Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-29

Fifteen hundred Mexican residents of
san Antonio Texas, and vicinity are
about to form colony in southern Mex
leo.
| The will of the late w. +. Russell was
| filed, Monday at Cambridge His entire
property is left to his widow, and she is
appointed eXecutriX.
Prince Macmillan of Saxony, was or
| dained priest, Monday. at Dresden. His
father Prince George. Duke of Saxony
| and his sisters the Princesses Mathilde
and Marie; We're present at the cere-
| monies The Pope sent his blessing.
Hundreds of the people visit the Her
| mtage, Andrew Jacksons old Tennessee
home, every month. and the income
drived from the admission fee of 10 cents
is Il very neat source of revenue to the
association that keeps the house III re-
pair
Cripple Creek is not only in the midst
of "A mining district. but is to have mines
in its midst as well. A company has been
streets and alleys of the town. and a
shaft is being sunk in vein which was
opened in grading and excaVating.
An analysis of 20e0 accident policies on
which benefits were paid shows 55l per-
sons injured by falls on pavements, 2i3
by carriages or wagons. 70 by horse kicks
or bites. and Il by horseback riding: lii
We're cut with edge tools or glass. SO We're
hurt by having weights fall on them, and
Is We're hurt in bicycle accidents. while
Y were hurt by falling downstairs.
For a long time past it has been a cause
of private complaint where it was not
ing out of fashion in London. The asser-
ton is now officially confirmed by the
fact that the British Association of
Teachers of Dancing has called a special
best TO rescue the business from the total
collapse which threatens it.
A New York man fell overheard. the
other day, and was with difficulty res
sal no hot l.; hot
was yet i'll the water. On his rescuers
refusing to get it, he jumped into the
river himself for it, and was nearly
drowned before he was pulled out the
second time. The extra labor made his
rescuers angry. and they had him ar
rested. and the magistrate fined him $40.
DIR. w. w Campbell of Atchison. Kan.
has discovered a new remedy for Bright's
disease. 1t is nothing more than butter
milk. George Martin. son of an Atchison
business man. returned from Chicago Il
few months ago with Brights disease.
expecting to die at any time He is now
almost entirely cured. solely from drink
ing buttermilk. and has gone about his
work again. The treatment of butter
milk was recommended by DIR. Campbell.
Connecticut has :; new law against the
adulteration of food and the state agents
have found by careful tests that the arti- |
cles most tampered with are coffee, mus
tard. maple syrup. lard. milk. cream OF |
tartar ard honey. Coffee, both ground
and ungiound. is subject to imitation |
ana adulteration to a remarkable extent. |
1t is the opinion of the Connecticut ex- |
Derts that more than half OF the coffee |
sold in this country IS sham and a |
sWindle.
1t sounds Incredible but it is stated as
fact. that 60 per cent. of the retail |
drug stores of Brooklyn and New York !
are for sale. The cause for the depression |
in drug store values is the growing prac |
tice of doctors in using compressed tab |
lets. Instead of writing prescriptions to |
be taken to drug stores to till. they hand |
out these tablets to patients, giving the |
patient direction for their use. Another |
reason for the depression is that depart |
ment stores have taken the trade of the |
druggists in combs. brushes, soaps and |
perfumery and the candy dealers have |
corralled the soda water business
During the year ending June 80 last. 100 |
vessels of 204. 600 gross tons were built in |
The United States and officially numbered |
by the bureau Of navigation, showing an |
year Steam vessels built numbered 322
OF $50 900 tons. compared with 2S3 of 100 |
tons for the previous year. Steel as chief |
material of construction has increased to |
LOG, 800 tons from IL. 100 tons for the pre- |
vious year. Nearly three-fourths of the |
steel tonnage was built on the Great |
Lakes The tonnage built and numbered |
on the Great Lakes was f0i vessels of g. |
O09 tons compared with SO vessels of So |
600 tons for the previous year, which m |
dictates also the rapid increase in size OF |
he vessels of the Lake fleet