Daily Kennebec journal., 1875-08-26
POLITICAL.

= Sixteen State elections will be held during the
next four months. California leads of on Sep
tember lst and then follows Arkansas, September
9th Maine September 18th; Iowa and Ohio, Oc-
tober 18th. On Nov. I'd Virginia, Kansas. Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Mississippi Minnesota, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
will hold their elections and the last for the year
will be Texas, on December 7th.
An Ohio correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune, who has been all over the State regards the
,epublican prospect as excellent. On the Western
Reserve, for example, he says, where the Liberals
were numbered by thousands, and the stay-at
home republicans by tens Of thousands, there Is
Z manifested set purpose to teach the democrats
that the people Of Ohio will not tolerate any pal
tering with the school system or the national
honor.
According to information given a New York
Times correspondent by Judge Settle of North
Carolina, the Constitutional Convention in that
State will list of SO democrats, So repub-
licans, and independents One of these gave
written pledge to the republicans Of his
district that he would act with that party in
efecting an organization No reliance is now
placed on this pledge, and it was generally
conceded that he will cast his vote with the
democrats. Another Of the Independents is
put down as certain to act with the republicans,
while the third man, DR.. Ransom Of Tyrrel, is
really independent, and stands uncommitted to
either party, but it is believed he will act with the
republicans. The vote on the convention clearly
establishes, in the opinion Of Judge Settle, that
North Carolina will be certain to vote for the re-
publican candidate for President in the Electoral
College in 1877.
GENERAL NEWS.
The French Ministers deny that Gladstone's
pamphlets have been interdicted in France.
r. Minnesota will have this year the best and
largest crop of potoa.es for many years. o-r
Thurlow Weed and family had narrow escape
from death by poisoning at the hands of careless
servant girl
A twelve-year old boy in wild state and una
bic to talk was recently captured by some hunters
in Northern Texas.
There is much sickness and mortality among
the children along the Inundated line of the West
ern rivers. -'e 81 ~, '.'
Chas. z. Clark, .of East CRANKY, VT, has the
original deed of the farm on which he lives, and
which has been in the family l62 years. ...5. a
A disgusted reader Of the Cincinnati Gazette
says, ain the names Of outraged humanity please
give us rest on base ball news.''
Ex-senator E. G. Ross Of Kansas is at present
foreman in the composing room of abe Lawrence
(Kan.) Journal. lie is in very reduced circum-
stances. l..
Many hard worked tramp across the ocean
now earns his money by the sweat of his brow,
going around disguised as Duncan-Sherman suf-
ferer.
The Sultan of ZANZIBAR is considerable of q mu-
siciap, and has been surprising the Parisians by
performing some Of Thalberg's fantasies on the
piano with almost the skin of virtuoso.
Peaches are SO plenty in Baltimore that the pro-
duce merchants have given away hundreds of bas-
kets of the fruit. Shipments to the West have
turned out badly and Baltimore dealers have de-
cided to quit the business. .4ts.F
The Rev W. H. II. Murray is to be editor of an
Independent religious newspaper to be published