Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-19
General News.

Constantine CAnaris, the Greek Prime VI n s'er
is dead.
New England has in her saw my, banks the enor-
nous amount oil $50 100000,
1t i. thought the bills Phtsburg will have to pay
on account of the nos will foot up about $3.50,
| 600.
Beocca, the Russian puma do iua, has given
SjuOO for the reAef Of The s.ek aud wouuded Rus
sian soldiers.
New York city has 5000 drukn. saloons,
which absorb from the people an estimated SUN OF
500 900 900 annually.
William d. Forrest, who claims TO lie nephew
of Edwin Forrest, the great trsgediau, has begun
an action of cjecimt ut against the Forrest Home
and others.
A piece of mastodons jaw-boue, about two
feet long, and containing several teeth, wa, found
recently IN tue bed of creek hear Baid.toWuJ uLc-
ton, Blhtl County, Ky.
a Philadelphia judge says that it costs that city
100000 per year TO dispose OF trivial Mates
which never should have been brought into
court.
1t is claimed by the Polt.yule Jop,aai that Mr..
John A. NJ. Pas,more, the Republican candidate
for Auditor of Pe1nsy yania, was for s,ven years
mIuor.
young man who claimed to be relative of
the Secretary Of Navy applied for work at tie
Charlestown Navy-yar last week, and. being re-
fused, threatened to write to Washington TO ",eo
who is boss"
John Taylor, the now head Of the Mormon
Church, is an Englishman, about sixty nine years
OF age, very tall AMI of massive build, of dark
complexion, with suuken eyes and features strong
ly marked. His hair is white and there is story
that it blanched from fright in a sing lie night. lie
has rather an intellectual appearance.
The transient or floating population of New
York city on any one day is estimated as follows :;
Immigrants, temporarily stay ing in the city, 1000 ;
seamen and boatmen, 5000 visitors at hotels, TO-
900; visitors at boarding houses, 10 900. Total,
10000.
Fourteen years ago, when the oil fever was at
| its height, Pithoe the largest of the Pennsy-
vania oil towns, and its pos,-ofce delivery ranked
third in the State. Last November the town
poed six Votes and a few days ago the survivors
Of the great oil metropolis Of other days petitoned
the court for dissolution of its charter.
John + Lewis, a colored man living near FL
mira, n. Y, stopped, at the imminent peril of his
own life runaway team and so saved Mrs. c. j.
LaEgdon her child and nurse, who were return
ing from visit to Mark Twain" The rescued
ady's husband gave him $1,000. the holder of a
500 mortage on his farm cancelled It, another
gentleman gave him S25, and "Mark Twain"
gave him $50 and a complete set of his works.
Collections Of postage stamps are valuable in
Europe. The London Times states that a Mid.
dIesex magistrate has refused $500 for hi.
collection, that collection of 1000 va
rIeues was lately sold for $1,000, and that IN Paris
one OF the finest collections ever made WAS sold
privately for $4,000. This information the Times
gives under the suggestive head, Fools and their
Money.
Many instances have been given from time to
time of Improvement in the value of city proper
ties 10 London, bat Que of the most remarkable is
that of a house in Lombard street the property of
the Diapers Company, which in 1868 was let for
E2j year. In 1877 the site lets for f2500 year
ground rent and the lessee having expended Gl0-
900 on the builling covering it, gets return Of
$1,000 year rent.
Cay Horse received his death wound at Camp
Robinson on Sep. B, at the hand Of one of his fol-
lowers--an lud an warrior, who had fought beside
him in the battle Of the Rosebud, in the Custer
massacre and ip other engagements of the Sioux
war. His death agony was witnessed by his
father and few warriors who were faithful to the
end. Outside there was swarm OF unarmcd In-
dams bowling dlsmaly in the darkness.
lady in Cincinnati desiring TO alopt baby,
sent descrip ion, some days ago. of the kind of
child she wanted, TO founding asylum in New
Orleans. day or two ago she received a reply
that child suiting her description had been found
among the babies in the hospital, and that it was
on its way to Cincinnati, and to her surprise, one
morning last week, a messe ger of an express
company rang the bell at her house and announced
package for Mrs. -, at the same time hand
ing in little girl of tender years. with an expires,
label tied to one arm. The package was duly
receipted and gladly welcomed.