Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-18
GENERAL NE VS..


Justly stands A No. /.
The sale of Belmonts pictures in New York
amounted to over straightforward dollars.
Not less than twenty astronomers have
made arrangements for taking photographs of
the transit of Venus over the suns disk,
which is to take place in December, 1872.
There vas sharp shock of earthquake at
Austin, Nevada, Tuesday night, and there
was a slight shock in Stockton. California, the
same night.
1t is the opinion of those best informed that
the hog product for this year will be 25 per
cent. greater than last season.
The sale of Anthony Trollopes library will
last month and include also his thirty years
collection of art and antiquities in Italy.
At Louisville, Ky, more than 5000 horses
are sick with the epizootic, and all transport
tation is suspended. Citizens will draw the
engines to fires. The epidemic is also raging
at Milwaukee, Wis.
Percival b. Speer, convicted of forgery in
Philadelphia and sentenced to three years
imprisonment in the Penitentiary, in March,
1871, has been pardoned by the President.
man named Wagonncr was shot and
killed at Memphis. on Sunday, by a boarding
house keeper, while eating breakfast, for
making remarks in regard to the fare.
Sable Island, the grand Danger sic" of
mariners, has been fortified with new light
house and fog whistle, and another will be
added in the Spring.
The New York Mail says that the Boston
papers are so full of fire that a man can hard
ly hold one of them in his hands.
A gentleman who was burned out at n fire
in Belfast in 1866, went to Chicago and suf-
fered there only to try again in Boston and
come out heavy loser by the fire.
\ Western man set trap for weasel and
csught his mother in.law. a suit ct law for
damages followed, and an o,herw peaceful
family was broken up.
A Norwich, Conn, lady says that she was
awakened three times Saturday night dream
ing that she heard the fire alarm bells in Bos-
ton, where she lived for several years.
The number adjudication Offices destroyed
by the recent conf1agration was twenty-seven;
among them were one daily newspaper, thir-
teen weekly papers and ten magazines.
The first greenbacks that reached Chicago
after the fire came from the shoe, hide and
leather men OF Boston, who we're burnt ont
on Saturday night.
A man named Stewar. lately burned a
Il. and
then gave himself up to justice. He said he
wished to spite his mother, aud thought get
ting into the penitentary would do it.
Col. Rice, recluse, who since the war has
been living on an old barge at Fortress Mon
roe, lately shot himself fatally with rifle.
Twenty years ago, he was a prominent citi-
zen Of Richmond, Va, and Colonel of the
Black Horse Cavalry.
The revenue cutters are stationed for the
winter as follows: Mosswood, at PASSPORT;
Dobbin, at Castine: McCulloch, at Portland;
Mahoning at Boston; Active, at New Bed
ford: Campbell, Mt New London; Maccasin,
at Newport.
A mulatto girl, in attempting to cross the
recently, was struck by the cowcstcher and
thrown back upon the pilot She was found
to be unhurt, and remained there quietly en-
loving the ride until the next station was
reached when she jumped ofand exclaimed:
"Dis is just de place wanted to come to-
Last week the case was reported Of Jer.
seyman who died from grief Upon inyesti-
eating the circumstances of this melancholy
affair, it has been ascertained that his wife,
whom the physicians pronounced to be at the
point of death for several days, had uneXpect-
cdly recovered.
The appearance offemale ghosts at Nincen-
mes. Ind, is SO rapidly overcoming the dread
of supernatural phenomena among the male
members Of the community, that married
women refuse to allow their husbands to
leave the house after dark.
The students at Harvard College, who took
part 10 Grant procession, showed their ap-
probation of the humorous points of the Pres
idential question by the notices they carried.
President Elliot, in reply to request, de-
clined to allow the students to appear in a
body, as representatives of the College, it be-
ing non-partisan institution, but he could
not interpose, and had no objection to their
appearing informally. So they appeared,
carrying transparency which read "Who-
ever says these are Harvard Seniors is a liar
and villain"