Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-05-14
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GENERAL NEWS.
The Globe and Democrat Of st. Louis a, c to be
consolidated.
A swimming match will amuse the people of
Lansing, Michigan, on the 4th Of July.
The hair of young lady in Vermont turned
white in a single night. She fell into flour
barrel.
Madame Ristor was robbed in New York by a
hotel servant, but the thief returned the loot and
was reprimanded.
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company
and it, dependent lines have subscribed half
million of dollars to the Centennial Celebration.
A centennial must look like small business to
the japanese, who have just celebrated the 2535th
anniversary of their country's existence.
Reports from all sections of the country regard
ing the crop prospects are more hopeful 1t is
now believed that the damage to fruit is not near
~ so great as at first represented.
Cincinnati is going to have monument of Gin
cinnatus on the top Of tower. The old gentle
man will have young porker under each arm,
for which the average Cinncinnatian will feel a
fraternal regard.
"What is stupid" he said when they reproached
him with having taken so much that he couldn't
put one foot before the other "what is stupid is
not having taken so much, but TRYING to walk af-
forwards"
| The members Of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association it is reported contemplate presenting
the monument and grounds to the City Of Boston
after the coming centennial celebration.
First cousins were married in Ottawa county,
i tbo role tio nah
discovered, the Judge and minister waited on the
parties, read the law to them, and informed them
that they must consider themselves unmarried.
The fine Gothic monument to the memory of
Heloise and Abelard, in the cemetery at Pere la
Chaise, is undergoing repairs The entire stone
work is to be renovated and the thousands Of sig
natures which empty-headed tourists have
scratched upon the tomb are to be removed.
| A lady who had been teaching her lttle-four
| year-old boy the elements Of arithmetic was
astoundcd by his running and proponnding the
| following problem "Mamma, if you had three
butterflies, and each butterfly had bug in his,
ear, how many butterflies would you havef' The
mother is still at work on the problem.
Ex-Chef Justice George w. Woodwad OF Penn
sylvania, whose death is announced, has been one
of the best known public men in that State for
many years. He was district judge for ten years,
and for fifteen years held seat on the Supreme
Court bench. In 1868 he was the democratic can
didate for Governor, but was defeated by Gov.
Curtin. In 1868 he was elected to Congress.
The Enterprise, of Virginia City, Nevada, says;
$40 not come here. This is what the situation
says to every man of the vast numbers which are
daily coming to this city, allured by the fame OF
the big bonanza and the hope of 81 per day.
There is neither work nor accommodations for
either these men or their families. This city is
overrun by workmen, seeking employment where
none is to be had"
1t was recently announced that the Empress
Carlotta, the widow Of the Emperor Macmillan,
was in . very alarming state of health. The In
dependence Beige, which reproduced this news,
but without guaranteeing its accuracy, now says
"that the physical health of the unfortunate
princess continues to be excellent, but that her
mental health remains unchanged"
| The St. Louis Globe thus describes fire in
milliner's shop: "Thc flames crowded through
the door and started in for fun. They tried on
| spring hats and jumped upon the chairs and tables
| to admire themselves in the mirrors. Then they
dashed hither and thither among the laces and
embroideries, feeding on ostrich feathers till they
became bloated, and then tramped the ruches I'M
der foot and stamped the beauties from out the
flowers until in all the wreck of matter they were
left the only bright things"
| Young man who hunted the streets Of Bos-
ton for week and could not obtain work went
into the country, the other day, and let himself for
S26 month and his board for the summer.
Wouldn't it be good idea for some of the young
men who are depending upon various religious,
charitable and benevolent organizations to obtain
situations for them in this city to follow this ex
ample Labor is scarce on our New England
FARMS and that is one reason why the nccessaries
of life are quoted at such high prices.-Boston
Globe.
Mr.. Caruth, the Vineland editor who was shot
through the head by Mr. Lands, still lives, and
his case is remarkable in the annals of surgery.
His homeopathic doctors, who were called in the
case to the exclusion Of of the most celebrated
surgeons of Philadelphia. have given him but one
medicine from the beginning. They have admin
istered arnica internally with the view TO prevent
Inflammation, and have not yet attempted any sur
gical operation. The orifce of the wound is in
fact contracted and the use of the probe is con-
sidered injudicious. The ball is supposed to have
lodged near the eye, upon the skull, and should it
| become encysted there is hope that the patient
may recover. That he still lives and is conscious
is either marvel Of nature or a triumph of medi
| cal skill.-Ne@ York Herald.