The Republican journal., 1869-12-30
GEN ERALIT lie S.


Daniel strong. Of Portland, was poisoned md
died last week by tasting of Il phial ot petI-bus
poison which be found in attic.
Nye was somewhat snubbed when he stated in
the Senate that 'thc Democrat never went INTO the
war '.Why, sir" responded senator Thurman.
my uWn county, with its Democratic majority of
three thousand sent more Democrats to the war
than there are voters in tho whole State Of Ncya-
,ju.-'
j. the mild weather of December owing to the
annexation of part Of San Domingo:
Buffalo grl- are very saucy; MAY | see YOU
honc.H inquired lad of a lass at church last sun
day You may me anywhere you like, but
you can't walk with me-" WAS the pert response.
Elegant wcolen blankets and lal-robes from Cal
ifornia are now sold III thc Eastern markets. and
are eagerly sought.
The Oneida community celebrates the birth of
eleh new baby with 4 three days prayer meeting.
A discarded lover in Louisville wreaked his ven
gtancc by stealing the good clothes OF the young
woman the day before She was TO marry his rival.
Jeremy Bean. principal of the Oak Groye Semin-
ary, ut North NASsalboro has abSconded, after col
ioctine from the students all the money h" could
tor the coming term.
man in Cincinnati who sued another for S22,-
900 damages for scduclng his wife, has consented
to settle for so. A liberal discount.
In New Orleans. on the 18th inst. L. j. Byrd
fatally shot in the street by 7. V. Dueros The
immediate prov ocation a blow IN the face in
iicted by Byrd. but the trouble originated IN family
affairs.
app. ~clfridge is getting ready to survey the
Darien canal.
six married women in Louisville, outraged by
the M treatment to which Il drunkard was in tho
habit Of @ubiectng his fnmi'y, took him out OF bed
the other night and whipped hun numerically with
coW hl'le~-
Man who wear peculiar gold rm2, should be
rarp(uI where they put their fingers. \ citizen of
Iowa found Il neighbog'a ring in his pork barrel.
IN Waterloo Black Hawk county, Iowa, a family
WAS poisoned ly eating pie made from rhIharb
that had been put up IN Il tin can. Two OF the
members who drank milk 1t the same time were
u9t affected; but the others We're seriously SICK iol
-ume timf.
John Dtkcy, New York murderer. cheated the
e-tlirws by hanging himself in his cell.
A large and respectable dealer recently informed
l~ that his sa les during the last Christmas holidays
were increased fifty per cent. over the previous
Year 10y judici0us advertising. Like Il sensible tel-
low he keeps on advertising, and great will bc his
reward. Phil. Age.
Horace Greeley lccturcl last week a Lewiston,
on self Made Men,.
drunken man got his face into his hat the other
night, and died OF sutocation. The moral is dolt
n.y.
low, the superintendent of the Maine Insane Hos
ptal, is to remain in his present position, ii the
earnest solicitation of the Trustees.
During a Christmas lroc in Connecticut town,
a party of 200 persons. by the breaking Of tn floor
ing, were let into the cellar
Judge Davis has been re-apponted Postmaster
of Portland.
John Reed, Civil Engineer, estimates the cost OF
a railroad between The Knox * Lincoln Railroad
in Warren and the Belfast Il Moosehead Railroad,
i'll the head OF tide, i'll Belfast, 1T SSlS.3i2.
Cincinnati editor has been caught in 4 net. It
was brunette, and he likes it.
Men are coming from California to the Atlantic
States in search Of employment
\ drunken Californian recently asked eompan-
ion to cut his throat His accommodating friend
borrowed Il knife and the discouraged miner was
buried next day.
At the French masquerade ball, in New York
there was IA greater prevalence of naked deviltry
than that wicked city ever before witnessed. The
virtuous newspapers are greatly scandaliZed about
Hundreds OF people in Louisville gain living by
skimming the grease from Beargrass Creek, on the
banks of which are extensive pork-houses.
In Boston last Saturday, young rough nance
George Collins stabbed and killed Mrs. Riley. on
Cross street. There is hanging IN prospect.
New York has 2G0 gambling houses, 5000 profes
siona gamblers, and 81 800 900 capital invested il
the game, while $4,000 changes hands nightly ove'
the cards.
The inmates of the Massachusetts State Prison
had Jolly Thanksgiving.
Olive Logan says she never saw pretty girl bu
she wanted to take her in her arms and kiss her
The N. Y. Democrat says that is one of the few
thing, Olive has said. which we entirely endorse
The fine Yacht Meteor belonging 70 Mr. iorillard
of New York has been lost in the Mediterranean.
Horace Greeley in the last Independent ass
that the temperance party, AZ polltlcai orSahlZ'
ton, is dead failure.
The Howard National Bank, of Boston has di'
covered a deficit in the bookkeeper's account o
SeO 600, which no one can account for
Dent. Grants doorkeeper, says that nc IS to b
anponted collector Of the port of san Francisco
He is of the brother-in-laW division OF the family
The Jockey Club and accompaniment We're re-
ceiyed. but we know not how TO communicate witt
the sender.
Mrs lanes f. Moses wife of the landlord OF tli
Robinson House of Bucksport was tpresented vi
Christmas with silver service mar ked ffesehte'
to Mrs. James F. Moses by the Bucksport FIRE DE
partment, Dec. %, 1863.
The SaratOgian mentions AN extensive uos nS
in the street. The editor says he uid not iearh III
particulars, of what started the fight, but suppose
it "sort of McFarland-Rcha AFFAIR.
The Trbune's Washington correspondence say
that the President last September, decided 10 lss,'
a proclamation according beigerent rights 10 CUP
on the 30th OF that month; but it was not mao
public, through fear of war with Spain-Who Woul
be allied with France and England.