Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-12
GENERAL NEWS.

The obsequies of Gov. Orr in New York
will be on grand scale.
The Danbuay News says "A Danbury
man who bought secondhand bedstead at
auction has sent it to Professor Agassiz, the
celebrated entomologist."
Indications from all sugar producing places
point to low prices for the nexttwelve months.
The Spectator has an article on "Possible
Popes, in which it points out the fact that
there is no longer Jesuit in the entire body
of cardinals.
Pennsylvania proposes to make its legisla
tors at the end of each session swear that they
have neither taken bride nor anything else
that didn't belong to them.
The Rev John Lewis Russell died at Sa-
lem on Saturday.
George Whey was run over and killed by
the cars at Bradford, Sunday.
The Richmond Enquirer states that a
would be legislator from Powhatan wants to
represent "for nix sission the agricultry and
manucultrary ntress" of the farmers.
The extreme radicals in Madrid assembled
in front Of the palace, Sunday, and made
demand that the red flag be hoisted.
The GAINESVILLE, o., Courier boasts that, be-
sides natural advantages" GAINESVILLE has
an indebtedness of between 5000 900 and
500, 900.
A Southern admirer of Sergeant Bates pro-
poses to walk through the Northern States,
starting from Bunker Hill, carrying unfurled
Confederate flag.
jeff. Davis is writing bis Confederate his
tory as rapidly as he can. He has but one
sound eye, which defect forbids much reading
or writing
cred in health as to travel short distances,
but has not yet attempted to resume business
hours.
A Kentucky man has named his sixteenth
child, recently born to him, Omega, hoping
the fates will let her be the last
| The shrewd city authorities of ST. Paul,
Mimi, propose to catch drunkards by tar
ring the lamp posts. One conspicuous pos,
thus besmeared works without salary, and is
estimated to be worth as much as about ten
constables.
DR.. j. G. Holland left New York on Fri
day for ten days fishing trip with the Og-
nossuc Fishing Club, on Rangely Lake, in
Maine.
A Modern writer says there is no country
where the ''poor devil of millionaire is 30
i'll off as in England"
Some of Rev. Mr.. Murray's ministerial
brethren are considerably stirred by the an
noupcement of his book upon the horse
A destructive fire ragged in Dublin on Mon
day, and a mob which gathered stoned the
| firemen, and were in turn charged by the
military.
| One of the queer features of the English
coal statistics is the statement that an addi
| tional ton Of coal has to be mined each
year for every person added to the popula-
ton.
AS rich and pretentious shoddyite was
looking at some paintings which he proposed
to buy, the dealer pointed to fine one, and
said, There is dog after Landseer." as
it, really" exclaimed the pretender. "What
is the dog after him for:'
MT. Alexander II. Stephens says, with a
display of learning which astonishes and con-
POUNDS us, that the questions, "What is De-
mocracy, and who are Democrats 2" are as
''momentous in their range as was that of
the great Cato, when he exclaimed, TO be
or not to be, that is the question :"
Two fatal cases of hydrophobia have lately
occurred at Baltimore. The publication of
the cases has created very earnest feeling
there against the keeping of dogs generally.
| The citizens are alarmed.
couple of lads at the White Mountains
are in high glee, as some time ago they
caught a pair of live eagles, and since their
capture the female bird has laid several eggs,
and is now setting. The boys have great ex-
pectations, and would not sell an egg for a
| gold eagle.
| lady dealer in hair goods heads her ad-
vertisement in the local newspaper with this
trayesty of DR.. Watts:
Glow vain are all things here below
| How false and yet how fair
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