Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-05-27
General News.

An Illinois paper, in describing the late
tornado, says: "A white dog, while attempt
ing to weather the gale, was caught with his
mouth open and turned completely inside
out
The Bartlett Land and Lumber Company
at Bartlett, n H.. will manufacture about
six million feet of lumber the present sea-
son. The Kearsarge Peg Co. are doing a
large business and make large shipments
daily.
The commencement season is approaching
and the enthusiasm of the young men in base
ball and rowing contests, and other athletic
sports, shows that the average student un-
derstands what should occupy his time until
his fourth commencement filings him out into
the world to begin preparation for a life
work.
A very fashionable lady who fairly dotes
on her children and is very particular about
their toilets had a narrow escape last Sunday
from losing one of her darlings. 1t was lean-
ing out of a third-stOry window when it lost
its balance and in a moment more it would
have been dashed to pieces on the crowded
pavement below. Fortunately the mother
seized it just as it was disappearing over the
window-sil. Clasping the saved cherub to
her breathless breast, the fond mother eX-
claimed as tears of gratitude flowed from her
upifted eyes, .'If that child had fallen into
the street with that dirty dress on, | would
never, never have forgiven myself. And
she proceeded to dress it up, so that, come
what might, the family would not be dis
graced.
The value of training ships in providing
the Navy with competent scamen is better
understood each year. The Minnesota,
which is again lying in the North river, has
furnished so many vessels with reinforce
ments from her number that there are now
2S4 vacancies, and able-bodied boys between
fifteen and seventeen wears of age who wish
to follow the sea will find upon that vessel
an excellent opportunity for learning what
seamen should known. The training-ship of
the present time is an institution which is to
work great changes in seamanship, and the
service of merchantmen, as well as of YES
sells of war will be much improved by its in
fuence. The care with which boys are Sc
lected and the thoroughness of their training
must make recruits from the training-ship
favortes with officers of all sea going YES
sells.
The indianapolis physician who shot him
self early this week in a cemetery, near his
wifes grave. had been married four years.
He purchased lot in the cemetery, being
very particular that it should be just large
enough for himself and wife and the two chill
dren. He then began the construction of
tomb in the lot, in which to place the remains
of his wife, and superintendent the work per-
sonally, watching it from beginning to end.
The body of his wife was buried there last
week In his room was a life-siZe portrait of
his wife, and it was discovered that instead of
going to bed he took seat before the picture,
and remained gazing at it all night. Occa-
sionally he would walk back and forth across
the room for few minutes, and then resume
his position before the portrait. A week or
ter days was spent in this way, during which
he neither ate nor slept. He finally killed
himself.