Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-04
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During the last eighty years 5000 900 peo-
pie have died Of phthisis in France.
The total indebtedness of the various
churches in Amsterdam exceeds $40 600
The French government will, within .
year. take control Of all the telegraph lines
The Russian language has now been form
ally imposed on the German and all other in
habitants of the Baltic provinces
The German officials on the eastern from
tier Of France are said to be more than trou-
blesome with their passport regulations.
It is said the English government contem-
plate selling the Netley hospital, which Ia de-
clared to be too costly an establishment
The latest order concerning the Russian
railways is that only men who have served
in the army are to be employed on them
The municipal council Of Dion has deter
mined to name one of its streets after II
Eihel, who was born within the city walla
Forestry Is national object in Switzer-
land. In 1888 nearly six million coniferous
trees were planted. besides nearly half mill
Ion Of other plants
Melrose Abbey is falling into decay, and
the restorers are now at work upon it A
number Of young trees and other growth
were displacing the masonry
A band of brigands has been terrorizine
Macedonia, which, upon final capture, was
found to include several priests, . Greek
archimandrite, the superior Of q monastery.
and three ladies"
Liverpool last year yielded 5000 cases OF
drunkenness from a population Of little over
half million. The London police area, with
its four and three-quarter millions Of people
yields only 1900 cases more than Liverpool
The primate of England has two chairs con
siderably over one thousand years old-ths
chair of Augustine at Canterbury and the
chair in which he sits at Lambeth, which b.
longed to the Abbot Of Reculver in the Seventh
century
LOsservatore Romano gives all the details
Of the precautions taken by King Humbert
to guard the Vatican day and night, for fear
the pope should escape, No less than twenty
four special agents have been appointed for
this mission
The census Of Bulgaria and eastern Rou-
melia gives the population Of the two princi-
palities as being 3,l54.373, of whom ,326, $50
are Bulgarians, 607, 900 Turks, s., 600 Greeks,
5000 gypsies who have no hxed residence,
and q, 400 Jewa
The Russian minister Of the interior Is max
ing arrangements whereby all children at
present under age, whose parents have be-
come Russian subjects by naturalization. shall
be declared to be Russian subjects and liable
for military service.
The London season just over was the gayest
ever known On an average there were aid
to be about seven good parties going on
each night for three months None Of these,
it was estimated. would have cost less than
G20O apiece-many, Of course, costing several
times that
The longest uninterrupted debate on record
was, on Aug. |. brought to . ciose by The
New Zealand house of representatives It
bad caused continuous sitting Of seventy
dx hours. entirely given up to the discussion
Of Q representation bill Yet the debate was
not finished
Il Is said that ths member al IN embassy
from the sultan Of Nandara 10 Berlin b.
came 50 exhilarated by the wine and bssr
served to them in Bismarck palace TIT
they executed . war dance In the princsb
parior. but with disastrous couaequsncss to
several pieces Of furniture
WY He Pssro.ised TAs..
my dsar, aid ahe, turning from the
PIANO, ''our friend Nr. Hishnoses has witt
tsn beautiful song. entitled I Like 70 Hear
he Angus Sing"
HAS her he answered; 'J've woudsred
Why hs's been putting In 70 much time among
The variety shown His song ssesls IL
question" and thEs was silence Ia that ar
lcr for . space At . good Eve minutsA-
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