The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-05-12
GeneraItt1es.


death rate.
The proposed Worlds Fair in New York is
abandoned.
1t is proposed to exclude minors from courts in
Massachusetts,.
Goodwin Smith says intenperance is visby de-
creasing IN California.
It costs The United States 81. 600 per annum to
print its postage stamps.
Seven deaths from pistol shots recently occurred
within five days at FL Paso, Texas.
1t Is reported that the Mexican Deputies have
approved lads ship railway contract.
ten. Batter is advertised to make Greenbaek
speech at Lansing, Michigan on July 18th
The mercury on Sunday afternoon rose 10 s. at
Chicago. One case of sunstroke is reported
A Philadelphia girl was married on Wednesday
and drowned herself in the Schuyikill on Thursday
The Comptroller of currency has called for re
ports from National Banks showing their condition
May 9th
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe has sold her Florida
orange grove for SD 00n to a MI Packard OF Phil
adelphla.
The potato bag has appeared in the vicinity Of
Norfolk, Va and is making havoc with the po-
tato vines.
Massachusetts, is the only one of the New Eng
land States where by law ten hours is the dav 5
work in the mills
Steamer City OF Toxic. from Hong Kong via
Yokohama, arrived at San Francisco Sunday with
l,0lO Chinese aboard.
Prot. Chandler reports to the New Y rk Board
OF Health that oeOmargarine is superior in all re
spects to poor butter.
The published statement that President Garfield
had written Senator Dawes IN regard to the Senate
deadlock is cOntradicted.
br Howard Crosby SAYS cyclone OF indigna
tlon has been raging against him since he lectnred
n Boston on temperance.
One of the popular New York clergvmen Is said
TO have an income of about five thousand dollars
year from marriage fees.
Alligator skin boots and shoes have become So
popular that $1,000 hides were consumed in their
manufacture last year IN this country.
A Florida grower. who has been shipping Gu
cumbers North for two weeks past. receives 3 30
per dozen for these incendary vegetables.
Sixty-tge millions of United States SIX pei cents
have already been refunded at 3 per cent The
five per cents are being rapidly redeemed
The ratification OF the Chinese Immigration
treaty by the Senate Thursday, received with
quiet but universal satisfaction in San francisco
A patent steam scraper for dressing hogs by ma
chlnery and cleaning $ hogs a minute is now in
use at Squres packing house. East Cambridge
Mass.
-Four iron posts have been placed in Scollay
square. Boston. preparatory to making the first
experiment IN that city in street lighting by elec
trcity.
Senator Malone, Of Virginia, says he is in favor
OF the present banking system, of protective
tariff and OF protection OF coored in the right
to vote
VIM Ross Wallace, journalist and poet is dead
aged 81 He was the author of the song Sword
OF Bunker Hill, and other well known popular
productions.
The proposition is made to held a W orld's Fair in
Boston IN SO. under the auspices of Boston and
the New England States. The estimated cost is
three millions
Montreal is rejoicing over the production of
nch brocade silk handkerchief III that city it be-
ing the first work OF the first loom producing such
goods IN Canada
Az old negro at Palestine Texas. while plough
ing on farm two days ago turned up $1,000 in
gold, supposed to have been buried by an old
slave 20 years ago.
Panama dates OF the 23d ult., state that cashier
Ihorne. OF the Canal Company, was found at africa
and gave up 5000 francs, which he had taken
He was believed to be demented
Mr. James T. Fields has left s., 900 each, con-
tingent on the death Of his wife, to the authors
+ 7. Whipple, John g. Whittier I Aldrich
Lucy Larcom and W d. HoweIls
The Bay OF Qunte Yacht club of Bellevie Ont
has decided to challenge the New York Yacht
club. the present holders of the American cup. to
compete therefor in September next.
Rhode Island has law which prohibits the Ii
censlng OF the sale of liquors within four hundred
feet Of a schoolhouse. and many whlskey and beer
shops have been closed in consequences
Charles Scanden. Swede, living at HYDE Park
Mass, was fatally shot at dinner Saturday BY his
son George while the latter was examining a re
volver The ball entered his abdomen
The Maine Steamship Co have chartered the
side wheel steamer ''Rapdan' to take the place of
the Chesapeake She is between 800 and 900 tons
and was to leave New Y ork on the 10th inst
Connecticut has struck blow at itinerant
fuack doctors by demanding that henceforth they
shall pay the same license circus that is so
day Tor every day they hold forth in a town
tons and ratified the Chinese treaties and several
others Among the nominations confirmed is that
OF hben Woodbury. to be post master at Houlton
4 Victoria, T., despatch says the small pox is
raging on the American barque Henry Bell which
recently arrived from Hong Kong with 300 Chinese
on board Captains wife and several passengers
are sick.
Five persons were put under $1,000 bonds at
Philadelphia, Friday, charged with having com
mltted frauds upon the government in connection
with executing worthless bonds for Star route
contracts.
Daniel Dougherty, of Philadelphia. will deliver
the Grafton and Captain B. Sumner, of Bridg-
port, the poem before the Society of the Army Of
the Potomac at the annual reunion at Hartford. on
the 9Th of June.
The President sent a message to the Senate
Thursday withdrawing the New York nominations
tor nlted States marshals and district attorneys
The nomination of Judge Robertson for collector
OF customs is not withdrawn.
Building operations are lively in New York.
Thus far this year the building inspectors have re-
celved 4ho plans, representing 500 buildings to
cost about $S,O65, 600 In the same time last wear
only 80 plans were received.
Lima advlces say annexation TO Chilli is talked
OF there. Many prominent people favor it, and if
peace IS not soon arranged, satisfactorily to the
Chllians, it will follow as a consequences of mill
tary occupation of the country
The original of Mary had little lamb was
written by MIR. John Roulstone of Boston, son of
riding school sixty years ago. Mary" the owner
OF the lamb, is now Mrs. Tyler. of Somerville
The Boston Herald publishes what purports to
be cure or preventive for car sickness, which is
such source of trouble to many who occasionally
travel 1t consists simply in wearing a piece Of
common writing paper over the chest and beneath
the clothing
When Abraham Lincoln was assassnated, Queen
Victoria wrote a four page letter to Mrs Lincoln
1t was the unrestrained outpouring of sympathy
from full heart. 1t has never been published, as
the Lincoln family regarded it as violation of
proprlety to do So
lot of drunken sailors INDUCED in drunken
carousal on the steamer Providence on her way to
New York, Saturday, terrorizing the passengers to
such an extent that none dared to leave their
state rooms. The employees of the boat were
powerless to suppress them, having all they could
do to prevent freight being destroyed and the yes
sci set on fire. On arrival in New York the sailors
were arrested
The people of the south can be easily converted