The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-30
NEW YORK,
The Stevens Battery Purchnsed by
Russia.

The Stevens Battery Purchnscd by
Russia.
New YORK, April 29-The Times has a
report that the Stevens battery was more than
a week ago purchased by an agent of the
Russian government, and one contract was
was signed at that time. The final agreement
will be made coon, and the vessel be trans
ierred to the Russian government for 81 ,000,-
900. The cost to. Stevens estate was not far
from $3,000,00O
The Reading Railroad Engineers.
The locomotive engineers at a large meeting
in jersey City last night condemned the action
of the Reading Railroad officials and pledged
carrying out the order fo1bidding its engineers
to belong to the brotherhood. A large secret
meeting of the brotherhood was held in Phlla.
delphia and another will take place tomorrow.
The New York Court House.
The Times says it is charged that the New
York Court House Commissioners while limit
ed by the board to apportionate the expendi-
ture of $105,000 have accepted contracts to the
amount of 1881 900 for the completion OF the
south portico and interior of the rotunds in
GLIDING the supports OF the dome. When this
money is exhausted there WILL it is said, be an
city of $500, OO0or $500, 900 for building on the
dome itself. The total additional cost of work
will thus be augmented to nearly $1,000,000;
cost to January, 1872, when the work was sus-
pened in consequence of the breaking up of the
ring was ST., 42O,732.
Tweed's Confession.
The Sunday News has a rumor from Albany
that Tweed is about to demand from the At
torney General the return of his alleged confess
sion. 1t is asserted the paper never was signed
or verified by hum, and contains unauthorized
statements and vouchers. Some of the vouch-
ers OF Tweed, it is sad have been taken and
retained by third party and proceedings are
taken for their recovery.
Miscellaneous
Gen. and Mrs. Grant and youngest child sail
May 10th from Philadelphia for Europe in
steamship Indiana. The General before his
departure will he recipient of special honors in
Independence Hall.
1t is stated number of applications, m anly
by Poles and Hungarians, have been made to
the Turkish acting consul for an opportunity
to enlist in the Turkish army. The American
offers include two colonies and number of
officers OF lower grade in our war.
An organization of Alumni of the Phi Beta
Kappa chapter OF ten colleges, including Yale,
Harvard, Bowdoin, Wesleyan and Trinity was
effected yesterday with Stewart L. Woodford
as President
The Sorosis by circular invites public
pecuniary assistance in the establishment of
university of education for women, for which
the doors of the university of the city of New
York are opened.
Search is being made here for James
Gilshonan, boy of Is years, who was entced
from his home in Westfeld, Mass.
Large sale of horses for the French light
cavalry service have been made in New York
the past week.
Tammany has resolved to drop from the rolls
of the district general committee all who do
not pay their assessments before the 1st of
June
The third claimant to the million dollars left
the United States government by Joseph Lewis
at Hoboken turned up in putative son, Thos,
Lewis, an Irish laborer.
U. S. District Attorney Woodford of New
York has been invie ed to deliver the oraton
commencement day at the University of Mis-
sissippi.
The nautical hool-ship ST. Marys will soon
sail for Fayal
John Bennett was horsewhipped last night in
Grand street by woman who says he had
slandered her.
Thirty barrels of oil were obtained from
whale stranded on Long Island.