Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-11
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Egypt l. ezcy+sltnsly anxious :" encourage
trade with th- United state>
crazy aesro In the Mii~auses jsl ;ats,rs
ansier tisv impression that be Is Telephone
IT Is estimated that bad roads have 4iepre
ciats.i ilittpi- farms 10 value over slao.
UD0D
Thirteen -,r,is II WOOD were .siNt.i from a
single tree IA Caierain township, Lancaster
county, Pa
Se~town. Pa. has Presbyterian cnuren
ereetsd in isss, 1t is quaint. oid fashioned
stone .4iifice
Umbrellas b-iag imported into India in
grent nuaib.srs Last year .sU.UyD arri' ed IN
Caieufta alpne
San salvador Is the FIRST Of the Central
American republics To establish telephone
erviee throughout its territory
Lofotei,. ,a Norway, is the principal list.
ing district Of that country Last year the
dshermeu took 2a.UO,0D cod worth
81 ,6OD)
The Pi-moute, English built vessel for
the Italian navy, has made =, 3 knots, which
Is the highest speed ever attained by sea
going snip
Several stones. forming one oail-like mass,
twelve inches III circumference, were found
ia tine stomach al a Hallertown horse which
dropped dead
A curious wedding ceremony rocs.itly took
piac. in Dublin. when the clergyman the
son of a well known Dublin artist, married
his father To a second wife.
Recent statistics from Japan tell Us that in
1879 10000 cattle were slaughtered there; in
1888 the number had reached 1900. and in
1886 it had got up To 2lU,Ou0
The dictionary OF fossils, issued by the
state OF Pennsylvania, contains thirty-four
pages in small print correcting statements
found on the other 4l5 pages
The oldest active printer in Connecticut is
William D, Manning Of Norwich He re-
Gently celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
He is still a skillful workman
The newly selected capital OF South Da-
eat.. got its name OF Pierre from Pierre Chou
D'su. one of the St Louis Chouteaus in the
1.ys When all That region traded extensively
81 turs with St Louis
\ Washington lady recently purchased in
Winchester mahogany sideboard over 100
ears Old and shipped it to the wife Of
resident Cleveland Is present
Judge Leeper once owned i6O acres of land
adjoining Pierre, the new capital of Dakota
and thought he had struck it rich when he
sold out for 5000 Today, at the ruling
prices, his quarter section is worth over $50.
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A Sioux Indian named Henry Hokixina
Lyman, q years old, has entered the Yale
law school, and intends to practice among his
tribe when he has graduated. He entered on
the recommendation Of the Indian college at
Hampton. Va
In the entrance to the dining room of one
of the finest hotel restaurants of Vienna is
the photograph Of the unfortunate Prince
Rudolph splendidly framed, and surrounded
bv the menus Of the dinners which tine prince
art ok ot III this esta biishgnenl
Mr. Andrew Quintil, of Trenton, N. j., is
undoubtedly the oldest railway conductor in
tue tnit'd States. being - years old When
he entered the rail- way service the cars were
eitered from the side and planks ran along
side he car which the conductor took the
fares
Vt South Paris, Ne, recently. Robert Gray,
81 years DID, harnessed his horse Dick "a
years old, and, accompanied by his Roberts
wife. II years Old. drove 10 North Paris.
meeting while there Mrs. Edward Andrews,
~ Years old, who had just returned from
Europe, and Mr. Pottle. 81 years old.
The most valuable cat s-eye in the world
comes from Ceylon, which and Madras are
the only two places where these jewels are
found. The finder was a laborer, who dis
covered it in some earth with which he was
Filing hi, wagon, it weighed "a carats, and