The Republican journal., 1870-05-12
GENER ALITIE S.

Rev F. +, Lowell. of Essex, Mass, has been
detected in immoral practices in his flock, and has
ram away.
New York despatch says great activity pre-
walls among the Fenian leaders. They have SO 900
ucll disciplined men on their rolls and money is
prntv.
\ Young woman forgot something in an apart
m.n of the railroad depot at Portland last week.
tWi> taken care of by the authorities.
IN the fire at Quincy, H., fifteen business houses
were burned, Including the Herald office ca,,singa
tU-- Of 100000.
~y}rral circu,es are tending this way.
The Gardner journal, al Illinois newspaper. re-
.dIarly appears with three blank columns, which
re headed thus especial Notices These columns
tr reserved for those merchants who ought to adj
trtsc"
The kenncbec icegathererS selling their
locks. and making handsome cool profits.
Unc hundred newspapers have started ana failed
Tod hcago, and $90,ooo,oo0 have been sunk in Jour
.,li>c failures in New York.
The Lewiston journal has discovered some
Grier pigeons in mat city, and writes chapter
bout them
4 st. Louis clerk in rescung :, pretty girl in the
reefs from Il big dog, luckily sprained his ankle
lin. Young lady called a carriage, took her brave
observer home, nursed the roses back to his cheeks
Lewiston, fortunate city. ha- a ''Siree! Sprink-
lue Associations"
We are indebted 10 Hon. Warren johnson. for
pamphlet containing compilation Of the school
Laws u Maine.
lady who was injured by the Ealing of seats at
9m damages from the company.
lhe Newburypor Herald relates that IIartwen
t,... l.; r.
church >pire in that civ. lie has done the same
jlhg in Belfast.
capt Commerce. of the iron-cad Monarch has
NHtten letter Of thanks to the secretary of the
NNN for kindness and courtesy received during his
tay in Ibis country. He nclose> letter from the
Hr>h Board o Admiralty, written in the name
a the Queen. of a similar import.
IN 4 Kentucky breach OF promise case 3Sl love
|.tter- are 10 be read to an unfortunate Jury.
Where the India cotton Lul> yieldbut 70 pound,
o inferior cotton to the acre, the h's land OF the
~lulh produces q full babe.
The newspapers say that BOSTON Is no place TO
seek employment, There are lol~ of voung men
with nothing 10 do.
LAUNCHED. AT Frankfort, 3oth nit. from The
'ld OF Franklin Treat. schooner of 40 tons
;diei the Robert Bur0a' to be commanded by
apt. T. r. Clark.
Personal. Mr. Henry II. Body. OF No. T. Wall
trce, long and t3yorably known ON the street in
,unnecton with important and successful railway
enterprises received into partnership the list ,lav
MAY, lis nephew. Mr., ID. A. Bootlv. and his son.
MIR. III. L. Body, for the ranSacting of general
ttnkng and commission business. under the style
ln'I little of Henry IL. Body Go. Boston Post.
Hon A. W. Paine has been nominated and con-
nJmed Is Insurance Commissioner of Maine.
Albert Dougherty has been appointed postmaster
II shirley piScataqn> county, Me-, vice Paul :.
Merrill resigned.
B,lap NJ
Ilpminent merchants, failed on saturday last. 1t
one Of the most disastrous affairs of the kind
ht ha7 ever taken place in that town. inyolN ing
un9t every business man there 10 Il greater or less
rEtpn Iii, liabilities are estimated At sixty thou
and dollars.
Mrs. +. Cady Stanton writes from an Iowa town
that, falling to catch il train, she went back the
i"tel in A good state of mind To say damn it,
\ Young man named George Kicker, of Bangor
Was accidently shot in Portland, hy pistol in the
bands Of the captain Of hi vessel. lie will die,
Ten Thousand, four hundred and live emgrant-
arrived in NrW York last week.
A gentleman in Auburn, whose vic. is ill., took
his Young babe la his place of business Yesterday
armed with wen surchar&el nursing bottle and
rlt.ressfuy discharged the duties Of nursing
father ia Israel I'LL cNcntilc. such man il worth
tNi ing in 4 family. Lewiston Journal.
The daring thirvc, OF Lewiston stead the custo-
mcr- beef steak left on doorstep+ by the butcher,
the journal says.
The secret of the composition of Chinese gongs
long deemed impenerabc, has been discovered by
iWo industrious Frenclnnen.
Those Frenchmen might have employed their ill.,
io>lrY in betterWay. OF all the Internal ways of
announcing 10 a man That his dinner is ready. that
ot beating a gong in his ears i, the mos, dabocal,
and enough TO brighten away what appetite he might
have.
A story is told of two Vermont captains in the
war, between whom was a generous rivalry. relat-
ing tO their own gailHnry and that OF their com
pAnies. Both We're dangerously wounded AT the
Wilderness Captain h. was insensibe for two
days. hut on the third opened his eyes and inquired
# Captain W. was alive, and on being told that he
WAS doing well, said energctically, 'Wel, if w.
IN live, I'll be ID if die" And he didn't.
The Gospel Banner says: ''From what we have
heard we should not wonder if these two roads
the Portland q kennebec and the Maine Ccntral
We're united and doing business rs one corporation
pa(er one n1ne, brtore the toaHh Of JnlY nert."
Rcvel> the colorea senator, is starring it through
Massachusetts,
On Sunday night vessel on the stocks at Rob
hinston, nearly completed, was destroyed by fire
Size was being built by Mr., Henry f. Carter, and
her measurement WA, about aio tons. She was in
ured for $4,000, we learn from the Calais Auyer
tser.
BANGOR, May 6. A fire Ibis morning partially
destroyed wooden block of two stories corner
Hammond and Clinton streets, owned by j. W.
~
Cook 4 meat market. and Sherman X Hall a
grocery. The losses are As follows: j. w. Nicker-
~on about $1,000 insured $500 in the Union Co. Of
Bangor. j. X. Moore 5000; insured in the Lancas-
Ter 60. of Pennsylvania. Sherman 4 Hall, $1,000
insured $3.50 in the West Chester Co. of New
Rochelle, n. Y.
The Democratic state Convention will be held at
Portland, June 2Sth.
The Bangor Wing thinks that Adam and Eve
went out OF the garden with liz leaf to their
eyes" The genera; impression is that they didn't
have eyes where the liz leaves were.
lad of eighteen years in Hutlcr county, Penn
~}lNania never saw anything till the other day Il
Doctor removed catararts from both his eyes. which
had been there since his birth. He now every
thinF and is Greatly amazed and delighted.
LOCAL ITEMS, &c.