Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-11-25
General News.

Bishop f. o. Haven is going to California
to live.
Glenn Canada, the Oldest negro in Virginia,
has been cut down at the untimely age of
l2O years and 10 months.
Indianapolis, Indiana, annually ships 49,
600 barrels ofeggs, equal to 8, $50, 900 dozens.
worth S3l5,000.
Last year there were about $4,000 pounds
of sugar exported from the Sandwich Is
land.
Mrs. Howe of Boston of the Ladies De-
posit'' notoriety was Tuesday admitted to bail
in $4,000.
Great Britain paid upwards of Sl2, 000, 900
for the butter imported the first three months
of the present year.
The census gives Philadelphia a popula-
ton of S46,9s0, of whom 4O5 1893 are males
and AL ,Oal females: native, 642, 64S for
eign, 204,33
There are in circulation. it is said, 49,
100000 copies of the Bible, as against 5,000,-
900 copies in circulation at the commence
ment of the present century.
The agitation of the liquor question in
Washington has resulted in a general order
to close all gambling houses. Gaming has
never been more openly conducted in de-
fancc Of law at any period since the war
than it now is.
Among the foreign arrivals at New York
on Saturday, Goth inst, was wealthy East
Ind e,
through the United States, and has with him
four wives and a retinue of dozen or more
Hndoo servants.
The rapid extension of the railroad system
at the West and Southwest is;mparting fresh
activity to the steel rail manufacture. One
Pennsylvania firm has orders booked for So
900 tons, and other establishments are re-
ported working to their full capacity.
Germany has now ten of the twelve ar
mored gun vessels which have been ordered
to be built for her navy. These vessels have
a displacement of about 1000 tons, and car
ry one l2-inch Krupp gun mounted en- bar
bette, and are fitted with ram bows.
A curious dinner party was given at New
York hotel, the other evening, by young
bachelor, to several friends to whom he had
for several years been financially indebted
By lucky turn in business he was able to
pay all he owed, with interest, and the
amount due to each guest was found under
the individual plates in the form of check.
The grain crop of California has attained
its present production of forty million BUSH
els from the first attempt to raise wheat for
home consumption less than thirty years ago.
The first bag of -four was made in 1858, at
Homer's Mills, Union City. In 1868 Mr.
Homer raised %, 900, 900 pounds of potatoes
which he sold at three cents per pound. He
is still living on his ranch whittier he went
in 1916.
They have an expeditions wayI of
paying the employees of the Hudson River
r. r. Thursday, Nov. Is, the paymaster went
over the road paying out Sl50.000 in green
backs and gold. The train ran at its high
est speed and the pay of fiagmen between
stations was put in envelopes, and attached
to sticks. and thrown at the various fagmen
as their shanties were passed. In this way
some Sl50,000 was thrown from the pay car
as the train was going at the rate of ne arly
mile minute.
A priest in Ireland, having preached a SER
mon on miracles, was asked by one of his
congregation walking homeward, to explain
little more clearly what miracle meant
'1s it a miracle you want to understand"
said the priest. "Walk on there forninst me.
and FL think how l can explain it to you.,'
The man walked on, and the priest came
after him, and gave him tremendous kick
"0ww roared the man, "why did you do
that" Ibid you feel it?" asked the priest
'sTo be sure did, said the man. "well,
then, it would have been a miracle if YOU
had not"