Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-03-23
GENERAL NE rs.

GENERAL NEWS.
a man in Concord, n. C., received postal card
the other day. the first one he ever saw, and vain
ly essayed to open it,
Navy officers complain of the secret investisa-
ton into the affairs Of that department. They de-
sire to have the doors opened, and the inquiry
made openly.
Some people regard it as singular that man
"who never played cards. in his life, because its
wicked" will exact fifteen per cent interest from
widow.-Detroa Free Press.
The United States Supreme Count has decided
the long pending case Of Myra Clark Gaines in
her favor. 1t involves million dollars worth of
property in New Orleans. The Court has also de-
citled that the New York State tax upon cmigrants
is unconstitutional.
Vanderbilt told q reporter recently that he was
going to hear Moody and Sankey. when there was
no crowd at the IIippodrome. When there is no
crowd there will be Moody and Sankey. The
Commodore is sorry for Daniel Drew, whom he
always advised to stop specializing and turn pious
in real earnest.
A Charleston merchant had been treated by the
best physicians of the South for heart disease, OF
which they assured him he was liable to drop dead
at any moment. Being once at his fathers house
in New FORK, he persuaded to consult Dr.
-, which he did with no shadow OF hope, but
simply to satisfy his father. 'Wel sir, what Is
the matter with you :" were the doctors first
words II have disease of the heart" answered
the gentleman. Upon this he placed stand
ing with his head and heels against the wall, while
the doctor applied the stethoscope very carefully
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for some time; and as he was released from the
wall and turned to go, he further treated to
severe blow right between the shoulders. This
was more than the young man could well bear,
and he turned furious with anger The doctor
warded him off with his arm saying good-natured-
", at is all right, my dear sir. l find you have
no heart disease. Ifyou had had that blow would
have killed YOU" OF course there was nothing to
do but to take this extraordinary treatment IN
good part. From that day all symptoms of heart
disease vanished.
Susan b. Anthony told a Chicago Post and Mail
reporter that she absolutely refused to say any
thing about the Beecher matter, and added that
the reports of her having said Beecher is guilty
were tissue OF lies.
ylate glass window in store at Springfield
was filed with fine cracks, and had to be taken
down. Another was substituted, and shared the
same fate. Investigation proved that the contiIu-
Gus slamming of an adjacent door did it.
They are making new kind of cloth in Lyons
from the down of hens and ducks and geese.
Seven hundred and fifty grams OF feathers make
one square metre of light and very warm water
proof cloth, which can be dyed in all shades.
loaferish young Californian married SER
want girl, and after day or two deserted her.
Three months Of dissipation in San Francisco
killed him. but before his death his mother died,
leaving to him. as her only heir about $4,000.
Thus the girl gets fortune.
That sharp reply Of the old Scotch wo-
man who had standing quarrel with her minis
ter but was always in her place at church. The
minister expressed surprise that she should come
to hear him preach, when she exclaimed, "My
quarrels wi you, man; it's not wi the Gospel"
The Montreal gossips say that Mrs. Marsh is
''the most distinguished looking little lady that
ever came from the States" She seems to be
about 80 years of age. She receives no visitors
and seldom goes out. The diamonds which she
wears to the hotel dining table are said to be worth
$4,000.
"The cabinet ladies" had quite discussion
when Senator Christiancy married the Treasury
clerk, whether they ought to recognize her. and
Mrs Beknap was especially bent on an edict of
exclusion. But Mrs. Fish and the other wives of
Cabinet Ministers have called on Mrs Christiancy
and she doesn't care about receiving visit from
Mrs. Belknap.
The car house a strong building on the tip top
Of Mt. Washington, blown over in the late
storm last week. The force of the wind is de-
scribed as hurricane. The car house was the
building which the Signal Service party occupied
the first and second season of their winter sojourn
on the mountain, If the wreck of this building
has taken the course of similar occurrences with
structures on Mt. Washington, the material will be
lost beyond peradventure, and new timber will
have to be hauled up When the halfway stable
at the lodges blew off some years ago not tim
ber board or single could be seen anywhere.
The mystery was, where could it all have gone
to. The answer probably is, that the wood kept
drifting 10 the wind until it reached the very bot
tom of the deep ravines, where it is uncomforta-
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