The Republican journal., 1876-09-07
Genera2ities.

Lowell proposes q narrow gauge rail road o
Boston,
The democrats are putting their best peaches
on the top of the basket this year.
A funeral procession at Davenport, Ia.. was
recently stampeded by Il nest of hornets.
Annie Louise Cary is engaged fortwo months
| at the imperial opera i'll Moscow next winter.
New Jersey farmer has sent twelve tons
of currants TO the New York market this sea
son.
1t is rllmored that President Grant will settle
in New York, after the expiration Of his official
term.
The exports from Boston 50 far this year are
some five millions better than for the same time
last year.
Jesse Pomroy, the boy murderer of Boston,
has had his sentence committed to impr SON
ment for lite.
Mrs. Hannah Tawley, a lady living at Bos-
ton Highlands. celebrated her 102d birthday
on Saturday last.
When Cesar '>thricc refused" q kingly crown
he is supposed to have done it with his Roman
nos. Lowell Courier.
Caesar conquered the world, but he could not
hit fly on his nose three times in five. any
more than the rest of us.
Carrie eldest daughter Of DR.. l.. Richards of
kennebunk, died suddenly Yesterday from in
jures received by Il fall Sunday.
Miss Staeg was married at Hornellsvlle, \.
Y, recently. The bridegroom had engraved
on the wedding-ring Name ever deer to
me-"
An Illinois woman who wanted to 20 to IL
masquerade AS Mary, Queen of Scots, looked
in the Bible to ascertain how the character WAS
dressed.
Mr.. Richardson was so overcome by the eX
cement at "A fire in Contoocook n. H., that it
produced apoplcXy, from which he died His
age was g..
There were twelve interments on Thursday
in Savannah, nine of them cases of yellow fever.
The total fever interments for two days have
been SeVente"n
An Indian mound, between Red Band and
Clayyile, Ohio, WAS cut across several days
ago, and an arched tomb, holding Il ske,eton,
was discovered.
Charles W. Warren, attorney at law, of Me-
chanic Falls, Me-, late local editor of the An
droscoggin Herald, has abscondcd to parts un-
known to escape il criminal suit.
Mr.. Charles Kent, Il highly esteemed citizen
of kent's Hill, in Il depressed state of mind,
caused from long sickness, committed suicide
"Wednesday morning, by hanging.
A four years Old child in Cooper, named
Young, climbed on ii table. reached up to IA
shelf, and took Il box Of sugar-coated strychine
pills, ate several, and died in an hour i'll great
agony.
An tinerant monkey climbing up the front
of Il Pittsteld drug store, day or two ago,
knocked down a sign and broke Il SO pane of
plate glass, showing what Il monkey can do
when he feels well.
n,,, .,fo go N Ill
suicide. SiNty-two per cent. of the self-mul-
dererS are German; the proportion Of the sexes
is five men to one woman, and the most popu-
lar method is hanging.
On Wednesday night ut Bulklel, Illinois,
while a wedding was being celebrated between
George Sleeper and lady named Hamilton,
Sleeper was called TO the door by Burt Flem-
ming ami shot dead. Flemming had been his
rival.
Thursday about 1 o'clock one of the buildings
in Rangeley village was discovered to be on
fire. The fire spread rapidly. and before it
could be snbdued, nineteen buildings were con-
sumed. The fire took from the steam mill of
J. A. Burke. Total loss. 100000.
Walter II. Marrett of Portland the champion
pedestrian of BoW,loin class Of '16, Thursday.
walked from the Summit House on Mount
Washington to Portland, "A distance OF more than
ninety miles. in twenty-three hours and fifteen
minutes. He arrived in good condition.
j. II. Platt. Jr.. Il Republican who contested
Congressman Goodies seat at the last session,
published malicious article rejecting on Goodp,
which was credited to Il Norfolk man. The lat
ter now comes out and says Platt wrote the
article and bribed him to shoulder the blame.
Platt will probably withdraw from politics.
Notwithstanding the extensive Ice business
carried on in Maine this season, there is Il con-
siderable amount Of ice in store yet, some hing