The Republican journal., 1874-10-29

Georgetown near Newburyport had Il $3.50
900 fire on Monday.

900 fire on Monday.
Mrs. r. B. Grose was thrown from carriage
at Rockport last week, and seriously injured
During State Fair week the Maine Central
railroad sold 1888 excursion tickets and re-
turn.
Hon. Eugene Hale returned from Michigan
last Sunday Boy No. :, this time Ellsworth
American.
The Journal attributes the result in Ohio to
aimlcss discomfort. 1t might have been aim
less, but it hit.
Rumor says that New Haven offers the Rev
Adirondack Murray salary of $1,000, and
New York goes her 81 600 better.
Mrs Lizzie, wife of John Sinclair of Lowell
Mass. who was killed on railroad about two
weeks ago, died on Monday Of grief, aged -
years.
The New York Graphic suggests that if
polltlcal troubles continue in Louisiana the
name of the State had better be changed to
Loulsianarchy.
!he twin or double-hlH steamship Ca~talia,
bullt TO overcome the effects OF the rough sea
OF the English channel, has been tested aud
neither rolls nor pitches.
Gen. Butler CLOCKS toward to that time when
the public conscience shall be informed and the
public taste purified" What will become of
him then: n. Y. Mail
A debating society in Michigan had for II,
last question, ''When a Young lady refuses An
offer of marriage can she justly be accused Of
slight Of hand?"
General sherman sums up his creed like
this; if the people in the world would only be-
have one-half as well as they know how. God
would forgive them the balance.
Col. Shaw has sold hi, interest in the Oxford
Democrat to parties on Paris Hill, and he re-
moves to Portland to devote his attention eX-
cluSlvely to the Christian Mirror
Seventy thousand dollars of the 800, 900 re-
qulred to be raised to secure the building of the
Bangor water works. has been obtained With
good prospect OF procuring the remainder.
William, SON of $. H. jackson. of ST. George.
While on his way home, Wednesday evening,
was thrown from his carriage and his shoulder
was dislocatcd. Dir. George Elotbrook sci the
injured limb.
Horse breeders are sending their mares to
Aroostook to be wintcred. one lot of eighteen
has been sent from the Sampson farm in Man
chester, west of Augusta, where are kept up
wards of 100 breeding mares
The daughter Of Major Andrew Jackson
Donaldson, who was born in the White House,
and was at one time the wife of Il United States
senator and a society queen. il now employed
III one OF the departments at Washington.
"Why, YOU see" she began, ..you take Il
chestnut and cut round the hull with Shalp
knife, and You take one-half the chestnut in
your mouth, and your fellow takes the other
halt in his mouth, and pun, aud the hull comes
right Off"
A bull gave battle to coal train on a Penn
sslvania railroad the other day. The warlike
beast was killed by the onset Of his ponderous
antagonist, but unfortunately the train was
thrown a hn
fourteen ears wrecked.
The official figures of the Ohio election do
not vary materially from those already given
The Democrats have majorities in thirteen con-
sressional districts, and the Republicans in
seven. Bells, Democrat, majority for Secretary
OF state was ll,202
Mr.. Jacob Straw, formerly Il resident OF
Ellsworth but lately OF Hancock, died On
Friday last. While eating his breakfast he
compla OF feeling unwell,. pushed back his
chair, fell upon the floor and in a few minutes
breathed his last. His age was about y Years
Whales are still numerous in Vineyar,
Sound. The Spouting Of ten was counted at
one time ON Monday. Four in all have been
shot and sunk, but none haze been recovered.
These whales are attracted BY the large quantity
OF English herring in the Sound, upon which
they feed.
It's Of no use to try to get the Capital away
from Washington If Washington is the Kind of
town "Olivia" SAYS it is. Hear her. 1T i,
the great throbbing heart of a Republic whose
right hand grasps the beard of the stormy
Atlantic, while the left hand is held out for the
Pacific TO kiss"
(Which is Grant" said 4 siX-foot Texan
when the Presidential party was in the Indian
Territory The Chief Magistrate was pointed
out to him. He then took look at Sheridan
Augur, Babcock, and the rest and exclaimed
m mo ..nl ala,
whole party"
The County Commissioners lately awarded
10 Fred p. SpOhord, ESQ, of Bucksport the
sum Of Sls,l5o As damages against the Bucks
port and Bangor Railroad Company for land
taken by the Company in that village. The
land was near the river and consisted Of some
live acres of upland and about IL Of flats.
Cyrus Lufkin, Of Peabody. Mass, caught his
foot IN the Railroad track al ttoi l. 10 rvlos,-,
himself We're unaNalllng, and he was held fast
for hall an hour when u train of ears came
numbering down upon him. The poor man
saved his life by throwing himself one side but
lost his foot. the ears running oyer and cutting
it of
We learn that some of the creditor, of the
late detunct New England Express Company
are endeaVorinS to effect what they call a fnul
arrangement with the stockholders in this city
by the payment by the latter of 500 each
Query Would the payment Of this sum to Il
p0fttoH of the creditors free the Stockholders
from any claims that others might have against
the company. Rockland Globe.
Two Pems yyania farmers quarrclled for
twenty Years over the ownership OF a lane be-
tween their farms, which had been abandoned
as highway. The son of one and the daughter
OF the other managed to get acquainted, fell in
love mutually. and ran away to get married:
whereupon the old fellows dropped their quar-
rel, stopped their lawsuits, gave the new mar
ried pair the land in dispute and built aud
furnished a house upon il for them.
The town Of China, kennebcc county. reached
It's one hundredth anniversary on Friday, and
the day was made 4 holiday by the people Of
that community. 4 history Of China was
read by William Jacob and many of the OLD
settlers related incidents Of the early DAYS in
its history, when the few inhabitants Of the
town We're obliged 10 travel by bazed trees to
the Cobbossee Centre, now Gardiner. where the
nearest grist mill was located
Freeman Jewett discharged the content, of
one barrel Of a SlX-shOOting pistol ut Calvin
Cleveland, in SkOwhegan, "Wednesday evening
i'll the presence Of Cleveland's son; the ball
grazed CleVeland'> clothing, but did him no
injury. Jewctt was arrested and put under
$1,000 bonds 10 appear before the :. }. Court
The trouble arose from a disputed ownership
IN COWS. Both are middle aged and have
families.