The Republican journal., 1873-01-16
Generalitjes.


Brunswick, Saturday.
Mr.. Paul Curtis, the eminent ship-builder re-
Gently died ut his residence i'll East Boston.
The Telegraph companies promise general
reduction of rates at an carly day.
Mr.. Isaac Hall, depot master at Etna on the
Maine Central Railroad, fell down stairs into a
cellar striking on his head, sustaining severe
injuries.
The trial of the alleged murderer Alley will
commence in Boston Feb. g.
Honest farmers in Iowa fill ducks with wat er
and let them freeze before taking them to mar.
ket.
Albert Caswell has been brought back from
Massachusetts, charged with embezzng 80 600
from the town of Belgrade.
The fight for the senatorship of Missouri is
growing bitter. Hutchins and his friends are
determined to defeat Blair.
The French Minister at Washington does not
think that the death Of MAJ oeon will cause any
change or excitement in France.
Miss Helen NJ. Grant, aged sixty-one years.
died suddenly at Ellsworth, on Sunday night
the 5th, directly after visit to some relatives,
boat containing the bodies of two dead
men tloated by Columbia, Ohio, inclosed in a
utiu vi ICE. iuty plobdDlf frozen 10 UeaIn
Mrs. Darlington thus comments on the re-
ported strike of the wire drawers "Ah, me
what ew-tangled things won't they wear
next"
The West Point cadets will perform escort
duty At Washington. on the fourth of March,
The inauguration will be very splendid affair,
both civic and military.
Gen. Sckles has been instructed in decisive
but rpSDPcttUl terms tn rlt ouainSt no
apparent failure of Spain to carry into effect the
emancipation act, to which she is committed
A Young woman, passenger from Bangor
to Boston, had her pocket picked Friday of A 40
in money and check for $500 on a Nova Scotia
bank, all the money she possessed in the world
Two men escaped from the Pttsburg jail the
other night, after digging six months to make a
tunnel one hundred feet long. They left a note
telling the sheriff they would meet him in
heaven
The Boston Globe says that John Z. Hale is a
confirmed paravtic, and has softenin@ of the
brain He cannot leave his room and will not
probably live a great while. He is nearly Ct
years old.
T. J. Whtcomb, of Springfield, Vt, lost
seven valuable COWS recently by the barn floor
giving way and leaving them hanging by the
neck The earth had been dug away under the
barn for some purpose, thereby weakening the
foundation.
The trial of Leavitt Alley for the murder of
Abllah Ellis is 10 occur this month before the
Supreme Court in Boston. The counsel for the
defence will allege the insnficiencv of circum-
santial evidence to convict thpir client.
Abraham Slower of Penobscot. aged sixty
two. was found on Thursday. lying between
the bars of his sled his face having dragged up-
on the road until it was almost worn way
When discovered. his horses were Jogging
along brskly.
Twenty-Five vacancies will occur in the United
States Senate on the 4th Of March twelve of
which have already been filed. The States vet
to elect are Massachusetts, New York. Penn
Sylvana Georgia, Alabama, Florida Arkan-
saS, Illinois. Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas and
Nevada
The Journal says that girl Of Is years came
to Lewiston few days since from a neighbour
ing county, with a two months old infant in
her arms She had to tell the same old story of
betrayal and deSeftlOn, and finally She was
turned out of doors bv her parents The kind
hearted ladies Of Lewiston viii care for her
The journal SAYS that IN Auburn Nmrod
cornered nine skunks in their denS in an An
burn field, dug them out and captured the
whole LOT, lodging the fjlsllade of these pecu-
liar weapons with skill that left not ''the smell
OF fire. about him. Whenever one has a skunk
to catch, it will be prudent for him to let the lob
out to this tremendous skunk squelcher.
man in Chittentlen county. Vt. has made
an experiment designed 10 ascertain how far
soil is protected from cold by snow For tour
successive winter days. there being four inches
Of snow on a level, he found the average tenn
perature Immediately above the snow IA de
grees below zero Immediately beneath. 10 de-
greeS above zero; under DRIFT two feet deep.
q above zero.
Some Michigan boys, feeling the need Of a