Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-06-14
Court resigns his position, because the salary
is not sufficient to support him.

Court resigns his position, because the salary
| is not sufficient to support him.
The Mormons refuse to pay the expenses of
the United States courts, and the lawyers re-
quire the parties to suits to pay the jury fees
in civil suits.
Edward Jenkins, the author of "Ginx's Ba-
by" is London barrister, and is only 80
years of age. His father is Presbyterian
minister in Montreal.
For fifteen years, daily, almost without ex-
ception, Stamford, Conn, man has sat on
fence near the depot, and watched every rail
road train as it passed.
Thomas Carlyle has been elected President
of the London Library, and Lord Lytton and
John Anthony Froude are among the new
members of the committee.
Two little children were buried alive by the
falling in Of a wall of a cave in Wexford, II.
l., the other day. Their mother, Mrs. Bur
nell, who was SICK died from the shock, and
the father has become insane.
Boston clergyman on Sunday accidental
ly disturbed a gas fixture with his foot and
the escaping gas drove his congregation out
of the house pale and sick, and wondering for
| the moment what could possibly be the cause.
Rear Admirals S. w. Godon and L. NJ.
| Goldsborough will soon be placed on the re-
tired list and Commodores Alfred Taylor and
James Alden will be promoted to the rank of
| rear-admiral.
A Massachusetts, genius advertised his bus
mess the other day by sending around in the
| rear of circus procession a modest one
horse conveyance, carrying huge banner,
inscribed ct. McCarthey.is dyeng on West
| street. call and see him."
| A few iron nails placed in vase with flow
ers will keep the water sweet and the flowers
| fresh This arises from the sulphur eliminat-
| ed from the plant, combined with the iron.
At town in Michigan, when friends of the
dead plant rare flowers on their graves, peo-
pie come and dig up and carry away the
plants, to put in flower pots and adorn their
own windows.
Mr. Andrew Johnson's friends talk of NOM
mating him for Congress in the First district
of Tennessee. But as the election does not
take place until next year, they may change
their minds.
A man in Michigan swapped his horse for
wife. An old bachelor acquaintance said
| he'd bet there was something wrong with the
horse, or its owner would not have fooled it
| away in that reckless manner.
In Vermont all of the wife's property of
every description, and whether in possession
or in action, is exempted from her husbands
debts and if he absconds she may, by petit
ton take and sell property as single woman.
The New York Free Labor Bureau has pro-
vided situations for II, 309 persons in the past
five months. The number of laborers sent
into the country is nearly double that of last
year, though the demand from the country is
still less than in the city
The Rev. W. II. II. Murray still recon-
hhends the Adrondacks to tourists and pleas
ure-seekers. He sums up the needful outfit
| in the following requisites: ga few dollars
in money, good pair of legs, and soul to
| appreciate the sublime and the beautiful"
| On the day of Rulof's execution bold
| countryman stationed himself on one of the
| bridges which cross the Chemango river, and
| with club enforced the payment of toll from
all persons wishing to cross to the hanging,
and he retained his position for greater part
of the day, the innocent people innocently
paying.
The anxiety of many of the democrats to
have the party accept the deceptive ''new de-
parture" of Mr.. Vallandigham suggests many
good anecdotes. Among them is that told of
a verdant looking Vermonter who appeared
at the Office of chemist with a large bundle
in yellow bandanna, and opening it, ex-
claimed: ''There, doctor, look at that"
"Well," said the doctor, see it, "What
do you call that, doctoE?' 81 call it iron
pyrites." "What, isn't that gold?" "No,"
said the doctor, and putting some over the
fire it evaporated up the chimney. sWal,"
said the poor fellow with woebegone look,
'there's wilder woman up in our town has
whole hill full of that, and I've. been and
married her" Another is told of a negro on
his death bed, who declared that he wanted to
''make his peace with eternity" Said the
father confessor to him 'Now, Caesar, are
you quite sure you have forgiven all your
enemies! Do you freely forgive your neigh
Dor Brown for the great injury he has done
your" 81 say, massa, if l dies, den forgb
him, but if l gets well, den dat niger better
look out for himself, sah!"