Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-18
NEWS BY MAIL.

Caleb Gushing has commenced a suit for
$4,000 damages against Washington neigh
Dor for keeping barking cur dog.
The official reports at the post office de-
partment show that for ninety-two days i'm.
mediately preceding the abolition of the
franking privilege the average weight Of ex-
ira public document was C7 900 pounds daily.
1t required forty cars to move this extra mail.
Fer this the railroads receive no additional
compensation.
Judge Blatchford has denied the application
for warrant for the removal of Charles A.
Dana to Washington for trial. He held that
it would be unconstitutional to send him for
trial to court where there is no trial by jury,
as in the police court of the District of CO.
lumbla.
The Postmaster General has informed
Postmasters that they have no right to stop
letters in transit for the purpose of discover
ing whether the official stamps Gov ering them
may have been improperly used. He directs
all Postmasters to forward suspected letters
to their destination, and to report all sus-
picious circumstances for subsequent investi-
CATION.
John w. Mcguire. aged SO, and Sarah Ma
CURE, his wife, indicted at ST. Louis for the
murder of John Ryan in October last, plead
ed guilty of murder in the second degree and
were sentenced Wednesday to the Peniten.
tiary for twelve and ten years respectively.
Reports from Cape Breton state that the
crops throughout the province look promising.
The fishing along the gulf shore is very re-
munerative. There is considerable activity
at all the Cape Baeton coal mines. The
ID Estaing and another French man. of-war
are at Sydney.
The Minnesota republican State conven.
ton met at st. Paul. Three hundred and
eight delegates we're present. The contest
was mainly on governorship. The principal
candidates were Horace Austin, the present
incumbent, w. ID. Washburn, Cushman X.
Davis and Thomas Armstrong. The contest
was very animated. Finally Austin With
drew and Armstrong; friends concentrated
cd Davis, defeating Washburn. The vote on
the final ballot stood Davis l55, Washburn
80. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and
on the motion of Washburn's friends, the
Davis nomination was made unanimous.
Resolutions were adopted favoring cheap
transportation, according to capital 10 rail.
roads the right of reasonable remuneration
but opposing unjust determinations and all
arbitrary and improper use of the growing
power Of railroads and other corporations.
The fourth resolution says no rights should
be vested in railroad corporations beyond the
control of future Legislatures. The nfth
resolution heartily applauds active measures
of Congress in ferreting out and exposing
corruption and demands pure official conduct
and the punishment of unfaithful public men.
The sixth resolution condemns without re-
serve the salary and back pay grab, and de-
man1s the prompt repeal of the law author
izing it.
The work of constructing the immense
balloon with which Professor Wise 10 to at.
tempt to cross the Atlantic ocean is progress.
ing rapidly. The balloon will require 1916
yards of cloth. The material is of unbleached
sheeting, of a thick, close quality. The
crown OF the balloon will be doubled for q
distance of fifty feet from the top, with $50
yards of the same material, and yet third
thickness will be added, of which $50 yards
will be required. The strengthening OF the
crown of the balloon is rendered necessary oy
the upward pressure of the gas, when Is
equal to two pounds to the square men. Inc
sewing of the seams is performed by score
of Girls, and is under the direction OF niece
of Professor Wise, who has had more expe-
rience in the building of balloons than any
other woman in the world. "She has been
m.kiny balloons for me for twenty years"
said the Professor. The total amount OF
sewing to be done to complete the present
balloon is one hundred and two seams, null
riplied by l72 feet, langth of seam, and about
| one third more for transverse scanning, IL ,02l
| foot ahout eip ht miles,