The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-01-18
GeneraI1tIeS.

United States Supreme Court is again in ses-
sion.
Gen. Grant is again asking 10 be put on the
retired list.
The coronation of the Gar will probably take
place IN April.
The Snez Canal tariff has been reduced half
frame per ton
1t is estimated that in 1852 Massachusetts sent
500 600 to Ireland.
The profits from the Garfield fair in Washing
ton are nearly $4,000.
General amnesty has been dccreed to the
Egyptian rebels not already dealt with.
A movement is on foot for the consolidation
Of all the rubber companies in the country.
The defaulting treasurer of Tennessee has
been arrested in Texas. His defalcation
100000.
In ohio, J. i. Taylor, Republican, has been
elected to Congress, III place of the late Mr..
Jpdegratf.
Ben Butler is in favor of reducing the salary
of every office in Massachusetts but that of
governor.
The Western Iron association have sent a
protest 10 Congress against reduction of the
tariff on tin plates.
lNtulN pt ptDlttHlldTN cOuA IctS were drowned
in Jackson county, North Carolina, by the up
setting Of boat.
The Governor of Florida in his message to
the Legislature recommends reduction of the
State tax to five mills
The treasury cattle commissions report rec
ommends various measures for the extinction
of the peuro pneumonia.
1t is proposed to compel West Point gradu-
a "a - nj mad
officers before promotion.
At East Haw kesburg. Province of Quebec. a
hired man murdered four members Of the
Cooke family and escaped.
The Tennessee legislature has adopted res
olution suspending the payment of the January
interest on the state debt.
The emigration to this country last year num-
bered 735 900 persons, exclusive of Oscar Wilde,
Tug llsOn. Mrs. Langtry and Herr Most.
A report of Secretary Lincoln, in answer to a
resolution of the House, shows some of the ab-
surdities of river and harbor appropriations.
Senator Pendeton has an elegant house in
Washington. another in Cincinnati, a cottage at
Conway n. H., and a villa at Mount Desert Me.
The Ways aud Means Committee have fixed
the duty OH yarns and warps for weaving at 10
cents for % cent goods and at 10 to - cents for
better grades.
The amount of wheat now in California, in
Guiding that in the ships in the bay, is 419 900
tons. This exceeds the previous estimates 10
to 80 per cent.
At least 10000 looms and probably 200 900
spindes are now idle in the cotton and WOODEN
mills at Philadelphia in consequence of the de
preston i'll trade.
The weight of Gambettas brain, as discover
ed at the autopsy, is reported to have been not
quite A. ounces, which is an ounce or two less
than the average weight
Much opposition is developed against the
Senate tariff bill on the part of several New
England industries. 1t proposes q eater reduc-
tions than the House bill
Last years failures in the United States
numbered 6I,3S, as against 55S2 in 1881 with
total liabilities of S10l 900 900, as compared
with SSl 900 600 in 1881.
The Canadian Parliament will meet the Sth
of February. The Governor General and the
Princess Louise will probably arrive at Ottawa
about the end of the month.
The floods in Austria and Prussia continue to
do great damage. Cities and towns are flooded
Manuherin and other towns are abandoned and
great damage is done to property.
If there is luck in odd numbers this ought to
be good year, II begins and ends with an odd
number. and the first two figures added together
and the last two both make odd numbers.
Since Alexander II. Stephens became govern
or of Georgia. less than eight weeks ago. be has
pardoned forty-eight conyicts twelve of whom
were murderers and i've convicted Of rape.
4 private letter to Detroit parties announces
the death of Rev. Titus Coan, at Hilo, Sand
wich Islands. Dec. ID, aged 81 years. DR.. Coan
was Il veteran missionary of the American
board.
The Secretary of the Navy has sent commu-
nication to the Senate recommending the con-
struction of four steel cruisers, one iron dis
patch boat or fast clipper and one cruising tor
pedo boat.
The debt statement shows the decrease during
December to be $15,413, 80. Cash in the
treasury. 1912 924 01S4 cash balance available.
$40 .631, ,1.3.S.; decrease since June 30 1882.
$S1 $3.50, 1S3.SS.
Governor Foster of Ohio, in his address to
the Legislature, urges the submission of prop
ostion to amend the State Constitution as
to leave the matter of the regulation of the liq-
uOr traffic to the Legislature.
Nova Scotia apples in London are worth from
- to s. per barrel and in great demand 1t is
estimated that within five years the crop Of
apples in the valleys of Annapolis and Kings
county will exceed 300, 900 barrels.
Evangelist Barnes, in New York cured the
Superintendent of the home for incorporates,
of rheumatism, and the next day the Superin-
tendent was attacked by gout. He thinks he
has got out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Referring to the French spoliation claims, the
Philadelphia American says: Let this short
session be made memorable by the passage of i
measure to pay claim of eighty years stand
| ing, for whose payment France sent lis the
money"
ADenver despatch says that by mutual agree
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divorce from her husband, Governor Tabor
with alimony of $250000 She asked $100O0OO0
but seemed satisfied with the compromise. She
withdrew all offensive charges, and previous
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