Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-04-28
General News.

The old elm at Schuy lcrN HE, y. Y. under
which Gen. Burgoync surrendered, was Sc
riousy damaged by a recent fire
There j, proposition 10 remove William
and Mary College from Virginia, where it
has been since 1903, to Scwanee, Tenn.
4 verdict of guilty was rendered Thursday
in the case Of conductor llartwcl of the Old
Colony road. and the case was taken to the
supreme Court on exceptions.
Scene; \ grocery store in Highland
village, kept by decent Highlander and his
daughter. Father: Flora" Daughter
'Nc,, father" Father: "Tid you'll mark
doun the things the big mason got:" Dau-h-
ter: "Ics, father" Father; "Weel.
mark them down again to make sure
1t was the request of the brave and loyal
old hero, Gen. Dix, that there should be nei-
thcr parade nor pomp at his funeral.
General Gordon remains i'll in Washington.
some OF the wound, he received during the
war have again opened,
The number of negro refugees at the north
would have been increased by thousands, but
for the fact that steamboat captains coming
up the Mississippi refuse to take them As pas
scngcrs. This is done at the bchc>t. of the
planters, who wish to restrain them now a,
they did in the days of slavery
\ good story is told of General Clifford.
who j. now Lord Chclm>ford's second in
command. one day in British katfraria, dur
ing the katiir war of loi6-i9 he was in the
act of sitting down on the ground, placing
one hand beneath him for the purpose. lie
felt something clammy to the touch, and
found to his horror it a puff adder, Il
most voncmous reptile With great presence
of mind he held the snake down firmly with
one hand, with the other drew his clasp-knife
from his pocket, opened it with his teeth and
then coolly severed the reptiles head from
it, body. If Genanal Clifford displays the
same quantity OF cool courage in moment
of great danger he will prove a valuable lieu
tenant to the General-in-Chiet.
Rev. Edward b. Amc>. ID, d.. the Metho-
dist Episcopal Bishop OF Baltimore who died
in that city Friday morning, was born at
Athens Ohio. May 10th, 1906, and was there
fore in the I'D year of his age. He came OF
a family of some note, his grandfather having
served as chaplain with the Rcvolutionars
army at Valley Forge. He was educated in
the Ohio University, and in the wears 1923
- was an instructor in Mckendrce College.
He be gan to preach in 1880 being shurtl,
afterwards attached to the Indiana Confer
encc, and ordained deacon and elder. in
lSiO he took part i'm the Baltimore Confer
cnce, and was chosen As corresponding secrc-
tarv of the Missionary Society, in whose be-
half he travelled over - 900 miles through
the Western States and among the Indians
In lS42 he oifiCiatcd as chaplain to a Council
of ChoctawS. From 1874 to lsj2 he travelled
as presiding elder through various districts OF
Indiana. In the latter year he was made a
bishop. He was appointed to the Baltimore
diocese in lSGl. and has resided there ever
since administering its affairs with equal
zeal and ability.
Ills work before and during the war deserve
especial attention, faithful rs he was alike t.
the interests of his church and the cause Of
the Union. He made great efforts to recon
ellie the division between the Northern and
Southern branches of the church on the say-
cry question, but when the breach became ir-
reparable by the war, and the property of
the southern church was contiscated for dis
loyalty, he was made its custodian by Presi-
dent Lincoln. He visited the South and or
ganized societies OF loyal Methodsts. both
white and black, and during the war be was
trusted adviser of President Lincoln and
Secretary Stanton. His services to the Meth
odist Episcopal church atthe South have beon
many and great, and his death will be sin
cerely mourncd throughout the denumina-
ton.