The Republican journal., 1872-12-19
Generalities.

dCuCTdttIOSs
The last Of the John Brown raiders is dead.
Forty-one unsuccessful newspapers died in
October.
A Wilmington pilot boat and five pilots were
lost in recent gale
1t is said that Mr.. Cushing and partners will
make over $4,000 out of the Coliseum building.
Small poX has appeared in several localities
IN Bangor, and all the public schools have been
closed.
by the breaking down of Parsons 4 Co.'s
wharf, at Gloucester, $500 hogsheads of salt
went into the harbor, causing loss of S32 600
A correspondent says that Peter Adams. of
Gardiner, was made Il mason in 1905, in the st.
George Lodge, of Warren, and is now Il member
of Hermon Lodge, in Gardiner Sixty-four
years, we think, caps the list of old masons in
the state.
The first train over the Boston and Maine
extension ran into Portland Friday night.
The Somerset Railroad is so far completed as
10 atiow an engine to run to Norridgewock
While the east suffers from the high price of
PROVISIONS Iowa people pay $500 Il ton for corn,
to burn up.
Indiana farmers band together and run saur
kfali factories on the same principle that cheese
factories are conducted.
The Clark's Island Granite Companv If
ihomastoh paid out So 900 one day. week be-
tore last, to their workmen.
The Ellsworth American says that Col Buck-
iahd ; surveying party has got over some five
or SIX miles of country aud are expected to
feach Ellsworth about the Both inst.
All farm utensils, horses cattle. and house.
nod goods At Chappaqua, We're sold At auction
saturday, bringing ridiculousIy low prices,
The Indians revenge curously. one recently
let loose 4 box OF rtltesn makes in the house of :,
Wisconsin man az inst whom he had a grudee
An aged wolnaE named Dugan, who ha, been
missing from he, home III Bangor since Mon
gay, was found drowned i'll her eistern ON
Thursday.
The Norwegian ship Franklin. which was
wrecked IN The North Sea, with loss of eighty
persons, 4 few days ago, was built in Rock
land in 1854
The kennebec Journal says that Arthur
MeserVN OF Jefferson, recently killed a lollpcer-
Vler which had been rendering the neighbor-
hood uncomfortable for some time
The December term of the 5, j. Cont for
Knox Go. commenced Tuesday the 9th Judge
l'itherson presiding. The grand Jury fonnd no
Indictment. lht number of new entities is I0l.
Mr.. Jedediuh Morrill, of WaterviIle died
Thursday afternoon. aged ninety-sjX wears
lie gave 10 the UniyersaIis Society, DURING the
past wear, the sum of $1,000, for a perin anent
lund for It's support.
The Chester train ob,ructor, Willy Clark.
was convicted at Springfield, Tuesday, his
couhSel lalIln@ to convince the jury that the
nlurderonS youth didn't know the difference
between right and wrong.
& The dedication ceremonies Of the new normal
srhooi-house ut CaSIne, will take pace in Jauu-
airy, IL Whth time the Governor council mem.
oers of the Legislature and friends Of education
throughout the State will be present
The Press says youth of twenty and = Girl
o. iil.een attempted to get married at one Of the
Portland churches on Tuesday evening. but the
5'rrs iholher put IN appearance and stopped the
ceremony. Ihereupon the would-be bride
groom got drunk.
The Maine Central Railroad Company has
more than wears supply of fuel on hand, hay
ing about $4,000 cords OF wood and $500 tons of
coal. They will purchase during the wear SOM.
l-,Uoo 10 10000 cords of WoOd,to Keep their trade
with regular customers.
flEE IN HouLToN. The Cary gri,tmil, To-
Gated on the MeduXnakeag, about Two miles
from lloulton, was destroyed by fire Thursday
| night The mill was full of grain at the time
which, with the building is Il total loss. There
was no insurance. The loss is supposed TO be
not less than 100000
William H. Aborn, Of Providence r. a
venerable gentleman, started out tor Il walk;
reaching grocery he sat down to rest and died
tlld an examination Of the basket ON his arm
discovered $4,000. His motive for carrying it
about with him has not been surmised.
Ihe Providence journal SAYS it has good rea-
sons or believing that the smallpox has existed
IN an hotel in Boston, with the know ledge of
the city authorizes that the clerk of the hotel
,lled OF the disease, and that the proprietor was
very seek, even 10 delirium, with it, and vet it
1t was kept concealed from the public, and the
BUSINESS was carried ON rs usual. The Boston
Advertiser says: This, if true would not be
at all surprising to BostonianS."
As an Inexpensive and excellent substitute
Tor the water closet, the earth y sem which has
attracted much attention in the scientific world
abroad and III this country for some time past :,
Is worthy Of examination. We are informed
that the Moue Earth Closet, advertised in an
other column. has been for several wears in eX-
tensiVe use IN the Government and other public
buildings OF England, France, Prussia and the
United States, and that the use of 1t in this
country for cotton mills and other factories in
machine shops, railroad stations, schools, col
leges, hotels, and in our finest residences, is
already very large,and heIsystem steadily grow
ing IN favor with the public.