Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-30
S'eanings and Gossip,


,,r .,",ne one now suggests that fine inn
City. "ou'a De a Dowie-less zi"a
Inc shark holds tile record for long
.hu t o~iHiHangs. One OF these Great
in three days 'o'er o" hhies
When the announcement was made thai
= ~ r. MoF p mas paid $4,000 for a coIlec-
Regular panic in Indiana.
~ tralh travelling at the rate Of 60 miles
an hour can be brought to a standstilI IN
Yards. @ miles = in niles y, an hour IN 20
- IN 1a!. and 20 in 100 yards. - -
Inc hargau town council has voted 500
t 1o%hrd = 81 monument pann 70 the memory o.
die d, and which, in the last uine years
saved nearly 100 lives on tho Aims
The first flock of wild geese was seen ~
March !; H.; gong northward over Mandiu
birds began IT, fly last year. Their iii.
pearance was hailed with delight. AZ indl-
eating , ne ne 1 approach Of spring-St
For some tune thieves have made !.
practice of stealing the copper bonds =
which connect the rails on San Francis
cos electric railroad system. When III.
thieves were caught the other day tI,ry
had in their possession 100 pounds of the
mitted that il was their third haul
More than $500 was found in 1i.go. 90
dead letters that have been disposed OF
in the lust Year. under the direction ..
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gencrsl u.
valua bles. About $1,000 was restored
to the owners. and the balance was
turned into the treasury for redemption.
What Is supposed to be the tiniest horse
or pony in the world is the property of al
Italian nobIeInan. who makes a specially
of breeding dwarf horses on his estate in
Lambardy. This diminutive creature
barely measures 10 inches at the withers,
scarcely the size of a large dog. The
owner possesses many such equine
dwarfs.
great curiosity with the V-esterners
Every morning at 80 ii strikes, again H.
strikes at go. and at s.55 it makes as
much noise as general fire alarm ~
is about to open. At few minutes be-
fore 3 p NJ. just before the market
cIoxes. it strikes again.
Many of the curiosity shops planted in
the back streets of most country towns ifI
England are kept up by large London
firms. who. from a prolonged study OF
human nature have discovered that people
who are shy of buying old furniture or
old silver in Bond street or Piccadilly are
ready and eager purchasers OF precisely
the same objects at a rather higher price
when they come upon them in the back
streets of A country town.
Charles Cunningham. a native of Gal
way Ire, went to Oregon 30 years ago.
and got a job as sheep herder. In yc1f
or TWO ne went INTO WIFI q
friend in the sheep-raising business. but
soon bought MIN out. Gradually he in
creased the fiocks until he became known
which he lived. Now he announces his
coming retirement from active life. hay
ing sold his ranch for Il sum not far from
a million. He was the first to bring I'M
ported cheap into Umatilla county. Or
Laura NJ. Cornelius, full-blooded In
dian of the Oneida tribe in Wisconsin,.
has gone to New York. where she intends
to study law in Barnard college. AZ =
country school she won a scholarship in
seminary in Fond du Lac. and utter
ward student for a time in Stafford Uni
versity. California. Miss Cornelius is un-
mistakenly Indian in features and build.
and is proud Of it. Her object in study
ing law is To be of service to the people OF
her own race .'Mv religion she says.
lis this; | believe in God. in minding my
own business and in hustling for what
one wants"
A real gold mine was discovered o.
broadway. New York. the other day. THIS
is not q mine that produces gold bricks.
treasury. but a bona fide gold quartz
bearing mine In sinking a shaft for TIL,
new building Of the. Title Guar3ntce and
trust company at Ii6 Broadway. quartz
was struck that shows !; rich assay %
gold. silver and iron. On the desk o.
President Kelsey of the Title guarantee
and trust company there are vhrinni
small bottles containing samples Of tins
gold and silver taken from the quartz
dug up from under Broadway. According
to enc of the employees Of the conStruc-
ton COMPANY which has the contract for
the new building. there is enough gold TO
make ii worth while to dig FOR. T'i''
quartz found in the borings assays so 10
the ton.
a Texas correspondent tells Law Nni",
how an obstinate juryman was circUm-
vented by his fellow Judges Of tho facts.
The cfferSc charged was assault ,with in
tent to murder. After the jury had been
out about two hours they returned ttp.
following verdict: We the jury. find the
defendant guilty Of aggravated assault.
and assess his punishment at 81 fine. ana
here with pay the fine On inquiry as TO
the meaning of the last clause of the yer
dict, it came out that IL of the jurors had
agreed that the defendant was net guilty
but the 18th doggedly hung out for con
viction for aggravated assault. and would
not consent tC punishment less than -
fine Of s25. Finding 1t a hopeless task I"
bring over the obstinate one to their way
of think ing. the II finally decided TO agree
with him, and Clipped in" enough to pay
the fine.