Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-03
General News.

A little girl, noting the gold in her aunt's
front tooth, exclaimed; Aunt Mary, | wish
had copper -toed teeth like YOURS
"John," said a doting parent to her gor-
mandizing son, ''do you really think you can
eat the whole of that pudding with impunity?"
81 don't know, ma" replied the young hope
full. "but can with a spoon
An unknown woodchopper fell from the
Eastern Railroad bridge at Dover, n. H.,
Wednesday, upon the frozen river, distance
of sixty feet. His feet, hands and neck were
broken, and he died instantly
Fully 10000 people attended the re-dedica-
ton exercises of Pandee Hail. Lafayette Col
lege. Addresses were made BY President
Hayes, Secretary Ramsay, Gen. Sherman.
Postmaster General Maynard, Gov. Hoyt
and many others.
Mr.. John Lane, East Bridgewater. Mass,
president of the Plymouth County Agricul-
tural Society, has windmill that pumps up
water to n $4,000 gallon reservoir on a hill,
several hundred feet distant, whence it is
easily conveyed to all parts of the dwelling,
barn. greenhouse. extensive flower garden
and lawn.
Gen. Robert L. Schenck of Ohio, who has
been at the point of death several times dur
ing the last two years, from Bright's disease
of the kidneys, is at Washington, almost COM
pletely restored to health. He attributes his
recovery to carefully following an old fash
/ ;opaJ varvrout Joctor's rrascr;pt;or sc 4; ot
of SKINNED milk with very little else.
Chicago, as appears by the recent census,
is the only one of the five largest cities hav-
ing an excess of male population, New York,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Boston having
in the aggregate an excess of 100 942 females
San Francisco is the only other city of the
first class in which males preponderate, and
there the result is largely owing to the Chi
nese, among whom there are but few women,
and those mostly Of the disreputable class.
Chicago continues to be a point to which
multitudes of young men from Eastern tow ms
gravitate, and this outside supply keeps up
the balance of numbers in favor of the pant
aloons.
| Two girls belonging to a church choir at
Oshkosh, got locked into the church the other
night, while they were talking over the fash
ions. They gave the alarm, when a man liv-
ing near the church put board up to the win
dow and they slid down to the ground. The
most singular thing was that after they had
got safely to the ground they looked mad and
went off without thanking the man. He
couldn't account for it until he went to take
the board down, when he got slivers in his
fingers and scratched his thumb on single
nail that stuck up through the board. Some
| men are mighty careless. He says he don't
| care only for the other hearts that may ache.
The King OF Abyssinis has ordered all
Mussulmen in his dominions to be bap-
tised, or have their heads cut off.
This direct and positive method of
Outstanding . nation reminds us Of a lit
tie story Of war times. General O. o. How
ard. as is we'll known, is praying soldier,
and during the war there was an almost con-
tinuous religious revival in his division. Mrs
General Emory, whose husband commanded
the adjoining division. called one day on
Mrs. General Howard, and the conversation
dwelt upon the religious condition Of the
troops Mrs. Howard described the great
awakening in their camp, and when Mrs.
Emory returned home she told her husband
about it.
'.How many men did you say were going
to be baptized in Howard's division?" asked
General Emory, after he had heard the story.
"Two hundred" was Mrs. Emory's reply.
"Orderly! Orderly!" shouted the General.
"give my compliments to Adjutant General
Blank, and tell him to detail three hundred
men to Be baptized on Sunday. Howard
can't 81 ahead Of me on religion" exclaimed
Tie infariased warrior Ezehssse.