Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-17
General News.

The expulsion of the Jesuits from Peru is
demanded
The Spanish Seuate has approved the
| commercial treaty with England.
Weekly temperance meetings have been
instituted at Crescent Beach.
The 9th anniversary of the fall of the
Bastile was celebrated at Paris Wednesday
The Enlish cutter Galatea sailed for Bos-
| ton Wednesday to contest for the Americas
cup
1t is remarked that Brother Daniel d.
Hume. the spiritualist, has not been heard
| from since he "crossed over"
A suit over the shutting of door at Los
Angeles has required an outlay so far of
nearly $3.50 for court costs.
The friends of Jaehne, the convicted New
York Doodle alderman, are said to have have
| had intimatiOn that the Court of Appeals will
grant him a new trial.
| There are two banana plants bearing fruit
in hot house in Worcester, Mass. They
were set out small plants three years ago
and are now eight feet high.
Prominent citizens of New York have pro-
tested before the Board of Tax Commission
ers against the excessive valuation of property
and consequent ruinous taxes
In nearly every instance where a man has
committed suicide in Philadelphia by shoot
ing himself the widow has appealed to the
coroner for the weapon.
The body of Mr.. Breethaeur, editor of the
Rondout Zeitung, who died at Rondout.N Y.
while out driving, was taken to New York to
be cremated.
The first annual report of the New Hamp-
shire Bank commissioners has appeared. The
81 banks. with 1875 73 depositors, have ag-
gregate deposits of S46 63l ,9l3 ~
Miss Pauline Lambert horsewhipped q
widow named Clark at Ansonia, CT. Wednes-
day, upon hearing that her sisters husband
was going to elope with the widow.
Forest fires have ruined over 200 acres OF
cranberries near Tomah, Wis, owned by j
/, Case and others. The loss is $50 000 ant
it will take eight years to grow the vine:
again.
Peter Brown and William Olsen. two of
the crew of schooner Lillian Baxter. who got
astray from the vessel June Is and were
picked up by the steamship Germanic and
landed at Liverpool, arrived at Gloucester
Wednesday,
A Young man at a kentucky camp-meetine
the other day asked young woman tie BE-
allowed to escort her to her home, and when
she refused he stabbed her fatally and killed
himself When a Kentucky knight wants to
show his chivalry it is mighty dangerous for
any lady to interfere with him.
Prohibition in Atlanta, up to date, has
merely banished the fancy drinks, according
to the Macon Telegraph. The gin sling is nc
more, gone is the beguilng mint julep, and
the long, cool cobblers have fallen into in.
nocuous desuetude, but beer and whisky by
the quart are to be had on all sides.
A rsttlesnake g in front of moving ma.
chine in st. Joseph County, Ind, md was
cut into three pieces. When Mrs. Ronck
who was raking hay, came up where it was
the head still had life enough to bite her, and
the jaws had to be torn apart to remove the
fangs. Mrs. Ronck came near dying.
1t is stated that the estate of Paran Stew
ems of New York, formerly of Claremont, N.
H., which has been in litigation 10 wears. il
soon to be settled, an agreement having beer
signed BY all parties. By this agreement the
legacy Of $40 900. now amounting with inter.
est to over 100000 will be paid to the Stew
ems high school of that town.