Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-05-25
GENERAL Ne US.

Prof. Swing has Withdrawn from the Pres
byterian church.
President Grant approves Of the proposed
decoration of the graves of Confederates.
There are rumors of the approaching mar
rage of Mr.. Strakosch to Miss Annie Louise
Cary.
Lieut. Col. F. d. Grant will have leave of
absence to enable him to pay a visit to his
sister, Mrs. Sartoris, in England.
The illness of Gen. Butler is reported to
have taken a serious form, exciting much
anxiety among his friends.
Philadelphia makes more ingram carpeting
than all the other places in the country put
together. There are $50 factories.
The bill to abolish the Massachusetts, State
Police force was ordered to third reading
by vote of 1913 yeas to 10 nays in the House
Friday afternoon.
Scott county, Mimi, contains an extensive
Limburger cheese factory. The cheese is de-
clared to be grippe when piece the size of
bean will drive dog out of lanyard.
The Shawmut Church, Boston, offers DR..
Webb a vacation until September. supplying
the pulpit meantime; they have also appro-
priated for him $1,000 with which to purchase
and fit up burial lot.
A Connecticut man, whose son was i'll,
appealed to the physician. ''Do bring him
out Of it right away, doctor; do break up
the fever at once, even if you charge as much
as if he went through whole course of fever
The only time at which country editor
can be said to be really happy is when the
local druggist imports new soda fountain
Then the journalist knows that he can write
a column of gorgeous description, and look
forward to long and happy summer of free
refreshment.
Brigham Young, Jr., according to the Salt
Lake Tribune, has an original way of COM
plying with Scriptural injunctions. At
conference meeting last Sunday morning, he
thus instructed the brethren: 81 pray for our
enemies, brethren, but always pray that
they may 60 to hell"
Another Anglo-Russian alliance matrimo-
NAL is placed among the probabilities. The
prospective high contracting parties are the
Grand Duke Alexis and Beatrice, youngest
daughter of Queen Victoria. Alexis is about
"a years old and the princess IT, The matter
is seriously discussed in the political world.
recent book about Africa describes for
est of acacia trees being pierced with little
holes by some insect. The wind plays upon
these openings, producing flute-like sounds,
for which reason the natives call the trees
"sofar' trees, the word "soffar" meaning flute.
The Montreal Witness repeats a statement
made by a Toronto paper to the effect that a
girl who has been attending convent board
ing school in Toronto, and who alleged that
she had witnessed shocking immortality there,
has disappeared. Advertisements have been
published in the endeavor of finding her.
Another girl who attended school with her re-
fuses to return to the institution.
1t has been decided that no person has a
right to build or repair his own sidewalk in
Worcester; it must be done by the city and
assessed for.
Frank Brownell the avenger of Col. Ellis
worth, still lives, and was in Troy the other
day. He is a modest young man and prefers
running with fire engine to putting himself
on exhibition.
The church council at Worcester with ref
erence to the communication of Henry
Chever by the Mission Chapel Church has
concluded its Investigations, and as is usual in
quarrels both sides are found blameworthy.
The managers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
have established special lightning train be-
tween New York city and Washington, by
which the trip of two hundred and twenty
seven miles is made in six hours and forty
Minutes