Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-09

To Be Read in a Minute.

The cranberry crop is likely to be un.
usually large this year This news comes
direct from an authentic source.
/ Mrs Mayhrick has been removed from
the iahrmsry in the working prison. and
now occupies solitary cell.
| Mayor Grant of New York is highly in
| lignant. and eharscterizes the Fanderbilts
as Outrageous grab-alis." He says they
have more privileges and pay less for them
| than any other corporation in the city.
A skeleton. supposed to be that of John
| Bartlet,,s wealthy eccentric who disappeared
my sterlou.ly nineteen years ago, has been
found 81 Norwich, VI.
One hundred and forty four designs have
| been received for the national memorial to
/ he erected in Germany 10 the memory of
| Emperor William.
/ Ten lays ago James b. Tomsey, bank
clerk of BROOKLYN, n. Y, had u premonition
Of death, aud made his arrangements tor the
| funeral. etc lie was taken i'll the next day
and died on Wednesday night from enlarge
ment of the heart.
| The Senate Dressed Beef Commission left
/ Chicago, H. for Iowa - Thursday after
noon Senator Vest said The Senate
will deal with Armour and others who re
/
have issued an attachment but could not
! have enforced 1t until we had reported 10 the
| Senate
! The seslers Vivi, Penelope aud Adela have
arrived ia Victoria from Behring sea They
had together over $500 sealskins aboard. and
/ report that they saw nothing of the United
States revenue cutter Rush.
| The town Of Tscoula, in the State of
/ IIidalgo, Mexico, has been entirely destroyed
| by floods. A mountain slide at Teangues-
tengo, in the same State, destroyed several
/ houses and killed two persons. The people
in the flooded districts are in great distress.
/ Another lot of The 5000 Arabs who want
/ to come to America have arrived in New
/ York. II is not known whether they come
to fold their tents or merely TO steal away.
! Gold has been discovered at Princes
| Lodge. miles from Halifax, n. $. There
are four leads, said to be on the line with
the famous Montague leads at Waveriy and
pronounced to be very rich.
The largest bar of gold ever cast in the
world vas turned out al the United States
Assay Office at Helena, Montana on We'd
nesday of las, week 1t weighed five hun
! dred pounds and is worth little over 500,
600.
Though the London strikers have won the
day, in all probability they will be locked.
genuine Stradivarius violin 1858 years
old is in possession of Thomas Williams (col-
ored). OF Chester;own, Md. Its value is
| 50 900.
| A Pasadena Gal letter carrier uses BIZ
| cycle to make his rounds while gathering up
the mail from the boxes. The other DAY he
went over his circuit, II miles, ia al hour
and half.
| There are over 600 one-armed men in the
| State of New York. and not over 20 of them
were crippled in the war. The railroads
and sswmils are responsible for the rest.
| For every trunk carried 500 miles by rail
! in the United States, one is smashed to the
extent of So. There has been no improve
ment in the matter of handling baggage from
the time the first trunk was unhinged and
split from top to bottom.
/ The members of the Canadian Govern
ment. it is undo rstood, are of one opinion.
that the United States will relinquish its
claim to exclusive sovereignty in Behrine
sea. The claims for compression will aggfe
gate at least Slp0. 900. and will be transmit
ted to tie imperial authorities without delay.
A correspondent who has returned from
Thursday afternoon 90 negro rioters had
been killed; one was killed MONDAY, two
Tuesday and II yesterday All the leaders
have been killed except mwell and Allen.
They are fugitives, closely pursued. The
cotton planters of that section report that
out of 1000 hands only 50 are at work.
From present indications every one Of the
10 stations entered in the Balch national
stallion stake for $4,000 will start in that
contest on the afternoon of Wednesday,
Sept. is; 50 says Mr.. Bslch, the promoter
Of the big stake. OF the stations Mt. Nor
ris. entered by Colonel Russell. Pilot Knox,
Gold Ring, Rsjah. Bsyone Prince, Brown
ana Mulatto, many good things are said. Mr..
Nelson. the owner of the great Maine stall
hon Nelson, and Frank Noble, who has en-
tered Alcryon, feel reasonably sure of win
ming, almost without a struggle. The great
race will be the first time Nelson will meet
Aieryon since the formers defeat at Hart
ford