Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.

The richest planter in Mississippi is said TO
be colored man.
The winter in Kansas has been remarkably
farmers are in good cheer.
When it is finally decided who shall be
postmaster of Toledo, nearly two hundred
men will be sadly disappointed.
1t 10 said of a saloon-keeper recently con-
quered by the Ohio temperance people that he
never "smiled" again.
A colossal bronze statue of John Bunyan
has been cast. The statue is gift of the
Duke of Bedford to the town of Bedford.
Mr.. Nilsson acts as Mrs. Nilsson's col
lector and treasurer, and though his duties
are numerous his position is an exceedingly
pleasant one.
A new hotel is building at Rye Beach, n.
H. near the Ocean House. 1t will be called
Oakland Cottage, and Job Jenness will be the
landlord.
The largest tree in Brooxline, n. H., has
just been cut and sawed. 1t was pine, 100
years old. The first log, 10 feet long, made
feet.
The New York Sun the other day rejected
the advertisement of a new publication en-
titled "Gaining fortune by telling the truth
1t was considered a reflection on the editor.
Senator Edmunds of Vermont has been adj
vised by his physicians that he must seek re-
lief from his active labors for while. He is
proposing 10 90 South, by sea, and try the
effect of a change Of climate and life in the
open sir for few weeks.
An Oregon paper is trying to entics emf
grants thither, by declaring that there are
thousands of acres Of rich land there, await
ing good, practical farmers to work it and
produce therefrom the best grain in the Union
A wealthy gentleman, who owns a country
seat, nearly lost his wife, who fell into
river which flows through his estate. He an
nounced the narrow escape to his friends,
expecting their congratulations. One ofthem
an old bachelor-wrote as follows: II al
ways told you that river was toe shallow"
The following persuasive and encouraging
note was attached to a baby left on doorstep
in St. Louis: "Sir: Please accept this orphan
child. If you should despise the gift, give it
to some one who will appreciate it. From
the little acorn the mighty oak towers above.
This waif may yet be a Washington"
The rumor moRgers started a story on Wall
street Friday afternoon to the effect that
Daniel Drew had been seized with sudden
illness, and that his physician had dcspaired
of his recovery. The announcement was
wholly false, as Mr.. Drew was enjoying his
usual health. The story, as matter of course,
had its effect on certain stocks, but its falsity
mischief
An old man of 70, who had long been in
bonds Of intemperance, was recently con-
vertsd, and, when relating his experience,
ascribed his first determination to reform to
the remark of his little boy, who once brought
in the old mans brandy bottle from its hiding
place in II hay NOW, saying: 81 suppose some
vagabond left it there" The word vagabond
did the business.
The panstaking genius who has come to
the front Win inc state
men. tina, no United States Senator was ever
made President has evidently never known,
or has forgotten, that John Quincy Adams,
Andrew jackson, Martin Van Buren,, Frank
lin Pierce and James Buchanan served in the
United States Senate, and that John Tyler
and Andrew johnson were also members of
that body.
Col. Higginson says that student who was
in the class at Harvard two years before him
was "hauled up by the faculty for owning
boat. lie pleaded thrt he was not aware of
any objection to it but the college officer, how
ever, showed him 4 rule that "No student
shall be permitted to keep = domestic animal
without the consent of the faculty." and
argued that boat came within the restriction.
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