Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-11-17
GENER.4L .NEIj s.

monuuneu ut 10 DAniu ONOnaeN is spa
ken OF in ST. Louis, Mo.
Green Bay woman knit,, reads roeh.
the cradle, and preside. over ase~ins society
a. once, and fouri'les like green bay tree.
Snow to the depth Of sixteen inche. is re-
ported to be lying on the ground i'll the noun
tain regions Of Virginia.
An IGdiaur jury hss decided that man
riding on n free pass on railway has COED
ground for damages in case Of accident.
The man who ran against Abby GiHor. for
school superinte ndent in Iowa, aud received
eight votes, conclades that this Is an of year
i'll politics.
Memphi. hs. lost ?000 lives by the yellow
fever. The srea, fatality attending the dis
ease /. attributed 20 the absence OF good sew
erage.
The head boy of an Iowa primary school
measure. six feet eleven in his stockings, and
has only got about half his growth n. yet.
An Iowa lady postponed her daughters
wedding in order to have the nuptial. cee
brated on pleasant day. Now abe i. lock
j ing for her .on-ir-law.
A man residing at Bosots, in New Grana-
his estate, erected by colony Of Phoenician,
j in the days CT Hiram, the contemporary and
friend Of Solomon.
j A passenger train was thrown from the
track in Ohio Wednesday by obstruction.
placed thereon by mscreant.. One lady "a.
injured.
Switzerland supplies large portion Of the
/ asphalt used in the construction of road. in
! Europe, and also exports il to America.
J. Hale B.rsey, who forged the name OF
Gen. Babcock and the President to letters
asking money of postmaster, for political pur-
poses, Ia. been sent to lunatic asylum, AFTER
, careful medical examination.
political orator, speaking Of q certain
General whom he professed to admire, said
! that on the field of battle he was always found
where the bullets were thickest. "Thcre
WAS that" asked one OF his auditors. 'In
the ammunition wagon" yelled another.
Pennsylvania lady softcned the she'll of
/
gallon demijohn, placed it in a hatching o. en-,
and 10 she possesses. halfgrown chicken in
this curious coop. She proposes to raise an
| American eagle next, in a similar manner,
for the centennial exhibition.
recent traveller says that in Egypt and
Palestine he has been impressed with the alb
sence of cheerful and exhilarating music, e,-
pecialiy the singing of children. You never
hear them singing. A heavy burden Of voice,
less sadness rests upon the land.
Most American traveller. throw away much
of their reading matter at their journeys end.
But they do better in England where a. each
station can be found box fastened up, very
similar to- our letter boxes, but sometime.
larger, into which the traveller puts his papers,
books, etc. These are in turn collected BY
men who carry them to hospitals, homes for
old men and women and similar institutions,
where they were gladly received. Here i. a
& work for Y. NJ. c. Unions and Associations.
A story of Marshal Bazaine, who va. once
a simple private, is told in the Figaro. Ita,.
pears that he failed to pass the examination
for entry at st. Cyr, and ii was after this che ok
that he enlisted. At a review at Nancy some
volunteer, were presented to the marshal who
were preparing to enter ST. Cyr. He asked
them several questions, and made a grimace
as he perceived the general weakness of the
replies Remarkine, at last, that one Of the
young soldiers was much disturbed by his APP
parent failure, Bazaine said, "Bah, don't tor
ment yourself about that. They would lla-e
nothing to do with me a, 81, Cyr, ard yet here
ain all the same"