Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-02


Senator Cameron is regaining the use of
his arm, which vas disabled by an accident
not long ago.
The highest vote on the Illinois republic
can electoral ticket was for Robert Lincoln.
son of the murdered ex-President.
A letter from Galveston to the New York
Times reports a movement in that city to
carve three new States out of Texas, with the
purpose Of putting six more democrats into
the United States Senate. Gov. Roberts is
at the head Of it.
A brief telegram from Enterprise, Miss,
to the vicksburg Herald, under date Of the
2ith inst, says: Last night, about 10
o'clock, Moses Davis, a negro living in the
suburbs of this place, was called out OF his
house by four unknown men and shot in the
head with pistol by one Of them"
Ex-Collector Simmons, who has spent
| some time in California, gives the opinion
that Gen. Garfield would have had from 1000
to 5000 majority in that State but for the Mo-
rev letter He said that New England peo-
pie have no idea of the intensity of the feel
| ing in California upon the Chinese question.
At Springfield. Sunday, Rev. Washington
GLADDEN. gave notice in his pulpit of the re-
publican city caucus next Wednesday even
ing. and urged all the republicans in his con-
gregation TO attend, saying that, as the ticket
there nominated would probably be elected.
! it was important that the nominations should
| be good ones.
| Chester A. Arthur is the seventh New York
man who has been elected Vice President,
the others were Aaron Burr, George Clinton,
Daniel d. Thompkins, Martin Van Buren,,
Willard Fillmore and VIM. A. Wheeler The
only president elected from the State was
Martin Van Buren,, though the Empire State
has been very prolific in presidential candi-
dates and aspirants.
Mr.. T. NJ. Cooper, member Of the repub-
lican National Committee from North Caro-
lima, who is in Washington, says there will
be two more Congressional contests from
that State in addition to those previously an
nsunced. In the lst District, c. w. Grandy
(rep. will contest the seat of Lathim dem.
In the 3rd District, W. Canady (rep.) will
contest the seat of Shackleford (dem.) The
basis of both cases is a charge of fraud and
bulldOzing.
A Western Congressman is said to have
been defeated by railroad officials who had
taken offence at his profuse shipment of pub
lie documents He had shipped boxes Of
those documents over the road addressed to
himself and accompanied by his big frank
and the words, Congressional documents
free" During the first session he sent sew
enteen tons of this class of matter over the
road, and as soon as he reached home he sent
it back again. His big boxes of pub. docs"
soon became notorious on the road. and the
face and figure of the Congressman were also
pretty well known. Wherever he stopped he
was sure to ask some of the freight agents if
they had seen any Of "my free freight late
w." file always made himself known, and
was sure to add, "You must handle those
boxes gently. They contain the speeches of
some of the greatest men of the Nation. If
you damage any of them I'll sue the road for
the full value" On election day the railway
officials worked hard to keep him at home.
When it was known that he was defeated
nearly every freight and baggageman on the
line got drunk, and for couple of days the
road was utterly demoralized. So the story
goes, but Nevada stories, though good, are
not always true.