Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-11
GENERAL NEW.S.

Boston will have no fireworks and no bal
loon ascension on the Fourth of July.
The Spanish troops burned the body of the
slain Cuban leader, Agramonte.
The 54th annual convention of the Sweden
borgians is in session at Cincinnati
Several deaths from cholera are reported in
Nashville. Some pronounce the species
sporadic and others Asiatic.
A clergyman is reported to be authority for
the statement that convention of baldhead-
ed men is soon to be held in Boston for the
purpose Of reviving the old wig party.
A thrifty sheriff in Indiana, when he has
an idle jury on his hands, sets them to work
moving the grass around the Courthouse.
There was an increase in May ofover twen-
five per cent. in the manufacture of gold coin
on account of the recent reduction of coinage
charges.
The Atlantic works of Boston have been
awarded the contract for building one of the
new revenue steamers for $40, 800.
A Peoria man has nice-looking library,
all made up of Patent Office reports with the
backs neatly labeled with the names of great
authors and their works.
couple Of hundred visitors have already
arrived at Long Branch for the season, which
can hardly be said to commence until July
1t is reported that the Cunard Steamship
Company contemplate the establishment of q
daily line between this country and England.
The Boston Transcript says that persons
who send poetry to the newspapers should
retain the originals perhaps it would be just
as well
Rye Beach is promised many distinguished
visitors. this season, including the Secretary
of the Navy and Postmaster General and their
families.
Germany has arranged to send delegates to
the worlds convention of the Evangelical AL
lance. to be held in New Y ork in October.
The editor of the Fredericksburg (Va)
News was asked by stranger, "if it was pos
siblc that little town kept up four newspa-
pers," and the reply was, "No, it takes four
newspapers to keep up the town."
Enough of the story Of the rescued men of
the Polaris leaks out to render it probable that
the first story of Capt. Halls death is the
correct one, and that his loss is not to be at
tributed to violence or unnatural means.
James A. Coe, the certificate raiser, was
indicted by the Grand Jury on Saturday.
Nine indictments, with theee or four counts
each, were found.
The burning of the wooden mill at Hyde
Park early Saturday morning entailed a loss
| of half million, and threw four hundred op-
| eratives out of work.
The Albany Evening Journal suggests that
| by way of consolation, the next time you are
hard up, reflect upon the fact that the Bank
| of England has capital of 100000, 900.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached at
Park Street Church Sunday forenoon, at
tracing an immense audience.
The Postmaster General rules that post
master with a salary Of $1,000 and upwards
cannot also hold the office af Alderman of a
city.
The house in Murfreesboro', Tenn, in
which President Polk was married is now
used as stable.
California paper insists that 5000, gold,
is liberal allowance for the expenses of a
trip from the east to California, and says that
it "includes the cost of transportation to and
stay ut every one of our great scenic attrac.
tions."