Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-05

electors. lie gave bail in $1,000. Other ar
/ rests are expected.
\ large number Of distinguished foreigners
are now travelling in this country, and Cali
fornia receives from them great deal of at.
tvntion.
John Bowman Of Spring field. Mass, ar
rived at New York Thursday evening and dis
appeared, and his wife can obtain no clue of
his Whereabouts. As he had over $500 on
his person, foul play is suspected.
The jury in the case Of Mayor Hall of New
Yerls failed to agree on verdict. Seven
were for conviction and five for acquittal.
A man ran through Detroit the other day
shouting that he was looking for 'the road to
heaven" The crowd called him crazy for
looking for it in Detroit
The navy is to be weeded of inefff cient Off
GERS in the upper grades by the strict enforce
ment hereafter of the nearly obsolete law re-
curing searching examination into the fit
ness and capacity Of every officer below com
modore before promotion.
An apostate and backsliding Mormon organ
zation has been formed in Salt Lake, called
the Utah Liberating League" and is
spreading rapidly. lis efforts are directed
against the power Of the priesthood Of the
Mormon Church
The late John \. Griswold was first elect
Cd 70 Congress as a democrat, bu, he was pat
riotic to the core, and voted all needfnl sup
| plies to carry on the war. lie owned the
Monitor when she fought the Merrimac, the
| Government a. that tins not having accepted
! her.
| Visitors to the Coliseum na,t caT.ied eft
good deal of the building in souvenirs, and
| the Lowell Courier says that it would relieve
the jubilee committee Of an elephant If they
would carry il all off.
A wedding is to take place III Philadelphia
in December the brides dress-Worths Par
i.ian make--eosling 80 600, gold. Pope says
"Worth makes the man.. In the prs sent in
stance il seems that he also makes the bride
IN improvement in medical Jurisprudence
las been introduced in Philadelphia where a
new trial is sought for Hugh Mara, on the
ground, not of his insanity, but of the ,nsan-
| i,r of the jury that convicted him.
. \ humber of American citizens are run
ming up something of bill against Spain.
The commission appointed to take record Of
the claims Of American citizens against the
Spanish government have on file demands for
some $50, 600, COO already. and the amount Is
being increased daily.
delicate youth Of seventeen years has
been under treatment 1t the indianapolis Sur
gical Institute. He is only seven foot five
inches high and weighs little less than three
hundred pounds.
Senior Garcia, who las four for years repre-
scented the Argentine Republic at Washing
ton. will leave soon for Europe. The senior
and his wife have been considered, according
to the Washington gossips, the handsomest
couple in the diplomatic corps
4 smart team Of horses ran away at Sump-
ter, Wis, and thereby stirred up hive OF
bees which stung them to death.
The North Lubec Goldfish feet have arrived
with their last fare and report the best sea-
sons fishing since 1868. The herring fishery
has been almost total failure. The fish
have been plenty, but small and poor, and
sold to farmers for dressing. In 1871 there
, were smoked in Lubec 500 900 boxes of her
ring, including 5000 of Magdalens this
year there have not been more than 2j 200
boxes, including 1000 boxes of Magdaens.
The Eastern Railroad Company has acceed
ed to the request of many persons living on
the line of the road and cheap morning and
1 avnpinr troins will no RIM on tho Cauunc
branch between Lynn and Boston. Twenty
| tickets will be sold for dollar. Ten miles
for Ave cents is the cheapest rairssding ever
known in America.