The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-11
Generalities.
Philadelphia claims million inhabitants.

Philadelphia claims a million inhabitants.
Victor Hugo is to be buried in the Pantheon
Texas crops have been damaged by heavy
rains.
| personal recollectons.
Prospects for fruit in the Hudson Valley are
good except in the case of peaches.
Russell Sage is said to have lost upwards
OF SSo0000 in speculation last year.
The report that Asiatic cholera is prevalent
In Quebec is utterly false and unfounded.
About 1000 new families settled during the
past winter in Florida permanent residents.
Senator Logan and wife will spend August
at the Thousand Isles house, st. Lawrence
river.
| 1t is estimated that there are in round num-
bers five million professed Spirtualists in this
country.
The great sea canal joining st. Petersburg
| with Cronsiadt and the Baltic has been formal
ly opened.
The Apaches in New Mexico continue their
bloody raids. There is great danger of "a
| serious nsurrection.
Ex-Governor Curtin says he spent while
United States minister al St. Petersburg, S12,-
| 900 more than his salary.
The trial trip of the Dolphin is report
ed TO have been most successful one, her
speed averaging 10! knots an hour.
Mr. John p. st John is still engaged in de-
flaming the Northern people by trying to prove
tnat they drink more whisky than the South.
1t is announced that Russi has accepted
England's proposals in regard to the Afghan
boundary, and that the entire dispute is settled
saloon in Lincoln. Neb, which paws a
| thousand dollar license, is kept by widow
who has lost two husbands by their use of
| liquor.
Mrs Julian Ward Howe netted S639 in two
| lectures recently delivered in New Orleans,
and has given the amount to the Southern Art
Union.
The English proposals recently offered to the
Turkish Envoy, Fehmi Pasha, concerning the
occupation of the Soudan by Turkey have been
declined by the Porte.
The State Department at Washington has
ruled that declaration of intention TO become
Il citizen of the United States entities the per
son making it to protection as a citizen.
In view of the alleged prevalence of yellow
fever in the northern Mexican States, the sec
relary of the treasury will probably appoint
sanitary inspectors on the border line of Ari-
| zona.
Moses Dow, the founder of the Waverly
Magazine, is still living, though old and very
| feeble. Hardly any OF the matter printed in
the magazine is paid for and its profits are said
| TO bt S3O, 900 year.
The sloop yacht Puritan launched from
| Lawley's yard, Boston, recently. She is 50
feet long and will spread five thousand feet of
canvas. She is intended for the coming race
| for the Americas cup.
California is to print, and sell at cost, the
text books used by the quarter of million
| school children in that state. One hundred and
fifty thousand dollars is appropriated for the
plant of the State printing Office
The dairy products of this country exceed
the oat crop S350,000,000 the wheat crop,
100000, the cotton crop, S22o,oOO,O0O the
| product of iron bars and steel So 900 900. and
the pig iron out put S4l0,0O0,O0O.
The steamer City of Rome, which arrived in
| New York 2Sth uIt., reports that on May 23th,
she coided with and sunk the French fishing
bark George Jeanne. She rescued TWO of the
crew but the remaining - were drowned.
The question of re-opening the New Orleans
Exposition has been considered by the cabinet
and they are unanimously of the opinion that
there is no warrant of law for it and that
it would be ineXpedient on other grounds.
A veteran of the late war who served in a
New York regiment and who was in receipt OF
$40 per month has voluntarily surrendered his
pension papers, saying: The Government has
done enough for me; | want to give it up"
Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, b. D., has resigned the
Presidency of Middebury College because OF
advanced age, and will terminate his five
years connection with the institution next
month. His successor has not Yet been fixed
upon.
| v Of of I,o
logical division of the agricultural department
SAYS that the l1-year locusts, whose visit ht
has predicted, are harmless to growing crops
and do no injury except to tWig, Of forest ano
| fruit trees.
The New England Woman's Suffrage AsSoci
alton. held its annual meeting i'll fremont Tenn
pie. Boston, recently. There was large at
tendance. The speakers We're Mrs. Lucy Stone
who presided, Hon. George f. Hoar ana Mrs
Mary A. Lvermore.
An extraordinary scene occurred at the trial
of John johnson, a noted criminal, at Lyons
n. y. johnson leaped from the dock and RAJ
to attack the District Attorney, who 1ltd. The
judge and jury also scattered. Johnson wa.
finally overcome, and received sentence.
June md Il party of II Bohemians camp
cd in a canon nine miles east of lndianola
Texas. AT dark heavy rain set in and abou
10 O'Clock a waterspout burst a short distance
depth of fifteen feet. Eleven of the party vert
drowned.
Prompt measures have been taken BY tht
Government to protect Consul Mackey at Rio
Grande dc Sui, Brazil. lie shot bully il
self-defence and is now under arrest. Hi:
mother has sent him Bible and his father
| Judge Mackey of South Carolina, brace OF
fr>t-class pistols.
The Grant mansion, No. 2009 Chestnut street
Philadelphia, Pa, has been sold at auction fo
: 80 $50. This is the house presented to Gen
Grant by "A committee of Philadelphia ctizen
Immediately after the close of the war. The
committee paid $4,000 for the premises il
1860, and furnished it.
The second annual New England musical
festival will commence at Weir, n. H., July |
: holding over the Fourth. under the manage
ment of Prof. Ii. q. Baisde of Concord, N
, II. Carl Zerrahn of Boston will be mllsca
director, and eminent vocal and Instruments
, talent have been engaged.
The Palmetto regiment comes by Genera
Jacksons silver pitcher, on exhibition at New
Orleans, through the terms of the Generali
directions to his executor. He left the pitcher
| to the braves man in the next war in whicl
. this country should engage, and that war be
, ing with Mexico, the pitcher was given to the
Palmetto regiment which holds it collectively
being unable to decide which was the braves
of its members.
. While man was sprinkling kerosene abou
a room in Philadelphia recently to kill moths
an explosion occurred which resulted in KILN!
Il woman, badly injuring the man who use'
the kerosene and destroyed over $1,000
. worth Of property. This is the second seriou
disaster that has been caused in IT, -am'
manner within few weeks. May 30, ]5.3,
big fire in Boston, which burned the Glob
Theatre and other valuable property, wa:
: caused in similar manner.
The excess of the value of exports owe
imports of merchandise for April was 81 4145
l16, and for twelve months ended April 81
1859 ,3j2. The total values of the import
of merchandise during the twelve months end
ed April 30, 1885, were $3.50, 1886 102, and dur
ing the preceding twelve months, $3.50 454, 40
: "a decrease of $S9,61o, ,301. The total value
of the exports of merchandise for the twev
months ended April 80, 1880, were 5746, 795 ,454
and for the twelve months ended April 30
1884, $3.50, 15S, ,350-;t decrease of S3,962 ,S96.
.. Good Templars.