The Republican journal., 1869-07-08

ern Pacific Railroad route. These gentlemen will
be absent Hntll fall 50 >ay> The Portland Argus.
Gen. caldwell has sailed for Valparaiso where
he is 70 be consul.
Mayor Harrison Baker, formerly OF the Augusta
.lou>", is negotiating for five years lease Of the
house at1er the expiration of the present lease.
speaker Blaine has had the degree Of l. L. d.
conferred upon him ri Bates College. The leading
radical spirits in the lower branch OF Congress
Dr. Blaine and DR.. Butler.
The Waerv- Mail, lha radical paper in Genera
Smith town, handsomely compliments that gentle
man.
Sonlrhody broke into the stable Of Mr.. Thomas,
truehrnan, of Gardiner. and cut the throat Of hi,
h"r>e-if"m revenge, as is supposed,
The brief reign of Secretary Borir il thus alud-
e,t To by m mregeneratr rhymer of the pres
fl tell you story
About Old Mother Bore,
And now my story'S begun
II her timbers had been stronger,
She'd have lasted little longer
Btlt now her storV'S done.
General Butler says it is always best 10 take
| Things aS we ind them" That's what he always
does if they have any value as property. Louis
! Vile journal.
All the deceased Booth family including John
Wilkes, have been buried by the side OF their gifted
, father, at Baltimore.
I IN extra polite circles the night-lnare is now term
ed the nocturnal horse oil the feminine gender
\ The New Brun, Wickers have 3OOhN0 bush el, Of
potatoes that they want TO sell but can't pay the
lli, "f - cents in gold. The same /, true Of um-
her and ; great many other products.
\ >chool-tc,,'her wa> endcavorng 10 impress up
nher scholars the terrible punishment of Nebuchad-
nezzar. She told them that for years he ate
Grass like a cow. inst then small boy asked:
" Did he give milk
Fiheen excursion car load, oi children from the
upper kennebec recently let loose In The Vi
cinitN Of Augusta.
The state Prison at Thoma,ton contain, 1866 coli
virtS The largest number ever there al one time.
Hon. George Peabody has given another million
dollars 10 nc added to his already magnificent fund
for the promotion Of education in the United states
Mr., T. Briggs smith, of Portland, has invented a
standing rigging for ships 1t Is made of solid
round bar IRON with spring attachment rendering
ii elastic at will which has been approved ofhy the
principal slip builders and owners of New York
and Boston, particularly by underwriters, and con-
~iered by practical men as destined to revolutions
/ il" The standing rigging Of vessels
\ Rev. Leatrcr Coan contributes the Bangor
Wing come poetry entitled " The Midnight Buge,
--rruhaby the result ii an addition to the family.
In Il div orrc in Indiana letter from the de
i''ndant wa- read, in which she said that she
unable to be present hut She begged the court for
God sake and her sake to let her husband have the
/ decree. and the court granted her request
Two immense Holsters from j. " Jones pack
house at taslne, passed through the city the other
day, and received the attentions OF an adnirng
crowd at our office; they We're bright and lively
and as their thmhS We're not plugged there We're
few bold enough to shake hands with them. Port
, and Transcript
The Gardner Reporter knows young iaiy that
i raising peanuts.
Chicago threatens To have Jubilee that shall beat
Bo>Ion'> Ten Thousand hogs will be trained ln
Squeal harmonousy and melodously.
\ ,ocitouS parent recently sent his daughter to
/ a noted ncuSt TO if she could be cured OF wink
ing to certain arlnaintance- she is Won't to meet in
The street.
The gra>~hopprrs is burden in the Rocky
Mountain resion--the Whole country being oyerrun
By the dayouring pest.
\ southern paper inainuate, that gentlemen who
part their hair in The middle thereby initiate the
wisdom Of Solomon, who once proposed to settle n
/ dispute between two women by parting the heir in
the middle.
\ \ London theatrical manager thoughr ii al
tractive feature to have room where babies could
be taken or during The performance. As a CON
sequence he has fine assortment ot juveniles that
nobody claims.
The wealthy men in cuba ar. sending large
amounts to this country for safely TW" millions
. weekly are now being forwarded
The Gettysburg National Monument was hedi-
Gated OH the l>t inst. Prayer offered by Rev.
/ Mr.. Eroehcr, and addresses were made hy General
Meade, Gov. Morton and others.
Alludins to the fact that Bore subscribed So0oD
! towards III" purchase Of Gen. Grants house. the
sun inquiries if it is not diSrespecttul 10 appoint
/ ms successor a man Who gave only 5000.
The exhibition of white babe, in Boston having
hecn ,uccc-~ the coored folks propose to try one
Descriptions file, in the New York police
4 >uperncndcnts Office Of twenty four persons who
have my>leriou-ly disappeared during the last two
weeks.
\ raft containing |, $4,000 feet Of lumber recent
/ ~ passed down the Mississippi river. 1t had five
acre, of surface.
4 tlori>t'> sign" New Haven Nur,ery"-was
lately transferred. at New Haven, hv students
IL Young ladies' seminary.
j The town of Norway, in tli, Stale, Is excited
over Il night-bloommg cereus, with blossom eleven
inches i'll diameter Mrs. smith has it,
| The Atlantic cabl, does 4 business Of over 7J,oo0
! par day.
Salmon coming back 10 The kennehcc. and
| The capital smacks its lip, over the fact.
/ 4 Middetown undertakcr's sign recently erected,
| reads, Coffin made and repaired.
! Wooden ga> pipes, made Of bored timber, arr 70
| be laid in the streets Of Oshkosh, Wis.
+. NJ. Drew ESD, Secretary Of Stale, hs,
thanks for a copy of the Maine Legislative Manual,
full of interesting and valuable information.
| The lIoullon Times t,> Of the death OF an old
lady aged lo2 years.
I Launched in Ihomaston. says the t,uzelle, on The
oath ut., from the yard Of MesSrs Walter Simmon,
and Dunn, schooner of 2G. tons measurement,
called the George b. McFarn rates Al for seven
wears, is designed for treghter and to be command
ed by Capt. Robert McFarlin, recently Of the
schooner Carrie Walker.
Many we'll informed persons thnk our new minis
ter to Spain has instruction to negotiate for the pul
chase of Cuba.
The great Sllez canal will br completed in Noyem-
ber.
4 eat at Rumori Fal- i. bringing up family of
Young foxes.
Portland is goin. to celebrate the anniversary of
the fight between the Enterprise and Boxer Sept
5th.