The Republican journal., 1874-02-26
1t is expected that the Legislature will
adjourn by the fourth Of March

1t is expected that the Legislat nre Will
adjourn by the fourth Of March.
Steve Lowry, the last of the North
Carolina outlaws. has been killed
The prospectus for a new eekly paper AT
Saco is being circulated in that CITY and receiy-
ing many signatures. 1t is to be called The
Barker.
1t has good chance of success, if every
dog is to have his day, and it bark long
enough and strong enough
The new York ice men were happy
during the cold snap early in February,
and began gathering in the crop from the
Hudson But the late warm weather has
destroyed their hopes, and now the Maine
dealers are at the top Of the heap.
And now it is a Hyde Park, Mass
man who kept his whiskey and bed-bug
poison too near together. His bed time
nipper proved his last, and the bugs held
a meeting of congratulation.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has decided that women can be legally
elected members of school committees So
the ladies who were expelled from that
position in Boston will have to be rein
stated "A very satisfactory reve rsal Of an
act which was not only unjust, but foolish
-Barnabas has recently been proving
around town, trying to buy up some one
of the many republicans who despise him,
with the place Of warehouse keeper, at
the magnificent salary of 1876 per year
Everybody is anxious to know who has
been cheap enough to take it,
Mr. Bennett, OF the New York Herald.
has inaugurated a splendid charity in that
city, having four soup houses at which
that savory and sustaining liquid is dis
pensed to the hungry without money and
without price As many as seven hundred
poor persons have been fed at one house
in a day.
On Friday last two prisoners escaped
from the Massachusetts State Prison thro'
tunnel twenty-five feet long, reaching
from the engine room to point outside
the wall They were employed in the en-
CINE room, one Of them having charge of
the engine, and worked from trap door
in the floor. One of the men was Worthinr.
engaged in the Augusta Bank robbery. in
l649
New York continues to discover novel
avenues to fortune The latest is that
travelled by q young man named Mckay.
A forged letter of the President of the
Western Union Telegraph Company was
read in the Stock Exchange announcing
further issue of stock The price of the
shares went down with crash. Then the
subtle and ingenious Mckay bought to the
extent of his means In u few hours he
had made 5000 900
"A Washington despatch says that Ben. But
Ter is reported to have told johnson Schurtz
that the merchants of New York We're 4 set of
damned rascals and psalm-singing pious scoun-
drels, and that he (Butler) would defend JAYNE
the lnformer if hell should stand in his way.
Hell won't stand in Bens way in this
life, although he will find that his path in
the world to come will terminate at that
tervid retreat. 1t is very much to the
credit of the merchants that they suffer
abuse from such u source From Butler
blame is a good deal more desirable than
praise
The Committee appointed to make
inquiry and examination and report upon
the matter of providing county buildings
for Knox County, have decided that
it is expedient for the county to build a
Court House. They submit plan. sub
stantially like that Of the new court house
| at Skowhegan, and recommend loan Of
$50, 900 for the purpose They report the
form OF an article for town warrants at
the coming spring elections, to be voted
! upon The report will be found in full in
| our advertising columns.
The Lowell murder trial, of which we