Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-07-22
GENERAL NEW S.
retained.

The Lake House at SKeneatcles, N. :,
was DESTROYED by an incendiary fire, Tuesday
night. Loss, $4,000.
The Hon. George c. King, member OF
Congress from Rhode Island, from lS49 to
1858, died at Newport on Sunday.
George w. Whittemore, proprietor OF
Wides Hotel in Boston, died on Sunday from
an over dose of laudanum.
| The Coal Monopolists have met with anoth-
er reverse. The eight hour strike in the
Scranton coal region was an entire failure.
Won Moltke, the chief of staff of the Prus-
sian armies, is the European Grant. Through
out the Continent he is known as "the man
who is silent in six languages"
Since Queen Victoria took her place on the
throne, thirty-three years ago, every other
throne in Europe, from the least unto the
greatest, has changed occupants.
Boston is expected to show population
of three hundred thousand this year, and this
number has been grown up to within three
lives of four score years each, or since the
year 1880.
French Chinese dictionary would seem
to most persons work above any one mans
strength and patience. An apostolic mission
airy has just completed that tremendous
piece of labor, the first copy of which he has
presented to the French Emperor
Chief Justice Chase arrived at St. Paul,
1oOt in, trifb his
daughter and ex-Confederate General John
c. Breckenridge. The whole party took
rooms and announced their intention of re-
naming some weeks.
The High Authorities at Washington are all
preparing for their summer vacation. The
President goes to his villa at Long Branch on
Thursday, and the Secretaries betake them
selves homeward.
A. j. Fletcher, late Secretary of State for
Tennessee, died on Saturday at his residence
in Bradley county, after an illness of several
days.
Robert Z. Lee arrived in Alexandria, Va,
on Thursday night last from Maryland, and
left on Friday evening for the home of Mr..
James NJ. Mason, Seminary Hill, Fairfax
county.
Suit has been instituted by the state of Mary
land against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
to recover $50, 000-one- fifth of the receipts
from passenger travel on the Washington
branch from January LIST to July list, 1870.
The Mott House, in Chicago, belonging to
John S. Miller of Sterling, was burned Mon
day. Loss $4,000.
Post Master General Creswell has decided
to put in operation on the LIST of August three
which will be equally distributed throughout
the United States.
The President has decided to send General
Sheridan to Europe to observe and report up
on the operations of the contending forces
on the continent, besides two or three MEM
bers of his staff Sheridan will probably be
accompanied by several officers, representing
the artillery, engineer and infantry branches
of the service.
In opening box car of a train for Boston,
Wednesday morning at Windsor, VT, it was
found that out Of one hundred and twenty
five lambs confined therein, and on their W ay
to market, only four were alive. They were
crowded into tight car, on hot day, and
had been cruelty smothered to death.
1t costs three cents less to raise pound OF
cotton now than before emancipation was pro.
claimed. There is still profit of $3l 80 pei
bale of 25O pounds, or 500, 200, 900 on croI
of 8, 200, 900 bales. This is exclusive of trans
portation to the seabord and the charges o
middlemen.
In Virginia alone the whole amount ofrev
enue collected from tobacco during all of Mr.
Johnson's administration was 81 ,440, 100 81
For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1870, Tho
whole amount collected from that source was
81, l46,077 %, while the amount collected
since Gen. Grants Inauguration is S., A.
oil II, or SS,674, 4Ol 81 in excess of the
amount collected in this one State during
Johnsons entire administration.
The Governor of Minnesota has rendered
the appointment of United Safes Senator t.
Hon. William Window, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator Norton.
r. G. Halliburton, son of the famous "San
Slick" is candidate for the chief justiceshil
Of Manitoba.
But few charges are to be made by Judg
Davis, the new United States District Attor