Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-19

/ The court Of appeals at Albany, n. Y
denied a motion for new trial in the case OF
Dan Driscoll.
A postotfice has been established at East
Lincoln Penobscot county, and Jno. b. Lud
den appointed postmaster.
The funeral of the late William A. Crom.
well will be held at South Berwick, Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock.
A train ON the Wabash Western railroad
was derailed near Coatesville Ia. Tuesday.
| Thirteen persons were injured, no one fatal
ly.
The long strike of shoemakers in Roches-
collapsed, the men returning to work at the
manufacturers terms.
VI. j. Lane. member of Parliament for
the eastern division OF Cork county, has
been sentenced TO months Imprisonment for
.uc.ling tenants 70 resist bailitls.
The Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown,
has received 4otice of geneIal reduction OF
about ten per cent. in wages, to take effect
February nrst. i his order affects eleven
thousand employees
A dispatch from Sr. Petersburg SAYS The
alltgei importdAt reduction of the effective
strength OF toe imperial guards turns out to
be very small matter, only one thousand
men unit for service have been dismissed.
1t is stated at Quebec that provincial
loan was iloated in London, England, Tues
day. 1t bears / per cent. interest. The
amount of the bonds il set down at $3.50
900, payable in 1928. They are placed at
par with the credit Lyonnaise.
An immense bob-sled containing fifty two
persons, collidcd with another sled while il
descended Broadway hill, Tuesday night, at
Kansas CITY. and was overturned. Seven
teen of the occupants sustained injuries,
three of them being seriously hurt.
The L. 5. Supreme Court sit, with full
bench on "Wednesday, Tor the first time since
the ith of May. 1855. The judicial oatl
vas administered 10 Mr.. Lamar, in public,
Immediately after the days session opened
and he took his seat in the chair of the junior
justice.
The London Daily News, commenting up
on Hicks Beach's speech at Bristol, Tues
| l2y night says: SIR Michael takes an indie.
/ pendent line, which must lead him to wal
with Giladstone's policy and which has al
4 ready taken him far beyond the helpless OBJ
stinaCy of mere coercion.
/ The annual meeting of the Central Fir,
/ Insurance Company was held at Concord. y
/ H.. on Wednesday. Daring the year the
risks amounted to S3,3O0,oJl; premiums
written, 94,5l4 ,4Ol; premiums received
I S245, 900 paid assets amount to Ss,0o2,92
net assets surplus, SIS, ,s26.
Osman Digna's force was attacked Tues
day and dispersed by friendly tribes. The
/ rebels afterwards rallied and compelled the
] ~. liv t,, (i,lnu..l kitphua,
and Major McMurdo were wounded. SiX
friendly natives were killed and twenty
wounded. The rebels lost heavily,
1t is authentcally stated at Albany, \. Y.
/ that the recent statements that Governor
/ Hill had rendered Col Fred Grant the ap-
! pontmcnt OF quarantine commissioner in
the place of Thomas c. Plat, and that Col
Grant had declined the office without
foundation. Gov. Hill has not rendered the
appointment to any one,
A girl and boy, evidently sister and broth
er, aged about twelve aud thirteen were
/ found Tuesday morning, dead. floating in
the Mississippi river, near Huntington. Miss.
They were tied by rope to floating log
fastened together at the hands and feet, and
the bodies divcsted of clothing. They hat
been in the water four or five days.
The following pensions were granted tt
Maine people, Wednesday: Minor of Jas
VI. Andrews, Lewiston; original, Albion j.
Hatch, Washburn Abiel Il. Leonard Milo
VIM. 5. Addition Bath; Welsey c. Robbins
East oti,feld; Miles W Leighton, Augusta
increase, Chas. =. Whitehouse, North Bridg
ton Patrick Moran, National Military Home
Jno. +, Goss, South Levant; Winship w
Sparks, Richmond; Benjamin Legacy
Princeton; Jas. j. Field, Stoneham; reissue
Daniel j. kimball Swanyille.
4 confidence game was played upon Mr.
Morgan of Portland, Jeweler, by a gooe
looking man. Wednesday no claimed to b.
. sexton of the Chestnut street church, and salt
he was acting in behalf of Rev. Mr.. Whit
takcr He said Mr.. Whitaker wanted t.
make a small present to a friend, and he wa
allowed to take two watches for Mr.. Whitta
ker to select from. He has not since bcel
seen The same game tried by prcsum
ably the same person, on Jeweler j. +. Tod,
but was not successful.
The Rcpubiique FIancaise has telegram
from Rome which says tnIt the French for
el-n minister ..ds complained to SIgnOr Girls
pi, Italian foreign minister of Italy's delay
ia settling tt- Florence consulate incident
ani warns oiguor Cfispi if the Italian judg
at Florence executes his threat to re-ente
the FrtLui. COS .uldte aui seize the paper
sought after. aucc viii recall her amba.sa
dor and take such action as the honor and in
tercst OF the country demand.
4 telegram from. sidney, y. 5. W, state
that the American ship John i. Berry wa
bnrGed at sea Jan. .. Fourteen persons ar
known ~ have been saved and one boat witt
eleven on board Is missing. Part of the ere,
and passengers have been landed at NambuC
ca head. the J. T. Berry is a full rigge,
ship OF 1929 tons. belongs in ThOmastou
anu j. commanded by Capt. Watts. oh
sailed from Philadelphia for Piogo, Japan
with retued petroleum. October Sd.
The following fatalities are reported Wed
nesday 10 persons, Custer Co, Nebraska
?, Hurd Co. teacher and - children a
Clear Lake Township, Edmund Co.
children, Huron, Dakota: the Cruise family
Wolsley 2 in iankton Co. 2 in Clay Co.
10 IN Bonhomme Co. 1874 in Southern Ds
kota a school teacher and 3 children. an,
another with . pupils in Kansas; boys a
Manchester, Delaware Co. Iowa; brother
in Western Iowa; man near Olney; yOun
men, and girl and boy in Southern Iowa
The ferry boat Union, plying betwee
Bath and Woolwich. broke from her moor
rngs, Tuesday night, by the action of tn
storm and the ice in the river, and when tn
crew came down to the pier, Wednesda
morning, nothing was to be seen Of her.
tug boat was chartered to look for her and
went TO Fort Popham, at the month of th
river, and returned without finding the boat
On going up the river the tug found tn
Union drifting almiessly in the ice, abot
two miles above her landing. The ferr
boat received broken sail and a damage
rudder, while drifting in the river, hayin
colAded with the Knox & Lincoln ferry boa
: The latter was uninjured. The Union wei