The Republican journal., 1873-04-17

a New l DIX ulSpatcn or last week
says
In regard to seizure of $50 900 worth Of goods
on the A lgera on Saturday, it has leaked OF
that special service officers took their hint from
the crockery crates washed ashore from the
wreck Of the Atlantic, in which quantities of
snuggled silks We're found concealed They
searched all similar crates on the Algeria with
the above result.
That was an unfortunate venture for
the smugglers But if the crockery inn
porters had been custom house inspectors,
as is the case in this district, such dis
closure could never have happened The
crockery crates that come here never tell
any tales.
We learn that onr fellow citizen,
Hon. A. G. Jewett, has taken strong
ground in relation to the recent salary
| sWlndle, and denounces the act as scan
daons violation OF official honor and
decency. He puts the blame upon the
shoulders of all who aided the bill or con
sented to it, and holds the President
especially bameworthy in having ap-
proved q bill that contained gift OF a
hundred thousand dollars to himself. 1t
is quite probable that Mr.. Jewett will soon
give to the public his views upon this
subject.
The storm of Saturday and Sunday
was very severe at the westward In Bos-
ton it was called the worst of the season.
(
Several inches of mingled snow and rain
fell, and the wind blew fierce gale
The remains OF Helen l.. Gibson,
whose services rs nurse, endeared her
SO greatly to the Army of the Potomac,
lie without q memorial stone, in Wood
lawn Cemetery. The members of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and those
who have experienced her kind nursing,
are raising fund for a suitable monu-
ment. Contributions may be sent to Chas
A. Campbell, of Boston. We have no
| doubt that this will meet the eye Of many
who will be glad to contribute.
A fellow on the line of the Bangor
| and St. John railroad has a fancy for
shooting bullets into the train at night.
A coffin which an Augusta undertaken
had at his door was stolen recently The
perpetrator Of the grave offence is shroud-
| ed in mystery.
The Bridgton News which was bad
ly scorched in the recent fire, comes to
us shorn OF its proportions, but full of
pluck Major Shorey will soon bring it
out in full size, with new type and press.
The Augusta journal having accused
lady of that city of being "beastly
drunk" Dir. Brickett explains in a card
that she had taken too much medicine
composed Of chloroform and morphine.
The friends of Nixon, the convicted murderer
will dance in Bowery hall on Monday night.
for the benefit of his family. [Te. dispatches.
Is there any other place in the wide
world where the friends of condemned
man would get up dance for his benefit,
just before he dances on nothing?
Brigham Young is resigning his secu-
lar trusts. He says he is getting old, and
can attend only to the affairs of the church.
Brigham is u, and smart, notwithstand-
ing his much married condition.
DR.. Jordan has written temperance
poem having the title of The Great Goliah,
which he will read in Bangor tonight
The bearing of the title lies in the appli-
cation of it. Goliah was Slowed with a
sling.
Pope Plus the Ninth is reported to be
very i'll, SO much so that his life is de-
SPARED OF. The Cardinals have been
convoked to elect successor Immediately
on the event of the decease.