Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-23

derful fishes and fowls. A sturgeon, Ave feet
and half long, lying on the ice Of a lake near
St. Adams, and . partridge 90 tame that the
Craftsbury children feed It with crumbs, are
the first to appear.
A German justice in the town Of Lincoln,
Wis. administers the following oath to wit
nesses: "You as awfully swear you will tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth the best what you can't"
The Rev. David Elliott, emeritus professor
in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary Of
Allegheny City, died on Wednesday, aged
eighty seven years. He was the last living
moderator of the original Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly before the division.
Arthur Orton, Tichborne claimant, was set
to work picking oakum as soon as he was
sentenced. He was obliged to wear his ordi-
nary clothes. as his dimensions required the
construction Of prison suit expressly for his
wearing.
William Lloyd Garrison concludes feel
ing tribute to Mr.. Sumner in the Independent
in this way; "In the long roll of martyrs in
the cause of liberty, the name Of Charles
Sumner shall stand conspicuous, as worthy
of the applause and reverence Of manhood. "
The Bishop of Winchester recently publicly
stated his regret that while England stood
preeminent a. a commercial country it &C.
cupied similar position in the most degrad-
ing vice of mankind, drunkenness, and ad-
vocated the removal of the temptation as a
cure for the evil.
The area of the British Empire comprises
about one third of the surface of the globe,
and is divided into thirty eight colonies, or
poses-three in Europe, eleven in America,
ten in Africa, seven in Asia. and seven in
Australia.
East St. Louis is about to have Tichborne
case. young man named George Nevil,
whose father died at East Louis thirty years
ago, has come forward and laid claim to q
valuable tract Of property left by his father a,
that city. He has recognized many Of the
old settlers.
Testimony Of a liquor dealer who was
asked where good whisky could be procured
81 have sold liquor since was old enough,
! at wholesale and retail, and am not yet sunk
so low as to say to any man there is any good
whisky. There 10 none! Twas never made
good enough for man to drink as beverage.
Solicitor Banfeld of the Treasury Depart
ment has prepared q statement showing that
the practice of contracting for the collection
of unpaid dues, and Of giving moieties there
for, originated during the administration of
franklin Pierce, when James Guthrie was
Secretary of the Treasury, and has been since
continued.
Mr.. Summers seat in the Senate remains
unoccupied, and banquet of white flowers
is kept on the desk. The festoons of Grape
remain on the rotunda and on the columns in
the Senate porch. All the employees on the
Senate side wear plain badges of white and
black ribbons, and number of Senators and
members wear Grape.
Blue.bird on yon leafess tree.
Dost thou carol thus TO me?
"Spring Is coming spring is here"
Say'st thou SO, my birdie dear!
What is that in misty shroud
Stealing from the darkened cloud?
10 the snow-hakes gathering round
Settle DER the whitened ground
Yet thou singest blithe and clear,
Spring is cOming Spring is here"