Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-03-07


his right eye. The sad event was the result
of lifting two heavy sticks of timber In half
an hour after he had overtaxcd his strength
he was sightless. He felt no pain at the time,
and has experienced none since. q, "a
In Dayton, Ohio, last week, little girl Of
eight years was attacked by two ferocious dogs
and literally torn limb from limb.
The Emperor of Brazil has made an cxcep-
ton in favor of the street cars in Rio Janeiro.
They are not compelled to turn out for his
carriage. .y.... .5 ...
ssFrisking the till" is the name of an art
practised by London boy thieves. 1t consists
in creeping on hands and knees behind a shop
counter and robbing the money drawer.
General Jordan has, it is stated resigned
the command in chief of the Cuban insurgent
forces. and Bernabe Varona, alias Bembetta,
has been appointed in his place.
General Quesada, once commander OF the
Cuban insurgents, is at present in this coun-
try. He is confident of the success OF the
Cuban cause.
John Boyd of Lowell, died about II o'clock
Saturday afternoon by strangulaton, caused
by attempting to swallow a piece of meat not
properly masticated. He lived only three
quarters of an hour.
Superstitious members of the California
Legislature ascribe the earthquakes and the
tremendous fires now raging to divine judg-
ment for the repeal of the Sunday laws
A commotion has been created in New Ha-
ven BY the announcement Of Chief-of-Poiice
Bowen that since his election he has kept
sblue book" in which asc the names OF many
reputable married men,
A large cave has been discovered under
meath the city of Alton, Ill. 1t is in places
seven feet high, and has the usual character
stics of caves 1t has already been traversed
some hundreds of feet, and full exploration
has not yet been made.
A nice little game has been stopped at the
New York Custom House. Some OF the men
have been accustomed to wear stomach can
teens" fitting about the body under the coat,
into which they would syphon off liquor from
casks unloading, carry it away, empty 1t safe
ly and return.
A woman in Hampton, New Hampshire, had
a sixty-fiye pound tumor removed from her
body some time since. Since the operation
was performed she has recovered her health,
acquired new head of hair and grown a new
set of finger nails.
George A. Barnes and brother sold their
farm in West Brookfeld, Mass, at auction,
last week, to Alanson Hamilton for 81, l5O.
The farm has been owned by the Barnes fam
ily ever since the Indians were the owners of
it, and seven generations in direct line have
resided on it.
Salt fields, as rich in brine as those recent
ly discovered in Goderich, Canada, have been
discovered in Sanilac county, Michigan. The
lands comprise about three hundred acres, and
lie about six miles in and from Lexington, the
county seat of Sanilac.
A well-known judge, when he first came to
the oar, was very laundering speaker On
one occasion, when he was trying case in
volving right of property to lot Of pigs, he
said: s'Gentlemen of the jury, there were
just twenty -four pigs in that drove-just TWEEN
ty-four gentlemen-exactly twice as many as
there are in that jury box"
At Elkhart, Ind, last week, Mrs Mcguire,
in drunken frenzy, threw lighted kerosene
lamp at her husband. The lamp exploded,
setting fire to the house and the husbands
clothing. The house and its contents were
destroyed, and Mcguire was burned to death.
The woman has not been arrested.
The case of Judge Bradley's nomination to
the Supreme Bench was postponed until the
2lst of this month by the Senate in executive
session, by a vote of 90 to %. The postpone
ment was carried by the votes Of the southern
senators, who are anxious to secure nomi-
nation from one of the southern states.
For the Daily Journal.