The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-09-13
Generalities.

Inc inventor Oh tue SlNlOgrdpllc pen derives
from his patent 100000 year.
The foot and mouth disease is increasing
alarmingly among the cattle in England.
In Iowa the democrats and greenbackers are
uniting on their legislative nominations.
John O'Grady, a Philadelphia lawyer, is un-
der arrest for collecting illegal pension fees.
Six thousand carloads of watermeons have
been shipped North from Georgia this season.
The signal station Oh Pixies Peak, IA 156 feet
high, is the highest building in the world inhabi-
ted the year round.
Since 1861 the sum of s196,450 has been paid
by unknown persons to the United States Treas
ury Conscience fund.
The decrease of the public debt during Au-
gust was S6.61l ,S511. The cash in the treas
ury is 1851 ,503 9S6.22.
1t is reported that there is 10 be IN investga-
ton Into the manner iii which the recent star
route verdict was found.
The Prince of Wales has accepted Ernest
LOngtelloW'S painting of the poet LongfelloW's
residence ut Cambridge, Mass.
Senator Sherman has stated to personal
friends that under no circumstances will he be
candidate for the Presidency.
Richards, Power 4 Co., shipowners and mer-
chants of Swansea and London, have failed
Their liabilities are t35O,O00.
Z D. Armour, the Chicago speculator, is fifty
four years old. and worth ten million, Of dol
lars. He i>a New York farmers son.
Postmaster General Gresham is making a
careful study of the postal telegraph question
preparatory to his report TO Congress.
Mr.. Parnell says the bulk of the English
members of the House of Commons have con-
ceded that home rule is necessary for Ireland.
The wife of Capt. Tyson has applied for d.
Vorce from her husband, who was the sailing
master of the Polaris Of the Arctic Expedition.
The grand jury at Baltimore. Thursday, re-
turned three true bills of indictment against the
members of the late board of fire commission
ers.
The coffee and sugar crops in Java suffered
severely from the volcanic eruptons and tidal
waves, ana soEeTa! Europeans are &!n@Mg the
missing.
1t is proposed to celebrate the fourth centen-
nial of the discovery of America. 1892, by
worlds exposition and Congress of nations at
Washington, j. c.
Returns that have been received from Mime
sofa and Dakota indicate that the wheat crop
in that section of our country will this year eN-
ceed that of any previous season.
a. Z. Carr. Esq. the apple dealer of VIM
throp, thinks the apple crop in Maine will be
about two-thirdS that of last year. The apples
will be large; they are gaining fast now.
Gen. Badeau United States Consul at IIav-
ana who has obtained leave of absence, had Il
slight attack of yellow fever, caught by nursing
his secretary. Gen. Badeau is now Gonzales
cent.
The American consul at Rome reports that in
a series Of contests between the combined reap
er and binding machines manufactured in sew
eral countries. those of the United States We're
successful.
There will be 4 great show Of hor>chesh un-
der the auspices OF the National Show Associu-
ton at Madison Square Garden, New York,
October - to %. There will be over Sll.0O
offered in premiums.
Strange as it may appear, the city of suyan-
nah is principal centre Of the ice business.
Large shipments are made from there to the in
terror of the State and to Florida and Alabama.
The ice is received from Maine.
Edward Joslyn shot Miss Eta Buckingham
in her room Thursday afternoon, at Elgin. Ms,
and then killed himself. They had been lovers.
Josyn was anephew of Judge NJ. L. Josyn, As
sistant secretary of the interior
The Post Office officials estimate that the two
cent postage will cut down the revenues of the
Post Office Department about $S,000,000. As Il
surplus of $4,000 900 was anticipated, it will
leave a net deficit of about S3,o00,0oo.
Recruiting officers report that the difficulties
in maintaining our army Al the number pre-
scribed by law are increasing. Officers think
this is due to the small pay of enlisted men as
compared with the wages paid by civilian cm-
ployers.
Connecticut furnishes the first clerk 10 secure
appointment in the Treasury Department under
tIn of the tlNll-SprSlr0 reform
rules The appoiutee is Miss Minnie f. IIoyt,
a Nassar graduate, who led all competitors in
the recent examination.
The unexpectedly early frosts have been very
disastrous to the farmers in Worcester. Norfolk
and MiddeseX counties, Mass, as some of them
lost hundreds of dollars worth of new crops.
The frost was especially damaging to the late
cucumber and squash crops.
The records of the United States Signal Of
flee show the rainfall for the month Just closed
to be the smallest recorded for any month since
the Signal Station was established twelve Years
ago. Old inhabitants say that such 4 dry time
has not been known for seventeen years
The South has now nearly 200, or, more eX-
actlv, l9l cotton factories in operation and in
course of erection there, which is more than
half the number in the New England States,
though the former, of course, are on 4 much
smaller scale, and they manufacture only the
coarser yarns and fabrics.
There are said TO be about 1000 dentists in
this country who put 900 of metal into
teeth each year, and about one ton of pure gold
is used annually. The making Of artificial tevth
is large industry also, about 100000 being
made annually. Only one American in eighty
has teeth perfectly free from decay.
The Nicksburg Post warmly approves of the
suggestion of the Third Maine Regiment AsSo-
ciation asking Congress to provide homes for
/ .l,. 4
and remarks that the millennium of good feel
ing between the sections would indeed have ar
rived if such thing should be done.
Although gold has been found in Alaska, it
is not good country for poor miner or pro-
spector, says Z Portland, Ore. correspondent.
The climate is disagreeable and the season short.
In the immediate vicinity of Juneau the country
is thoroughly proSpected and the claims located.
Unskilled labor is abundant and cheap, the In
dans working for 81 and 81 80 a day.
1t is estimated that the cost of the telegraph
ers' strike 100000 to the strikers in loss
of wages and $500 900 to the Western Union
company in loss of business. AS several suits
for failure to send messages have been brought
against the company, it may sustain additional
losses. One such suit in New York has already
resulted in a Judgment for 800 against the
| company.
| According to the forthcoming report of the
Postmaster General during the last fiscal year
three thousand Post Offices We're established.
| The greatest increase is i'll the South and West ,
but owing to the dscontinuance of other offices
the net increase is about two thousand. This
! gives about one Post Office to every one thou
sand people i'll the United States. There are
six thousand money order offices.
| The people Of this country have determined
! that the standard silver dollar is not good
enough for them and this unpopular coin is pill
! ing up in the Treasury vault so rapidly that Il
new vault for its special accommodation will be
| built. There are 1900, 900 standard silver dol
lars in the old vault. The new vault will fur
nish storage room for between - 900 600 and
| a 600 dollars, bu if that coin continues to
accumulate for any period of years us at pres
ent, the new vault will not be found to be any
too large.
| The Supreme Court of Maine has decided
| that the wages of Il schoolmaster employed for
definite time, until the expiration of which he
is not by the contract entitled to receive anv
part of his pay, cannot be holden by trustee
process until he has completed his term, or so
| lono thprp is a contingency ne to his rioht II