Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-25
GENERAL NElYS.

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California estimates its crop OF castor oil
at thirty thousand gallons.
Kirkpatrick.
Large gilt and enamel combs for the back
hair have come in fashion again.
Putting torpedoes in breakfast rolls is the
Missouri style of blowing up boarders.
a Rhode Island man has made fortune by
the manufacture of coffee mills
In Portugal they try, convict and hang a
murderer between dinner time and lunch.
Crops are reported doing well in all parts
of the Northwest, except portions of Mime
sofa.
The young women employed in the Long
Branch bathing houses are called souse
maids which is old but expressive.
Over 10000 singing birds have been I'M
ported at New York, this season, notwith-
standing which, it is said, good singers are
very scarce.
A lady storekeeper in Chicago, anxious for
custom, has put up sign announcing that
she is "a moral dressmaker and dry goods
dealer
Paris halter, whose stock was riddled
with bullets during the siege, now sells the
damaged hats at fabulous prices as souvenirs
of the war.
The champion pardoner' of America is
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granted $40 pardons since August 1865, in
GLIDING forty eight cases of murder.
a Hoosac tunnel teamster was lately riding
on $500 pound load of powder, smoking
his pipe, while Just behind was stage coach
full of passengers.
Mississippi farmer, last week, tried coal
oil for potato bugs, and met with eminent
success. 1t killed bugs, vines, and every
thing else it came in contact with.
Some one says the allowance of a West
Point Cadetin surnmer istwenty pairs of white
trousers week, with FIVE or ten extra pairs
in his trunk to fall back on, in case Of muddy
weather
They say on Wabash avenue that perfect
picture of domestic happiness is Gen. Sheri-
dan, sitting on doorstep handling Gen.
Forsyth's two children, one on each knee.
More flags were displayed from private
buildings in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tues
day, the anniversary Of American independ-
ence, than on Monday, the anniversary OF the
contamination of confederation.
A mother-in-law in Lancinburg, New York,
is trying to lid her eyes of quantity of red
pepper, which in some way or other came
through the l,ey-hoe of her daughter in laws
room.
In the midst OF the general destruction in
Paris, the magnificent buildings belonging to
Baron Rothschiid twelve times twelve in
| number, were untouched; not'even pane of
glass had to be restored.
lady had favorite lap-dog, which she
called Perchance ga singular name" said
| somebody. ''for beautiful pet, madame.
| Where did you find it?'' ''Oh," drawled she,
sit was named from Byron's dog. You re-
member where he says 'Perchance my dog
| will howl"
| woman in Memphis was determined to
commit suicide, but was forcibly prevented
| on several occasions. The Avalanche says
of her; Eight times did this courier Of the
| grim mOnarch's embrace attempt TO cross the
Styxe through the medium Of the Mississippi.
She is good woman-for items"
| A dealer in fertilizers, down in Alabama,
| Dragging Of his guano, says that farmer re.
| Gently put sample of il into his pocket, in
which there happened TO be carpet tack, and
started home on horseback. Before reaching
his house his steed broke down, and the farm
er was at loss to discover the cause until
he found that the carpet tack had grown to be
bar Of railroad iron.
One thousand and seven acres in New York
city are devoted to public parks, squares and
| places. The investment pays notwithstand-
ing the heavy cost Of maintenance and i'm
| proyement.
| A conductor on the Alabama and Chata-
nooga Railroad, who had incurred much
odiam on account OF cjec,ing poor woman
| from his train between two stations, was on a
recent trip taken out and whipped, and adj
| yised not 10 come ''in those parts" again.
| a case of much interest to journalists as
| well as contributors has Just been concluded
/ in an English court. A voluntary contribu-
ton was sent TO daily paper and committed
to the waste basket. The author then
brought an action for the recovery Of its value,
but the court held that voluntary contribu-
ton, as much as an ordinary letter, ceased to
be the writer's property when it left his
| hands
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