The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-02-08
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FlOtow, the musical composer. is dead.
Out of All on board the Cimbria but y were
saved
Gustave Dore, the famous French painter and
designer, is dead.
The latest Philadelphia steal is 100000
SWind!e in the gas office.
Artificial ice is driving out the American ice
companies from Havana.
Thieves are raiding stores and killing store
keepers in Southwestern Nevada.
The Canadian sport of tobagganing is simply
sliding down hill on cushioned board.
A shipwrecked English crew numbering Il
were massacred by natives of New Guinea.
New York tradesmen say there is by no means
so much money in circulation year ago.
Six fishermen were lost in Il gale from the
fishing schooner James A. Garfield, of Gouces-
ter, Mass.
Thomas Helsen, a Philadelphia wool broker
committed suicide recently by jumping over
Niagara Falls
The New Orleans Picayune thinks that reci-
procty with Mexico means annexation. 1t
does.have that look.
Joshua Hutchinson. the oldest survivor of the
Hutchinson family, died at Milford, n. H., on
Sunday week, aged y.
A bill has been introduced in the New York
Legislature providing for biennial elections and
sessions of the Legislature.
The Massachusetts Legislative committee on
woman'S suffrage have decided to report a bill
in favor of municipal suffrage for women.
The wife of ex-Prcsident Tyler. with her
daughter, is now in Washington. where the rr-
'ently-granted pension enables her to live.
About 81 800 citizens of Indiana have peti-
toned the Legislature to submit the proposed
prohibitory amendment to the popular vote.
Col. Nicholas Smith, who married one of IIor-
ace Grteley'S daughters, is i'll Washington seek
ing diplomatic appointment Italy is his
choice.
The newspapers and periodicals sent through
the New York Post Office last year weighed 49,,
995 tons, the postage on which amounted to
S439 S02
The accumulation of ice in the gorge at Nj
agara Falls is the greatest ever known and is
already doing much damage to property along
the river
1t is claimed that Maiden lane. New York is
the greatest diamond mart IL the world, and
that the gems can b. bought cheaper there than
in Europe.
The Government i, about to bring suit against
the Union Pacific Railway to recover Sl,OoO,000
alleged to be due on account of percentage on
net earnings
The Colorado Republicans have nominated I.
NJ. Bowen for L. 5. senator Thus ends a long
fight i'll the selection of a compromise candidate
unknown to fame.
The Massachusetts Temperance Alliance asks
for the repeal of the liquor license law and the
enactment of stringent prOhlbitOry law with
measures for its enforcement
Dispatches from various point. in northern
New England indicate that Friday morning
week was the coolest morning Of the winter,
ranging from 30 to 81 degrees below zero.
President Benyon of the Boston Pacific bank
has been discovered living near Montreal. He
says he was only the tool of others and will
come back and vindicate himself at the right
time.
The experiment of sending frozen mutton
from Australia to London has resulted in
pecuniary failure. The company engaged in
the business lost $4,000 on the importation of
21,000.
EX-Secretary Blaine attended banquet given
by the British Minister ut Washington, the
10Th i'll honor of the Marquis Of Lorne. Gen
eral Sherman and Secretary Frenghuy>en We're
present.
the possible amendment To the tariff proposed
by Senator Frye. 1t reduces the tariff to about
half cent per pound on the average, or half
what both committees proposed.
According to the figures prepared by Mr.. Me
Pherson, clerk of the House Of Representatives,
the next House will be composed of l20 Re
publicans, 6 rcadiu>tcrS, grcenback-abor, )
independents and 1872 Democrats
The grand jury has returned pre>entment
against William Dickson for "orruptly en-
deavoring to influence the votes of his fellow
jurors in the last Star route trial. The report
that the jury refused to indct was false.
Mr.. John b. Cough has not yet recovered
from the attack of sickness that seized him
while lecturing in Brooklyn, \. Y, last month,
and has had in consequence to postpone the
fufImcnt of several lecture engagements
DR.. George NJ. Beard, a well-known physician
and author of several popular medical works
died in New York. Tuesday, of pneumonia. He
was lorn in Merden, Ct. graduate of Yale
in the class of 1862, and was about 40 years old
The estate of the late Robert l.. Stuart of New
York, who gave away immense sums during his
lifetime, wa, left to his widow, The question
now agtating directors of charitable institutions
is what will She do with it: The estate is valued
at about ten millions.
The Ice Palace was one Of the most attractive
features of the carnival at Montreal. The walls
and tower of the structure were to the height Of
over 50 feet of solid. blocks of ice, the OOf was
made of green bough> deugcd with water and
the whole cditice was illumnatedby the electric
light.
The sponge business at Key West has been
seriously interfered with this season by bad
weather and the excessive taxes imposed on
American fishing >mack> IN Cuban waters by
the Cuban authorities. and the sponSeIs have
lost heavily i'll consequence.
That monarch of the seas, the Great Eastern,
is lying idle At Milford Haven, Eng, not only
eating its head off but consuming itself generally.
The deSpairin9 owners have offered her at
auction and begged for proposals for charter
for the gigantic craft, but all to no purpose.
There is much difference Of opinion among
members of Congress and >o-called experts aS
to the effect of certain features OF the Ways and
Means Tariff bill on certain industries \ cot
ton manufacturer, for instance, says that the
cotton schedule will reduce the revenue b per
cent, while an expert says it Will increase it by
| about S460,0O0.
! Fowle and Eager Of Newton, Mass, have
| given bonds in $4,000 and $1,000 reSpectiNel
| for alleged misrepresentation Of funds of the
Pacific Bank Of Boston. An additional indict-
| ment charges them with conspiracy. Maine
| victims of the Bank managers hope no guilty
man will escape. But Benyon, the leading con
spirator, has left the country.
| Mrs. A. T. Stewards elegant new mansion.
which was erected att cost of 5 100000, seems
| to be more Of burden than Il pleasure to it,
mistress. Living alone in the midst of an army
of servants. she is in constant dread of being
stolen by rufians and held for ransom, and INC
threatening and begging letters which She re-
ceives do not make her existence more agree
able.
The developments that have come to light con-
cerning the Pacific Bank are truly astonishing
though from what has before been known OF
President Bensons transactions one is not SO
much amazed at anything new that is discover
ed. In the case of Crane money seems to have
been thrown away recklessly, without any ap-
| parent corresponding advantage to be received
1t is difficult to understand why the bank eN-
aminer in his Investigations did not discover the
| fraudulent nature of these transactions.
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