Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-29
General News.


The Hartford Times says the railroads are
bringing in great quantities of game-espe-
cially euchre.
A murderer in Texas who doesn't succeed
in escaping the gallows is alluded to as an
unfortunate gentleman
Women journalists are multiplying in Chi
cage, where. it is said. no good newspaper
can afford to do without them.
The Consul at Mauriius reports that the
cattle plague continues 5jo2 having died
since July 81 and 10000 since the plague
began.
''Ilop-up-and-hit- his-feet-four-t times, is the
name of Western brave, according to the
Nevada City Transcript
Many woman dusts billiard chalk off her
husbands coat. and big tear stanls in her
eye as she thinks how late he works nights
at his desk by the whtcwashcd wall.-Nem
Io,k Ptopie.
The Chinese Navy seems to be a crazy col
lection of eleven gunbOats of assorted sizes
and with all kinds of ornaments. but itwould
be hardly safe for Us to try naval war with
China.
1t has been discovered that some Slj or $50
in small bills that were missed from a small
pasteboard box in bank at Council Bluffs,
Iowa. were stolen by IA mouse for the con-
structon of nest. ON making some repairs
the tiny defiutrr WAS found dead in its costly
resting place.
Mother to herdaughter ust seven years old ::
''What makes you look so sad Carrie:
Carrie, looking AT her baby brother three
weeks old: II was Just thinking that in about
ten wears from now. when shall be entering
company and having beaux. that brother of
mine will he just old enough to bother the lite
out of me
\ rairoa train moved out of Denver with
Il bride on board. but the careless husband
was left in the station. He was wild with ex-
citemcnt when he understood that she had
bcenwhisked of on her honeymoon journey
alone, and nj length IA compassionate official
put him on special locomotive with orders
TO the engineer to overtake the bride at all
hazards
The Fall River Mass News of Monday
has this account of a singular case of lock
Jaw Three weeks ago Mr.. Asa Simmons.
an old man of nearly 80 years. got silver of
wood under one of his fnger-nails \ week
ago yesterday he complained of a stiffness in
his neck and throat. which soon developed
int ckjaw. and the disease gradually seized
upon other parts. On Thursday DR.. Terry
was called to him. Every measure was used
with the hope of saving him, and yesterday
his condition was quite hopeful, until in the
afternoon he suddenly expired"
1t surprises people to see the great logs Of
poplar wood go through the powerful machine
at the Ilovoke Connecticut river pulp mill.
The wood, rs it is brought to the mill, is
about the size of cord-wood used for fuel,
and in this shape the machine takes it and
gnaws it mp very fac. SO rapidly does this
process go on that the machine eats about
seven and a half cords of wood day, and
this makes between three and four tons Of
pulp. After coming from the machine the
wood is put into watts and reduced by the ac-
ton of chemicals 1t is used for the manu-
facturc of news and book paper, and pulp
made from spruce wood, which has more hber
than poplar. is sometimes used in the cheaper
grades of writing paper. Spruce is harder
to reduce to pulp than poplar, and but little
of it is used. The poplar trees in this vicinity
have long since given out and the wood is
now mostly brought from Canada.
The dairymen and farmers. who depend
largely on the product of their dairics for
their ready money are rejoicing over the
sharp advance in butter and cheese. Since
the first of the present month prices of cheese
have almost doubled and to-day the quota
tons are below the average price at this sea-
son for the past six years. Exports are large.
and as the full production is likely to be much
below that of last year. prices will naturally
rule firm and may go still higher. There has
not been as great an advance in butter. but
fine creamcres that sold a month ago at Is
cents pound are readily taken at 20 cents,
and choice dairy butter that sold four weeks
since for l6 cents is now in demand at 90 to
"a cents Boston AdreItisel.