Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.

dentists office is not improperly called
his drawing-room.
The Russian Government can raise if de-
sired, 1000, 600 conscripts
The crop of Revolutionary widows is good
this year, Connecticut alone boasting thirty
three.
The Philadelphia florists profit to the ex-
tent of $50, 900 by the demand for flowers at
Easter.
A New Orleans man went crazy when he
found he had been making love to his mother
in-law at masquerade.
German mechanic in Ingolstadt claims to
have invented a printing press superior to the
best power presses now in use.
1t has been proved that silk resists decay
under ground for longer period than any
other textile fabric.
| A sour old bachelor makes the remark that
girl who is now termed "beautiful blonde"
would few years ago have been called Il
''tow head"
1t is said that an agent of Louis Napoleon
has bought the house in which the first En-
peror was born, at Ajaccio, as ! home, il is
supposed, for his master
Walt Whitman, the poet, thinks the pub
lished report of his death must be mistake.
The Boston Chorus Society adyertses that
"Elijah will be taken up" at the next series Of
rehearsals.
All the ladies of Cincinnati are saving, so,
my y over female infant, born in that city
on Wednesday, and weighing precisely one
and a half pounds at its birth.
A celebrated French dentist" has opened
an Office in New York, in which teeth and
greenbaeks are pulled by elegant gentlemen
in dress suits and white kids, to the accompa-
niment of music boxes.
The latest dose in the way Of song is, ''Give
my button string to josie" but the author,
being struck with holder spirit has nearly
finished stirring ditty called, ''Tickle my ear
with straw, brave boys"
The Cincinnati Inquirer says: g Joe Co.
burns wife complained that he had given an
other woman a set of jewelry, whereupon Jo-
seph settled the matter by giving her set-to.'
The new style of American shoes in vogue,
in imitation of alligator leather, is very popu-
lar. This saurian imitation originated at
Woburn Mass, and all the shoe towns are
now making alligator boots and shoes.
A reverend divine being accused of negli-
gence in his calling, and styled ian I'M
faithful shepherd" from scarcely ever visiting
his flock, defended himself by saying that he
was always with them at ''shearing time
Postage stamps of the denomination of sew
en- cents have been issued by the Government.
They are designed especially to prepay let
tiers to Germany, seven cents being the rate to
that country.
Fort Ann, n. Y, is some Of the towns"
They closed all the schools in the town last
week, on account of the depth of the mud,
and they have citizen who sold his wife for
Sl5 last fall, and has now married white
hall girl
Irish immigration to this country, which
was formerly the most extensive, is now rap
idly on the decrease, and the English arrivals
are becoming more numerous. The late war
i'll France will undoubtedly have the effect of
sending large French population to us dur
ing the coming year, and already arrange
ments are being made for the formation of
French colonies in Georgia, East Tennessee
and northern Alabama.
At the Nilsson concert in Washington the
audience were amused by the novel method
in which one enthusiastic admircr of Miss
Cary testified his appreciation of her render
ing OF the Flower Song" from "Faust." AT
'he conclusion of it lie sprang up the steps
ieauihg TO the stage, and rushed after the re-
treating form OF the fair singer, dashed tow
ara her mass Of loose flowers which he car
rleo III paper Some of the flowers fell on
the ladys train, and the remainder were
scattered in delightful confusion over the
stage. The young man did not wait to note
the effect of his comical demonstration. hut
hastily retreated to his seat in the corner,
amidst the laughter of the audience.
Mis-. Gill,