Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-03-10

under the act of last year eight insane con-
victs have been removed to the state lunatc
asylum. AE
The hottest day in Calcutta, India, during
1869, was the 9th Of April, when the Their
mometer reached l02 degrees in the shade;
the coolest was the 3Oth of December, when
it fell to fifty-seven degrees.
Prominent hotel men from Washington are
in Chicago negotiating for the lease of the
projected Pacific Hotel, which is to cover an
acre and half of ground and cost 81, OOO, OOO
The hotel is to be completed in 1872
trial in an English court is thus described
by Chinaman Zone man is quite silent,
another talks all the time, and twelve wise
men condemn the man who has not said
word"
Nineteen thousand six hundred and thirty
two acres of the public lands were disposed of
during the month of February in the land
Office Of Denver, Colorado.
Advices from Paris announce the death of
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, son-in-l law of
the late Baron James, in that city. lie had
been affected with paralysis for fifteen years
In New York prices of goods and of labor
are falling with the price of gold. There are
many out of employment and all the strikes
this spring have been failures.
A subscription has been started in Paris by
the extreme liberal papers for the families of
the men imprisoned during the recent riots, in
rivalry or in opposition to the subscriptions
for the policeman's widow, Mourot.
Speaking of a recent gale in the vicinity of
White Pine, Nevada, one miner remarked -
"Why, it's regular typhoid;" wherespon a
comrade patronizingly remarked to the by
ISLANDERS, Hes an ignorant cuss; he means
tycoon"
Senator Grimes has written from Naples to
friend in New York, under date of February
II. saying that his health, although not good,
is improving, and that he is much better than
he was last summer.
Turkey has opened the Bosphorus freely to
commerce Merchant vessels will not be sub
jected to delay or visitation in the passage
hereafter-a great boon to the trade of the
world and grand evidence of material pro-
gress in Turkey.
Silver coin has begun to flow back from
Canada, and its payment is becoming general
throughout New York city. Twenty barrels
Of new coin arrived there from Philadelphia
on Saturday.
Said youngster in high glee, displaying
his purchase to a bosom friend on the side
walk Two cocoa nuts for ten cents; that
will make me sick Tomorrow, and | won't
have to go to school,"
Louisville, Ky, has a General Jackson who
is called "Mudwall" to distinguish him from
"Stonewall," whereupon the New York Post
observes that "he might be classed as a poor
stick, to distinguish him from Odd Hickory >"
The American Churchman, an Episcopalian
journal, states that Archbishop Kenrick, of
St. Louis, has signed the protest of the French
and German bishops arguing against the ex-
pediency of declaring the infaliibility of the
Pope to be an article of faith.
Travellers arriving at Nice from Genoa, on
the 9th, report heavy fall of snow along the
Liguria, covering the heights to 200 feet
above the level of the sea The line is regu-
lar, and the contrast formed by the bright
green foliage of the olive and orange trees at
the base forms one of the most extraordinary
sights ever witnessed.
Philadelphians are already selecting their
summer quarters at Cape May. A number Of
new cottages, restaurants, small hotels, etc.
are being erected The burnt district is being
rebuilt There is to be a new post Office, and
brick pavements are already laid in various
portions of the city.
A good anecdote is told of Mr.. Rcvels, the
new Senator from Mississippi, who lately sat
by and heard himself and his race assailed by
the Democrats in the Senate before he was
admitted to his seat. A Republican Senator
asked him if he was disturbed by the abuse of
the leaders of the ''whte mans party" ''Oh.
no" said Mr.. Revels; 81 like it very much.
w,H shop the eolored people Of america rho
are their friends"