Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-05

Hotel and several stores and Offices were
destroyed.
The human race is increasing sc, OOO. OOC
yearly.
1t is proposed to establish line of steam.
ers between Tampa. Fla, and Aspinwall.
The Standard Oil Company now control,
all the whitehead factories of the country.
The United States imported 436, sos ,0O(
pounds of coffee last year at cost Of $50,
500, 900.
There are 1900 persons Of the name Of
S NTH employed in the United States posta
service.
Apple blossoms and green apples are bOtf
to be seen on the same tree in an orchard a
Grafton, W. Va.
Statistics just published show that there
are 2,z72 soldiers six feet or over in height
in the British army.
Snowstorms in Switzerland give 4 CO ,lnes,
to the foreign dispatches peculiarly refresh
ing in this weather.
The first ba'e Of new cotton was received
at Montgomery, Ala, Friday morning aud
sold at auction at 10 cents per pound.
1t is refreshing TO know that the State ID.
partment isn't the leas; mite afraid 70 arrest
poachers on our seal fishing grounds.
The North Dakota constitutional conven
ton has voted to confer upon the Legislature
the power to extend suffrage to women.
1t is said that $4,000 colored people are
ready to start from North Carolina At AZ
hours notice for new homes in the south.
western States.
In the yacht race at Southampton Friday
Valkyrie led all the way, winning in 6 :O3 !.
hound third in 6 :26 :2S.
A wonderful young Russian giantess has
Just reached Paris. Her name 10 Elizabeth
Liska. She is only II years of age and il
already six feet six inches in height.
Terrible forest fires have prevailed in
Montana for week and the sun has been OBJ
scured by smoke. The air is like q blast
furnace and filled with crisp embers.
News from Hayti received at New York wal
that something decisive may soon be ex.
pected, and it is predicted that Hippolyte will
be master of the situation.
Portions of Richmond, Va. were submerged
by the rapid rise of the James River, and all
through Virginia crops have suffered and
railroads and bridges have been washed
away.
Ex-Presdent Cleveland is said to have in.
vented new fly for trou. fishing, which
causes him more elation than any other even,
OF his life, except his election to the presi-
dency.
The Charleston, s. c., Cotton Oil Refinery
have applied for charter, capital 500 600.
The oil mile of the State, not connected with
the Standard Oil Trust are back of the en-
terprise.
The loss of the steamer Rapel, from Val.
paraiso to MOntevideo, is confirmed, She
was totally wrecked at Hanniblin Island, and
the chief engineer, purser and eight of the
crew were lost.
c. A. kenaston, of the Geological Survey,
was appointed to visit France for the purpose
of studying the irrigating system Of that
country with view to the improvement Of
the American system.
The death of Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Tyler
narrows the circle of former ladies Of the
White House to six. They are Mrs. James
N. Polk, Harriet Lane Johnson, Mrs. Grant.
Mrs Garfield, Mrs. McElroy and Mrs.
Cleveland.
Mr. Gladstone defines his domestic policy
as follows: whenever my wife insists I
submit; whenever insist she submits. We
never discuss family affairs ct the table, and
If anything unpleasant occurs during the
evening We never refer to it till next day"
An old engineer of the Erie railroad has
been suspended for 80 days for writing thi.
answer to the official question: "Whst in
time card?" "A time card isa pamphIet
calculated to deceive the travelling public. y
And yet he wrote the exactly correct answer.
Tennyson and DIR. Holmes will both be 40
years of age in August. the English laureate
on the 9Th and the American poet on the goth.
whiie the mutual congratulations and good
wishes OF two great nations will commineIs
in honor of both anniversaries, We are lust
vain enough to think that our own met il the
best preserved
Mrs. Mary johnson, q survivor Of the
Johnstown flood. has Just completed the
longest walk of her life. After losing hus-
band and home she put her two children into
hand-cart and drew them all the way from
the Conemaugh Valley to Cleveland, Ohio.
Part Of the way she also carried an infant in
her arms
Nathaniel Montgomery subscribed for the
Pittsburg Gazatte in 1856 paying his sub-
'crip'ion with bushel Of rye. . bushel Of
potatoes and a wild turkey After his death
his son contipusd to take the paper. 10 that
The name of Nathaniel Montgomery, father
md son, has been continuously on the books
for 1903 years.
Inc encampment situation at Milwaukee
. rapidly growing worse. On Thursdsy IL |
Was apparent that nothing much shoss Of
miracle could prevent the encampment from |
being failure. The last hope Of getting |