Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-02

mountains In Carbon county. Wvon,,,.
Rev A. Robbins, the first cban,,,,, :.
ordinary OF Queen Victoria at winaas ~
mas Just preached his five tbousand,,',
sermon.
IN the village Of Southport, Conn 6.
preserved a piece OF cedar post which
General Washington helped to set in
thc ground at harrington.
| Miss Jane Adams, the head n, t,a
nun House Settlement in Chicapo hoe
returned from her visit to Europe with
her health completely restored.
| during the six months ending June IN
| lhere was exported to this countrv
from the Manchester, England. district
total OF 1884 pounds of all sorts n,
yarn and Irvine.
Miss Eliza Talcott, who has bcer .
missionary in Japan for twentv-eva
years and acted as a nurse in the
anese army during the war with Chin.
is visiting her old home in Rockyi,,o
Conn.
The official call for the fifth national
irrigation congress, to convene in
Phoenix, Ariz.. on Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday. December Is. 1s and
Il. has been issued by the national
executive committee
1t is Violated Of the late Jules sino,
that when ne was directed to mako an
oilciai report on the Paris exposition of
1879 the amount named for the work
was Ssooo. He, however, of his own ac-
cord reduced ii to s24e0 to the amaze
lnent Of all office holders.
Farmers about Osceola Mo raisa
| only corn and oats in large Quantities
ana the merchants of that place bav.
to import potatoes. onions and other
small vegetables. while over in Kansas
in the ncighborhood of Arkansas Citv
one farmer this season has raised 1000
bushels of white onions ana sold them
at 30 cents bushel
Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland has
conferred upon John Steketee of Grand
Rapids the rank of knight of Orange
Nassau, and it is claimed that he is
the only citizen of the United States
TO whom the degree has ever been
gwen. He is the Holland vice consul
OF Michigan and it is in recognition of
his services as such that he has been
so honored
The San Francisco CALI says that
there are at least 200 people walking
the streets of San Francisco in good
health and likely to live many years.
VINO have already arranged the details
OF their funerals. They have selected
the collins in which they will be buried.
and paid cash for the same, as well as
for the burial plot, hearse, etc"
King Leopold of Belgium, has one
subject who is ready to show his indie
pendence. NJ. Vandendriesche bought a
lot in front of the Kings villa at Os-
tend and built house on it that inter-
fered with the kings view. The king
demonstrated. whereupon NJ Vanden-
driesche pulled his house down and
built twelvestory iron hotel on the
lot.
a farmer of North Dakota few days
ago drove across the boundary line
into Manitoba with a load of oats,
which he sold to dealer in Chrystal
city for nine cents per bushel. The
custom-house officer learned of it and
arrested him for not paying any duty.
The farmer said that he thought since
Laurier's election there was free trade
between this country and Canada. But
he had to put up 10 cents per bushel
for his oats ell the same.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Baptist Congress will be held in Nash
vile, Tenn. beginning November 10.
The following topics will be discussed
by eminent Baptists from all parts of
the country: How Far Has New
Testament Precedent the Authority of
Divine Commando" christianity and
War;" The Problems of the Country
Church." rs God the Father of all
Men, The Relation of Baptsts to
Other Denominations" The Pastor as
a Soul Winner"
Some of the most prominent mem
bers of the Central Labor union of the
District of Columbia are seriously dis
a proposition made to them by
some of the labor leaders in New York
city to unite with the latter in the or
ganization into one great body of all
the crafts whose national organizations
have expressed a preference for an
eight hour day, and also that when
formed the new union shall take up the
question as unit and push the subject
t. satisfactory conclusion.
A Spanish diver has succeeded in
$4,000 worth of silver bars
from depth of 16S feet off Cape Finis-
terre. The steamer Skyro, which sank
nine miles south of the cape five years
ago. had lightweight bars of silver.
worth $4,000 on board. The diver.
whose name is Angel Erostarbe, has
gone down twenty-seven times this
summer and brought up thirty-seven
Of the bars. The work is made danger
Gus by the exposed position of the
wreck and the strong currents.
During the last 20 years the total
acreage of land devoted to the growth
of cotton in the Southern states has
been more than doubled: but produce
ton has been increased in still
greater proportion. There has been a
improvement in the methods
u cotton farming as well as in the ex-
tent of cotton lands. While the acreage
has increased 12S per cent in 20 years,
the product has increased 1873 per cent.
In 1875 the average yield per acre was
2lO pounds, in 1895 the average yield
had increased to go pounds.
Free Pills.