of the steamship California
on Saturday, until Invested by the Custom
House officers of skirt lined with silks,
jewelry and silverware.
committee of the Italian Republican As
seciation of New York has arranged to solicit
contributions for the relief of their country
men who arrived in that city recently; also
to ask Congress to prevent such immigration.
Hon. s. NJ. Allen and Gen. Horace Binney
Sargent of New York have united in giving
one hundred dollars to tie different Sunday
Schools OF the town Of Duxbury, to be used
in connection with Christmas festivities.
Commodore Vanderbilt denies that he has
abandoned the underground railroad project
in New York.
The Directors Of the East Boston Ferries
ask for on appropriation of $40, coo to meet
the expenses of an extra boat the breaking
of d shaft, and new slips at the North Ferry.
At nine O'Clock Sunday morning smart
shocks of an earthquake were felt at Portland,
Oregon, Seattle, Washington Territory, Vic
toria, Vancouvers Island, and at other points
on the North Pacific coast There were three
series of shocks bet no damage resulted.
Last winter q British steamship made two
successful trips from the Chesapeake to Lon
don, loaded exclusively with Baltimore oys
tiers. So great was the success attending the
undertaking that three large ships are on their
way to this country from European ports un-
der charter to take cargoes of Baltimore oys-
tiers TO London.
The controversy between Senators Logan
and Ames, growing out OF the appointment OF
the former to the Craftsmanship Of the Mill
tary Committee over the latter, was settled
by the Senate Monday. Mr.. Ames being ex-
cused from service.
At meeting of Harvard graduates resi-
dent at Philadelphia, Monday night, it was
reported that $1,000 had been collected toward
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fire. The committee to collect was continued.
Typographical errors sometimes make sad
havoc with the pathetic muse. poet in
Michigan undertook, week ago, poetieal
dissertation upon The Burial of Horace
Greeley" commencing it as follows: "Muffle
the drums, the nation is weeping, Mournfully
bear the dead hero along" etc. There was
hurry in going to press, and the editor
guessed it was all right" without looking at
the proof. Fancy the feelings of the poet
when he received his package of papers con
taining the elegy, TO find that, instead of the
word 'hero,' the compostor had made it
chen" Whether the editor still lives TIE
local papers do not say.
\ ditch thirty feet deep being dug on the
premises Of the Insane Asylum at ST. Louis
for the purpose of having water pipes laid to
the institution, cayed in Saturday, burying
five workmen, two of whom were taken out
dead. The bodies Of two others remained in |
tine trench. The fifth was rescued alive and |
unhurt. The accident was caused by the abb
sence Of braces.