Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-30
NO. 1Ol.
General News.

In one county in Mississippi the cyclone of
Sunday the 18th inst, killed 100, wounded
200. and left 1000 homeless.
The receipts of Western Bank Goldfish at
Gloucester have increased from sc. 900 pounds
in 1876 to . 400 900 pounds in 1852.
Since the New York Supreme Court decid-
ed that members of the police force who are
sick are entitled to full pay while absent from
duty, sick policemen in New York city have
become as numerous as flies in summer.
A terrific wind storm fas prevailed Tor sew
eral DAYS in Utah. All the coaches, cabooses
and box cars on the Washington 4 Nevada
Railroad have been blown from the track.
Several cars were blown over at Franklin.
There have been no fatalities.
party of New Hampshire men, under
command of Captain l.. Z. Philbrick of
keene. is to start in twenty birch canoes from
the head waters of the Connecticut river, on
the twenty fourth of May, for three weeks
trip to the Sound. They will camp out at
night but will nowhere be far from civilza-
ton.
W. II. Terry was killed by a falling tree
on Cahill's river. w. I. His wife tried to
dig him out, but could not, and then she got
4 saw and cut the tree in two and carried the
body to the house. She sat up with it all
night, and in the morning took her two little
children and made her way to the next settle
ment, two miles distant.
The emigration of the poorer whites of the
South to Utah under the influence of prose-
lyting Mormons is serious catastrophe al
ready predicted and dreaded. The chief dig
ntaries of the Mormon church boast that
their missionaries report great progress, and
with adequate force we can promise nearly
a clean sweep"
A meeting of the representatives of the va
rious commercial bodies in New York, was
held Wednesday afternoon, TO take steps to
further the passage of the bill now before the
Legislature to reduce the rates of pilotage.
The sense of the Aeeting was that the present
high charges keep a great deal of tonnage
from this port and drives it elsewhere, and
an influential committee was appointed
to 90 to Albany and urge the passage of the
bill.
At Chiantla Mex. party of men under
Abraham Ramirez Tuesday evening attacked
the guard at the municipal palace, crying
"Viva Mexico Viva Ramirez" They threw
open the Jail, burned the archives of the first
Judges court, robbed several honses, killed
four of the federal soldiers and wounded
four others. The rioters lost eight men,
among them one of their leaders, called
Guanco. After occupying the town for some
time they were driven out, and are being
pnrs1ed by federal and State troops.
Macon county, ILL.,, boasts the Oldest man
in the State, if not the oldest in the country.
His name is Robert Gibson, and his age is
over ll6 years. He is 5 feet inches in
height. and weighs l45 pounds. He recol-
lects dimly the Revolutionary war, and the
presidency of General Washington. Mr..
Gibson's eldest boy is now lad of 81, and
his baby" with whom he is now living, is
A. He has been twice married, and has
thirteen children living and three dead One
of his sons has twenty children. His direct
descendants, now reaching to the fifth gener-
alton, number nearly 400.
There was novel expectation at San Fran
cisco lately. Two hundred sacks of orange
peel, valued at $1,000, were shipped to Havre.
1t was the first shipment of the kind from
that port, and is the more singular because
the orange peel consumed in this country is
imported and in large part is from Southern
France. Orange peel is worth about eight
cents a pound. Oranges are so plentiful in
France, Spain and Italy. as well as in
Florida and in the West Indies, that the peel
is stripped from the fruit in large quantities
for bitters and marmalade, and the juice Is
used to make acids. 1t is estimated that
200, 900 pounds of orange peel was imported
into New York last year.