Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-03-30
General News.

rn.,.na i. disposed to settle promptly the
.,.;n, of .hort eaO. 900 arising from the out
rape on American fishermen At Fortune pay
0ur exports of cotton goods to China iof
tho first veek of March alone was $9S,Oo
H. coods going mainly By trans-eonnnentai
Hnes and taking ships at San Francisco.
II il said the Boston schoolgirl VINO oieo q
of heart disease one morning last week. nao
Jumped skipping-rope over 2oo tunes Jus'
before entering the school-room.
Philaielphia has adopted new ana pleas.
ing custom at weddings in the placing OIL
baskets of flowers on stands IN the aisies'
from which guests are invited 10 heiP 'he"-
selves when leavin. the church.
The Eastern railroad on Monday of last
xeek commenced placing the number OF each
train on the headlight of the engine drawing
il. the figures being changed as often as the
ENGINES are shifted from one train to another.
..Old Abe" the famous war eagle, died al
the Wisconsin State capitol on SATURDAY
night. The bird was for four years OF the
war the pet and pride of the Eighth Wiscon-
sin Regiment Since the war the eagle mas
been exhibited in several of the principai
cities of the country, and had been interviewed
BY millions of people.
member of the Boston Produce Ex-
change, at a recent meeting for considering
the best means for stopping the sale Of oleo
and lard skim cheese, remarked, that there
should be law passed to stop the artlfciai
coloring of butter and cheese. what is the
artificial coloring of poor white butter to
make it resemble fine butter but fraud, not
so villianously wicked, to be sure, as selling
oleo as butter, but nevertheless fraud:
Astronomical: 4 Galveston lady read
ing a newspaper, when she suddenly ex-
.sEnnI yrarinus how awful ~
whats up now: 2" asked her husband. "Why
Professor Highfuel SAYS that comet is ap-
preaching the earth. and We are all to be
burned up well, it's high time some
thing was happening to bring down the price
of firewood. ."-Golreston lNers.
A Chicago dentist has an insane propensity
for getting toothaching patient under the IN
fuence CT ether. and then extracting sound
and unsound teeth indiscriminately. lady
who had her upper Jaw entirely despoiled of
a fine set of teeth, has brought suit for NAL
practice, and the trial has developed the fact
that several other ladies have been similarly
outraged. One poor girl who had double
row of good worries with one offending acher
was, while insensible, left with nothing but
gums and the offer of false set of teeth for
eight dollars. A second lady appeared in
Court and told the same story. Ladies be-
fore consenting to become insensible in a
dentists chair should be careful that the den
tist understands their wishes, and have their
big brothers along to see that their wishes
and sound teeth are both respected.
De robin am chirpin',
DE bluebird am singin',
De voice of de buejay am heard in de land;
DE wild ducks am fyin',
De ganders am sighin',
An de big bunkO man he am shown his hand
De mud 8 growin' deeper.
An thunder 5 a-cOmin',
An de possum comes out Of his log fur to see;
DE warm rain g a-fallin'.
DE spring calf am bawlin',
An de whitewashiR season has opened fur me.
Detroit Free Press.