Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-17
NEWS NUGGETS
Boiled Down Itema OF Interest the
World Over

IT, Iuctnn of the chry santhemum into Eu-
| rore.
George Arnold chief clerk in the Miss
| oui Pacific freight offices at st. Louis 10 q
fe'. inches in height
An English lady has left $50 900 to be de-
vo'ed to the photographing Of the stars.
plnnets aud nebule.
Theodore Baker has harvested 2,5O0 bush
el- 1f onions, worth 81 900 off ten acres Of
laui near Bridgeton. N. J.
An enterprising book seller Of Toxic has
d, cided TO open book stalls at the principal
aii~ay stations in the Empire.
Up to the end of August II, ,4s6 900 tickets
were taken at the Paris Exposition. In 1873
the aumbcr was only 7,l25 600
On recent holiday 500 men in the Birm-
inehsm, England, workhouse were allowed
to 20 out for the day. Only so returned
sober.
4 Chinese journal contains the astounding
int liigence that lin America, if man does
not smoke or drink, he 10 universally respect
ed
During the last month AL cremations
took place in Toxic. 22 Of the bodies thus
dis ,.osel If having been those of persons
who died from infectious diseases.
The prisoners in the Texas Penitentiary
raise sugar cane and refine its juice. Aft,
pa, ing all the costs of food, fuel. shelter
AMI clothing, e65, 900 has been turned into
the State from this work.
1t has been estimated by men of science,
who have investigated the subject, that the
rock Of Niagara is being worn away by the
waters at such . rate that in a few thousand
years the cataract will work up to Lake Erie.
A lot of bees swarmed on a telegraph
pole in front of a leading newspaper office
in Louisville on Tuesday. Efforts to dis
lodge them had only the effect of making
them mad and endangering hOrses and pc
destrians. Finally they were allowed time
to become quiet, and an experienced man
went up with handkerchief over his head
and hived them One clump of bees set
tied on his shoulders, but he descended un.
hurt.
Mrs. W. A. Hackett, of Brunswick, Ga,
owned white rabbit. During the past
week the little pet became sick, and for a
day or two lay on the floor of the piazza,
where at last it died. When removed after
death, on the floor was found brown stain
the exact shape of the animal as it lay. Re-
peated scourings failed to remove the stain,
which is still more peculiar from the fact
that no discoloration was apparent on the
animals hide or fur.
The total coal consumption Of the world
is said to amount to upward Of ,0OO, 900
| c~t. per hour OF this quantity about 240,-
| 900, cwt. are required per hour in order
| to heat the boilers for stationary and marine
| engines, locomotives, etc. The production
of pig iron absorbs l00, 900 cwt., and that
| of other metals 10000 cwt. per hour. The
| average hourly consumption of household
coal is reckoned at 2OO. 900 cwt., but the
| total reduction 10 estimated at &c, ,OO0, 900
| cvt to $4,000 900 cwt, per diem, so there is
| q considerable margin.
| Colonel Bennett II. Young. of Louisville.
| was prisoner at Camp Douglass, near
Chicago, during the Civil War When he
went he car -ied small Bible, with him, and
this WAS taken from him in prison by james
Hickey, a soldier. He priced the Bible very
much, as il had been presented to him by
his parents when he vent out TO fight for the
Confederacy. Colonel Young was standing
at the Phonix Hotel in Lexington, the other
afternoon, when Private Hickey advanced.
saluted, and presented the Colonel with the
Bible, which he had kept for over quarter
of a century.
| There are two Chinese individuals 10 Hong
| Kong who own the majority of the native
houses between them, and who. by 4 system
of regular rent raising, are simply rolling in
wealth OGe has had great deal Of family '
trouble lately, and his wife. in her tribula-
ton, consulted the oracle at the temple TO
learn the reason of the anger of the gods.
The trial by drawing lots, according to the
| priests. showed that the cause was the i'm
position of increasing burdens on the tenants.
| he IS h.s tb.t -.
cases the rents have been lowered consider
ably and in none will they be put up further.
Thanks to the good old oracle!
When the storm was At its height soon
after dark on Tuesday night couple Of fish,
| ermeD called at the house of the Rev. Mr..
| Van Santvoord, at Seabright to warn the
family that the house was in danger. The
waves were driving against the house and
cutting away the sand beneath it, and it
seemed in momentary danger Of tumbling
over. Three servants only were in the house.
Aided by the fishermen the girls got their
trunks to the stable over near the Shrews-
bury. On reaching this point one Of the
girls remembered that . canary had been
left in the house. In spite Of the storm she
started back for it, but the rest stopped her.
why" said . fisherman, ''tbe bird wouldn't
live ten minutes in this gale" Ten minutes
later the house was knocked to pieces and the
furniture and silvervare ssrevn over the
sand. About an hour later still, John Van
Brunt came along With lantern. Reaching
the wreck Of the cottage, he found . bird
cage about ten rods from the house With the
canary which the girl had worried aboui
alive and we'll. He carried it TO the stable
Mr. Van Sansvoord gave Van Brunt $40 fol
saving the bird.