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

The government purchased it. paying tne
sum Of S1OO, 900. A poor investment a
as money is concerned. 1t is now useu as .
medical museum with the exception OF .ne
aoor and that is where all the
Pension papers are IeceNe"
investigated. All the records OF the war
are deposited here. and couple OF clerks
who have been in this department 1or years
and know Just where every book or repor. -
TO be found are constantly at WORK iooAi"s
IN facts in regard to applicants we "ere
told that the work is up very close nov,
and hut verv DELAY is made when the cases
are clear.
In the MINER rooms are all kinds OF mon
strosities found in medical practice, skeletons
homes with bullets still in them-thev lnciuue
all sort of gun-shot wounds. limbs aihPu'a-
ted. showing the disease or accideit; Gas,S
represepting about all diseases TO ",ic"
flesh is heir. models of various war paraPher-
MALTA etc. MANY of these specimens were
Obtained during the war; and many are SICK
enipe in the extreme Little do we reailZe,
now. the horrors and sufferings OF our brave
bows TO preserve this country. and how any
man who endured suffering. as so many uiu'
can now 90 over to the enemy. Is more IMAM
| can comprehend.
Directly opposite this building is the house
assassinated. 1t has marble tablet on the
wall that tells the fact The statues IN the va
rious squares are very fine. The Bronze
Equestrian statue of Gen. Thomas, that was
unveiled recently. is a splendid work OF art.
The parks that are laid out in all parts OF
the citv, are beautiful, and are an ornament
to the city. IA well as sanitary measure.
The POPULATION is from all nations, but it
seems more like an Eastern city than any
have visited outside of New England. ;.
Mrs. Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, widow of
the late Rev. Syvanus Cobb, long proml-
nent and esteemed Universalist clergyman,
died at her residence, in East Boston, at the
good old age of seventy-seven years, on sun
dav morning, Just as the bells of the churches
were calling worshippers to the forenoon ser
vice. She was dressed and sitting in her
chair, in about the same health she had en-
loved for some time past, and departed with
only 4 few minutes warning, while relative
held her by the hand. Mrs. Cobb was born
ia the town of Ipswich, and was educated
Congregationalist, but at the age OF seven
teen she was led to examine the doctrines OF
Tnversalism and became convert to that
faith. She was married at about the age OF
twenty years, and in after life she said it was
her ambition to marry a Universalist minis
ter and raise family of children as numerous
as the tribes of Israel, and she did reach
three fourths of that number. She possessed
rare qualifications for a minister's wife, and
in all the manifold duties and labors of her
husband she was ever most efficient and
most jealous helper.
DIABETEs.-A Sure Cure. To this dis
tressing complaint, thousands fall victims. 1t
requires no description. Those who suffer
from it know the symptoms perfectly. The
unfailing cure for it is HUNTS REMEDY
the Great Kidney and Liver Medicine. This
great medicine (which is the only known
remedy for Bright's Disease has cured more
Diabetes than any and all other medicines
put together. If afflicted by Kidney, Liver,
Bladder, or Urinary Diseases. try HUNTS
REMEDY, reader.