The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-12-07
GENERAL NEWS.

Near Anderson, Indiana, Wednesday even
ing John J. johnson was shot by Coleman
Hawkins and dangerously wounded. After
the shooting Hawkins returned home and shot
himself. dying instantly. Both were wealthy
farmers. The trouble arose about ditch.
The board of managers of the worlds indus
trial and cotton centennial exposition at New
Orleans adopted Wednesday night the design
proposed by G. NJ Jogensens architect, of
Meridian, Mississippi, for the main building of
the world exposition. The building will be
1900 hundred feet in length and 900 feet wide,
with 1,000, 1893 square feet of floor space, in
Guiding the music hall in the centre with a
seating capacity of 1900.
The Pennsylvania legisa ture adjourned sine
die at noon yesterday.
Deacon Samuel Cragin, aged 80, died at
Bellows Falls. Vermont, yesterday morning.
He was the Oldest man in town, was for many
years an active and well known business man
ia the vicinity, having been merchant at
Bellows Falls and at Alstead.
Senator Anthony was able to sit up in his
room yesterday
The Trenton IRON Company at Trenton, New
Jersey, closed its rolling mill temporarily We'd
nesday evening. Two hundred and fifty hands
are thrown out of employment 1t is expected
that work will be resumed on Monday at re-
duced wages. The outlook at all the iron and
wire mills in Trenton is unpromising.
The Baltimore Sun says that careful inquiry
among the cotton mill owners of Maryland has
elected uniform statements to the effect that
overproduction of goods has overstocked the
market and that the trade year has been un-
satisfactory.
Tolman Wheeler, of Chicago who has al
ready made number of valuable bequests to
the Episcopal church, has decided the church
available tract of land in the western division
of the city and advanced 100000 toward the
erection of church preparatory school.
By theoverturning of boiler which was be-
ing removed from the Merchants mill at Fall
River, Mass, John j. Highland was severely
crushed, receiving internal injuries, and
Charles Harrington was seriously injured
At the closing session of the Massachusetts
State board of agriculture at Lowell yesterday
a country meeting was held in the morning
when paper by Winifred A. Stearns of Am
herst on cranberry culture and insect pests
was read. 1t appears from his statement that
the cranberry fire blight or the vine worm and
also the berry worm committed ravages,in that
State alone during the past year to the amount
of $4,000 to $4,000.
Samon, the Laconia murderer, had hear
ing yesterday. He plead guilty and was re-
manded to jail His trial occurs in March.
The National Temperance Society in session
IN New York city yesterday, adopted resolu-
ton asking Congress TO amend the constitution
OF the United States to prohibit the liquor traf-
fic entirely.
The Boston water board has issued a notice
to consumers that the water supply of the city
will be in an extremely precarious condition
during the next sixty days and that there has
been no time in many years where great econo-
my is 80 necessary as now.
Alexander G. Joslyn, of Springfield, Mass,
formerly owner of the Burnet House at Gin
cinnati, recently part owner of the Bucking-
ham, New York, and the Brunswck Boston,
died in Rome, Italy, yesterday.