The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-05-02
NEWS NOTES.

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| A woman advertised in a Buffalo
Sunday paper for a position as COVER
ness for "a family Of children whose
i heads will be absent during the sum-
mer."
The government still insists that it
has wireless telegraph system which
is superior to any yet devised by private
parties. 1t is being tested daily, with
favorable results.
Tolstoi's message to the Americans
says that war is leading cause of the
mlserles of the world. He thinks that
warriors have never gotten away from
old pagan ideas.
An ordinance is pending in Cincin-
natl for the establishment of three
floating public lighthouses along the
river. The houses are to be built and
maintained by the city.
The plan of bicycle corps intended
to heighten the safety of Emperor Will
liam has been abandoned, because it
was found that the bicylists were unable
to follow his Majesty's Hungarian four
finland.
| According to Beaumont (Tex.) de-
spatch, 81, $50, 900 was paid by an East
ern syndicate for the property Of the
Texas Western Oil Company, formerly
the Southwestern Oil Company, of Cor
! sicana.
comes from West Union, Ohio. Cal.
Rhine was lodged in jail on peace war
rant. His little 5-year old son refused
to leave his father and was locked up
with him.
The new Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis will be fine structure When COM
pleted the building will cost 50, 600, 900,
and be finer than any government
structure outside of Washington. 1t
will accommodate 500 cadets.
During the prevalence of the intense
cold in the Yukon region the first two
months of this year (6S5 below zero
being the lowest), there was a haze all
over the country, and an epidemic of
rabies seized upon the dogs of Dawson.
The Pc, in North Italy, is 800 miles in
length The deposits at it's mouth have
caused the coast to gain upon the sea SO
rapidly that point which in the time
of Augustus was seaport town, is now
eighteen miles from the Adriatic
Henry H. Faxon, a welI-hnown tenn
perance advocate, distributed through
the mail twenty-three 800 checks to as
many clergymen of Quincy, Mass, to
be used Gin promoting the moral, spirit
ual, social and political welfare of the
people of the city.
According to the Frankfurter Zetung,
Emperor William, at the unwilling Of
the monument to Emperor William | :,
Oh March 81, made a speech to his en-
tourage in which the doctrine of "Bay-
onets VS.. An Unruly People was a
strongly marked feature.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that
a buffalo baby has been born in the Zoo
i'll that city. This is the first animal of
this kind ever born at this popular edu-
cational and pleasure resort. The new
conner is about the size of a NeWfOund--
land dog, and is perfect in every re-
spect.
Are bachelors in Illinois to be pre-
vented from marrying by means of a
prohibitory tax? State Senator Thomas
J. Dawson has introduced bill in the
Illinois Legislature providing that bach
elOrS over the age OF 40 must pay a
! special tax of 800 when they apply for
license to marry.
Gov. Wells of Utah vetoed the anti
vaccination bill, characterizing it as "a
step backward which would be disas-
trous." He accompanied the veto with
a substitute bill, a provision of which
is that unvaccinated children may not
be excluded from schools in districts
where smallpox does not exist
According to Missouri item, the
Ray County man who was examined
for heart disease the other day was re-
lieved when he found that the cracking
sound he heard every time he drew a
long breath came from small buckle
on his suspenders. This is another ex-
ample showing that people get sick too
easily.