Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-30
coNDENsED DISPATCHES.
The Pith OF the News Taken From
the Current Topics Of the Day.

Alexander Beck L Son, carpet manufact-
urers have failed.
Chu Foy, the Chinese swindler. has been
arrested in New York.
The President and his party were enter
tanned at Richmond. Va, Saturday.
The colored boy, George Dixon has put
up $500 to fight light weight champion Nc
Carly.
Willis Glass, = musician. killed Henry
Christmas night.
Three lives were lost and several persons
injured Friday night at fire in a building
on Market street, San Francisco.
1t 10 now settled that John L. Sullivan
and Peter Jackson will battle before the
California Athletic Club early next spring.
The first genuine blizzard of the season
commenced to rage at st. Cloud. MINI.
Saturday afternoon. Much snow had
fallen.
1t is reported that Port Royal, s. c.,
which has one of the finest harbors on the
Atlantic coast, has been sold to An English
syndicate.
The town Of Meredith, N. H., Was visited
by a confiagation Saturday evening, that
threatened to become general. Loss about
SlOO, 900.
In an accident resulting from . broken
axle on the Chesapeake 4 Ohio railroad
near White Sulphur Springs, ten persons
were killed Saturday.
Andrew Carnegie has prese nted Bishop
Phelan Of Pittsburg with an accurate copy
of the famous Madonna de Sisto' said to
be Raphael's happiest effort.
J. E. Clark, an aged and paralytic resi-
dent of kakamo, Ind, was cooked to death
in bath house in that city Friday night.
He was left in the tub and forgotten by
the attendant.
While the business outlook 10 encourag-
ing the present condition of weather is
the weekly review of the r. G. Dun &
Co.'S Mercantile Agency.
A cold-blooded triple murder was COM
mitted two miles north Of Mount Vernon,
Mich. Friday night, by VIM. Major, who
killed his wife, his daughter and his grand
daughter. He afterwards committed suicide
mob Of several hundred men raided the
Jail at Barnwell, s. c., Saturday morning,
overpowered the jailer and took out eight
negro prisoners charged with murder.
They were taken out of town and shot to
death.
About noon today the body Of Mise Sarah
F. Nichols was found frozen in the ice of
the Merrimac River, about mile above the
upper bridge at Lawrence. Miss Nichols
disappeared from Lowell, Christmas eve
ming. Suicide.
Gov. Goodell Of New Hampshire comes
out with proclamation in which he calls
upon all State officers and all citizens and
organizations desirous of securing temper
ance to unite in banishing the deadly rum
traffic from the State.
South Dakota is seeing hard times fmn-
ciaily. Governor Mellette says that the
new State will be obliged to close up some
of her institutions. The receipts will fall
short Of the expenses, AMI there 10 appar-
emily no other alternative. North Dakota
10 but little better of.
Epidemic influenza continues in Paris
with no signs of improvement In Munich
the disease is increasing In Berlin 1t is
accompanied by dengue fever, attended by
rheumatism and rise Of temperature. It is
also raging in nearly all the large cities of
the United States.
Early Sunday morning Jerry O'Neil and
his wife were shot in bed by an unknown
assassin at Mount Sterling, Wis. Two
daughters in an adjoining room were
awakened by the shot, but when they
reached the bedside their parents were
dead The O'Neils we're we'll to do farm.
ers, and are not known to have any bitseI
| enemies
revolution has broken out in the depart
meDt Of Cuscattan, San Salvador. 1t il
headed BY ex-Commandante General Rivas
who has = strong force under him. The de
partments of Lapar, San Vincente. Clolat
eugo and San Salvador have been declared
in state of seige. The government hal
sent about 5000 men to capture Cojutepequs
and suppress the revolution
L.R. c. Thurlow, mate Of the schoone
Charles II. Trickey, Of and from Portland
Me, for Matanzas, vas struck in the hea'
by the falling Of hsh tackle block, vheI
the vessel was o6 Tarpaulin cove, Satur
day, and died soon after, the schooner re
turned to Vineyard Haven and landed ;h'
| body for interment. Thuflov was . resi-
dent Of Cutler, Maine.