Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-09
NEWS NUGGETS,
Brought BY the Wires From North. East
West and South

An il sane ssyiun superintendent reports
tn eishS on, Of eve,y len Of his inmates
write verses.
Tns eoinsss Of the world now sbsorb'
uesr3y two birds Of the gold and more thsn
half OF the total stocks Of silver snnusii!.
The treasury department has accepted a
bid Of s679 Of I. W, Btophy and D.vli
nu' N, for The VIE ek Of the cutter Cal
latin.
A rough ,mond, which whsn polished,
will weigh shout tvo kArA,s, is reported 10
have been fouad recently in Alexander
county, N C.
The total Weld Of god in Victoria during
1890 was $50 $50 opn ;es, the output for
1891 VAS 597 6z9 ounces, An increase over
1890 bs 9.069 osnces.
Ia 1890, IS, 000, 900 coins Of Is dencmi.
nations we're struck in the BRUSH Mint,
ard Of thes, Il 800 900 we're rejected in
weighing or were faulty.
A2ti SECRETARY Spiuliing has instructed
the custom. III .isls on the CkaSd sn border
to arrest al yssrsps Chiosmen attempting
30 cross from The ID Jminion, sed lake their
pictures.
One hundred 81 d thirty six rsys' 70 81
yeas was The vote Of the Baltimore Va
Conference on the qgeaioa of admiui y
W. men ss delegates T. he General Confer
eucs of the Me hodist Episcopa! church
II is estimated that the SO long hsare
lines v hich the American Bell Telephone
Company IS quitting up between New YORK
ard CGicsao will consume S526 tons Of
COPPER whils the total length of the wire
Will b q. 5000 miles
A Kew shell has lately been Invented bg
a. Austrian for the purpose Of scattering
oil over the waves during 8 storm. II IS II
wooden cy Under lined with shellsc to keep
the oil from penetrating the wood. and II
carries ia addition, calcium light, which,
dominates the water for a considerable
distance.
A great sensstion has been caused ia lit
prsry circles 10 Vienna BY the action of the
+ eror in prohibiting the representation,
| IN he Court Theatre. of the domestic play
8 Die Szlavin" hec,nse, in the play, some
sus e stive illusions are made which are re-
senIed by certain court ladies. The prohi-
bition il Unprecedented IN the history of tie
Hofbutg Theater.
Il is no. generally known that tie author
Of the famous Jungle, Little drops O.
water, little grains Of sand" is Mrs. Julia
A. Carney Of Gslesbutg, Ill. She Wa
Miss Julia A. Fletcher Of Boston so yesIs
ago, ~hen she wrOIe The verses. They
q tanned an instant popularity, but Mrs
Carney's connection with them has NEVER
been we'll kno~n.
A family has abandoned 3 frs class
farm near English, lad, which they swspped
6 Il b
b .tnetts claim TO have been worried almost
to death by one Of their reighbors, who g.
sumed the shape of black cat with white
ring about its neck. The animal bsuntsd
them at most inoppor,uue times, and all
Efforts to destroy II were in vain.
Il menyi. The we'll known violin vrtuoso
hiss made apr lcstion for space not less
tnsn 400 qasIe feet at the Worli's Fair
ia ~hich t. exhibit his great cole elton OF
rare African chronological specimens. The
collection, which comprises over 1,500
carefully selected specimens, has been
formed during the last 40 years, ard is be
yopt question the most perfect Of its kind.
Representative Nssberry, Of Chicago, is
pressing = bill i'll Congress which spprt
pria.' $50, 600 to refGrm the method OF
spelling. The words when 'reformec" by
The proposed scheme sill lock ike sbis I:
:" he old sstems A sin ov the dan A
sign OF the dawn Pnb4ik opinyun. Far
". | old sIeii1 book. Cali the irubsiar
tucht h'z elsr. Forin lapgsej z (foreign
languages.
Dr.. Nelson of Norway sta s that The
fisnerufoik Of Bergen have for over 500
seafs inocls;ed xh.es v ith pscIeris ia order
TO xiii them. The whales en- er ftth near
lhs town ard ars driven into narrow bsy.
net is then stretched sGrpss = mouth and
the whales sEot attn poisoned arro~. After
day or two they become sickly and are
easily dIspstc ed. The srfoss If ocuiste
th-m With disessa ike ",ympsih-'ie
anthraI,n and uhan pulled GU. of the wound
are fit fer another huof
"B 5ok Review" is the anne Of gam
.hicu has lately OBJ ain.d considerable pop
uiari Y. 10 8 ,mpany Of bright p ople II
may be productive Of much smassment. l.
is plsytd ON the general liLes of the old
a pencil belt z supplied TO the player. a
ii lie Of q BOOK is rrlten, 'h-n sub title,
next dascri pave Iins. III IN The author, aud
last, two brief reviews. situ their source
B4tTetn esch writing the papers are T. lded
over snd passed to the mex r,ga;-haI per-
son, and, sitter the las, exchange, are read
il urn, the words 'of" and "oy" brn g
i1'erpoiattd where their need is readily
seen.