Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-05-25
GENERAL NJ rs.

Daniel Dew is seriously ILL., with little prospect
OF recovery.
Mr.. Moody was given pure Of $500 during
his stay in Augusta, Ga
| The Hon. Geo. L. Push of Cincinnati, is lying
very i'll with rheumatism of the heart.
| In England the death rate Of mon i, higher
among liquor sellers than among any o:aer class
except hackney coachmcn.
Beads are coming into Use gaia foc trimming
female garments, and tho.c OF gaudy colors are
preferred.
For Irishmcn at home there is manufactured in
year just one gallon of whiskey head; for
Scotchmcn at home, three quarts.
News has been received that three French Cath
Ollie missionaries, sent ont By 'gcran society,
were bcheaded the last Of January, Will. on the
road to Timbuctoo
The line of stage coaches between Cheyenne.
W. T., and Custer City, at the Black Hills, ha 5
been Withdrawn. or account of the Indian hoslii-
ties. The whole is overrun by rcdshi Gs.
Ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, who was re-
Gently arrested and taken ba,a to Atlanta, Ga,
on the charge Of official corruption while Cover
nor, declares that he establish h:; innocence.
Somebody said to Fred Douglass not long
since, "By the way, Mr.. Douglass, have for
gotten your age Il am not astonished in the
least" said Fred, with laugh; 81 have forgot
ten it myself-in point Of fact, never knew it. -
The potato bugs are ac lively at work on Long
Island. eating up the delicate vines and roots of
that favorite tu5er. The farmers have organized
a regular campaign against these voracous in
sects, but the cry is still they come
Edwin Booths county seat at Cos Cobb, Ct,
("Cedar Cht'), has been sold under the bank
ruptcy law to Charles A. Boyd Of Providence for
$50, 600, and Mrs Booth has offered her personal
property consstiny of the ferni.urc and the live
stock, for sale.
A bright young lady gave her slow lover deli
cate leap-year hin: the other evening. In the
course of conversation the gentleman asked her
what form of marriage she thought the most beau
tful. Her quick reply was, II should care little
for form. The substance seems Of more impor
lance" That gnl weals engagement ring
now.
Private letters from London alege that Win
slow is DESTROYS of returning to Boston if he can
be assured Of lenient treatment. He says if he
return he can save hi, creditors over over $780,
UOu SeTtdIu DoetoHiaiIs, HoNtNSi, atS s'th " w
spending money and using their influence to pre-
vent his return. Winslow says that many Of the
claims allowed in the Bankruptcy Court are illegal
The May number of the Southern Planter and
Farmer gives prominence to a letter from person
of some local importance, who starts with a de-
nunciation Of the negro claims to civil equality as
"a revolving dectrine' and "extreme expert
ment on human patience" lie goes much fur
ther. lie is against free schools altogether for
poor whites not less than for blacks. The whole
system, he says" is utterly indefensible. even
without reference to the question of mixed races;
it is, he adds, sin reconcilabe conflict with the
American theory of government, and with the
Bible doctrine of parental duty and responsibility.
Comment is needless.