Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-09

romance which in point of faifhfulness OF the
woman is equal to that of Longfeiiovs
s.Evaneeline.- Miss Betsy knight, vao
died few days ago at the age of 50 years.
vas in her girIhood betrothed to young
man in Ohio, and shortly before the Gay iof
the nuptials he died. Mrs. knight refused 70
believe il. and remained faithful TO ham AL
these years in the hope that he ~ouid re-
turn and claim her.
Little Edith (who has heard her mamma
speak of blighted affections -'Mamma, ana
Won think if person is really and truly IN
lore it would be wicked to deprive her Of the
object of her Affections" Mamma" n.y.
certainly. Edith-'.I heard you tell ii TO Mrs.
Jinglejaw to-day. And. mamma, I'm AWFUL
~ in love with that loaf Of cake in the cup
board II is needless TO say that Edith ana
the object Of her affections we're immediate
ly united.
Melville Pierce, a peculiar lunatic Of West
ern Massachusetts, after attempting 10 shoot
himself, disappeared from Wellileet for the
third tine last September and remained IN Sc
cIusion until last week, when he was found
in the Methodist church, where he had lived
for some time, occupying the attic and max
ing his bed ON top of the organ. y tub oil
butter, which had been stolen some time pre-
viously. was found concealed there, besides
numerous canned and preserved fruits and
other provisions. Pierce's hair had grown 10
his shoulders and his face was covered with
beard.
A romantic story is told by the Bangor
Maine Commercial: One day last week a
ship anchored IN Boothbay harbor, near LIN
coin, on the coast of that State, and one OF
the crew, a young man named Burneli- whose
sweetheart happened TO live near Lincoln
obtained the captains permission to go ashore
Burnell prolonged his visit, as lovers Will,
and set out alone after midnight to row back
to the ship. But the ship had weighed an
Choir and sailed away. The poor sailor rowed
here and there in his efforts to find the YES
sci, until finally his boat was capsized and
he was drowned
The entire town of Red Bluff, Cal, turn.
ed out the other day, to celebrate the nup'
tials of a Chinaman to an Indian girl from
tribe in that vicinity. This uniting o.
races is the first on record in California
and naturally excited lively interest.
A musician named Bruno, was killed 9
fortnight ago by an electric shock received
from the apparatus for producing the cleo
trio light at the Holte Theatre, Aston, Biz
mingham. A single powerful battery sup
plies all the lights of the theatre and its ad
joining grounds, and the wires conveying the
current pass over the orchestra Of the
theatre On leaving the orchestra Mr.. Bru
no placed his hand on the wire, and re-
cei-ed the full shock Of the electric current
lie was rendered UNCONSCIOUS by the shock
and died in short time.
At Ottawa, Canada, the other day, a small
pox patient came very near being buried
alive After the coffin had been lowered in
to the grave the noise of the first two or three
shovelfuls of earth on the lid aroused the sup
posed dead man and caused him to kick lust
". The coffin was hastily drawn out and the
lid unscrewed. The supposed corpse sat w
and exclaimed. my God. have had such q
narrow escape" He was at once lifted out
an overcoat thrown over his shoulders, anG
removed to the hospital where he is doine
we'll and will recover.
Conspicuous among the Geneva cOmmun
ards who are agitating going en- masse tt
Paris is the notorious Gaillard, the Graz,
shoemaker of the rue du Conseil General
whs has vowed never to put a hat on his heat
till the commune is the recognized govern
ment in Paris. This oath he has kept fol
many years; and summer and winter, rain O.
shine, he always apears! in the street bare
headed. He is under the idea that the pres
ence of himself and his fellow murderers il
the French capital will overawe the govern
ment to that extent that plenary amnest,
will result. Gailard avows that the French
government will never dare to enforce the
sentences hanging over the heads of himself
and companions in crime if they boldly make
their way to Paris. Mons Terons,