The Republican journal., 1877-12-20
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Generalitles.
Senator Blaine is going to the Hot Springs in
Arkansas, and will be accompanied by eN-Secre-
tary Robeson
The woman who acted as midwife at the birth
OF Horace Greeley died few days ago in Bedford.
\. H. at the age OF nincty-eight.
Only a week before his death Hon John H Bur
leigh gave HOO to wipe out the debt of the South
Berwick Congregational church.
The Augusta journal learns that drovcrs have
bought and driven from Ar0ostook county, the
past fall. about ten thousand sheep.
Mr. John Flood of " aterviIle the man wounded
III the Gilman shooting case was able to walk out
Tuesday for the first time since the accident.
Capt. Cyrus Sturlivant has taken up his resi-
dcnce permanently in Philadelphia, where he will
devote his time to missionary temperance work
A son of Alonzo Taylor of China l6 years old
was kicked by horse last week. ard his face
shockingv smashed knocking out ten of his teeth.
An euraged elephant in "A circus in New York
entwined his trunk around his trainers body. and
after holding him SuSpendeda moment. hurled him
4 distance of forty feet
4 post office has been established al East Friend
ship, Knox county. and Joshua Daggett appointed
postmaster Robert 5. Keene has been appointed
postmaster at North Appleton.
Richard Snowden a wealthy, prominent and
much respected citizen of Baltimore, accidentally
shot himself Saturday while cleaning revolver.
his death occurring at . o'clock in the evening
A young man named Hntchlns of Penobscot, on
ednesday afternoon, was accidentally. and it is
feared fatally. wounded by the discharge of his
gun, the charge taking effect in the upper part of
his body
Mrs Elizabeth Hunnewell Of PownaI committed
suicide by throwing herself into a well. She has
been slightly deranged for some months past. 1t
was thought that she had intended to take the lite
of her five wears old son
The man who got the highest vote at Boston
Tuesday was a woman, Lucia ~ Peabody receiv
ing 1863 4. or within thousand ot the total for
both tickets on which She ran. She will be the
only woman on the new school board
Last week, a boy at Kingman swallowed piece
Of glass under two inches long by halt an inch
broad Dr. Brown cut through the walls of the
stomach and extracted the glass and then sewed
the wound with Wire The boy is doing finely.
q, ". kimball, jr., member elect of the next
Legislature has been appointed and has accepted
the Postmastership Of Rockland Mr.. X. has
signed his position of member of the Legislature,
and special election will be held to till the
cancy.
There is at one OF the London theatres a Young
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platform and ullghts i'll net ninety feet below.
She drops head first but gracefully swerves in her
flight until at last She strikes on her back in the
net and arises unharmed.
sick and helpless woman in MARYLAND who
was diSinherlted by her father Capt. Jobn Ham
bin. has been given his entire property, valued at
6o,ooO 70 S150o0, by jury, his will being reject
ed on the ground Of undue Influence and want
of testament and capacity.
The town Of Calais Vermont, has the latest
wrinkle i'll the shape Of general information
meetings. Questions upon various topics
placed III box. from which they are drawn, dis
cussed and decided according to the best judg
ment and experience Of those present.
Darius Palmer of Turner's Island seems deter
mined to die by drowning He has fallen off the
Eastern Railroad bridge at Portland seven times
and narrowly escaped each time and on Wednes-
day he capszed while rowing in the harbor and
was tiShed out barely in time to save his life.
CHATHAN, MASS. Dee. II. The schr Frances
Hatch of Rockland, Me, from Rondout for Boston,
with cargo OF cement, came ashore near Station
II this forenoon. She is now full of water and
will probably be total loss. She was boarded by
boats from the life saving station. and her crew
We're taken OFT.
The Times learns that young man who had
peanut stand at the corner of Exchange and Middle
streets Portland, for several years past has realized
profit Of over $1,000 year and with the amount
saved from his earnings he has retired from the
peanut trade, purchased store in Boston and is
doing Il good business
There will be sounded during thick and foggv
weather at Dutch Island light station Narragan
sctt Bay II. L., fog bell struck by machinery at
intervals Of fifteen seconds A fog bell has been
placed on the roof Of the north side of the keepers
dwelling Oft Croatan lighthouse, North Carolina
During thick and toggy weather the bell will be
struck every fifteen seconds
Fred. Blasdel son of Hiram Baisdell of Orland
Ridge, on W Wednesday, while fooling with a revo
in the house accidentally discharged it. the ball
entering the side of his little sister, aged seven
years She died i'll "A few minutes There is
rumor that the shot fired in fit of temper
The Coroner began an inquest Thursday.
The T. 5. Consul at Odessa reports that the
grain crop of Southern Russia for 1877 has been
the largest harvested in twenty five years Great
quantities bought by foreign agents, at very
low prices, and stored for shipment as hos
tilities cease When it comes INTO market it is
thought that II will seriously affect the price of
grain from other countries.
BY the device of throwing overheard hundreds
of shingles with sinking stones attached near the
Canadian shore, the simple American fisherman
along the Detroit River trightens the fish from
Canadian waters into those which wash the shores
Of his own great and glorious republic. The mon
archical fisheries have, it is said been greatly in
jured by this ''shingling, it is called and the
government is about to take preventive measures
Engineer Mute, Of the Nashua and Rochester
railroad. met with a singular accident the other
morning When near Lee, and running his engine
at good rate of speed, he was suddenly struck in
the face by some object which knocked him back
upon his seat rest His face was badly cut and bled
profusely. Investigation revealed the fact that a
partridge had been frightened at the train or at
tracted by the head light and had flown through
the double plate glass window, cutting tho par
fridge in two parts, one of which, with pieces Of
glass, struck Mr.. Mute in the face.
Bushrod Clay, Republican, was elected
to the Legislature from the class com
posed of South Thomaston, Vinalhaven
and North Haven ut the snacial alantion