Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-27
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Nj. John Cummins has resigned n d4tstt"f
Of he Eastern Railroad.
woman in Massachusetts fed tramp d. o;h
or day, after WHICH he asked If he might 60 10 bed
lorg enough for her to wash and iron his sAii
The number Of intcrmenta in the national 6cnc-
ttrcs has never lcen precisely ascertaincd un.i!
this summer. There were over 100000.
II is estimated that Minnesota viii have about
- COO Geo bushels Of wheat for eXIot, and that
the seasons crops will realize the sum OF s30,oto,
600.
\ pair Of Kentuclians, a man and wife, recent
" put up at hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. The
man was eight feet in height, and his vile three
inches taller.
Baltimore proposes 10 cut a tnnncl six miles
long a an estimated cost Of twenty millions CT
dollars, for the purpose Of introducing water into
the city from Gunpowder Creek. Il will be the
largest tunnel in this country.
Russia leather NUTS will be among tie novel
ties Of winter. They are Of Viclra workmanship,
and come in black, brown and lead cclcr, and are
lined with fur OF lambs wool. Lar bow orna-
Incnt them.
The st. Lcuis Republican pre.aces d itttsi des-
cribing the successful operation Of q narrow gQage
railroad ty affirming hat "there IS not single
fact connected with the narrow; guagc railio
experiment row attracting so large share o! pub
lie attention in tits country that is not favorable.
The schooner Jefferson Borden is loading a
Boothbay with percy chum fol England. This is
the vessel on board of which two mates belonging
IN Edgccomb, were murdered last spring. The
CABIN still tcals the marks of the desperate fight
ca her decks.
Mr. Spulaoo IS said 10 have wcndctul mem
oiy for names and faces ~ the close Ct his sun
day service he steps out Of his pulpit to the side
Of the floor, where his congregation pass out,
ami shakes hands with the members, calling
each by name and onqairiug after the families.
While Commodore Vanderbilt has brought up
his able son William to take lis place, President
GaTetl--aho would have bcen Gen. Garrett had
he accepted Secretary Stanton's nomination fol
Ma or-Gcaeracy--i. hlinging forward his ac-
tive son, Robert Jarrett, to he prominent officer
Of the western extension of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad to St. Louis. Mr. Robert Garrett built
the Virginia Valley Railroad TO Stanton, and is
lis President. He is highly educated and accom-
plisled, besides having tr-tratc business educa-
ton.-N6'n York Graphic
\ young man living in Halifax, y. s. is the
victim of a singular misfortune, which may result
in lhe loss Of his life. Picking Iii. teeth with a
straw piece Of it lodged between two teeth in
such manner that he could rot get it cut. 1t
annoyed him for some days, but at last the pain
ceased and he found that the straw had worked
under his tongue, where 1t soon logan to cause
pain, and finally resulted in the tongue becoming
swollen and inlamed, while symptoms similar to
these Of diptheria appeared in his throat lie at
once sought medical advice, hut his case is con-
s!dtiel yely critical.
The Hai5o Police have been investigating that
Piracy in Boston IIarbor," on board the schooner
Samuel Knights Of Passport, Me- an account Of
which was made public by Gloucester paper, and
report that at the time the alleged robbery took
place there were from twenty-five to thirty
schooncrs at anchor near by, all Of them having a
watch on tl.cir decks, and that no persons APP
proached the vessel in boat, and they further
say that no alarm was given. The conclusion
reached is that if robbery was committed which
they very much doubt, it was done outside tie To-
caty of tie South Boston flats.