Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-30

! The New York state Democratic con
vention vim =" held al Buffalo, Sept
oysters aud Holsters are being trans
| planted To the coasts of Vancouver is
land.
NJ Kihat. formerly Premier Of France
Will visit London shortly and then come
ta he United States.
Louisiana is the fifth state to make
January -, General Robert f.. Lees
birthday a public holiday
The city of Paris has spent $4,000 at
he salon this year in buying pictures,
$500 being the largest price paid.
Fifteen ear-old Clara Levan of Nor
ristown Pa swallowed half pear
which she was eating. and died from
the effects
queen Victoria now rules 367 900 goo
people. q greater number than has ever
before Acknowledged the sovereignty OF
either king. queen or emperor
Archbishop Fabre of Montreal. re-
Gently ordained his thousandth priest
4 man vas arrested in New Jersey
tile other day for digging his own
grave
Rev. George l.. Robinson. pastor III
the RoXbury. Mass, Presbyterian
church. has resigned in order to accept
the professurship Of old Testiment
literature and exegesis in Knox col
lege. Tronto. Ont.
The directors of the mint estimates
that the worlds production of gold
~ an
crease Of nearly 10 per cent over last
year. In the United States the gold is
expected to reach $54,000.00
The japanese are keeping up with
the discoveries of science. A series of
Is reproductions Of photographs OBJ
tanned by means of Roentgen rays has
been issued by Professors Y Yama-
Euchi and r Mizuno of Toxic univer-
sity
Auditor Baldwin of the treasury de-
partment has finished compiling the
sugar bounty claims. They amount to
$6.0S5. 1886 As s. 900 ESQ We're appro-
priated TO pay the bounty money in
hand will pay 81 per cent. of the claims
filed and allowed. Payment will begin
on August l.
Eleven Canadians have been inspect
ing lands along the Mississippi river
near Memphis. Tenn. with view to
locating there for farming. and the rail
road authorities say that several
parties from the North and Northwest
have made arrangements to settle in
the southern lands in the fail.
Joseph Arch. the well-known labor
nor, flar. Of arlio &c
straitened circumstances. Some of his
political friends have come to the
rescue and having formed a commit
tee. are about to make a national APP
peal for funds with the view of pur-
chasing a modest annuity and keeping
the veteran agitator from penury in his
old age.
An Indiana saloon-k keeper recently
applied for a divorce on the ground
that his wife drank to excess. The
judge caused inquiries to be made as
to the causes which had led to the
habits the husband complained of. The
testimony showed that the wife had
become addicted to liquor through tenn
tations with which her husband had
surrounded her. The judge decided
that. as the husband had in a sense
caused his wife to become a brunkard.
he should continue TO take care of her
Or Muir, who is managing an oil re-
inery fer Dutch company in the new
petroleum fields of Sumatra. said this
week. in san Francisco that within five
years Japan, which now ships kero-
senc largely from this country, will
take her entire supply from Sumartra.
Twelve wells are in operation irr the
enc district, and their average daily
output is from 200 to 500 barrels each.
The Dutch will not allow Americans or
other foreigners to enter their terri
tory. 1t is believed that other rich
fields await development
The professional double scul race at
iifihfaX. Wednesday. was won by Gau-
daur and Rogers: Bubear and Barry, Sec
ond. and Durham and Hackett last.