The Republican journal., 1875-12-09


gentleman with peculiar fitness for the po-
sition of third officer Of the government
He is an honest, able and courageous man.
None better than himself know the power
and responsibility of the position he as
sumes-none have clearer comprehen-
sion OF the demands Of the country upon
the great party that ne represents, and
none more determined that the lust ex-
pectations of the friends both of the party
and the country shall not fail. We CON
graduate our friends on the dlsappoint-
ment OF our enemies.
Fears of a fatal result to Mr.. Drisko.
of the Machias Union, from the murderous
assault upon him, are expressed. The
Maehias Republican says
1t is with regret we are obliged to record the
fact that very little hopes are entertained that
Mr. Drisko will recover from the effects of the
blow given by johnson on the 18th of NOyem-
Der. The broken arteries break out in bleed
lnS at intervals, requiring the presence of
physician ut his house all the time conseuuent-
ly great exhaustion results. Still, while there
Is lie tnefe Is nope.
The railroad restaurant al Brunswick,
is pretty good one, but it is wonderful
where the proprietor gets all the old hens
that enter into the daily iricasee thereof.
1t would seem rs though, following the
line of descent, that their posteriv might
be some say overtaken--but they escape
wonderfully.
We notice that Bishop Haven and two
hundred Methodist ministers, in session ut
Boston, have nominated Grant for Il third
term. Let us see, wasn't there in Judea
once the poor son Of a Jewish carpenter
who, when solicited to take part in strife,
said "My kingdom is not of this world?
Are these men wiser and better than their
Master?
The Gardiner journal SAWS One of our
well known citizens has recently we'd out
term in Jail tor drunkenness. He SAWS he had
"A tolne time. There We're twenty Jolly bows
there and not 4 diviI Of Il dhirlv black rtpubi-
can among them"
That couldn't have been the st. Louis
jail where Grants bosom friend Mcdonald
languishes, and whittier his private Sccre
tary Babcock is bound.
A poor old loon that hadn't sense
enough to 90 south, was recently discover
Ell in the river at Augusta, and fired at for
day with shot guns and rifles. Next
morning he was found with his feet frozen
in the ice, and captured. All this happen
ed in front Of the loonatc asylum.
The Bucksport railroad is looking up.
The Bangor Wing of Tuesday says
The BuekSport train was largely patromizcd
yesterday by persons going to Boston by steam
en-. The freight train from that place was very
heavily loaded. A large amount Of freight is
being carried TO Buck>por 10 be loaded on to
vessels.
The official count OF the Hancock
County votes, by the Governor and Coun-
ell, elect Tolman, Democrat, and proba-
bly, llinckiey, Republican, as senators, in
stead of IIinckley and Heath as before re-
ported.
If any ruddy hues are perceived in the
northern sky, let it not be thought that
they proceed from the aurora borcais It's
the Bangor Wing shaking the bloody
shirt over the organization Of Congress-
The Kennebec Journal records its be-
lief that rebels and copperheads are in the
ascendency in the House What pity .
But there's no Mcdonald, or Avery. or
Babcock among them, is there
The door-keepor (what an insult to loval
| mem was formerly Scrgeant-at-Arms of the
Gonte7ernte Cpngyrsst His name is Fitz-
hugh, OF Texas. Ken. Journal
Is that 50? Why, how sad Grants
bosom friends, the eyer-loyal Longstreet,
and Alderman, and Mosby will feel,
Augusta has lady chiropodist, which
| means that She will remove your corns
for a consideration. There are usually Il
good many Of the tender footed about the
state house.
Postmaster General Jewell reports in
favor OF reduction OF postage on tran
silent newspapers, and other matter, with
out reference to the feelings of H. Ilamlin
Sometime ago the radical papers were
lnquiring why the Democratic cocks didn't
crow. Wenow call attention to i radical
cock knocked out of timc-Babcock
A st. Louis despatch says that Bah
cock has been indicted Now the Gues-
ton is which tribunal shall have him, the
court OF court martial
-Schr. Mary lIawcs from Boston for
Camden, with Il cargo Of goods, was pick
ed up near Thatcher's Island and lowed
to Gloucester on Monday.
Avery, the radical whlskcy fraud, I'M
plicated with the Presidents private Sec
rotary, has been found guilty on the in
dictment.
Blind Tom is in st. Johns. b. rs people
left Portland without paving their respects to
the Press counting room. Portland Press.
Couldn't see it, probably.
-Cabel Cushing has told Spain that
this country doesn't desire to annex Cuba,
and the Dons are feeling better
The Democracy take charge of that
House like men who know what they are
about.
CARvEH's HARBoR. We have novel way of
catching1sh at this place. The salt pond above
the bridge is usually lrcquented in the fall by
large numbers of young herring and other fish.
The pond froze over so rapidly during the re-
cent cold weather that large quantities of the