Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-06-05
General News.

The National Democratic Convention will
meet at Cincinnati, June %.
Senator Brown. of Georgia is the only
Southern millionaire in Congress. He is set
down as worth three millions.
The London Athen@um says that Mark
Twain sis the most successful and original
wag of his day. and thinks that 1.-THE Tramps
Abroad" his new work, contains some of his
happiest work.
Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prime e
of Wales, is tall, slender. delicate-looking
boy, slightly resembling his grandfather. His
brother George is short, stout and round
headed. The Princes eldest daughter is
rather plain, but the other little girls are ex-
.eedingly pretty, especially the blooming and
spirited little Princess Maud.
The death of Michael McDonough, known
a. Old Reliable, at the age of l0s years and
8 months, was reported in New York the
other day. When Hoche, in 1896, attempted
to land in Ireland after subduing La Vendee,
McDonough was pilot on one of the vessels
of t,e fleet and was blown away to sea. He
reached home after many hardships and
Joined the White BOYS. Prior to the battle
of Vinegar Hill, on May II, 1898, Melon
oughhad command of body of Irish insnr-
gents On the day of the engagement his
men we're intoxicated and took no part in the
fight. A daughter, now Is years old, is in the
West. McDonough came to America in
1858 with his second wife.
There was an embarrassed young man at
Bowling Green, Ky, who escorted the preach
er's fair daughter to church on Sunday night
and arrived late to hear the reverend gentle
man real from the Bible as the couple
marchedup the aisle: ''My daughter is tor
mented With DEVIL" which verse occurs in
the accounts of New Testament miracle.
The congregation smiled, and it would be
hard to tel which felt the worse, the preach
er, his daughter, or her escort.
After anillness of many years duration,
the En- pres of Russia, died at St. Peters
burg Thur slay morning. Maximiliane Viii.
helmine Auyuste Sophi Maria was daughter
of the Grand Duke Ludwig II. of Hesse.
Darmstadt, born in 1924. She was married
to Alexandr Nicolaevitch, then Crown
Prince of Russia. April %, 1871, her hus-
band being then 90 years of age. Upon her
betrothal she Joined the Greek church, and
took the name Of Maria Alcxandrovna. The
marriage was wholly the result of love
match, the royal sutton having his individual
| choice among most of German princesses,
with one of whom. it was thought best: for
state reasons tina; he should allay himself.
In 1855 Alexander assembled the throne and
| the Princess Marin became Empress of Rus
STA. OF late yeas she has been in very poor
health, passing mich of the time at Cannes
and other French watering places: For sew
eral months, death has been almost hourly
| expected, but she lived to endure journey
to St. Petersburg list April, and died in the
imperial palace.
An examination o. old packages in one Of
the vaults of the Mechants' National Bank
| of Baltimore, has bought to light property
which had been longlost sight of by the or
iginal owners. In Ore of the boxes, the key
to which was in the pank, were discovered
$4,000 in first mortgage bonds of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, with the interest coupon.
for the past fifteen years attached, making
the aggregate value a the property about
$40 900. These bond, it has been ascer
tanned, belong to tin Hagerstown md.
Bank, Of which Governor HAMILTON is nov
the President. In dealings between the two
banks these bonds were deposited with the
Merchants Bank fifteen years ago as collat
eral. The then President of Hayerstowr
Bank, James Dixon Roman, died; tn,
cashier was superseded, and the bank los
traces of the TRANSACTION. The disappear
ance of the bonds, however, always remained
an unpleasant mystery, which is now happily
cleared up, and the bank adds 500, 900 NOR
to its surplus