Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-07
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fields Of Texas
Apache county, Kan. larger than Massa
chusetts. has no doctor
OF the English bench of bishops. twelve
are pledged abstainers
Machinery has not yet entered the manu-
facture Of French clay pipea
A buried city. containing relics h. profu
sion. has been unearthed in Honduras.
Sydney. N s. w.. has the biggest organ
1t cost $4,000 and has l26 sounding stops.
The oldest wheelman in America is john
W Arnold. Of Providence. K l. He is 70.
I.ondoner advertises that he Is Porous
Plaster Manufacturer to Her Majesty the
Queen"
A coiored man at Albany, Ga, has served
no less than twenty-oue terms in Jail for
fighting
A Dahlonega. Ga, boy, in addition to at
tending school. carries the mail twenty miles
each day
It is reported that a floating island 200
yards in diameter has been found in Honey
lake. Idaho
1t is computed that on an average a mans
hand has to travel 4. 1856 miles before killing
one little fly
A well in the south, from which strong
breeze rushed tor years, has suddenly taken
70 spouting water
Ansona, Conn. has a two year old boy who
.ries for cigars and smokes them when they
IRE given to him
The latest boy" in West Virginia lives
In Wetxel county His age is o years and his
weight 2i5 pounds
1t is a curious fact that there are 20O,OOO
people in the United States who have arti
dcial legs or hands
Nearly every vessel clearing from San
Diego. Cal. nowadays. carries from ten to
fifteen tons Of honey
The Transvaal volksraad has appropriated
sl0OUOO for the Endowment Of the first col
ege OF the republic
1.-THE bailiffs at Pembroke, Eng, were set
apon and roughly handled by Infatuated
PEOPLE and dogs recently
British soldiers not in possession OF swim
ming certificates are forbidden to enter boats
for purposes Of recreation.
Near Hogan, NJ. T., is a large deposit Of
petrified clans There are also other beds
in that section Of the territory
A large cave has been discovered near Las
Cruces, N NJ, the interior Il which is lined
with veins Of almost pure silver
There is living in Chicago a man who
claims to be a brother of Pranzini. the re-
Gently executed murderer OF Paris
A Lebanon. Pa. photographer arranged
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taken during his wedding ceremony
Kalamazoo Mich, expects to realize
81 10000 for celery this year The bust
ness is chiefly in the hands Of Hollanders
San Francisco jeweIer has just received
500 for diamonds which he sold twenty five
years ago The purchaser was honest. but he
had bad luck
There are still over 10000 600 square miles
Of unoccupied districts in various heather
lands, where missionaries thus far have
never entered
Since July |, when the law offering a
bounty for dead sparrows went into effect
there. Jackson county. Mich. has paid for
3.s27 dead birds
consignment of 10000 kilogrammes Of
terra alta which arrived on British steamer
ton of the American people
The modern seashore mansion has no light
from the ceiling. The gas or chandelabra
makes the side light on the wall, and the
central light is shaded lamp on the steadiest
table
very old pear tree Is now standing on
the grounds Of W H. Smith in Richmond,
Me Its exact age is not known, but its
identity can be traced back for 40 years It
still produces fruit
A short time ago a lady the first Of her sex,
graduated in medicine in Mexico As an ap-
propriate compliment her fellow students, Of
the other ser, got up all amateur bull fight
in honor Of the occasion
A richly decorated sign On Howard street.
leaning against the chair Of one OF the many
street professors" Of the city informs paA+
ers BY that there Is the only artistic ebop
izer Of foot gear in Boston"
Two Arabs were recently found at Castle
Garden. New York. one Of them named Ben
Josef and the other Mohammed Ben Abdel
Hirmir, who had come to America TO seek
employment as camel drivers
1t Is claimed for the new electric fire engine
that it can be started At full speed that it 10
utuCu lBau . ote8nl engine OF
equal power. costs only onethSrd a. much
and that it is noiseless In its operation
The dispute as to whether the Calhoun
Williamson duel took place in Georgia or
Alabama has been settled in favor Of Ala
hama, The ground where it was fought be
longs to an Atlanta policeman Crowds Of
visitors are rapidly stripping il Of its wood
for mementoes
The California papers ny that the brig
Natalie. which foundered in the harbor Of
Monterey in 1884, Is to Be raised, or 1t leass
what is left Of her copper sheathing ID to be
brought to the surfaca lt b aaid that this b
The Ame vessel that brought Napolsoo haek
70 France from the Lie Of Elha b 1873
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