Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-06
NEWS NUGGETS
Flesh and Readable Home and
Abroad.

About ! 600 900 eggs come to London
every day. except Sunday. from Italy.
The wou'en Of the Sultan Of Turkeys harem
we're shocked because the Empress Of Ger
many openly rode out with him in a carriage.
Spectators At a bull fight in the city Of
Mexico, Sunday grew angry because the
bulls refused to fight and demolished the
plaza.
Quilts are said to have been first used for
pens A ID. 553, although some authorities
give the year 635 as the date Of their in
PRODUCTION.
A Chau,auqua literary and scientific circle
has been organized among the convicts in the
Nebrssks penitsn tisry. The class numbers
% members.
The Egyptian cotton crop il larger this
season than ever before, and the cotton 10 OF
a superior quality, though not equal to that
of the United States
II is = surprising fact that the commerce
of the lakes now equais twothrds of the
entire foreign commerce Of the country. sud
is rapidly Increasing.
The life saving service is maintained at an
annual cost of less than $500 900, and during
the past year il saved 7S7 lives and property
valued at $1,000 900.
Two hundred day was the average mum
Der Of tourists who ascended last month the
ve.uvius railway to look dorm into the
mouth of the volcano,
of late years the number of women en-
tering the professions of painting and
sculpture has enormously increased in
France, Germany. and Russia.
1t is stated that Henry NJ Stanley has sold
his forthcoming book for $500 900. Even
Rider Hssssrd mus: envy Stanley with his
vide open field of African romance
Nearly all the insects, crustacesBs, worms,
snsils and the like 60 into Winter quarters
frogs and all the reptile kind hibernate by
huryiny themselves in the mud or under
stones.
Tom Row. the bicyciist, arrived at
Chicago. Tuesday from San Francisco after
making the entire run by wheel. and beating
the best similar record by ~ hours and 10
minutes.
When Stanley started out to hnd Emin Bey
he was engaged for course of lectures in
America. 1t is said that he will fulfil his
contract with Major Pond As soon As he gets
back to civilization.
Three vessels Of the North Atlantic squad
ron, the Galena. Dolphin and Keersarge,
sailed from the Brooklyn Navy Yard We'd
nesday under orders from Secretary Tracy
for Pori-au-Prinee.
A museum of religion, the Guimet Museum
was inaus urated in Paris two weeks ago. 1t
is intended to facilitate the study of ancient
religions by means of collection Of pictures,
objects Of ~orships. and books.
The ne~ steam ferry boat Gratin Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
while being brought to New Y ork from Bal
timore. burned at sea Sunday night. The
cost vas $50, 900. All the crew were rescued.
During last year the London cabmen and
omnibus and tram car conductors left %. 1877
unclaimed articlee, some Of which we're of
considerable value, with the Metropolitan
Pslice. Only 10. 1888 Of these were returned
| to owners.
! Terrell county. Georgia, reports . rattle
snake IA feet inches long, IL inches
around. With 80 rattles and a button. The
skin has been stuffed and will be sent to the
| National Museum or to the Smithsonian
Institution.
The longes bridge in the world is said to
be At Language, China, over An arm Of the
China Sea. 1t 10 - much ~ 1--WE miles long
built entirely of stone, and has 400 arches,
each seventy feet vide. The roadway 10
also seventy feet vide.
The French are nov able to put in the
| field seven armies of . total strength OF
| SOC. 600 men. equipped for . loig cam
paign, and supported by an ample reserve.
! This 10 Ave times the force that Napoleon
| Ill. could muster in 1870.
Taking the whole area Of the United
States, the farmlands comprise $50 acres in
every 1000, leaving I'll acres unoccupied.
OF the former quantity l5s acres are produc-
tive, los woodland, and 50 unproductive,
though partly susceptible Of improvement.
Remarkable beds Of coal have just been
opened up on the new branch of the Chesa-
psake / Ohio railroad, On Paint creek. in
Kanawha county, W. Va. The coal seams
exposed show nine and thirteen feet in
thickness of the finest spiint, gas and cook
ing Goals.
| A recent rival of George Pesbody has
appeared in Sir Edward Guinness. the great
brewer, Who has given f350 900 to the poor
Of London and Dsblin, to be used in the
erection Of astisans' dvelliags-f3O0. 900 for
London and $4,000 for Dsban. TIE sam
has been turned over % trustees, Of whom
J Lord Revton 10 he chief.