Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-06-05
GENERAL Ne VS..


Exclaims the Tribune, How Gov. Stones left
ear must burn
The Legislature of New Hampshire meets on
Wednesday, June 8.
The Mormons now number 100, 900 and il is said
their population doubles once 10 six years.
The Chicago newsboys and bootblscks are to
have picnic given them on the Fourth of July.
We men folks have our yearly Decoration Day
this week. With the other sex (says the n. Y.
Eve. Nall, every day in the year is decoration
day.
Professor Davidson caught spiders web as it
was being spun. and found that a single thread of
it was composed of % separate threads
Death-blow to the baby show business-Just be-
fore being hung in Missouri, Sam Orr made the
announcement that he took the first prize at baby
show in Philadelphia 80 years ago.
Alexander Corbet of Peru, VT, aged 50, has
just read the Holy Scriptures from Genesis to
Revelations for the S0th time.
On Saturday last some 400 young ladies of Vas
sar College made trip to West Point.
Secretary Evarts is expected to spend a few day 5
at his summer home at Windsor, VT, where three
OF bis daughters have been for several days.
President Hayes will be his guest early in July.
A steamer left Port Elizabeth, Cape Of Good
Hope, recently, for Southampton, with % cases of
ostrich feathers, weighing 1000 pounds, and valued
at more than S45, 900.
The wages of Turkish privates is three cents a
day, but it would be a mistake to say they get
three cents day.
1t is said that Clerk Adams completed roll of
the new House of Representatives shows a Demo
cratic majority of IL.
Three thousand old homesteads in New Hamp-
shire deserted, and the occupants of the others
are complaining that their business Of farming
does not pay. SO says correspondent of the
Manchester Mirror.
Among White House visitors last week Monday
was an old negro man of eighty-seven years, with
mu.ty credentials "to all whom it may concern. !"
saying that he was bitten by three diiferent snakes
shot four times in the breast, legs and arms, and
otherwise mutilsted. all of which he wanted the
President to consider in his petition for "some
light sweeping" around the building.
1t appears that the in Europe is already aid
lng the American shpmaster. The freight crcu
lar of Bowden 81 Williams of London, Just recev-
| ~ ~ b'eh say tuht III -NOldgc C0AfterlnQ1
merchants give decided preference to American,
Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, and other flags that
are not likely to be enrolled In the present war"
| st. Louis has had genuine excitement IN the
fanatica operations of Henry Luther and his wife,
who became crazed by religious feeling and have
for some time locked themselves up o their house
with their daughter, little gill of eight wears,
where they went through all::mauner of exercises
aud fanaucsl mummeries The police finally
broke INTO the house, capturing Luther and hi.
vile, who were IN Il high state of INSANITY, and
rescuing the little girl who was much terrified and
nearly Starved to death.
Europe is now taking surprising quantity OF
American fruit The purchases have amounted
to over W 100000 worth since last June, compar.
ed with $500 900 in the same period the year be
fore. Dried sPples figure largely in this move.
ment. This country has exported over 1900 00t
pounds oil them since last June. as compared with
5z2,oo0 pounds the previous year. This new adj
dnon TO the trade Of the United States is due tc
nsenton which has occupied itself of late with
improved methods for drying and preserving fol
, transporting fruit.