Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-22
GENERAL VIEWS.

Gen. Hooker is reported now entirely hip.
less.
The twentieth annual session of the Ameri
can Institute Of Homeopathy will he held in
Washington this week
In some Of the bays on the New Jersey
coast millions of clans and oysters lie dead
and breeding pestilence.
Col. Brown, wealthy stock raiser Of
Kansas, was killed last Thursday night sup
posed by young man whose sister Brown
had betrayed.
The arbor-vite and some other eyergreens
are dying as the summer approaches, and the
cause is being looked into by the horticultural
scientists.
John Greeley, uncle to Horace Greeley,
died in Londonderry, Y II. or the 10th
inst, aged Sc.
Some one has discovered that Methodist
ministers die at an earlier age than those Of
any other denomination.
The lawn mowers, garden vases, wire
screens, garden engines, and the rest of the
horticultural and house summer machinery
are rapidly making their appearance in the
market.
Charles Walter, convicted OF numbering q
family Of three persons, eight miles from
Marshfield, Mo-, three years ago, was hanged
at Marshfela on Friday.
The Tribune promises proot that mnrs than
$4,000 quarts of water are daily sold as
authorizations for milk in that city at money
loss of $40, 900 daily and an incalculable cost
OF health and life.
A special dispatch from the Michigan min
ing regions says thatthe Sheriff, supported by
troops. made six arrests on Friday night at
Calumet and lIecla mines without molestation
from the strikers The prisoners will be
brought to Houghton.
Mr.. Bennett Of the New York Herald has 4
telegraph wire mine miles connecting the
Herald office with his residence at Fort Wash.
ington: also shorter line (tbree niles to
his house on Fifth avenue.
Information from Virginia Maryland and
other Southern States reports fearful condition
Of the crops in consequence of the drought.
All cereals have been injured Fears are
entertained that great damage ha- been done
TO the tobacco crop.
Fifteen thousand dollars has been added 10
the sundry civil expenses TO construct a
pneumatic tube from the Capitol to the gov
eminent printing Office at Washington where
in to send messages, copy and printed matter.
On account of the reported robberies and
murders in the vicinity of Oak Lake and other
frontier settlements of Minnesota by proving
bands of Indians, Governor Austin has caused
arms to be distributed among the white nhab-
itants. 1t is now believed that the murderers
of the Cook family were pillaging Indians.
London paper says that the following OK
trac, is from an old play-bil still in existence :
"For the heneft Of Miss Brickler, 18th of
May. l7G1. At the end of the first act Miss
Brickler will sing tavoritc song from 'Ju-
dith,' accompanied by Mr. Dibden on new
instrument called the piano-forte"
There are now in New Orleans six estab-
lishments devoted TO working up cotton seed
! into useful products. These establishments
! have capacity for consuming a hundred
! thousand tons of seed per annum. The cap
| ial invested amounts to 81, 800, 600.
| The Palestine Exploring Society Of New
York is preparing an expedition to represent
| America in this held of antiquarian research.
| The district to which the special efforts OF the
explorers will be devoted is east of the Jordan,
embracing Edom, Moab, Gilead and Bashan.
The recent discovery of Moabite inscription
of great archaeological interest gives promise
of further success.