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

General Magruder has abandoned featuring
on Macmillan.
The father of Hon. Arson Burlingame, Joel
Burlingame, Esq, is living in Dunton, Cook
county, Illinois.
Chicago has green peas and cauliflowers OF
this years growth from California, over the
Pacific Railroad.
| The Rhode Island Democratic State Con-
venton is to be held in Providence on Thurs
day, March II, to nominate candidates for
State officers.
John C. Breckenridge is about to take ed-
torial charge of one Of the Lexington (ky.)
newspapers.
The Ohio Editorial Convention, which met
in Springfield on the 2lst inst, was decided
success over 100 members of the fraternity
from every part of the State being present.
A train called the "Atlantic Hotel Express"
is running between Omaha and Chicago. 1t
is composed of dining, drawing-room and
sleeping cars, and no extra charge is made.
Hugh Clark of Randolph, Mass, has been
sentenced to 10 months Imprisonment for con-
cealng property from his creditors in bank
ruptcy.
None of the histories used as textbooks in
the schools of Great Britain, it is said, refer
to the war of the Revolution in this country.
Henry Ward Beecher says that the most
perfect description Of a gentleman ever writ
ten is contained in the thirteenth chapter Of
the first Corinthians.
The Tennessee Solens, in Constitutional
Convention assembled, have decided that the
white and black children of the State shall
have separate schools, and tutors Of different
shades of color.
An elopement in Hannibal. Mo-, was frus-
trated the other day by the cruel parent, who
Disguised himself and officiated as hackman
to the pair, driving them home instead of to
the railroad station.
While playing upon FIRE in Charlestown,
Mass, on Friday, a steam fire engine explod-
ed its boiler, breaking the leg OF Isaac w.
Bracket, foreman, with other severe injuries;
scading several persons near it.
They say that a member of one of the West
ern Legislatures recently wrote home to his
wife to know what his religion was. and that
she wrote back that he had better call it Pro-
testant and let it go at that.
West Virginia is aiding to propel the car Of
a., of naI on
Thursday the word white" was stricken out
of the suffrage clause of the State constitution,
and the latter so amended that all those dis
franchised on account of the rebellion are to
have the right of the ballot. The joint reso-
luton by which the constitution was thus
amended was adopted by vote of So to 8.
1t is said an architect recently began the
erection of church near Troy, the agreement
being that he should be paid upon the compile
ton of the edifce, and that the wardens have
now concluded, from some unexplained rea-
son, not to erect the spire contemplated in the
original plan. How to get the money is now
the architects daily study.
A cable despatch states that Minister Curtin
will take charge of the remains of Mr.. Bur-
lingame, in connection with the members OF
the Chinese embassy, and the body will be
embalmed and lie in state at the American le-
CATION and will finally be sent to America in
charge of representatives both of China and
the United States. 1t is said that the negoti-
atoms commenced with the Gear will be COM
pleted by the embassy, which will then return
to China 1t is understood that Mr.. Burlin-
game caught heavy cold, which eliminated
in congestve chill, resulting in death.
There are 5000 colored people in Washing
ton without adequate church, Sunday school
or public school facilities. The 'Tsland In
stitute," an association of phlanthropic citi-
zens, is attempting to better their condition
and doing good work, but is sorely in want
of funds. The present accommodations will
not suffice for 1900 people, and the blacks often
like churches, failing to get in. 1t is from
these uncared-for crowds that the jails of Wash
ington are largely recruited.
The Paris correspondent of an English
journal gives hope that the reign of hideous-
ness has wel-nigh come to an end, and the
fashion of woman's dress is to be simpler here
after. Madame Ollivier's high-bodied white
muslin ball dress has made amark in the world
of fashion. Simplicity and short skirts are
much more prevalent than they were last win
ter. 1t was at first supposed, when Madame
Olivier went to the Tulleries dressed a toilette
de premier communion, that she was suffer
ing from sore throat, but it would now APP
pear that the new Prime Minister wished his
wife to pay the price of lady-like manners
and an interesting face in making her way at
court, and to be Independent of the assistance
of Mr.. Worth.
William White, Esq, of Bowdoinham, who
was one of the board of County Commission
prs of SapadahOc some four vears 400 died