Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-11-23
GENERAL NEWS.

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Ex-Secretary Wells, in his paper in the
Galaxy, gives the chief credit of the capture
of New Orleans to Farragut.
Mr.. Daniel w. Voorhees,, of Indiana,
thinks that the "new departure" defeated the
democratic party in the late elections.
The New York ''Citizen" dominates Mr..
Samuel J. Tilden as the democratic candidate
for President.
A rural paper remarks ''Cold nights have
put stop to gate sparkling. If she doesn't
ask you to come in now, you had better quit"
Let the youth who stands with glass of
liquor in his hand consider which he had bet
ter throw away-the liquor or himself.
One hundred and ten years ago there was
not single white man in Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Fun, commenting on the proverb, peace
hath her Victories" says: "Just so; more
men fall in love than in war;
Hartford lady screamed when she found
she was trying to eat a mouse by mistake for
doughnut.
The Oneida Community is issuing tracts to
prove that it is much more moral and estima-
bic than the Mornons. 1t sees small black
cloud in the horizon.
Oven the door of cobbler's shop in Sayan-
nah, Ga, appears this legend; 'Boots and
choac ;s mazda baro-1a1ies and Shpntlpmpn
repaired. Kun in hear
Among the republican gubernatorial candi-
dates in New Hampshire are Hon. Mr.. Straw
and the Hon. Mr.. Scripture.
patent has been issued for ''creeping
doll" An exchange says it is to be hoped
that this device will wholly supersede the
lubberly and offensive baby now in use.
The Consul of Sweden at Havana, Cuba,
has been banished from the Island. He is
charged with acting as the agent of Senior AL
dana and other well-known Cuban refugees.
A lady of the shoddy persuasion in New
York up town announces that she will give
''sham peter this winter. "sham peter"
in the winter, and in a city street, would be
decided novelty.
A clergyman in Iowa has swept away the
old established rules of marrying for fee,
and announces that he shall here's fter marry
by weight, charging four cents per pound for
the happy man, and two cents for the bride.
A famous hotel in New York that was gor
geously furnished has come to grief, because
its kitchen was barren of good things. Tray
oilers prefer an inviting table to gaudy iurni-
niture and snowy upholstery.
The claim of Mrs. Speakman against the
Spanish government in Cuba for the killing
of her husband two years ago will come be-
fore the Spanish American Claims Commits
sion at an early day. She demands $50, 900.
In Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, there is a man
who is almost literally ''as broad as he is
long" He is but five and half feet high,
and weighs four hundred and thirty five
pounds.
Boston lady expresses the opinion that
one woman should be officially connected
with all scientific organizations that have
buildings, so that the windows might be prop
erly cleaned, the steps washed off, and if
there is a grass-plot, that it be kept in order.
The wife of scissors grinder in Fort
Wayne Ind, died last week. For years the
couple had lived in q tumble down shanty in
the most abject poverty. After the old
lady's death an unused bed-tck was found and
examined, and the sum of 81 900 discovered
hidden away within its recesses.
The Department of Agriculture at Wash
inglon reports favorably of the cotton crop
of the present year. While the general pro-
duct will fall short of that of last year from
twenty to twenty-five per cent. perhaps, the
average quality is good, and there will be
larger product than was expected in October.
The London Lancet, which is authority on
such subjects, gives the following unique
cure for bone felo MS As soon as the disease
is felt, put directly over the spot fy-blister
about the size of your thumb nail, and let it
remain for six hours, at the expiration of
which time, directly under the surface of the
blister, may be seen the felon, which can in
stantly be taken out with the point of needle
or a lancet.
So much alarm has been caused in England
by the devastating confagration at Chicago,
that a proposal to establish number of large
reservoirs in the city of London, with two or
three hydrants in every street, is now before
the Common Council of London.