Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-30

J A German spy has been arrested at Stras
burg.
Military preparations are to be pushed il
Roumania.
The Russo-Afghan commission has com
pleted its labors.
There is an extensive cotton mill strike ii
Cornwall, Ontario.
, The Bundesrath has ordered the expulsion
from Germany of number of leading anar
chists.
The mutiny on board the British shi,
Annie NJ, Law. is now reported of little i'm
portance.
Fifteen men were injured ON the Housa
tonic road Saturday by the upsetting of
train.
1t is reported the Sewell 4. Fowler an,
Asa Beckman of Seabrook, n. H., hav,
been lost.
The Variedades theatre at Madrid, wa.
burned early Saturday morning. No casual
ties occurred.
Sixteen families were rendered homeless
by the burning of a tenement house in New
York, Saturday.
Advices from Tonquin say that eighteen
French soldiers were recently shot at one
time Tor disorder.
Parson Downs has been beaten in his suit
against the Bowdon Square Baptist church,
Boston, to recover his salary.
Mrs. Annie IL. Crane Saturday was ap-
pointed postmistress of Milo, Piscataquis
county, vice Geo. b. Crane, resigned
Frank T, Hartley of Southboro, Mass,
the well known music teacher was found
frozen TO death in an orchard, Friday even
ing.
BY the explosion of boiler on the Lover
ing estate at Matanzas, Saturday, the en-
gineer in charge was killed and several other
persons were injured.
George A. Herwood, n carpenter now un-
der Indictment in New York for defrauding
Foster, Black 4 Co., of $40 900, has been ar
rested at Jacksonville
/ Three negroes, accused of the murder of
John Dawson on New Years day, were taken
! from the Jail at Plymouth, S. c. Saturday
morning by mob and shot.
Henry Hilton and the Stewart heirs are
soon to begin fight, and Roscoe Conkling
will represent Mr.. Hilton, and VIM. NJ.
/ Evarts will act for the heirs.
! The Rev. Edward +. Niles of New York
who mysteriously disappeared recently, has
been found in hospital at Memphis, recov-
ering from nervous prostration.
| The president of the freshman class of
| Cornell University, was captured during a
class row, by the sophomores, and held a
prisoner for twenty-four hours.
| The Rev. Justin ID. Fulton, who has been
preaching against Romansm, has been de-
MED the use of Congregationalist church in
Washington to deliver his lectures.
| The steamer City Of New York from China
and Japan, brought three eases of small pox.
A lady cabin passenger died on the passage.
The steamer has been placed in quarantine
| The dwelling of Dennis Clifford, at Tawas
! City, Mich, was burned Friday night. Cliff
| ford and his wife perished in the flames.
They were an old couple of dissolule hab-
| its.
| The chairman of the direct United States
Cable Co. has invited the cable companies to
hold conference, for the purpose Of fixing
upon a tariff on the basis of one shilling per
word.
The latest cholera returns from Chill, by
cable, are: Valparaiso, i6 cases and 30
deaths; Santiago, "a cases and Is deaths.
The epidemic extends as far south as Val
DIVA.
John Pierce, well known resident of
Machias, died suddenly in O'Donnelrs camp
on No. SO, Friday. He had been in his us
ual health. He was scaling logs on the
township.
William Hughes butcher % years old, is
prisoner, charged with killing James How
ard, a fellow employe, at Milwaukee He
admitted the killing but said that it was in
self defence.
Mooney, who is charged with attempting
to blow up the steamship Queen at her pier
in New York, last August, has been released
from the insane asylum as cured, and will be
tried for the crime.
England and France have signed rules for
the guidance of a mixed naval commission to
settle the New Hebrides question and that
consequently the French troops in New
lIebrides shortly will be withdrawn.
At the annual meeting of the New Hamp.
shire democratic press association Saturday
the following were elected directors T.. s
Samuel Head 2d. l.. G.. Pattee, ID. II. Young
j. +. Jones, J. NJ. Mitchell, H. W. Par
ker.
The Knox & Lincoln passenger train bount
west, at ten o'clock Saturday forenoon jump
ed the track in a deep cut near the depot a
Damariscotta. The snow piow and locomo
tive collided with the bridge, causing it t.
partially fall. The train was delayed al
hour and a half. No one was injured
At one o'clock Saturday morning fire
broke out in the Office of the Chattanooga
Daily Commercial and completely gutted III,
building. The Western Union telegraph
office and the Knights of Pythas Hall, th'
finest in the State, are ruined. The loss il
estimated at $4,000.
The Herald's Cleveland special says tina
the great lakes are becoming shallow. Th'
depth of water is about l6 feet less than las
year at the principal ports, and engineer
think the change is a permanent one. TIN
matter is the subject Of much discussion
among lake navigators.
Louise Michel is suffering from menta
alteration. One of the bullets fired at her b,
Lucas has been discovered in her bonnet
The doctors still think that the other bulle
remains in the region of the temple, but the
are afraid ts attempt to extract it as they be
lieve the operation would endangcr her life.
The Pope on Saturday received three hun
dred American pilgrims, among whom wer
the archbishop of Philadelphia, the bishop o
Buffalo, vicar general Of Charleston, and tn
, rector of the American college at Rome
The Pope delivered no address, but re
ceiyed each pilgrim privately and gave hi
blessing and addressed few words to eac
/ them.
The man fatally hurt by the snow plow a
the upper Maine Central station, at Lewiston
Friday, was Lewis Dunbar. He was forty
five years old, and was a member Of the I2t
Maine regiment during the war. Dunba
died at half-past six Friday night. He di'
not rally after he was picked up. II is sai'
that Dunbar's death is quite iDexplicable
Everybody else but he got off the track a
the plow moved on.
, The new buildings at the United State
, hatchery at Cold Harbor, are completed, am
Supt. Fred Mather has had a most complet.
|, establishment for the purposes Of fish cult
vation constructed with the 50. 900 appropri
ated BY the last Congress. There are severa
million eggs of trout, salmon, carp and fros
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