Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-14
no further light was thrown upon the cause
of the accident.

To- S,.- II al
no ,ui'nei ,su' was "i'o"n upon uie caos
oA 'n' ae''ue"'
Sir Thomas Gratton Esmond, Nj. T., ad
dressed large audience Thursday night q
/ Hahfax, on nome rule. Senator Power pre-
sided at the meeting. Speeches in sympath
with agitation and predictions that home rul
"ouid soon De secured were dehvered 0.
iiiau. uisu'isu'>heo gen.'e'heh'
| The Saeo city building, in which the su
preme court for York county, is in session
| caught nre from an over heated furnace Fri
day morning. Fortunately the hre was dis
covered in time 10 prevent serious loss. Tn,
nre was mostly confined 10 the city clerk
once and ante-room. Loss only few hun
dred dollars; covered by insurance.
| Schooner Avon, from Windsor, n. s. with
coal for the Cumberland Bone Company, ar
tNed al boothoay, Friday IN tow OF tug Mel
ne OF mai Haven. The Avon went ashore
ON Deer Island thoroughfare' and is leaking
BADLY schooner Congress of Boothhay
Capt. Harris went ashore on Damariscove on
the nigh' OF the ilth INST from Boston to
Boothoay The vessel is full of water. The
! crew were saved no insurance.
ExCongressman Conger of Akron, Ohio,
said yesterday: Sherman will have the
Ohio delegation solid this year, and have il
easii! ana without contest. Blaine has al
ways oeeh 'er! strong III our state. lie is
very popular ana he has all his old friends,
p"' AZ ','s S'a'e convention the matter was
thoroughly looked over and the feeling with
ou' eAeepuoh is tna' sherman should nave
the delegation solid
The funeral of Dennis Shannahan, a vic
tim of the Bradford accident took place from
st, James church, Haverhill. Friday morn
ing. Zenas Thompson of Portland at the
Eagle, is improving The latest reports from
the hospital give more favorable reports of
the condition of MIR. Wentworth The hus-
band of Mrs Ward of Brdgton Me arrived
rlday' and fuiiy identified the remains,
"hleh ne took 10 bridgton on the l.. NJ.
tram. She leaves three children.
At the Lick observatory, the cold is so in
tense as to freeze the dome of the observa-
tory. However, several short trials have
been made of the big tclescope, Tuesday
night Capt. FLOYD and Prof. Keller saw the
eight rings of Saturn clearly divided They
had an unexcelled view of a division of the
outer ring of Saturn on Saturday night.
Capt. FLOYD has detected in the consteila-
ton Orion little star in the trapczium which
is the sword of Orion No star has ever
been seen in the taapczium.
Tho Now y,rl limited ,,s,;h,lo xo,os.
.as, an tho Eort woyr, r,,5 na, ,,;,,, a.,
rious accident, Friday morning, at Rochester.
Pa. The train was running mt a rate of So
miles an hour when il collided with freight
train of forty cars going west The engineer
and fireman of both trains Jumped and one
of them was badly injured. The trains came
together with a terrific crash, both engines
being wrecked while the baggage cars of
the limited and four freight cars were piled
up in heap. The passengers in the limited
were knocked about in a most promiscuous
manner, but all of them escaped with few
bruises.
The Mississipni leyislo,ure -, Thurs-
day. adopted the followinv Resoly,d that
We view with profound yrnti6ca,;on and
pride the act of the President of IN, limited
States in nom;p,,ing o,,r d;st;n,ui.b.a fol.
low citizen Hon T. a q Iomar ,o -, soa,
ON the bencb ,f tho Sun,ome Cour, Of tho
United States. that in Mr Lamar we rccog-
nize a man of broad and comnrehensivc
views n nrofound scbolar qrand I.vycr
and statesman and a man whose ex,ltod
natr;o,ism commands the admiration ,f tho
American people A Joint invitation from
h,,b housas was ox,.njod 10 unn I.eorsnn