The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-05-06

The filling OF some foreign missions with ne
roes is called an expectation Of wool
Bridgeport Is making ten millions Of cart
.flges for Spain-hxed ammunition with which
10 TX the rebels
4 rail-splitter in Howard, Wis, was lately
4aght In the cleft of log by the slipping out
n a wedge, and died after q few hours of OK
rene torture.
Cncle Sam has one hundred and ten millions
gold il his trowsers pocket.
san Francisco will indulge in huge celebra-
Ion Of the opening of the Pacific Railroad.
colored boy has been appointed as one Of
Tue pages in the New York Legislature, and a
lcetious editor remarks that this is not the
Hrst dark page in the history of that body.
he skeleton of man murdered 20 years
ag1 has been dug up in Worcester.
The Biddelord Journal fears our state election
to be triangular fight, with three candidates
a The field. 1t is not unlikely. Let EN- come.
\ New Orleans blind begsar appeared in
Court the other day, and gave security for a
friend, and swore to 500, 900 worth of property
a man In Indiana got divorced from his wife,
bat felt so lonesome that he courted and mar
led her over again.
There are some people In this and every 9TH
~ town, who are very much like the fox in the
able, who, because he lost his tail, wanted
-eeryhOdys else tail cut Off fCamden Herald.
We advise our brother not to yield to the
suggestion, but to keep his tal--it may be
u-eful
railroad meeting was held at Bay View
Hail, Camden, last week, in the interest of the
Penobscot Bay and River Railroad. Many OF
he prominent and wealthy citizens attended,
and Hon. n. g. Hichborn explained the pur-
0oses Of the company.
A Massachusetts farmer has found that cats
are the most profitable stock for the orchardist
While thousands Of trees in neighboring towns
IRE totally dertroyed by mice, the mice are the
~utterlng parties on his plantation
the Republican State Convention will be held
Bangor on the 9th of June.
For every Office iilled,' said Talleyraud ii
make one migrate and fifty enemies" s.For
very office filled" Grant might add, II make
one rascal and five hundred enemies"
kockland has got new schoolhouse, at a
cost OF $50, 900.
The Norwegian giant" said to be eight feet
Ugh, and ever so many inches around the
hest, arrived at New York, per steamer Glas-
sow.
The Skowhegan Reporter darkly hints at Il
as~of tar and feathers in that vicinity.
clerk in the Lowell Post Office stole sever
al thousand dollars from Aver the sarsaparila
man.
W. H. Tabor, Of Albion, has been arrested
at Machias, for stealing horse and sleigh
which he hired at Clinton.
1t was stated at a recent convention of work
ng women In New York that majority of the
girls employed to operate on heavy sewing ma
hines in shops, last" only one to two years
although a few stand the labor Il little longer
time.
Gen. Hancock will establish his head quar-
ters at St Paul next month
The individual that has been Recently intro
duced as Gen. Hancock to some of our citizens.
Is doubtless an imposter
he American says at a meeting of the Stock
holders of the Mt. Desert and fremont Tele-
9taph Company, Henry Clark was elected Pres
lent and Capt. Abraham Richardson of IRE
mont, A. j. Whiting of Mt. Desert Directors.
apt. David Brascom, Treasurer, X. g. SAILS
curry, Clerk. Most OF the stock is taken I'D
ana the line VIII be in operation by the first of
.iHiy.
The authorities of Texas give a hundred dol
als apiece for Indian scalps.
Oiled rags will take fire spontaneously under
certain conditions. The almshouse in Monson
Mass, came near being burned In this way.
Another of the Portland and Glasgow steam
ers has gone to Davy Jones. The ST. George
ieft Portland on the 23th, .,Ai struck Blonde
Rock, near the entrance to Bay of Fundy, on
the night OF the Doth. She is total wreck.
Fhe tide OF emigration from Europe Is set
ing very strongly to the United States this
BRING.
senator Trumbull, acting for Western Re.
publicans, has, 1t Is said, begun war on the adj
Ininstration
James Madlgan, an acrobat ana gylnuast in
torepaugh's circus, fell and broke his neck,
while performing in Paris, Ky, last week
dadigan travelled through New England for
The last two seasons, with Lents New York
rircus.
A man Ia Clinton, Mass, who had stiff fin
ger has sued doctor for cutting off the wrong
me. The doctor says that under the influence
at chloroform all his fingers became straight.
BY the laws Of iowa any person starting a
rrairie fire, and allowing it to get beyond his
rontrol, is subject to Imprisonment for thirty
lays, or a fine not to exceed 800.
The Pacific Railroad is complete, the last
rail- having been laid on Saturday.
Mumler the New York spirit photographer.
has been discharged from arrest
The third trial of Daniel ID. Kelley, the well
known East Boston ship builder, for breach of
promise, is Just concluded, in which he gets a
verdict. 1t is the third trial of the case two
previous verdicts for Mrs. Elms having been
set aside.
The Davenport Brothers, the celebrated "ty-
lng mediums" are coming this way The
medium squelcher" will have another chance
The New York Sun publishes the story of an
l.