Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-03
General News.

The Chicago Tribune has a coiored repor-
ter.
Carlyle's niece is half inclined to spell
Frouhe's name with an a.-EImira Free
Press.
Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke has been asked to
deliver the poem at the Groton Centennial
Celebration.
As DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes phrases it
in recent letter. it is hard instructing an
cient canine individuals in new devices.
Mr.. =. b. Shillaber (Mrs. PartingtOn) is
recovering from his severe illness. He is so
much better that he is able to go down stairs
and receive his friends.
Durango. Col. is only six months old, yet
ii is a ull-fedged city Of 5000 inhabitants,
supports 25 saloons. and one daily and two
weekly newspapers.
The Woman's Medical College, in New
York city, has, during 80 years, graduated
276 women as physicians, of whom l5l are
in active practice, with average incomes of
50 900 per year.
fish story is published in Paris to the ef-
feet that fish 400 years old. which had been
fed by crumbs from the hands of number
of kings died recently in the lake at Fon-
tainebleau.
A French surgeon mitigates pain by admin
istering series of wave e-sOunds to the affect
ed part by means of a tuning fork and
sounding board. Neuralgia is cured speedily.
The vibration is kept up by. an electro. mag
net.
1t is related of Bishop Peck that at the re-
cent Maine Methodist Episcopal conference
he was asked if clergyman ought to run
for congress. The bishop thoughtfully re-
piled: Eyes. yes: when it is perfectly evident
he is fit for nothing else
1t is estimated BY good judges that the
| mills of Minneapolis win grind the present
year 20,000,0o0 bushels of wheat. The in
crease in milling capacity has been growing
every year, hat at no period so fast as at
present
Signora Ristor. wishes to play Lady Mac
beth in English with some actor Of position,
and an application has been made to Mr.
Irving in her behalf Ristori is said to have
now quite mastered the English language.
The Bostsn Courier favors dramatic
school in connection with our larger colleges
upon an equal footing with the professional
departments already in operation. Aad
while they are about it why not train ayoung
man for the circus OF negro minstrel BUSH
ness.- Cincinnati Saturday Night.
Fifteen thousand jews from Russia are it
is said, on their way to this country. Despite
the fulmnations Of the hotel-keepers. the
United States is the real promised land for
the Jews. iney compose tHe rlcnest claso
of our people, comparing their numbers with
those Of other races and creeds. Hour
''Ah. good. That'll do. 1t is all right"
somewhat impulsively remarked Mr.. Grog-
gins, laying down the revised New Testa-
ment. II see they have not altered it, I
was afraid they would change the passage
where Timothy is urged to take little wine
for his stomacli's sake and oft infirmities, by
substituting lemonade or sarsaparila for
wine. The reviser. deserve great credit for
| their thoughtfulness. And he went out to
see a man. -.Noryisforn Herald.
The Mountain Echo. weekly paper Of
Calaveras County. Cal. enjoys the uniqne
distinction Of having been set up, in its early
days. by the teeth Of its founder. His name
is S. s. Waterman, and his arms and legs
have been totally paral5z zed all his life. Hav-
| ing liking fo- newspaper work. he learned
to set type with bis teeth. and. having good
education, composed his editorials and other
articles and put them in type without writing
them. He has now given up newspaper
work and confines himself to job printing
and engraving. holding the engraving tools
with his teeth, and doing al the work Of his
Office except running the press, for which
more power is required than he can furnish
with his jaw.