Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-12-10
General News

lhefe nave Deen only three cases OF small poN
u New York City during the year.
Consul General Potter at Wurtemburg esti-
mates that 80, 900 Americans go to Europe each
year and spend slOO.O0O,O00.
George Muller, the man who with his faith in
prayer has accomplished such miracles of charity
in England, is TO revisit and preach in this coun-
try next year.
Elder Orson Pratt is about starting to England
90 procure the publication of a new and revised
edition of the Book of Mormon.
Earnest Longfellow the poets son, ard sue
cessful painter, has some pictures on exhibition IN
Boston which are attracting marked attention.
biography of Lord Beaconsfeld, which calls
him Lying spirit" and man destitute of truth.
honor and principle, has attained in England to
u sale of 100000 copies.
Hon. Herschel V. johnson, now a Judge of the
Superior Court of Georgia, refused to adjourn
over Thanksgiving Day, but compromised by hav
ing the court opened on that morning with lie.
lgous services.
Herr Wslthers has given his library of Goethe
literature to the Goethe Society of Vienna. 1t
contains over 400 works. many of which rare
editions of the poets writings publications con-
corning him and transstons of his poems into
various languages.
The Grand Jury of Boone County, Mo. has
memorialized the Legislature in favor of estab-
fishing the whipping post for petty offenses, de-
clsrng that under the present system of fine and
Imprisonment it Is the honest tax payer that is
punished.
The Metropolitan Elevated Railroad Company
in New York has made full arrangements to heat
49, .-,,h 81.
this winter. The system has been proved sue.
cessful, the cars being warmed equally and thor
oughy The cost of the apparatus for all the
cars of the line was S20,O00.
During a dense fog a Mi...sipri Steamboat
took lanIing a traveller, snyi,us to go ahead,
came to the unperturbed manager If the wheel
and asked why they stopped. Zoo much fog;
can't ste the river "Bat You can see the stars
overhead " "Ies," replied the urbane pilot,
'but until the biler usts We sin't gong that
way" The passenger wi, nj to bed.
A tuin Seems to have one in the tide Of inmi-
grafton. The fgu es show a considerable increase
| over those of last year, whereas heretofore they
have fallen of steadily every year since the effects
| of the panic began to make themselves felt. For
eleven months Of the present year the number is
72,l47. against 52O09 for the same period last
year. and 65,S20 for the same period in the year
before. This year is therefore improvement
upon 1876, as well as upon lS77-a fact which sf.
fords ground for encouragement in the prospect
that this enrching tide will rise with the growth
of better times
A Silesian farmer named Pelka was recently
sent large and thick letter fastened with tape
and marked ITO be delivered TO no one but him
self" This stimulated his wtes curiosity and
she proceeded to unite the tape At the first pull
at the cord she was knocked down and seriously
injured and every pane of glass in the house was
smashed, the letter having contained an explosive
cartridge with a cap and needle, to which the tape
was fastened.
The present season i, as mid In England as in
thi, county. correspondent of the Liverpool
M.rcu writes that there are several varieties of
roses in full bloom at North ,rwick almost az
perfect summer blossoms. But what is still
more remarkable, a laburnun tree is to be seen in
full bloom, and also carnations, vioets and prim-
roses. Even geraniums and calceolaras and sum
mer flowers are still making good show.
The sun shines every day of the year in Denver
The Colorado Bulletin. a spright!y little paper,
scenery, states that old resident, who has kept
a record of the days when the sun was visible or
invisible, vouches for the fact that there has been
unobscured sunshine on 365 consecutive DAYS. As
sunshine promotes good health and better te nper.
Denver must be a place where one can enjoy
life.
A waggsh advertising frm in San Francisco
announced premsturely the arrival of the Albanv
tramp who recently trundled wheelbarrow
across the continent. The line of march was ad
vertsed from the Cliff House at the Golden Gate
to the City Hill, and the sidewalks and store
windows were crowded to see the pedestrian.
man with 3 wheebarow soon appeared, escorted
by a negro well known in the city as "Whistlipg
jake" whose hat ard baton were ornamented
with bright colored ribbons. When they reach ed
the city hall official rushed out and seized the
travellers hand, and the crowd cheered Justify.
1t soon turned out. however, that it was a bogus
wheslbarrow man, and the whole affair was a
huge hoax of the firm, conceived in the leisure of
business hours.