Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-07-23

Defaulter.
Treasurer John Horan, Of Long Island City, has
been found deficient cash account 5000 and
admits msappropriating much larger amount
from funds obtained in the collection of back
taxes. His friends are endeavoring to compro-
mise the matter.
Boss Tweed.
Judge Donhue having ordered bill of particulars
asked for by the defendant in the case Of the peo-
pie vs.. VIM. NJ. Tweed, a notice of appeal has
been served by State Attorney Pratt. 1t is be-
lie~ed by many lawyers here that if this order is
largely toward freeing Tweed, as it will necessi-
tate the production Of the vouchers which
stolen from the court house. 1t will also release
Connolly, Sweeney and others of the Tweed
ring.
Brutal Assault.
A Carbondale, Pa, despatch states that Monday
night, John Jordan, discarded lover of Miss
Coyne, at the head of gang of drunken roughs,
attacked the house of her mother. Mrs. Coyne
fred into the crowd, fatally wounding Jordan and
while handing a revolver to her son it was acci-
dentally discharged, fatally wounding her daugh-
ter.
Indian Affairs.
The Indian investigating committee leaves to-
night for Omaha and thence to Cheyenne Fort
Laramie, the Red Cloud agency, Spotted Tail
agency, and if necessary, other Indian agencies.
The powers of the committee have been extended
and they will take into consideration the entire
question of frauds in the Indian department.
Chairman Fletcher says they will spare no pains
to reach the facts, no matter if the commissioner
of Indian affairs and the secretary of the interior
were involved in the frauds. The witnesses that
Prof. Marsh had given to the committee were not
more than twelve or fifteen, but from private in
formation probably from so to Is will be called
upon to testify. He was confident that there
was fraud i'll the filling of contracts in the east.
The supplies forwarded were stamped by the in
spectors, and if others were substituted on the
journey, the original articles failed Ofdelivery,
the committee would ascertain the facts, and
place the blame where it belonged.
Base Ball.
Base ball, to-day, Philadelphias 8, Atlantics 8.
Annual Cruise.
The Brooklyn Yach. Club left to-day on its an
nnal cruise to Newport and other Of the eastern
cities.
Losses by Fire.
The losses by fire insurance companies through
out the country, for the past six months, aggre-
gate $26,00O0OO.
Victorious Cornell.
The Cornell crew decline the dinner prohelca
them by the alumni in this city.
An In fiatiOnist.
A letter is printed, purporting to have been
written by Peter Cooper, favoring greenbacks, as
conducive to the prosperity of the country.
The Centennial.
Switzerland has subscribed $50 900 francs to
delray the expenses of the Swiss exhibition at
the centennial,
The Turkish minister has been furnished with
plan of the Turkish bazaar and coffee house,
to be erected on the centennial grounds.
The Markets.
There has been considerable activity in the
wheat market to day, prices having advanced 3a5
sents per iushel, with sales of S2S. 900 bushels.
More Fraud.
Albany, July %. Painful rumors are in circu-
lation here of the disappearance of important re-
cords from the Office of the division and resident
engineers of the Eastern division of canals, rea-
ting specially to some of the contracts of II. ID.
Denison, now in contempt for refusing to produce
his books before the canal investigating commiss-
ion. 1t would be premature to undertake to de-
termine at present what persons are compromised
by this disappearance.