Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-26
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. St. Louis promises to put up the "Great
Hotel ofthe West"
A Troy mechanic has invented steam
wagon for road driving that can show 2.2s to
harness, without a skip or break.
Ex-senator Richard Yates is lying danger.
ously i'll in Chicago.
The corner stone of the new Masonic Tenn
pie at Harrisburg, Pa, was laid with impress
sive ceremonies Monday.
Mrs. Fanny Hyde, who shot Mr.. George
Watson in Williamsburg, n. T., last April, is
TO have her second trial soon.
A Paris correspondent writes that Father
Hayacinthe's example in getting married will
be followed by large number of French
priests.
Two female lawyers were admitted to the
Utah bar Saturday.
There was a snowfall at She field, England,
Monday.
The Treasury officers at Washington acquit
the Sub-Treasury at New York Of any blame
in regard to Johnson's defalcation.
Plowman, the leader of the roughs who as.
saulted the veterans while passing through
Baltimore, has been sentenced to one year in
prison.
At a meeting Of the striking coal miners
and mine bosses of St. Clair county, Illinois,
concessions were made on both sides sufficient
to insure the adjustment of all difficulties and
the speedy resumption of mining operations
The complete examination of the accounts
Of johnson, the absconded stamp agent of the
New York sub-treasury, shows his defalca.
been taken from the proceeds Of stamps sold
and falsely accounted for.
Smallpox has pretty we'll died out in New
York, but typhoid fever seems to be getting
foothold instead. OF the former there were
but three cases this week, and but one death.
OF the latter the record is nineteen, being an
increased number for this season of the year.
The strike of Chicago journeymen carpen-
tiers for an increase Of wages to four dollars
per day has commenced. There was no work
Monday, except in cases where the demand
was acceded to. A number of bosses agreed
to pay the advance asked, and it is probable
that others will follow their example, There
was no disturbance.
1.-THE old oak chest" tragedy was repeated
lately in Kansas. Two children in Rock
by their mother, and in their play climbed in
to large chest (which closed with a spring"
and they were buried in that Giving tomb
and when found were smothered to death.
1t Is reported that a vigilance committee
has been formed in Dacotah, to deal sum-
marily with horse thieves and desperadoes in
that region. A party of the committee went
out to q stage rancho at Snake Greek last
Tuesday and hung Michael Hartert, keeper
of the rancho, and Henry Hyer, to the tele-
graph poles.
The Atkinson, Kan, Champion says:
"Kansas will probably produce more corn
this year than in the previous three years
The experiment Of raising cotton on small
scale is being tried in the southern portion of
the State. Oats are so abundant that farmers
propose feeding them to their cattle, rather
than selling at the present low prices"
The harvest of apples in Concord and vi
cinity this fall is one of the largest ever
known. Thousands of trees are literally
breaking down under their heavy burden of
fruit Ordinary apples can be bought for fif
ty cents barrel and grated ones in the or
chard for dollar barrel. Cider is SO low
that many farmers hardly know whether to
grind up their apples or let them go unpicked.
The Concord market is so glutted with fruit
that loads of apples have been carried there
and for want of buyers, hauled back home.
The heaviest rain storm ever known in
Milwaukee commenced Sunday night and con-
tinued until noon Monday. Streets and cell
lars were flooded and considerable damage
was done. Several barns in the country
were struck by lightning and consumed A
young man at Lebron, girl at Palmyra and
two men in Greenfield were killed by light
ming. The lightning was continuous during
the storm.
Great excitement was occasioned at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Friday, when it was re-
ported that torpedo boat, recently expert
mented with, had sunk with three men on
board. 1t appears that after the board of ma
val officers had postponed their experiments,
and the three men remained on board to do
some work, the boat suddenly sunk, but the
hatch was closed, and thus prevented the
water flowing in and drowning the men. A
steam derrick with large gang of men was
Immediately manned, and after two hours
work the boat was raised. The men were
still alive, the compressed air in the alright
chambers not having become exhausted. The
men had been under water over three hours.
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