Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-22
FROM NEW YORK.

New York, 2l. The schooner Sarah Smith
of New Haven for Virginia, ran ashore on
Bid Mill Rock, He'll Gate to-day. She will
be got off and put on the beach at Astoria.
Most Of the striking gasmen have gone to
work at different occupations. and but few are
found in the vicinity of their headquarters
now.
Bulls Head Bank resumes business on
Wednesday. Additional stock has been SUBJ
scribed and new officers chosen.
Mayor Havemeyer has made no appoint.
ments yet
1t is reported that Senator O'Brien will not
accept the Office of commissioner of police,
and that Geo. Matsell is to be appointed
either superintendent ox commissioner of tina,
department.
The receiver of the Ocean National Bank
sold seven second mortgage bonds of the Por-
tage Lake Superior ship canal of $1,000 each
for per cent. of their face value.
1t is reported that Major Thomas Hoxsie of
Patterson, N. j., has been appointed consul
TO Jerusalem.
ed this morning charged with drawing seven
hundred dollars from the Brooklyn Savings
bank, belonging to Mrs. Ann Jennings.
~ tidl one VI lne TRANSATLANTIC
steamship companies is attempting to obtain
control of the Pacific Mai stock.
There is some excitement in Jersey City
over the reported expulsion Of a Catholic
boy from one of the public schools for refus-
ing to join in singing hymn. The board OF
education are investigating the charge.
Several treasury clerks sailed for London
yesterday to perfect the syndicate operations.
In an explosion this morning in a portion
of Dupont's powder works, near Whining
ton, Del, Michael Dougherty was kill d.
man was shot dead in Sacramo nto, Cal.
on Friday by the Sheriff, while trying to re-
lease a murderer.
There will be a meeting Of the board of
| directors and stockholders of the Northern
Pacific Company on Wednesday, at No. %,
Fifth Avenue. report will then be made OF
| the survey of the vast tracts of land granted
| by Congress to the company, and Of the pro-
| gress made i'll the construction of the road.
| The recovery of nearly quarter million
dollars of United States bonds which had
been obtained by Mcdonald alias Bidwell and
associates in the late Bank of England forger-
| les, were made to-day. The facts concern
ing which are as follows: On the 9TH of Marcel
trunk said to contain wearing apparel, old
| and in use, was delivered at the office OF the
North Atlantic Express Office, No 4, Mar
gate street, London, by person calling him
self c. Lsssing of Turnbridge Wells, Eng
land, and addressed to Maj. Geo. Matthers
N. Y, to be kept in bond at the expires,
office, No. II Broadway, N. Y, until called
for. The trunk was duly forwarded by thu
express company, and reached here by thu
steamer Cuba on the Goth of March. Mean
while the counsel for the Bank of Englaed
had received some information in regard t,
the trunk which led to its detention by thu
company until o-day, when it was taken pos
session of under an order of the Suprem
Court by Nathaniel Davis, Esq, receiver i
tho Bank of England forgery case, and O
being opened was found to contain quantit
of wearing apparel, two gold watches, sewers
miscellaneous articles and three PACKAGE
of United States 5-20's and 1910 bonds roll
ed up in soiled linen, amounting in all I
$220,950 The bonds were found to be ider
teal in class and numbers with those adve
tised by the Bank of England to have bee
obtained by the Bidwell forgers, and in ii
trunk was found the name Of Geo. Bidwel
showing conclusively that it had been shippe
by aud belonged to him. Out of the $500