Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-12
Notes OF the Day.

False Alarms for ambaIances, coming
with annoying frequency. are disquietiriy
the hospital authorities and surgeons in
Montreal.
a long-sought gold vein has been dis
covered on a Georgia mine. The mine
has been operated for years by the placer
process, but the vein is expected to be
far richer.
A Kansas woman. who travelled to st.
Louis to marry man who had adver-
tised for a wife. has brought suit
against him because he backed out when
he saw her.
A travelling evangelist in the West has
an assistant stationed outside his meet
ing places. and every time he brings
down a fresh sinner he signals to this
man, who sends up skyrocket.
Captain David Wilcox and wife of Bris-
toll r. L., have Just celebrated their gold
en- wedding in the house in which the lat
ter was born and in which she has al
ways lived. except for about 10 years,
when the couple resided in Fall River,
Mass.
Up to 1893 grapes were raised in China
for the table only. Since then expert
ments have been made in making wine.
which. so far, have resulted very success
fully. and. as Japan now supplies the ce-
lestials with beer. we may now expect the
latter to recprocate with Pekin ciaret.
In Utica. n. Y. those wishing to make
openings in the street are required 10 ME
a bond guaranteeing satisfactory repay
ing. Licensed plumbers are required 10
give a bond of $500. and individuals
bond for $500 for opening an unpaved
street and $500 for opening paved
street.
A COW belonging to A. J. Carrolton, who
lives north of Belle Center, o.. has given
birth to calf perfectly developed except
that the left foreleg is but mere stump.
having an extremely large hoof. Ihe an
imal's ears are in proper position, ana
lust back of the right one is third ear
growing straight up at the side of the
head. The calf appears quite strong.
In the little town of Nasso. in Sweden,
the firemen happen 10 he women, now
ever paradoXical that sounds. the pace
is only a little village, and four enormous
tubs constitute the "waterworks. One
hundred and fifty women make up Tue
fire dcnartment, and one of their duties
consists in always keeping the tubs filled
with water. The women are hne worn-
ers. it is said. and know how to hamdle
a fire with as little confusion as possiDie'
The belief that lightning will not STRIKE
a feather bed was shown 10 be nis'"nS
by an incident of a storm near L tied, ~,
Y. A bolt struck "A chimney on the ioa .s
of Charles Steates. who lives on .no
Deerfield road. Part of it jumped 70 . ne
house of Bernard Huss and tore OH VI.
conductor pipe. The other part We" W.
down the chimney ripped the plaster aiiu
paper from a bedroom and then SUN. M
feather bed The bed was torn ana 'he
feathers scattered about the room.
A new kind of protection materlai , -
be tried in the British navy Inc 81 ,e so
tiate "A vessel of l1.000 tons anu io, ',
horse power, is to have ner uecns raa
cred with a layer of speclaIiy pi ,s said
material called cordicene. wnich Is 80
10 be preferable to the teak, mr. OF oanT
wood heretofore employed. III u u, and
laid on with a thin layer OF ce,hen W, 70
is said to be particularly non aah,s
leakage and 10 be quite uniniiamihao,e,;
If If proves a success it will also De useu
in other ships. A,
A new musical instrument which ma s
apneared in Rhode Island IS caiieu .u
mellow chord" and its inventor ma"
mast 70 saws he first saw IT IN Visio',
a spirit holding it up before ms eyes, nto
is apparently a combination Oh me oam
and guitar, strung with two Nioiih anu
Two puitar strings. and is held In an up
RICH position on the left knee, WIN
head pressed against the body. me M
strument is said to have SOFT; rich w." a,
fully iustifying its name. It's ihven,o,
n lover of music, and his father was