The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-08-02
Gereralities.

The state Gazette of California for iSSS
gives the State population at the present
time or over million and Il half. nearly twice
the population of 1850. according 10 the official
census.
Memphis doctors are pnzzling over the case
Of Il negro woman who died from the voluntary
opening Of the plates of the skull, for which
they can find 40 warrant in laws of medicine or
anatomy.
Edward Atkinson and :. 5. Cox agree in cs-
timatng that the next census will show the
United States to have a population of about
Gi,5o0,oo0. This indicates an increase of some
29 per cent. since 1850.
The House Committee on Labor has author
iZcd favorable report on the bill compelling
storekeerer> IN the District of Columbia to pro-
vide seats for women employees. A fine of $40
is imposed for violation.
There are seventy members of the Washing
ton Bicycle Club for Women. Mrs. lIarriette
Mills is the president. and recommends bicy-
ling as a most healthful exercise. The club
uniform is of dark blue cloth.
Samuel Wlieelcck, of Providence, aIverti>es
that he wants to sci! hi> wife for cash or eN-
change her for a good work horse and fur
ther warrants her to he II years old and las
good as majority of church going people"
It is reported that several of the Oldest and
most respectable London clubs are in want Of
both money and members. The new clubs are
50 numerous and possess so many fresh attrac-
tons that Old ones find it difficult to compete.
The average yearly income of the working
women Of Boston is S269.07. and her average
expenses are reckoned at S2Gl.30. There Is
certainly not very much left over for incidcn-
tai items such as doctors bills, amusements and
books.
\ Kansas exchange is authority for the state
m. 1i,at 1n1r( fury,
town on the Fourth Of July, and the corn grew
so fast W hile he was gone that he didn't know
his own place when he returned home in the
evening,
Rev. James Freeman the grandfather of the
late DR.. James Freeman Clarke, was the pastor
of the historic Kings Chapel in Boston. In
17S5 he remodeled the Liturgy and left the word
"obeyH out of the marriage service. 1t mas
never been used in the service of that church
since.
The Governor of Florida has asked for Gov
ernment assistance in snppressing the yellow
fever, which, he says. threatens to become ep-
ilemic at Tampa and Manatee. Secretary Fair
child has instructed Surgeon General Hamilton
Of the Marine Hospital Bureau to render all
possible aid.
Sacramento, Cal. is virtually city without
laws In a trial there Il few days ago the fact
WAS brought out that the ordinances now used
were never ordered or accepted by the city
trustees, or appeared. AS required by law. in
any newspaper, and there is no record to show
that they were adopted.
Explorer Burton Of Paris states that he be-
lieves the white pa>ha who has arrived at
Balr Gazclle is Emin Bey and not Henry NJ.
Stanley. lie thinks Emin Bev is striking
northward. Mr.. Burton is of the opinion that
Staney's force is rot strong enough to attempt
| AL attack upon khartoum.
General Freight Agent Morton of the Bur-
lin@ton says that while the railroad people are
desirou> that the strike should be declared off
yet they have no intention of compromising
any of the pending suits, nor could they if they
| would. The proceedings have been begun and
they must take their course.
Professor Mason of the Department of Eth
nology in the Smithsonian Institution has been
assigned to collect copies of all inscriptions,
seals and other articles relating to the Semitic
Christian era. The collection will he as COM
plete as it is possible to make it.
Joseph Lippincott of New York has bought
for over 81 900 900 the business of the Edison
PhOnograph Company. with all improvements
by Mr. Edison for IL years to come. Mr.. Lip
pincott has also become sole lcensee of the
| American Graphophone and has organized a
| company TO introduce the machines.
| A young woman on her way home from
church in Mentone, Ind, recently, was caught
in thunder shower and struck by lightning.
| Though terribly frightened she managed to
| reach home. On examination she found that
| the fluid had bent two of the hairpins on her
head and actually melted one, but she was not
! injured particle.