Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-04-06
General News.

Forty thousand acres of land in Arkansas
have been secured for an Italian colony.
Lightning fired and destroyed the Buffalo
Plains station of the Erie Railroad, Monday.
Oliver Ames has purchased a controlling
interest in the Boston Advertiser. but will
| have no part in conducting the paper.
The circulation of Longfellow's works in
this country and In England has probably
been very nearly a million of volumes.
lunatic who jumped from swift rail
road train in Michigan was almost killed by
the shock, but has been perfectly sane ever
since his recovery.
Governor Jerome, of Michigan, has issued
a card OF thanks for the prompt relief sent
from all parts of the country TO the forest
fire sufferers.
The woman-sufirage bill in the Massachu-
sets legislature which was recently again de-
feated, has been argued during every session
since 1867.
Russia explains that the recent activity in
her military departments is the result simply
of pacific reforms in the organization of the
army.
Smallpox is assuming such alarming pro-
portions in Canada that the Board Of Health
has decided to issue no more clean bills of
health to departing steamers.
Pittsburg. Pa, despatch SAYS: Three
thousand coal miners, in the Pan Handle mines
struck on Monday against reduction of a
half cent per bushel.
An accommodating conductor stopped his
train long enough at Maysville, ILL.,, for a
village clergyman to pronounce hasty mar
riage ceremony for two clipping passengers
Mr.. Patrick Egan, the treasurer of the
Irish Land League, has received during the
past month f22 900 from the branches of the
League in the United States and the English
colonies.
| The report on the "Golden City, case
charges gross and criminal negligence and
carelessness on the part Of the mate and
| captain of the watch. Judge Horrigan at
once ordered the encouragement to prepare
bill of indictment against all who are ac-
cused.
Three of the passengers on the steamer
Scythia, which sailed from Liverpool on Sat
| urday for New York, were arrested on the
| arrival Of the steamer at Queenstown on
Sunday. charged with being implicated in
, the recent murder Of Arthur Herbert
The disposition of the Chinese bill removes
the cause for delay in Cabinet nominations
1t was definitely stated that the names of
Messrs. Teller and Chandler would be sent
| in on Wednesday for Secretary Of the In
terror and Navy respectively.
The per diem employees of the navy yard
ana Otner government departments IN w ash
ington and other cities in the United States.
are making a strong effort to secure the en-
forcement of the ''eight-hour law" and also
to recover the extra pay they claim for work
ing the extra two honrs
There are supposed 10 be 6G, ,Os7 surviv-
ors of the Mexican war, Of which I5j are
100 years of age, and sixty-seven who are
lO2 years of age. The estimated total
cost Of pensioning these survivors IL $685.
$50, ,4s0. The cost Of pensioning the surviv-
ors of the several Indian wars is estimated
at s2s, pol .e32, and their average age is 73
years.
Yakutsk, which has been brought into
prominence by the ill-fated Jeannette ex-
peditien, 10 situated on the west bank Of the
Lena river, and is the chief city in that part
OF Siberia. 1t has population Of about
5Ooe- The principal trade is in furs For
nine months of the year snow and ice abound,
and IN winter the thermometer deseends TO
20 degrees below the freezing point. In the
summer the temperature rises ~ high a. 95
degrees.
English missionaries have begun TO work
| in the peninsula Of Corea--a land from which
almost all Europeans have heretofore been
Jealousls excluded. The area Of Corea il
80 900 square miles and the population about
l0,00o.600 souls. The language is quite un.
like both Chinese and Japanese, and much
| difhculty has been experienced in learning it.
Some progress has, however, been made in
this direction. and q TRANSLATION of the New
Testament has been begun BY PRESBYTERIAN
missionary named Ross