Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-19
General News.

Five hundred soldier, are eDcamped at Sidney
Neb. Unessiness is feli over the fesr that the
Cteyennes may cpm1ide with Sitting Bull. Tw"
hundred CITE, enne,, under charge OF soldiers.
have arrived and are greatly di,contented. Ev-
cry effort is made to keep lom them the news OF
the escape Of the agency Cneyeunes, and serious
trouble is feared.
1t is state for fact han an Irishman and hi
wife, IN a Massachusetts, town, were discover ed
al a secluded pool busily engaged wa,hing the
half d1z dirty youngsters Of their household !;
aud, On being asked the reason for such unusuai
SCI ubblug, they replied. lis pooln our .h ue.
are at, ID inais directs. aud there is solrs
made Of IT. sure"
MIR. olson has Invested an electric machine
which he claims will iurui,h gas If superior qual-
ity ioI fifteen cents per thousand cube feet. BY
the old IN, thod IL costs from So to "a 80 Witt
fifteen OF twenty oil the machines, Mr.. Z lisou /.
confident he eau light the lower part OF New Iolk
city, ustg 500 horse power engine.
Ten Yeas ago u ia, MEL in Washington, Iowa,
became possessed win The idea that he had bee
commissioned to open a hotel near Jerusalem,
aud thus become the pioneer in the work of re-
storing the Holy City 10 its ancient spleudIr. lie
owned property wo. tn about $4,000, aud being
unable 10 persuade his family 10 start with him in
his undertaking. he left them half the proper
and with $4,000 set out aloue. Arriving at the
Holy Land he purchased LAID near Jerusalem and
built his hot,l, which has become a popular re-
sort for t.uiists, and now b, family, having sod
the home property, are about to start TO JOIN III.
father in his Eastern home.
London Iollce statistics: Force. l0,4i6 men ;
arrests. II $50; Convictions, 56,605. There was
au unusually large number Of rob5eries, owing t.
the dep ession Of trade aud the fact that band OF
thieves worked the gary business on empt,
dwellings with much industry. There was no u-
crease in the number OF arrests for intoxlcatior
The morale Of the force is improving. There
were l67 men dismissed aud 1856 were compelled
to resign; is con,,ables were charged before a
magistrate, of whom IL were cow cted-3 of sim
pie larceny, of deserton from the army, 4 of
assault, | Of violation of duty and 3 for unlawful
absence from duty. One hundred officers were
commended by judges and magistrates aud 74S
were commended AID re warded by the Commits
sioner.
Last year the potato bug Invaded Prussia, bu,
fences around the fields covered the IN with saw
dust and taubark, soaked thi. with kerosene and
set fire to the mass. This heroic treatment has
been com leiey successful a, not one of the
dreaded Insects has been this year.
minister in Scotland took to task one of his
hearers who was often absent, and the accused
Tended him'ef on the plea OF a dislike to long
sermons. Deed. mon," said the reverend mont
tor, little netlled at the insnuarion, "If We din
ma mend. ye NAV lsnt yourself where ven ma be
troubled wi many sermon, either long or shor' J"
"Weel, aiblins perhaps sac retorted John "but
1t may he ma for want o ministers"
A. the School Distrc ct election in New Haven.
Monday, the issue being a tempt to re e,tab-
lish devotional exercises IN the public schools. the
ticket fav"riog re establishment was elected nv
1900 msj nifty. I he Catholic, united with the
Professionals to bIiag about the success Of the
Bible ticket.
The village Of kollmar, in iIolstein, is famous
for the longevity of It's inhsbi ants Ii has pop.
uls ion OF 400 souls. A diamond eddinR-,be
seventy fifth aupivrr-aiy-bss just been &C lebrat-
ed there. the tenth 10 fourteen years, and two
others are impending
A good many of those whose names appear in
the lists of hsnk,upis are those who for several
years made q business Of falling, aud who, Instead