Daily Kennebec journal., 1873-11-08
GENERAL .NEHS.

GENERIL NEHS.
Lager beer was elected in Chicago Tue scay
as Sunday beverage.
The Shanks habeas corpus cease in New
York was decided W ednesday in favor of Mr..
Shanks, who was accordingly discharged
The first ingredient in conversation is truth,
the next good Sense, the third good humor,
and the fourth wit.
From the Lake Superior district, thus far
this season, over a million tons of iron ore
have been shipped by water, besides large
quantity by raI.
The steamer Virsinius has been captured
with all on board by Spanish sunboat
The Lowell Courier remarks that no man
can consider his literary reputation secure
nowadays until he has written comic alma
nae.
Canada gives currency to a story Of an In
dian patriarch, who retains all his aboriginal
yivacity at the age OF one hundred and thirty
two.
1t is reported tia; two German merchant
men, with 1900 rifles intended for Malay
pirates, have been captured near Manila by a
Spanish war steamer.
A Chippewa chief has promised to show a
white man where bituminous coal is to be
found in Minnesota. The compact is, ''coal
no good, Iujan nc. ge: pay"
An ingenious Kentuckian has Invented a
wheel barrow in which man car trundle
himself home at night if necessary, without
troubling his friends
George Kennedy, a Schenectady firmer,
planted four barrels of peachblow potatoes on
Que and a quarter acres, and has dug one
hundred ana forty barrels therefrom.
Arthur Gorhan, son of DR.. William Cor
ham of the Boston Custom House, was killed
at Hampton Beach by the accidental discharge
of fowlng piece Wednesday afternoon.
Five out of nine OF the leading business
houses in Manchester, Iowa, are managed by
ladies'. 1t is suggested that the name of the
town be changed to Womanchester
A farmer gives this bit of advice, which
contains good hint: eff you want the boys
to stay on the farm, don't bear on too hard
when the boys are turning the grindstone.
The Boston Traveller says that the Mercan-
tile Savings Institution of that city received
from depositors in small amounts during the
month of October, 1873, S2l6,0oo; good
months work for these dull times.
A Brooklyn woman, enraged a: her husband
coming home dcad-drunk, the other night, at
tempted to bring him to by pouring hot water
into his ears. She succeeded, but he won't
hear any more
The latest extraordinary songstress is
Russian girl named Mile. Beocca. She is
astonishing European musical circles, and is
said to be equal to the PATHS or Nilsson.
1t is an ominous coincidence that Lorraine,
which gave birth to the great Marshal Ney,
who was executed for alleged treason, is also
the birthplace of Marshal Bazainc, now un-
dergoing trial for the same crime.
Probably the oldest timber in the world
which has been subjected to the use of man is
found in the ancient temples of Egypt. 1t is
found in connection with stone work which is
known to be at least four thousand years old.
At conference of the managers of the
begin at once running on three fourths time,
and continue so to run until the condition of
affairs changes. All the mills are included in
the arrangement.
Joseph Arch, the champion o. the English
farm laborers. was given reception Wednes-
day evening in Faneuil Hall. Addresses were
made by Wendell Phillips, Joseph Arch, +.
NJ. Chamberin, Gen. Butler and ex-Mayor |
Bncum Of Lynn.
Near Rochester there is an eccentric old
fellow who lives alongside graveyard. He |
was asked if it was not an unpleasant ioca-
ton. NO" said he; II never fined places
in all MY life wi,h set of neigh5ors that
minded their own business SO sti1dy as they |
do"
1t is officially stated that the Government
will lose nothing by the deposits OF the Treas
ury Department in the First National Bank. |
The amount has been recently secured in a
manner which does not affect the rights ofthe
creditors Of Jay Cooke & Co. or of the First
National Bank
The annual report OF the Commissioner of
Pensions shows that lG,io5 new pensioners
were added to the rolls last year and 10, 233
dropped, The total pensioners of all classes
are 23S,41l. The rates have been advanced
in l,7Gl cases. The total payments, includ-
ING salaries to agents, &c, were 500 lS5 PSI
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