Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-03-24
FROM NEW YORK.

| New York, %. Notwithstanding the state
ment of Drs. Tying and Walker, the prevail
| ing impression here tonight is that Foster
| attempted suicide with poison, which theory
is apparently strengthened by additional tes-
timony of DR.. Nealls reported again, saying
to-day that the prisoner would have been
dead in an hour later, if the execution had
not transpired.
| In the suit of the First National Bank Of
Lyons, Iowa, to recover $50, goo in bonds de-
posted in the Ocean Bank here and stolen
therefrom, the jury disagreed and were dis
| charged to-day.
The West Sound Freight is now going for
ward as usual over the Erie Railroad.
Nothing further has been ascertained in
| the calculation of the murderer of Mr.. Good
rich in Brooklyn. Many believe that q
woman who has lately been seen with him at
the house in which he was murdered had
something to do with the deed.
| The Bullshead Bank has been placed in
the charge of United States Marshall under
an order made by the bankruptcy. The de-
faulcation is said to exceed 100000 The
President has resigned and the bank officers
| decline stating whether their late Teller is a
criminal or not.
The police captured fully armed burglar
store on Third street.
New York, %. Commodore Vanderbilt
| has given another S5OO, 900 for the purpose o
erecting a large seminary for females on the
grounds of the Moravian Church ut New
Dorp, Staten Island to be built on the plan of
the Seminary of Bethlehem Penn, also en-
dowed by the Commodore.
Senator Murphy, director in the East
River Bridge Company, says that $l2 ,OOO,-
600 will be required to complete the entire
work. 100000 for the bridge proper,
and the remainder for land damages in con-
structing the approaches.
| The pigeon shooting match yesterday, al
Old Union course, between Ira A. Paine OF
New York, and Edward Tinker of Provi.
dence, so birds each, $50 side resulted in
favor of Paine, who killed AZ birds to SO by
Tinker.
| Twelve thousand dollars worth of millinery
goods were seized by custom house officers
on board the steamer Cuba, on suspicion tina!
an attempt was making to smuggle them into
the country.
| The Connecticut masons who took the
place of the striking union on the Fourth
Avenue Improvement job are under the pro-
lection of the police. City masons wanted
four dollars per day for eight hours, and the
contractors would only pay four dollars 70,
ten hours.
Arrived, ship Galeta; City of New York
and Celtic from Liverpool
The aldermanic committee appointed to ex-
anime into the condition of the tombs, will
report in favor of building new city prison
ut the foot of 26th street, East River.
very large sum promises to be realized
from the Masonic Fair now being held in
Apollo. The EXECUTIVE Committee say tina,
money enough will be raised to complete the
building at 9Th Avenue and 26th street, and
that an asylum for widows and orphans OF
masons, and the helpless of the fraternity
will soon follow.
Oscar Sollicoffer, president of the Metro
politan Gas Company, called on Commits
sioner Van Mort of the public works depart
ment yesterday, to ascertain if a satisfactory
arrangement could be made with the city fol-
the payment of nearly million dollars, now
due and for accruing bills. Sollicoffer stated
that if the present financial arrangement
is continued the company would stop
the gas for the streets and public buildings.
The funeral of Charles Goodrich, supposed
to have been murdered, in Brooklyn took
place day from the residence Of his broth
ers in Cumberland street, and was largely
attended
Inspector Glib, Of the London police, ar
rived here to-day on the steamer Celtic, fol
the purpose of taking to England the person
now in custody under the name of MELON.
nell or Mcdonald. The latter was identified
yesterday as a we'll known swindler, who at
tempted some two years ago in this city t,
obtain by fraud $l43, 900 from Jay Cooke 1
Co., and 10 still belived to be Warren, tn,
chief of the gang who recently defrauded the
bank Of England.