Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-01

The Baltimore American predicts that
within ten years half Of the States will set
whipping posts for the punishment of
wife beaters.
This has been bad season for the
mackerel fishermen. At the opening the
fish caught sold so low as to bring no
profit. and later the macke -elmen have
had very few if any to sell.
II is announced that the new city d.
rectory Of Chicago shows an increase in
the population of that enterprising town
of 10, 900 during the past year, bringing
the total population not far from zoe, 900
This places the city squarely in competi-
ton. in point of size with Brooklyn.
Brigham Young, Jr., and Bishop Snow,
have zone TO Mexico to buy land in that
country for = new Mormon empire, says
an exchange. Without wishing our sister
Republic any bad luck, we cannot but
hope that these apostles of polygamy may
succeed in their purposes, and that through
their success morality and law may yet
reign in Utah.
Gen Augur assures the Governor Of
Kansas that in his Judgment the Cheyen-
mes will not harm the settlers in the west
ern part Of that State. because these lndi-
ans are willing and glad To meet the com
mission appointed by the Government to
hear their complaints, There are indca-
tions. however, that there will be a Sc
rious conflict between the cowboys of
Southwestern Colorado and the Southern
Utes.
The intercollegiate regatta at Worcester
Mass. promises to have some interesting
features but the non-appearance of the
Columbia men is greatly to be regretted.
The fact that the Cornell and the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania crews have been
trained by professional oarsmen. makes
the approaching contests seem hardly like
amateur races such as college boys should
engage in; but doubtless there will be a
display of pretty rowing.
The Internal revenue receipts for the
fiscal year which closed Tuesday will fall
some g., 900 600 short of the treasury es
Inmates. which were Sli3. 900 900 but
had not the bonded whiskev period been
extended the receipts would have exceed
cd the estimates. Much OF this bonded
i...i,t r.,
and the whiskev men are now making an
effort to secure still further extension of
the bonded period The management of
the Internal Revenue Department has good
reason to congratulate itself upon its rec
ord tor the last eight years. The collec-
tons have amounted to 1905, 53l 500. of
which not dollar is unaccounted for, and
the cost of collection has been but 3.6S
per cent
If Mr.. Cleveland imagined that by
choosing an unknown man for collector
of New York he could please all factions
in the democratic party and satisfy his
mugwump supporters, he will find that
he miscalculated. As il is. he appears to
have satisfied nobody. Tie democratic
workers are displeased because Mr.. He'd
den is unknown to them. while the fact
that his strongest hacker was Hubert o.
Thompson renders him distasteful to the
respectable element in the democracy and
doublv unpalatable to the mugwumps.
The opposition of the last mentioned fac
ton to the appointment is pronounced. and
their disappointment is not mitgated by
the sop thrown to them in the shape of
Mr.. Burt's nomination to the Naval Office.
The appointments illustrate very aptly.
however Mr. Cleveland's methods. He
desires to favor civil service reform Just
enough to CRAFTY the mugwumps. but not
enough to hurt the democratic party, and.
as usual. in trying to sit on two stools, he
finds himself fiat on the grond.-Phiid-
deiphia Press.
Mr. Burchard's Reasons.