Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-19
coNDaasnD DISPATCHES.
The Pith Taken from the Current New
OF the Day.

Ii is thought that Maj. Poole Of Syra use
n. Y. will be corporal Tanners successor.
| The round house VI the T.x and Pa
cidc railroad at Long View, Was destroy cd
by fire Friday morning. involving . loss ol
upwards of $50. 200.
Z. b. Ammidown. has resigned the pfesi
dency of the American Protective Tariff As
sociation. He sives a. his reason the lacl
Of time to spare from his private business.
| John Bird . colored witness before tn,
United States court in Florida, vas murder
ed the other night on mis- return home. IL,
was government witness in = case involving
election frauds in Madison
| Investigation develops the fact that insteat
Of 100 cases of small poI at the point OF
Pelee Island, as reported Thursday. there i,
but one case and he 10 much isolated The
spread of the scourse 10 not anticipated.
The settlement along the Murray cana
near Trenton, Ont, was thrown into grea
excitement over the discovery Of the mutt
lated body of woman partially burned in q
vacant shed on the right bank Of the canal.
In the recent speech at atlanta of Patrick
Walsh, the editor of the Augusta Chronicle
and for years the Democratic national com
mitteeman Of Georgia, he named David b.
Hill for the democratic Presidential candidate
amid great enthusiasm.
A dispatch from London Gays the eff ,rts OF
the Canaiian govs rnment to establish n fasi
Atlantic service. to compete with the swif,
steamers that ply between New York and
Europe, Is meeting with poor success, owing
to Indifference of moneyed men to the
scheme.
The Capital Free Hold Land and Invest
ment Co.. of England. filed copy of ito
charter with the Texas Secretary of State
Thursday. Their operations embrace three
million acres OF the capital syndicate lands
in the Pan Handle part Of the State. The
capital of the company is S25 100000.
The ID ,minion government has decided to
subsdize line of steam ships between Hall
fax or st. John and the West indies. Sir
Charles Tupper is in Madrid negotiating n
commercial treaty with Spain and her col
onies. This has led the Canadian govern
ment to subsidze \ steamship line in expec.
tstion of reviving trade relations with the
West Indies.
Preston Pratt. missing a seek ago We'd
nesday, returned home to Weymouth, Mass.
Friday morning. He says he was knocked
down and robbed on Boston Common, and
when he regained consciousness he found
himself on q steamer bound for Virginia
that when he got ashore he walked to New
i York, and there raised money enough 70 gel
home.
| Captain Howes, steamer Dorchester from
Boston reports that Oct. 18th. ninety miles
south vest Of Gay Head she passed the two
mas,ed schooner Forest City of Ellsworth
wrecked and abandoned. Both anchors
were overheard, both masts broken of Al
deck, and attached by the rigging. The
bowsprit was lying on the deck and the af.
ter deck house washed away.
The subject Of late retiring and early ris
ing 10 becoming live issue among the Pan
American guests in the tour across the coun-
try upon the excursion train. There Ia not
one but that desires to accept every courtesy
at all points, for they appreciate the heart,
pleasure with which they are received il
every city. but human flesh has limits Of en-
duraDce even in matters of hospitality.
1t is reported in spite of all denial
that there was . bad wreck on the UniOI
Pacific road near Sterling, Col, last Tues
day. Claim Agent Manchester started fol
that point, Tuesday, but the officers of ths
road have so far succeeded in suppressing th'
facts in the case. Manchester admitted to
friend that several persons were badly bur
and it is feared that three or four will die.