Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-06
NEWS BY N ALL.

The postoffiee at Monheean, Me-, has
| been discontinued.
shock of earthquake was reported at
Sheffield, England, Tuesday morning.
The famine in Persia continues without re-
lief, and the distress in the cities and in the
country is terrible.
despatch from Louisville announces that
there is no hope of the recovery of General
ialleck. His complaint is of dropsical ma
ture.
Horace Greeley and Whitelaw Reid were
among the Witnesses before the congressional
committee of investigation Tuesday in its in
quiries into the alleged custom-house abuses
IN New York.
The will of Thomas c. Moore, formerly of
Brooklyn, giving half a million of dollars to
charitable and missionary societies, is under
contest in the New York supreme court.
A special despatch says that papers have
been unearthed which show that the commnn-
lists were anxious to submit at the end of
April, but were prevented by Rossel.
The Indian bureau have issued orders to
secure the presence of Spotted Tail and other
famous Indians, on the occasion of the buffa-
lo-hunt by Alexis which takes place near
Fort Mcpherson.
A lot of land which has been secured by
the Executive Committee of the Universal
Peace Jubilee as site for the new coliseum
embraces an area of eight acres, lying west
of the Boston and Providence Railroad, its
southern limit being opposite the foot of
Newton street, which is now filled to grade,
and ready for the bridge which is to span the
track.
The friends of DIR. Schoeppe, convicted
and sentenced to death at Carlisle, Pennsyl-
vania, several years since, are moving to Sc
cure new trial in consequence of the utter
worthlessness and inaccuracy of DR.. Aiken's
chemical tests as developed in the Wharton
trial now in progress at Annapolis. Dr.
Schoeppe's conviction was secured mainly
through Aiken's testimony, the scientific value
of which the Wharton trial has greatly de-
preciated.
> About one hundred of the young mechanics
and apprentices who employed at the
Amoskeag works Manchester N. H., called
Mt the residence of Hon. L. A. Straw, the
Agent, this evening, to pay him their respects
and to express to him their qualification that
lie had received the nomination as the re-
publican candidate for Governor.
Since the Revere disaster the Eastern
Railroad has been quietly effecting some most
valuable alterations and Improvements. The
directors seem determined that the public
shall have 10 ground for complaint in the flu
trre management of the road. A new siding
has been constructed at the Everett Junction
Of the Saugus branch with the main line,
making the iourth on this branch in the space
OF nine miles,-yiz: at Everett, Mapiewood,
ClttondAle and Lynn common. Workmen
are now completing very capacious turn
out at the West Lynn station. for the accom-
mediation OF freight trains The second track
on the main line has been pushed to within
short distant of Ipswich, and will be rapidly
completed to Newburyport. The Essex
branch is also going forward in its construc-
ton. Meanwhile, the city of Lynn is sup
Piled with increased accommodations. Be-
sides charging and improving the four de.
pots already existing (including the Swamp
scott station,) the fine new station between
Market and Pleasant streets is going forward
with energy. and the old station will soon be
metamorphosed. The change now most to
be desired is that the four miles of track to
Chelsea could be reduced to one, enabling
trains to reach Lynn in about half the time
now required Advertiser.