Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-23

mild alteration over an exhibition of the skulls of
the animals killed by the Prince of Wales in In
6ia, The collection is exhibited by the Prince"
special permission.
Ad,ices from the East give the rumor that Rus
sia intends to march her army across the Pruth in
,en DAYS. And it i, also alleged that Russia is
seek ny an alliance with Persia against Turkey.
The operatives lately employed in the Wamsnt-
ia II Ills in New Bedford, Mats, but who are now
on a strike, have dome one sensible thing-they
have agreed to abstain from all intoxicating drinks
during the strike. And the Tribune thinks that
possibly there would have been no strike if they
b ad come TO the same determination before.
The Rothschilds have counted their money
again and are greved to find that they only have
So, 4O0000,O00.
The gold used by jewellers is always alleged
with certain proportions of pure silver and the
finest copper, accordii & to the quality desired.
The house at Abb, vile, S. G., in which Jefier-
son DAVIS held his last council Of war during his
flight into GeorRia in April, 1865, has just been
bestowed by fire. 1t was the residence of Thos.
c. Perry, and cost over $4,000.
An escaped lunatic recently succeeded in mar
rying San Francisco widow, the mother Of four
interesting children, she supposing him to be
worth 100000. The honeymoon lasted only two
days and ended in the bridegroom's return to his
old quarters In the asylum.
The late mortality among naval officers seems
to be without precedent. Six distinguished men
have died within month-fiye within fortnight.
They were all rear admirals; five were on the re-
ired list, and with exception they all died in
Washington. Their names, in the order of their
death, are: Joseph Smith, James Alden, Charles
Wilkes, 1heodorus Bailey, Chas. III. Davis and
Louis Nj. Gouldsborough, who died Tuesday.
The recent bank defalcation at Hartford recalls
TO the mind Of the Hartford correspondent of the
Springfield Republican Il case which attracted
much attention twenty or thirty years ago, when
a bank teller was knocked down and robbed Of
800 900 in the Norwich depot. No trace of the
robbers was discovered, but in searching for them
the ttctives found that a brother-in-law of the
robbed man, himself bank officer, was in New
York with plenty OF money and buying tickets to
Europe. He was accordingly arrested, and i'm
mcdiatey copfe sscd a bank deiacation of which
every body was ignorant, though it was found he
knew nothing of the crime Of which he was
charged. lie served a term IN State Prison, and
afterwaid achieved an honorable business career.
AT recent celebration of the 50th anniversary
of wedding in New York, as the aged couple
sat surrounded by The elders of the party, the
little grandchildren and great-grandchildren, to
the number of 80, marched into the room, two
and two, the larger first, then the smaller, unit
the rear was brought up by teddiers Of two years
Each child carried bouquet of flowers, which
decreased in size, as did the bearers, until the
last two bore each single blue violet. Filing
past their grand nts, each child presented the
flower to them; the boys to tie grandmother
and the girls to their graudpapa; and in making
the presentation each recited one verse of a poem
descriptive Of the occasion.