Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-03
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The passenger train due At Contocook,
H., at 9. 80 Saturday morning, was an hou
late. owing to lack of water for locomotives
The commission house of Clark { Brack
ride, St. Louis, bagging and bale ties. Ia
gone into liquidation. Liabilities $4,000.
All business was suspended New Years an,
the day given to holiday calls, in New York
Rivers and bay at New York city are full
of floating ice. Navigation by sailing yes
| sells is impossible and steamers and ferr,
boats are seriously impeded.
| German barque Freillet, New York fo
Bremen, on her way TO sea was driven ashore
by ice at Dumb Beacon. She remained some
| time. but floated and was taken 10 Staten
Island. Several of the crew were badly
| frost bitten.
Steamer Edith gladden., ashore on Romer
Shoals, was fioated with assistance Of a tug
and proceeded.
Brig Louise of Charlottetown, stranded a,
Road Head. is total wreck.
During 1880, Halifax exported to the Yves,
Indies 37S,l7S quintals of dry and 81, 40S
barrels of picked fish.
Schooner F.. A. Nickerson, Windsor for
Portsboro. \. s., was driven ashore near
BLOOMINGTON and will be total loss.
NtuopntT hututNt, Nulttl Main sdui-
bro, loaded with fish, has drifted ashore at
Pennant Point.
Saturday morning the thermometer stood
as follows: At Montpelier, VT. 25s below
Woodstock, 26S; Milford, n. H., 26'; Goa.
tocook and Hancock junction, SOC; Antrim,
$50; Newport, 25'; North Village, 21' !:
Claremont, 26s.
Coal has been discovered at Harvey, Albert
Co., n. b.
The amount of duties COLLECTED at Chicago
custom house during 1880 was 1854 $40. 06.
Value of goods entered, $6,42S. 523. Num-
Der of vessels arrived, 1875; number
cleared, 1856.
Paul Nelson and Charles Lunt, missing
from schooner Waldo Irving, and reported
having frozen to death, are safe at Halifax,
having been picked up.
Michael McEnnis has been put in nomina-
ton for president of the Chicago Merchants
Exchange, on the opposition ticket.
200 cases of measles at Hillsboro', N. II.
An important railroad consolidation has
been effected at Evansville, H., between the
Evansville Qocal trade), the Lake Erie,
Evansville & Southwestern (re-organized),
and the Cincinnati, Rockport & Southwestern
Railroad Co. 's.under the name of Evansville,
Rockport & Eastern railway.
r. Henry Perkins of Boston. broker, ar
rested charged with disposing of stocks
deposited with him as collateral for loan, is
held in $1,000 to appear before the grand
jury.
A freight train from Portland to New York,
on the Nashua 4 Rochester road, was badly
wrecked between Sandown and East Derry.
at o'clock Saturday morning. Nobody
injured. Broken rail.
Capt r. II. English. of Selma, Ala, editor
and proprietor of the Daily Times, and for
many years agent of the associated press, is
dead.
During December 9,097. 265 pieces were
coined at the Philadelphia mint valued at
Sc, $50 ,075.70. There were 276, 40 eagles.
6S7 $40 half eagles. 900 three dollar pieces
and GOO. 255 silver dollars.
Hanlon and Ross have issued challenge
to any two men in the world for double
scull race for $500 or 81 900 side, the race
to take place in the early part of the ensuing
season. They will allow a fair portion of
the stakes for expenses in going to row in
America.
The London Times Paris correspondent
says that all the powers are doing their utmost
to calm the excitement in Greece.
Gen. Ignatief says that aretrograde move
ment by Greece would endangcr its throne,
and revolution would not he confined TO
Hellonic territory.
All prisoners for debt in Scotland were re-
leased at midnight, i'll pursuance of an act
passed at the last session of the British par
Lament.
Nixon's paper mill, Manayunk, Penn. is
partially burned. Loss Sl50,000.
Alfred New, proprietor of the iron works
near Nottingham England has failed. Liza
bilities heavy.
The gross revenue of the United Kingdom
for 1850 was ESQ. go, 800. Receipts from
customs decreased during the year EASE. 900
and from excise duty ESQ., 900. Receipts
from stamps increased f496 900. in conse-
quence Of changes i'll probate dues. Post
office revenues show an increase of f257 900
and receipts from the telegraph EDS, 200.
Temperature at Washington, ID. c., at 4
o'clock Saturday morning was Ia below at
o'clock, 100 below.
Boyd has told Hanon that he will not go
to Toronto TO row.
The employers liability and grain cargoes
bills, passed at the last session Of the British
parliament, have gone into operation.
The death of Benz. X. Phelps is registered
at the bureau of vital statistics at New York
as resulting from internal hemorrhage and
malignant tuner. involving the stomach.
J. W. Milne, defaulting cashier of Pocas-
set bank. Fall River, was arrested in New
York at midnight.
Norwegian Hotel, Madison, Wis. was
burned Saturday morning. Mrs. Ii. NJ.
Miller and child persisted in the flames.
The President will not appoint a secretary
Of the navy. on account of the great difficulty
in getting a suitable person To accept the
position for so short a time. The attorney
general holds that the President can designate
other officers to act for ten days each, and in
accordance with that mint other cabinet
officers will each in turn be designated to be
secretary of the navy. In this event the
attorney general will succeed Secretary Ram
say as acting secretary of the navy.
Vienna and Constantinople dispatches con-
cur in reporting collapse Of the arbitration
scheme. The porte's reply to Tissat's semi
official communication of the scheme 10 still
withheld.
The large tannery of Frocoke & Gullan
Milwaukee, Wis, was damaged $50 900 by
fire Saturday morning. Stock slS.5O0.