Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-12-03
GENERAL MEMS.

General Bowerman, the Baltimore Custom
House defaulter, has been pardoned By the
President.
| The Massachusetts, State Senate Friday re-
considered the General Insurance bill, and
after amending it, passed it to be engrossed.
Weld & CO., sugar importers of Boston,
settled the suit against them in the United
States Court in New York by paying Sl2O, 900.
Mr.. Lucius Fsirchild, the newly appointed
consul to Liverpool, has been made the sub
ject OF a series of congratulatory resolutions
by the Milwaukee chamber OF commerce.
The man Blakeslee, arrested for placing OBJ
structions on the railroad track near Thomp-
sonyils, CT, has been committed TO the Hart
ford Jail in default of $50 900 bail
The library of Congress has received a COM
plete set of all the documents, opinions, argu-
ments and papers connected with the Geneva
arbitration. They include the leading articles
OF the European press on the Alabama case
and are magnifcently bound
Some one has remark ed that when an emf
nent American. dies the first thing his CRATE
full countrymen do is to resolve to build q
monument to his memory, and the next thing
to fail to do it.
Willie Clark, the youth who attempted 10
throw train FROM the track on the Boston
and Albany road at Chester, has been placed
in Jail at Springfel He is said 10 be weak
minded.
Kansas is making re pid progress in divorce
matters. In a receEt case the cause was
heard the divorce granted, and the lady re-
married in twelve minutes. The Kansas
newspaper which furnished the above state
ment clinched it by saying 1.-THE lady was
timed by Judge Bliss watch"
MIR. George Grant of London, England, is
said to have bought tract of land covering
twenty-four square miles on the line of the
Kansas Pacific railroad. 1. is his intention
to lay out new city, to be called Victoria,
on this territory.
Admiral Sands of the Naval Observatory
reports a remarkable display Of meteors on
the night of November 81. The display ex-
ceed(d that ordinarily seen on the 18th and
10Th of November. The radiant point seemed
to indicate that they were moving in the orbit
of Biela's comet. The whole number OF me-
teors observed was 72O.
The store of n. Rowland postmaster at
West Barnstable, Mass, was destroyed by
fire with all its contents, including postal
matter, at one O'Clock Saturday morning
His eldest son, George Rowland, aged about
so years, who slept in the second story, was
also burned, his remains being found burned
to crisp. The origin of the fire is supposed
to be from a kerosene lamp probably used by
the unfortunate victim.
Horace Porter has resigned his army COM
mission rs Major Of Ordnance, for the pur-
pose of accepting the Vice-Presidency of the
the Pullman Car Company, which has just
been rendered him. At the beginning of
Gen. Grants administration Porter was de-
tailed for duty at the Executive Mansion, and
since occupied the relation Of the Presidents
Private Secretary
Baltimore is in trouble about her scanty'
supply of water, and the authorities have now
under consideration plan by which perma-
nent adequate water support can be secured
at cost of $3,50O,OOO, and two plans for
temporary supplies until the completion of
the permanent work, at the respective costs
OF 500, 900 and $3.50, 900.