Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-24
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Father Burke, the Irish priest untrue.
Fish culture has become prominent industry
in Wisconsin, and is very successful.
Miss Charlotte eastman is reported to be in
precarious condition from the effects of cancer.
One hundred and ffty-four pounds is the aver
age adult human weight, and Of this ZIG pounds
pure water.
Very large shipments of bones are being made
from Kearney, Nebraska the bones being those
Of buffalo principally.
Three men were instantly killed and others in
jured by the explosion of boiler in a steam saw
mill at Lagrange, Indiana on Thursday.
The anthracite coal producers have decided to
suspend mining operations from February to
March IL.
A bill was introduced in Congress Thursday
which confers certain privileges on telegraph
companies, and provides for the establishment of
a new postal telegraph system.
The receipts of the American Colonization So
ciety last year were S24,23 Twenty three emf
grants were sent to Liberia. Several thousand
are earnestly soliciting passage.
Minnesota Falls. MINI. was organized as q
town over three years ago, and although the pop
uation is over 800, not death has occurred there
during the three years.
There are eight completed Bessemer steel es.
Adjustments in the United States and three more
are in progress Of construction. If we include
Pittsburg the West will have six of the eleven.
Andrew J. Houston, descendant of the IA
nous Sam Houston of Texas, has protested against
the erection of monument to his ancestor By
means of lottery scheme.
1t is remarked in reply to the claim insisted up
on by the Southern press, to the effect that Gen.
George II. Thomas was at heart secessionist,
that whatever his theory might have been his
practice was very satisfactory.
The Philadelphia Inquirer intimates that the
transfer of tine pardoning power from the Cover
nor to Board of Pardons is not proving to be a
very satisfactory change, some of the worst Grim
inals in one of the prisons having recently been
discharged.
A Schenectady man couldn't take a Job at saw
ing wood because he hadn't saw. When some
one gave him a saw he couldn't raise money to
have it filed. When he got over that difficulty he
found he had no saw-buck, and sat down and wept
and became entirely ouraged.-Detroh Tree
Press.
The volume of ".Eschylus," which the poet
Shelley was reading when he was drowned, is pre-
served by his family. The book was still held in
his hand when the body was recovered, but the
action of the water had stripped off the leather
binding and warped the pages round the finger
inserted to keep the place.
The agent of NJ du Sommerard, the French d.
rector of contributions to international exhibitions,
will sail for the United States on the first of Feb
hibitors does not seem likely to be as large as it
was at Vienna, and he hints that the display will
not be as fine.
The scholars in Chinese school never put bent
pins on each others seat. They are not civilized
enough for that. But when one of them shuts
the lid of his desk down the pigtail of the boy
next to him, the owner of the queue INDUCES in
some frghtful tea-box language when he attempts
to rise from his seat.-Norr7stoarn Herald
The meeting of Eastern Railroad directors on
Wednesday is reported to have resulted in the
agreement of the directors to embrace in their call
for the annual meeting of stockholders, to be held
on the first Monday in February. the following
propositions: "First-The transaction of the
business incident to annual meetings. such as the
election of officers, etc. Second-To determine
if the stockholders will accept the terms of settle
ment as proposed by the creditors OF the road to
the directors, and, if not, whether they will sug
gest any plan of settlement. Thrd-To ascertain
if the stockholders will authorize the directors to
put the road into bankruptcy