Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-16

| Agriculture maintains % ,0l0 900 Ameri-
cans. :r-...5
| Uncle Sam has issued 1900 electrical
patents. r..
George Artngsta,l, the trainer, considers
e ephants the most intelligent of brutes. -
Florida oranges are being shipped to Eu-
rope, where hitherto the Italian fruit hiss
reigned supreme ~ ...e. T.
The trees mo-t frequently struck by
| lightning are oaks and elms. Beeches are
rarely, if ever, struck. H.
| 1t is probable that the exhibits Of New
| York state at the Worlds Fair will be stored
in the capitol at Albany.
| 1t has been suggested in st, Louis that
the names of the streets be cut in stone and
| placed ut the street corners. ...s-.
Nail, were succe, sfuly u>el as bull t.
| ny f. ". NJ Call of Altsmaha, Georgia,
the other day, while hunting iucks.
| Samuel Glib. TT gave up hs seat in the
| Boston st, * FIX ;hange TO his son last Sat
urlay after menb -rslhp of - years.
Nellie GRAFT Sarto,is has charming little
house of her own in Lond IN. 1t is bright
looking three story and basement brick with
a viae covered vsrsnda in front. f. -
| There are two colored officers in the
regular army, Lientensnts J. II. Ale K .nde r
aud Charles Young. of the Ninth Cavalry
| shich is composed of colored troops. -
The British steamship Lsndsdo~ne re-
O. ntly captured in mid .oresn a A'g, and
f. rec bird of m unknown species, which
aiightsd upo, mast. IL eats Only raw
meat, and is dangerous to approach
Judge GayArr-. the Louisiana hi.tori n.
Who ill be ,ighty-nine years oil | next Jan
oary, shows few signs of his great age. His
memory is 40 clear that he can remember
" tn dist nctness the local events of the
war of 1912. ":.. .H.--
1t is a notable fact that Bi.hop Williams,
of Connecticut, is now the senior bishop in
the order of conse Grafton having jurisdiction
in the Anglican communion of the world.
Bishop Williams was consecrated on the
9th of October. 1851.
Madame Albsni has explained that tenn
porary taciturnity is the secret of her woa-
dertully reserved voice. That is to say,
before singing heavy role at night she
hardly speaks a word all day, and remains
as much as possible alone.
Librarian John Edmunds, of the Mercan-
tile Library of Philadelphia, has pursued
his calling for forty EIGHT years and has had
charge OF the Philsdelphia library for
thirty seven years When Re began it had
- 900 volumes; now 1t has 10000.
Texas i. big and still roomy state. Of
i.s nearly $50 counties, 26 have less than
100 inhabitants, 81 others have less than
1000, and only 81 have over 10000. The
number having q few a. 5000 is large, an
having as many as 10000 is extremely
smsll.
Valentine Dillon who has been nomina-
I'D lord mayor If Dublin for 1894, 10 .
e, usin of J, I'm Dillon, N P He remained
f.ithful to Mr. Parnell at The time of the
sJlit, and calamity but ithout success, con
te ted Slg in the parnell interest at the
bye lection Of 1891.
The West Shore Railroad owns the re-
mains of Old Round Top, a historic stone
house near Csnajoharie. The house was
built about | 80, and was once a dwelling
and a store. Its first owners were Jere,
miah Van Rensselaer, ami Archibald Kane,
tie latter an ancestor of DR.. Kane, the Arc
tic explorer
virgi ia Da'e. the first white child born
in America of Enplish parents, is to have
greatnt So thrust on her memory by a monu-
m at or Rpancks island, v. G.. where there
il an es-'hsork -uppl- 4 tn be the Oldest
built by English h,nt's on this continent.
North Carolna resilient. Of Baltimore are
in charge of the project.
A curious stone, light in weight and por-
Gus in construction, witt a distinctly su-
phurous odor, was picked up in the noun
tains near Frederick City, Nd, by Henry
Keppart, one day recently. 1t bears a
strong resemblance TO specimens which
have been founl in the same vicinity by
members of the johns Hopkins University.
and which they decided were remains of an
ancient lava flow.
Queen yictoriA recently went to q photo
graph gallery at Newport, Isle Of Wight,
''to be taken" Just - she WAS posed
the local mayor entered With . bouquet.
which he was about to present in prepared
speech. He got stuck ia his lines. became
., amazingly flustersd that Her Majesty
laughed. and just then the photographer
snapped his camera. The rortrsit. with
the face lighted with 4 smile, gives alto
gether different impression of the Queen.