The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-26

GeueraIitses.

DoA ANNA .. Ii.
Generalities.
A woman has just got her fifth divorce in
Chicago, and still she isn't happy.
Twelve thousand trees have been planted by
the city OF Boston during the past season.
An Augusta woman shut her cat up in the
oven the other day and had roasted cat for sup
per.
by the bursting of mould in the steel works
at st. Louis, six men were badly burned by
molten steel, two fatally.
A Quebec despatch reports the loss Of six
fishing schooners on the North shore, a crew
OF seven perishing in one instance.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 90 Ilben Sawyer, a we'll
known citizen, had stroke of apoplexy at noon
to-day and died this evening. Age IS.
The Brooklyn Argus says that seen. Banks
political record is us tull of patches and as
variegatcd as an old-fashioned bed quilt
Two burglars were arrested in Clafln Il Co.'s
store, New York, Sunday night. They had
goods valued at $1,000 packed for removal.
Maggie Caire weighs 150 pounds. She fell
from Il trapeze in q Louisville theatre, and the
spectator upon whom she struck is abed yet.
The Brunswick Telegraph says there are on
ly nine Instances during the past thrty-thrcc
years, in which we have had snow in October.
1t is estimated that by the time winter sets
in the New Jersey butchers will be sending to
England thousand slaughtered cattle every
week.
The Springfield Republican says that Boss
Shepherds mistress has been ordered back on
the payroll OF the Treasury by express order
of the President.
The burning Of farmstcads, with cattle and
hay, continues ut an alarming rate in New Eng
land, and deserves to be looked into as Il new
specially i'll crime
The discovery of anthracite coal near Rut-
land, VT, is said to be in every respect genuine.
A shaft is being sunk within mile OF the Rut-
land railroad depot.
An insane woman at Glen Lock. Pa, on
Thursday beat the brains ont of three of her
children and tried to smother her infant, and
then fled to the woods.
Democratic ROSTERS this year are cut much
h CHER in the neck, and the tail teatherS are
Worn less bias-wise than they have been for
years. y. Y. World.
Mrs. Rufus Benson. Il widow, aged about 60
years, committed suicide at Camden by taking
arsenic. She was subject to low spirits. She
leaves family of four sons.
People who are still on the fence are eagerly
gauginS the relative size Of the torchlight pro-
SESSIONS in order to decide on which side to
alight. philadelphia Press.
lothian Carleton, aged A., tell from the main
deck into the hold Of Il ship building in VIM
Rogers yard. at Bath, Monday morning, and
was killed. lie leaves :: wife.
Prince Milan of servia has received from Rus
sia Il sword said 10 be fourteen hundred years
old, which still bears marks of service in the
crusadeS, when it was even then in its old age.
They have elected pair OF breechcs Gov
| ernor Of Indiana. Lowell Courier Well,
wouldn't you prefer pair of breeches to Il pair
Of kid gloves, supposing you could have but
one? Boston Post.
Potte bridge, one mile from Mechanic Falls
iell Thursday, carrying one man and 46 cattle.
belonging 10 j. +. Leighton OF Gray, into the
water. William T. Russell of Hartford was
badly injured about the head.
! At baby show in Biddeford Wednesday,
| evening there was a great crowd. Thrty-two
of the little dears We're on exhibition, and the
girl baby of Mrs. II. H. Ingersoll took the prize
silver cup, as the prettiest baby.
Langdon W. Moore, chief of the gang of bank
| robbers who robbed the Lime Rock Bank in
1870, Of whom he. with Hight and Litchtield,
| were sent to the State prison at Thomaston,
has been released, aud has gone to New York.
| The News says that there were three inches
of snow on the level, Monday morning, and it
had not all disappeared at Waldoboro, We'd
nesdav. 1t was an unusual sight to see apple
| trees loaded with fruit and snow at the same
| time.
| In quarrel over game of checkers in a
New York lodging house Friday night, a China
| man named Quimbo Apo, killed Il man named
John Kelley by stabbing. The Chnuman was
! 4 desperate character who killed his wife and
two men fifteen years ago.
BUCKsPoRr, Oct. 20. Prescott P. Heath was
| to-day brought before Trial Justice Pllsburv,
| charged with firing the house of Mrs, OriIia
Heath on Tuesday night last. Evidence was
so strong against him that his ease was not con-
sidered bailable. so he was bound over to an
swer at the April term Of court.
| A citizen of Old Bridge y. j., a few nights
ago hearing a noise i'll his hen-coop, went out
with his revolver, and after firing several times
heard q 9roan, as II some one was hurt. On
going further he was seized by Il tricky robher,
who. after beating him in terrible manner,
departed with his watch and all his chickens.
Mrs. Irene House, re Gently tried for her life in
New Jersey, apparently possesses a keen sense
of humor. While her son was tesiityng that
she shot her hlls band, he made Il bluff retort to
some question by the examining lawyer and
thercupon, says the report. her face lit up
with Il merry expression and she fairly laugh
ed"
Centennial exhibitors are to be allowed to It.
move their goods after November |, and after
the close of the exhibition an admission tee of
fifty cents will be charged to those who desire
| to purchase unsold goods, the Director General
being authorized to keep the building open as
long as he may deem eXpedient fer the interest
| of the exhibition
Charles Fish, of SkOWhegan. recently left Il
well which lie was digging uncovered one night
and in Tie morning lie found he had captured
two OF his best cows therein. The well being
twelve feet deep he had to throw in straw until
he raised the COWS to Il sufficient height to en-
able them to step out. Strange to say no in
Jury was sustained by either COW in their fall.
At the reunion of the Roberts family in War
rem on the 18th, which was the Slth anniycr-
sary of VIM. Roberts birthday, some 50 of his
children. grandchildren and great grand-chil-
dren were present A genealogical paper and
poem was read. There are II children, 81
grandchildren and % great-grand-children,
| making a total of 11G. IS of whom are now liv-
ing
1t is estimated that three thousand barrels of
small herring have been spread on the land in
Luboc this season. Over one thousand barrels
have been used for manurlng purposes ut South
Lubec some farms having had two hundred
barrels. The price is TWENTY-FIVE cents Il bar
rel. Two Weirs near West tluoddy Head took
ABOUT iour Hliureu Dhffels Oh tHeHl Ill one tue
| last week.
The British steamship john BramaIi. Capt.
Newington cleared from New Haven Saturday
70: Constantinople with cargo Of 10000, 900
cartridges, valued at S3115 900, furnished BY the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New
Haven to the Turkish Government. The guam
tity and value of the cargo is the same AS of that
taken away by the steamship King Arthur from
| the same port August 90
Edwin NJ Smith. charged with the
Bucksport murders, has been arraigncd
before Justice rillsbury and committed
to Ellsworth Jail, to await the action of
the Grand jury next April H. D. Had
lock Esq. will defend him. The coroner's