Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Virginia talks about separating its State
and Congressional elections.
Mad-dogs are terrifying the Baltimoreans
to an unprecedented extent.
Farmers are blowing in Southern Illinois
and bluebirds are plenty.
The lawyers in Congress count AZ Senators
and l45 Representatives.
Blair and Hoffman is the ticket for the
Presidential election urged upon the Demo-
Gratis by Missouri paper.
Senator Brownlow, scarcely able TO step or
TO speak, is the most regular Of all Senators
| in attendance at the Capitol.
New Bedford owns thirty-fve whaling yes
sells lying idle, because oil is so cheap that it
does not pay to start out after.any more Just
at present.
Nearly 10000 boxes of oranges arrived at
Boston last week from Messina, with l,29
boxes lemons. The supply of Sicily fruit is
now abundant, and is selling at cheap rates.
4 very rare and beautiful medallion of
Benjamin Franklin, struck in III, was
lately presented to the Massachusetts, Histori-
cal Society 1t is believed to be the first ever
made of clay in France.
A London music firm recently sold piano
and the buyer soon afterward wrote to the
dealers that he and his wife couldn't find the
place to wind it up; and they wanted to be
told at once how to make the thing go. They
were told to leave the instrument outside their
house for night or two.
A schoolmaster tells the following good
one: l was once teaching in quiet country
village The second morning of the session
had time to survey my surroundings, and
among the scanty furniture l espied three
legged stool els this the Ounce block"
asked little girl of FIVE. The dark eyes
sparkled, the curls nodded assent and the
lips rippled out; 81 guess So the teacher
always sits on it,.
Connecticut lawyer, who wished to cross
the river on ice, was told that it would be en-
trely safe to make the attempt if he crawled
on his hands and knees. Anxious to go he
humbed himself accordingly, and had labori-
ously got nail way across when ne was over
taken by man driving along lesurely in a
buggy. The rapidity with which he assumed
an upright position was startling to the driver
Humboldt, (Kanas) paper says that city
has the champion mailer in the world, in the
person of Albert Minor, lather by trade,
and son of Vermont The paper adds that
"Minor can drive more nails in one day than
any other living man. He will drive nails
faster than the fastest compositor can pick up
type. He will drive sixty lath nails a minute,
ten hours out of the twenty-four, the year
through, which would be 5000 an hour, sc, 900
day, or 5,26S, 900 per year.
Early in the last century gunsmth of the
name of Phipps emigrated from Bristol, Eng
land TO America, and became settler on the
banks of the Kennebec river, in Maine. A
son of his, William Phipps, was advanced to
distinction by the British Government for his
services in recovering sunken treasure. The
present head of this family is the Marquis of
Normandy, lately appointed Governor of
Brisbane Australia. He was well known
some twenty years ago in Canada, where, as
Earl of Mulgrave, he held military position.
Subsequently he was Governor of Nova
Scotia. His present Office is one of RESPONSE
bility.