The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-06-07
Generalities.

\ battle on Mount Arardt Is one OF the POSSIBLE
tiles of the Eastern War.
Small pox prevails at Lowell. Six cases have
been taken to the hospital.
Corn is now shipped from Chicago to New York
by water for g. cents bushel
An attempt is making to alter the State Const
tuition of Georgia so as to establish public whip
ping post
The average length of life of American presi
dents has been 70 years That is why there is such
strife for the presidency.
Boston has commenced the shipment of beef to
Europe. On Saturday the Cunard steamer Mara
thOn took out 100 dressed becves
Officer Cove shot large Newfoundland dog on
Exchange street last evening. that exhibited signs
of hydrophobia Portland Argus
A man from Portland Is victimizing Raymond
people by selling them dress goods for 81 80 that
would be dear at 10 cents per yard.
The work of laying the great cables OF the East
river bridge began last Friday afternoon. and four
wires We're carried across the stream.
Olive Lane, aged %, Il teacher in District School
No |, in Greene, fell dead, Wednesday noon. lust
as she was closing the forenoon session.
There was caught off Hampton Beach the other
day halibut that weighed when dressed, just 223
lbs, and measured feet inches in length
In the class which graduates at W est Point is
Cadet Flpper (colored) of Georgia the first color
ed graduate in the history Of the military academy
Half dozen men made an attempt to escape
from the Rhode Island state farm. when the keeper
fired and wounded one man The Others escaped
While horse belonging to Charles Crosslnan of
Brunswick was being shod, careless gunner shot
the horse 50 that it bed to death in II short time
The house Of Elias Dixon of Clinton with its
contents were destroyed by fire. Loss, $500; in
sured in the Insurance Company Of North Ameri-
ca for $1,000.
Fred Chapman. aged about nineteen, son of lra
Wilson Chapman of DamariScotta, was drowned
while bathing in Myers river, New Castle Thurs
day afternoon.
Miss Nelson has diamond weighing 81 carats
the largest ever worn on any stage ill the United
States 1t is set in frosted gold leaves and is
valued at SIC, 900.
British butchers are mad as hornets over the
arrival Of American beef but still their customers
continue to remark: ''lIll take another steak hotf
| that Hamerican hoX."
Mr., W. H. Clifford in the circuit court at Port
land, Monday, resigned the position of United
States Commissioner, and Mr. ChaS. +. Clifford was
appointed in his place.
Smith, the Bucksport murderer since his r,-
| mova to Bangor Jail, has become dispirted, and
mas apparently loSt all hopes OF escaping the pen
atty Of his crime imprisonment for life.
Miss Mary W. Mitchell, of Nassar College. for
merly of Dover Maine. and the first lady graduate
of New England College. will deliver the poem
before the Alumni Association, of Bates
A burglar entered the house of Horace Davis of
Ellsworth, Tuesday night. and took a vest i'll the
pocket OF which was Sill but being closely pur
sued he dropped the vest i'll the Shed on his way
out.
4 paper concern III OHIO has an order for 250
tons of paper for cartridges for Turkey, and Il
Pennsylvania town is shipping about 600 tons Of
speter to Europe rs fast as it can be made also
| for cartridges
| A boy about nine years old son of Joshua H.
Roberts of Mortified. kindled fire in his fathers
| barn, May B as he says to warm his calf The
! barn was burned and with it ton of hay pig
| and farm tools.
| George Bcal, aged fourteen. son Of George Bcal
| of Richmond, drowned Saturday morning
while bathing He could not swim and the tide
took him beyond reach of his companions, who
| used every effort to save him.
Mrs Lydia Sherman, the notorious poisoner Of
seven male relations, escaped from Weaherstield
Conn. prison Wednesday evening, through the
careleSsness of the matron. All possible efforts
are being made to recapturc her
Caerpars abound in Ontario Canada Mon
gay tne tfals Oh the uilerelit railroads. near Lon
don were much delayed by millions of swaruuuE
eaterpillars on the track The Port Stanley road
found II necessary to shorten the trains
The Chicago Tribune in speaking Of the expense
Of the new court house to be built iii Cook county
says that the County Commissioners have been on
junketing trip through the granite qlmrries Of
A water spout, Monday flooded the country two
miles northwest Of Burlington Iowa, causing
HaWkeye treek to suddenly overflow anu do
| drins marhins shons mid aDrjrntnrti works
The three States Of Maine, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts produce and stii % 900 4u
| Ions of milk annually independent Of what is con
verified into butter and cheese or reserved ion con
sumption on the farms, on wasted for want of II
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The Rcporter saws that while several men and
boys were sailing on pond IN the eiSterlF part q"
oho"heSdh week ago last otiLllE Inc o1 GA was
upset ana IL young man ny 'hc name "l lhlilPS
was ui""heu' in"uSl oi'eIi ltl'ioi>'l"''" Will
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| French "A Hart tprI school who
| bitten by 4 dor, Apul both died Thursday morn
mo II,t had h.nn subject ~ commissions since
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