Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-10-03
General News.

A Georgia negro pawned bis gun for marriage
license.
The Montreal Witness says that a physician in
that city is restoring the faculties of an idiotic
child by lifting depressed portions from its skull.
The larger part of the Sioux delegation of In
dians attended the Foundry Methodist Church
Sunday. The President aud Mrs. Hayes were
prese MT as usual.
Hon. Jonathan Noreross of Georg ia says that
the democrats are the greatest thieves in the
world they have stolen the President OF the
United States.
1t is notable fact that Portugal, on the other
side of the Atlantic, not much bigger than good
sized county, sells more to our Brazilian neigh
bors than we do.
The Boston Traveller reports that q lady in that
city procured permit for the burial of her pet
dog in Mount Auburn Cemetery, through ply
sician's certificate that LEO Gilman died of Sp-
nal meningitis"
The world now produces more beet root than
cane sugar; and the United States would profit by
initiating the example thus set Could we raise
what we consume at home, it would save US over
$4,000. 900 year.
Mr. Reuben Z. Springer who gave the city Of
Cincinnati splendid music hall and an immense
organ, has given $500 in gold, divided into ten
prizes, for the best designs in carving for the in
strument. The competition is open to all Ameri-
can women.
rich man in Sutton, Mass, lately deceased,
bequeathed to his daughter -four Of the best
hcdgehogs on his mountain lot" to his first son.
SIS, in case he never returns to Sutton TO live, and
to the second and third sons S2o0 900 and $4,000
respectively; the latter awards to go to the town
if they die without issue.
The United States, within the last ten years,
have sold $i3 900, 900 worth of arms and munitions
of war to Europe, and still the demand continues.
Hitherto Turkey'has been our best customer, but
now orders of liberal scale are coming from
Russia.
Count Moltke recently expressed himself as fol-
lows to person who asked his opinion respecting
the chances of the war in the East: IF the Rus
SLAMS can manage to feed large army in Bulga-
ria they must eventually win; but the questipn is,
what number of troops can be fed there, with the
water commun ications in the hands Of the
Turks
A friend, who is now stay ing at Rome, tells the
editor of the London Truth that it was deemed
very difficult to break to the Pope the news of the
death of THEIRS; it was feared lest the de-
mise of the veteran statesman might prove
a severe shock to His Holiness Cardinal Since
nj, however, undertook the task, when the Holy
Father simply said, "a good radiance"
A true story from New Jersey: A good deacon,
E, pillar in the church. raised a pair of
steers, and finally sold them to Mr.. Jake, who was
terribly deaf and not church goer. Some time
after the sale the deacon was agreeably surprised
to see the buyer Of the steers at church, and. as
services we're over, shook his hand heartily and
asked for the health Of his family. The deaf buy
er, having the sale chiefly in mind, and thinking
the deacon asked about the steers he had raised,
answered in very bluff and loud voice, heard all
over the church Lousy! Lousy! Lousy as the
deyil!"-EAiladelphia Chronicle.