Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-10-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Z / he steamer iiOTfct, eSIESH va N1i -
being a Cuban privateer, has been released
Ridley, Son Co., Liverpool merchants IN
tere.tcd in American trade, have suspended.
Senator Brownlows health is Improving
and he hopes for long life yet.
The census returns Of Nevada show the
popuation to be 4l,8G6. The valuation OF
the property is over 1872, 500, 900.
Mark Twain wants to have an armstice
proclaimed until his Map of Paris is trans
lated into French and German and supplied
TO both armies.
A bridge at Deneyer, Cal, sports this no
tice mo vehicle drawn by more than one
animal is allowed to cross this bridge in OPP
posite directions at the same time"
Captain j. Z. Commerell, late Of the Brit
ish ship Monarch, is to be stationed at the
Cape of Good Hope as commodore OF the
station.
The King of Portugal. it is said, is rapidly
losing his moral ascendency, and Prim and
other Spanish leaders are intriguing with
commissioners from Portugal to ALLEVIATE his
subjects.
The Chicago Board of Education has
adopted rule prohibiting teachers from re-
ceiving presents from their pupils, on penalty
Of dismissal from service.
Wilson, the murderer Of Warden WIZARD
of the Connecticut State Prison abstalned
from food nine days and four hours-when he
arose from his bench stood up in his cell and
nut out his noon ratons of meat and took his
evening rations Of mush and moiasses ana
commenced to eat.
Saturday afternoon a party OF men IN
small boat discovered a very large spermaceti
whale about ten miles from Gloucester float
ing On the water apparently dead They APP
preached and endeavored to secure him, but
he proved too lively, broke their tackling, and
tipped the men overload. Finding they could
not take him alive, the men killed him, and
Saturday he was lowed into Boston by the
steamer Emelne. He is sixty feet in length.
No civic funeral for years in New York
has eoualed that rendered to the memory OF
Mr.. Jourdan, the late Superintendent OF Po-
lice. The reserve Police force-two thous-
and strong-formed the escort. The Mayor
Judges of Courts. and eminent men were
pail bearers. The Aldermen and Common
Council came ont in body, and the flags
of the city were half mast. The Catholic
Cathedral was packed. The Archbishop, in
purple, attended, with an imposing array of
eminent prelates.
The Pension Rolls of the War Department
contain the names of twelve widows of revo-
lutionary soldiers, each over one hundred
wears of age. OF these relics of the Revou-
ton two have reached the ripe age OF III
wears: another. resident of Ohio, counts
nine years over century, and her son Is a
promising lad of eightyseven.
ooh, doesn't he disclaim fuidly" exclaimed
Mrs Partington, deligEtedly, as she listened
to the exercises of the Humtown Intellectual
Mutual improvement society. Her admlra-
ton knew no bounds as young dcclaimer,
with inspiration truly Demosthenic, launched
the flashing beam of his eloquence broadcast
among his auditors. "How fuidly he talks.
lie ought to be minister, l declare; and
how well he would look with surplus on, to
be sure, He stands on the nostrum as if he
was born and bred and oratorio all his life.
wish the President was here tonight, know
he'd see he was an extr' ordinary young man,
and like as not appint him minister extror-
d'nary, instead Of some that never preached
any at all"
The Central Republican Junta of Cuba and
Porto Rico, which had its headquarters in
New York for long time, has been formally
dissolved by President Senior Aldana, in
obedience to the recent neutrality proclama-
ton Of PresidentGrant.