Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-05-02
General News.

Mrs. Livermore has just sailed for Europe,
where she proposes to collect material for new
lectures.
Washington has the only college for deaf mutes
in the world. There are at present 46 students in
the institution, representing 10 States, among
which the Western predominates.
writer TO the Burlington Gazette SAYS that the
Custer battle- field is covered with bones dragged
out of the ground by coyotes. He says the pieces
can be found for miles around.
The city of Chicago is brought face to face with
the necessity of discharging its officials and EN-
ployes. The city authorities without the pow
er to borrow money, and the city scrip has been
declared to be illegal and is valueless.
Prof. VIM. Patrick of the Lawrence (kansas)
University has discovered an extensive deposit of
phosphate of lime near Wskeeney, 800 miles west
of Leavenworth, on the line of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad. The material is valuable for it fertilz-
ing properties.
A treasury official says that not more than $780,
eco silver dollars thus far have been paid out III
exchange for gold. There has been no demand
for them. Boston called for only 81, 600. Silver
enough has been coined now to permit the Treas
ury to commence paying it out for certain classes
of currency obligations. 1t is not the intention of
the Secre AIRY to hoard.
Miss Cameron, the eldest daughter of the Sena-
ator, young lady of twenty one is described a.
clever business manager. She personally at
tends to all financial details in regard to the man
agement of farm she owns in her own right,
and has done so for several years.
Damp, rainy weather is not, after ALL so iniuri-
Gus to health as is generally supposed. This, at
least is inferred from the reports OF Scotch regs
trsis fol- 1877, which state tast Notwithstanding an
unusual amount of cold wet and boisterous
weather during the year, the number of deaths has
been below the everage.
The Superintendent Of Castle Garden at New
York has stated TO the correspondent of Western
paper that he can do nothing with the women i'm
migrants. He sends men off every day for hard
work farms al IS month, but the most igno-
rant. shiitess, and unpleasant young woman re-
fuses the same wages for housewotk almost as if
the offer were an insult. A half clothed, untaneb t
girl, fresh from a turf cabia and semi-starvatiou.
demands the wages of a well trained servant and
thinks she is being cheated when less is offered.
A meeting of citizens of Auburn, n. Y, was
ty of introducing the Holly system of steam heat
ing, which has proved successful at Lock port, y
Y, the past winter. 1t appears that they have in
Lockport some three miles of main pipes laid pur-
posely Gn order to test the system financially
through sparsely settled streets, and they fur
nished with heat during the winter some seventy
consumers. The result shows that the system will
pay, as these seventy consumers had been charged
for warming their dwellings the same amount as
they had paid for their coal during the previous
winter, which amount reimbursed the company
for expenses. In thickly settled districts there
would be lower rates for the consumer and prof,
for the company. The loss by steam by conden-
sstion is only from to l2 per cent on a mile OF
pipe when the full capacity of the main was used
In the house the steam fast condensed is col
ected in reservoirs, giving a supply of pure soft
water for domestic purposes. The of the
steam in cooking is thought to be great improve
ment over the present methods. The cost Of fit
ting up house of good average size with radiat-
ors, pipes, &C., all ready to be heated with steam
is stated at Si35.