The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-15
News and Other Items.

The College Rowing Association has decided
to bold their next regatta at Saratoga, July IL.
| Benton G. Boone, the new Speaker OF the
/ Missouri House of Representatives, is grand
| son of Daniel Boone.
All the weavers in the Crescent Mill at Fall
River, struck yesterday for an advance in their
! wages.
A New Orleans special says Gov. Kellogg
| Wednesday gave Pinchback his credentials as
| U. s. Senator and he will leave for Wsshing-
| ton Immediately.
1t was blunder of the Associated Press that
| implicated H. j. Ramsdell, Washington cor
respondent of the Tribune, in the Pacific Mail
| swindle. His name is not on Aberts list.
| Iu st. John, N. B., the snow drifts on the
| Carleton side of the river were so large on Sun
day that funeral which was to have occurred
on that day had to be postponed, it being i'm
possible to get the hearse through the streets.
Moses A. Grinnell, sole survivor of the once
famous shipping house of Grinnell, MiDturm.&
Co.. New York, and formerly member of
Congress, is still active in the New York So
ciety.
Senator Jones of Nevada, was married re-
Gently in San Francisco, to Miss Georgiana F.
"Ariadne' twelve inches in height standing on
base of solid silver, with four silver bears.
Dawson, Judd & Co., dry goods merchants
of Philadelphia, have suspended; liabilities
100000; assets less than $4,000. The prine-
pal losers are the large houses in New York
city.
Reports from the Hudson river say that the
ice meu went to work at Stuyvesant yesterday
morning for 81 25 per day, and the Coxsaclie
men talk of marching up there aud driving
them off.
If you will take the popular popular pictures
of Lougfelow's EvaDgeline, the small headed,
wistful girl looking out to sea- and whiten the
hair and increase the pain in the face, you will
very nearly arrive at an idea of Mrs. Beecher.
-New York Letter.
The Wisconsin Legislature organized We'd
nesday. The senatorial contest is very active.
The supporters of Carpenter claim to be sure
of eight majority in joint caucus; the Wash
burne men, ON the other hand, claim five ma
jorty.
Elk Governor Thomas e. Bramlitte died at
his residence in Louisvilly. Ky. Tuesday, after
an illness of several weeks, He was Governor
of Kentucky during the closing years of the
part in politics. He was regarded as one of
the ablest and most prominent lawyers at the
Bar, aud a short time since acted temporarily
as judge of the Federal Court during the abb
sence of Judge Ballard. He died of rheuma-
tsm of the heart.
Upwards of sixty reporters, representing the
press not only of New York and BrootlyD but
various parts of the country, are present at
every session of the Beecher trial, not includ
ing the official stenographic reporters engaged
upon the case. For some leading papers spec
ial representatives have been engaged, as fer
example, George Alfred Townsend for the New
York Herald, and Jno. Swiuton from the Gin
cinnati Commercial. The New York Tribune
has done the best thing, however, in securing
tae official report, on the express condition that
it prints every word, interesting and uniuter-
esting, relevant or irrelevant
Counsel for Beecher have determined to pat
Mr.. Moultou through the severest cross-exam-
nation which any witness has undergone for
years in United States courts. An immense
number of questions to put to him have al
ready been written out, some of them of such
character as are likely to disturb the equauim-
ity of "a much more self-possessed man than
Mr. Meulton has proved to be. To these
queries will be added many which John X.
Porter has been busy preparing for several
days past There can be no doubt that this ex-
animation by the prosecution and defence will
give rise to many sharp encounters between
counsel, such as agitated the courtroom yes
terday Mr.. Beecher also is to be examined at
very great length, and the questions to be put
to him are already written over good sized
book of foolscap.