The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-04-12
Generallties.

breeZes from over the ocean temperng the
warm air of endless summertime!
FANNIE B. WARD
Generallties.
estimated at S240,000.
The output of Pittsburg glass industry is SAID
TO be valued at Sl0.O00000 year.
The Fall River. Mass. Spinners' Union ha
voted to withdraw from the Knights of Labor
President Solomon of IIa,ti is seriously i'll
1t is anticipated that serious trouble will ensut
in the event of his death.
Hon. W. +. Smith, late Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, died at his home in Patts
burg, y. y. March 29th.
There are fears in naval circles regarding the
warship Lancaster, which has not been heart
from for more than two months.
Nolapuk will never be popular in kentucky
1t contains no sentence to take the place of that
classic phrase. II don't care if do
The bill permitting woman to vote on the
license question. which passed the MaSSach,l-
setts House. was killed in the Senate.
Coy. Hughes. of Arkansas, is investigating
the treatment of convicts in the mines. lie
a
Governor Ames. of Massachusetts, has APP
pointed Robert X. Bishop to succeed the late
Judge Bacon As Jndge of the Superior Court.
Henry Clews. the New York banker. has re-
fused $500 600 for his residence and its furnish
ing. The bath room is entirely fitted in onyx.
The Queen Regent of Spain proposes to re.
ward the American >eamen who rescued tie
crew OF the spanish brig Caroline ON Aug. %
1887.
The Anli->aloon Republican National Com
mittte gives notice of change to Nav , in the
date of holding the National Conference in
New York city.
Minneapolis peope. according TO recent sta
tistics. consume 4JGO0.0 cigars Il year. but
only 9.0oo.ooo of this number are made by the
cisarniakcr>.
Mrs. Mary Gallagher, OF South Bethlehem
Penn. recently celebrated her 104th birthday
BY dancing lively jig. Her mctto is Let 'er
90. Ga'agher.
Gen. tharle> A. Net>on. for 40 wears propri-
etor Of the A>tor House i'll New York. died al
Reading. Pa. March 18th. while visiting his
son. He was - wears old.
Southerncrs say that lard made out of cotton
seed oil is much pnrer and less deleterious than,
ordinary hog lard. \. B.-Thc SoutherncrS
have cottou>eed oil to sell.
The heirs are still contcsting the will of lhu
late y ice President Wheeler. lie leaves about
1000 to charity and $4,000 to his relatives.
The hearing will be continued April ..
Forty thousand people have been rendered
homeless hy the floods in Germany. Hundreds
of Villages have been submerged and 40 towns
and hamlcts have completely disappeared.
Captain Mckay, of the British steamer Al
vena. reports seeing 4 comet March % at four
\. NJ. of Cape Maysi. Cuba. bearing east three
quarters south. about seven degrees above the
horizon.
Professor Edward ). Morse. the Japanese
traveller. started for Arizona recelitly. in his
own words ''fo write up what he can lind o:it
about things" The government sent a military
guard with him.
An unusually protracied rain storm in the
South has caused the rivers to overflow their
banks i'll many instances, and railway traffic in
some sections has been suspended owing To the
damage done to the lines.
Commander Scott of the Canadian fisheries
cruisers, has received instructions TO resume
the patro! Of the fishery grounds on May !.
Three steamers and seven cruisers will he en-
ployed in HAT ta>l, this season.
1t would seem that there are several gentle
men who would like TO be Chief Justice. hu,
who very moiestIy assert to their friends that
they will not do nything TO bring themselves
to the attention of the President.
Grand Master Workman powtlerly has i>s.l-
cd very strong manifesto showing the fuilit y
of strikes and laNorin@ education of Knights
Of Labor a> Il better means of checking undue
advantages sought by employers.
The Canadian Pacific will surrender to the
Canadian Government its monopoly in Manito-
I.,. ~,
ernment will buy back seven million acres of
land, At il valuation Of Sl.5o per acre.
Rev. DIR. William Tappan Ey.>tis died Marcl
the boy preacher early in life and has beer
prominent since the Andovei controversy broke
out, he being one Of the visiting board.
The Russian government has prohibited ol,er
atons by the American Billie Society i'll the
Baltic provinces. 1t is probable that the Govern
| ment will ultimately eXpel all representative,
Of British and American Bible societies.
The late Chief Justice Waite left his widow
without any Immediate means OF support. Hi,
| residence at Washington is free from incun
hrance. and he eft life insurance policy fol
$1,000. l;ut that is not available for ninety days
The Emperor William during his lifetime
saw disappear from The scene SIX popes. eigh
Empcror>. fifty Two Kings, six Sultan> ant
tN.ilii iTtSHltnlS. ON Ol THESE are SUI
alive but the remaining eighty-nine are dead
In an>wc. 10 queries of the Michigan Bank
cr> assoclation. Internal Revenue Conmis.
sloner Miller writes that banks are liable TO
tax of 10 per cent. ON the amount of Canadian
bank notes used Tor circulation and paid out
by them in This country.
The lchtucknce River, in Florida, is said tc
he remarkably rich in lna>todon remains. Ii
| II" other Spot on the globe are they so numer
Gus. Not less than six skeletons have been
found within space of TWO miles, among then
| one Of the largest known.
Latest advceS from China say that the cri>,
in lio-Nan is past, but that the distress of the
people is appalling. two million persons bein.
utterly destitute. The nearest towns are i'll
vadei 10y horde> of naked and starving refugee
| from the flooded districts, who like swarns o
loru>ts. are evouring everything.
Mr.. Mills in Trouble Again.