Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-20
General News.

| Charlie Ross was discovered twice last
week.
| Wills has written a new tragedy, Juanna
/ in which Modjeska is to act,
| Eighty-three thousand buffalo hides were
sold at Miles City. Montana, alone, during
the past fall and winter.
Florida is rapidly becoming Northeruized.
1t is estimated that nearly une-half of its
real estate is now owned by Northern cap
italists.
| Dr. William Howard Russell. the we'll.
known special correspondent of the London
Times, has sailed for New York on the
steamer Gallia.
| Princess Stephane will make her bridal
entry into Vienna May 3, in splendid
chariot drawn bv eight horses. Her mar
riage to Rudolph will take place the next
dav.
! Boston has an Italian colony 1900 strong.
There are few wealthy Italians there, but
large majority of them possess the comforts
and many Of them the luxuries II life.
Mr.. Dwight l.. Moody has succeeded dur
| ing his stay in San Francisco in raising SS5-
900 by subscription for the Young Mems
Christia.. Association of that city.
| Miss Jennie Young. the American lady
known rs the author of the volume on "The
| Ceramic Art" and OF some excellent news
paper correspondence. has been lecturing in
Dumtries, Scotland, upon Burns and his
work.
II is something new for the daughter of an
English Prime Minister 10 turn school-teach-
er. Miss Helena Gladstone is understood to
have made herself almost a necessity to
Newnham College and to have decided to take
up her residence there rs one of its perma-
nent Professors.
| The amount of fish annually consumed IN
New York city aggregates nearly 81 .oOO. 900
pounds. of which cod comprises about 5000,
| coo pounds. blue fish nearly 5000 600 and
mackcrcl 3. 800. 600. The value of this sup
ply is about 81. 300. 900.
| Models of proposed electric railway and
letter post delivery were recently exhibited
before scientific club in Vienna. Sic
mems electro-dvnamic machine was used to
furnish the motive power The chief advan-
taCe claimed for the system was that the
power was generated at the stations and not
carried along the line by locomotive engines.
| Madame Tarnowski is Russian lady who
has lust been unanimously elected an acti=e
member of the society of physicians in charge
of the lunatic asvlums of her native country.
She received, several years ago the diploma
of NJ. ID. ut the st. Petersburg University,
and since entering actively upon the profess
| sion she has shown much skill, power of
thought and success in her treatment of diff
cult cases. that she has earned u wide reputa-
tion, even among specialists.
| In an interview on SATURDAY with Herald
reporter, Mile. Bernhardt spoke in English
and did so well as to occasion remark. She
invariably pronounced correctly, and her
enunciation was clear and even rs it is in
her exceptionally beautiful French. Atten-
| tion having been called to the fact she said
.Well, ! study hard and ought To succeed. |
am studying Beatrice in Much Ado About
Nothing Some dav you will see something.
love the English language-the language of
Shakspeare-ani master it will"
Mrs. Louisa NJ. Alcoit writes about the
New England Hospital for Women and Chill
drsn of which she saws "This excellent and
much needed establishment should he pecu-
liarlv interesting to women, since a woman
planned it and for years it has been alssost
entirely conducted by women. The Maternity
Ward is a separate house. as it should be,
and here ] found four babies tucked up in
their little beds and four happy mothers who
| surveyed the flannel bundles with much
pride as if they contained princes Of the blood.
Excellent nurses watched over these patients,
and all seemed home-likc and comfortable"
The family of Col. Robert G.. Ingcrsoil are
happy. light hearted. cultured people. Mrs.
Ingersoll is a brght-faced and handsome
matron, on whom the cares of life have sat
lightly. and whose clear cut and animated
countcnance is perpetual study. The two
daughters are pretty and charming young
girls-the elder, Miss Eva, being considered
decided beauty Of the English type. She
has rich contralto voice, and is a brilliant
conversatonalist. II is the boast Of their
proud parents that these two daughter never
attended a school, but have been educated at
home. In Ingersoll's library Shakespeare is
regarded as his Bible and Burns as his hymn
book. Mrs. Ingersoll generally accompanies
the colonel on his lecturDg tours