Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-29

rho Pi,h OF ehe Favs Eaksn rvoIn the
Current Events OF the Day

Isasc Sawtell will probably be taken to
Concord prison. Tuesday.
Schooner Nimbie, with cargo of Ash, wa,
| wrecked at .richas, n. s., Friday. In
| sured for 5000.
James K Garfield son of the late Pre.i
dent Garfield. is to marry Miss Helen G.
Newell of Chicago.
Asher Schaverin, Boston cigar maker.
fell under a train at Providence railroad
| Boy lst9n station, Saturday, and Was killed
The Lynn strik kns and locked ont moroc
co workers will have their case presented
To Cor gress by committee recently ap-
pointed.
Portsmouth h wants new transportation
service wi h Boston, and a conf psny has
neen orga' lied They will probably have
| ih, ir harges built at Bath.
There are hundreds Of discharged Ia
horers from the work on the Uoion Paci-
| e. Puget sound exits nsion at Portland, Ore =,
uithout money or work and the situation is
becoming serious.
James Miller. alias Burbank. ard Pardon
| Clark, alss Frank Sprsgue, tried the old
| confidence game on Alsnson 6. Hall of
Monmouth Me-, s; Boston, last week, but
were turned over TO the police by Mr.. Hall,
AID are now n prison.
| Springfield lesds the polo league. with
Merdeu, New Haven. Hartford, Bridge
port AMI Nev Britain following The Me-
| riden club will be transferred TO Worcester
ext Eli lay snd the New Britain team wi |
90 10 Boston or Holyote.
lis TOW belie.ed that Chas. Cantigrt,
| found bleeding 70 death on the tack be
tween Barre ard Montpelier, VT, Wednes-
'ay night. vas murdered. His money,
$50. was missing, and the wound on his
head sppears to have been made with 3
pick axe.
The wages of the 1900 men who work by
the piece for the Pullman Ar Company
are to he reduced Jan /, about ten Pr
cent. There was q disposition on the part
of some Of the elder employes to strike,
| but Manager Sessions explained that Inc
business outlook made the cut necessary,
and this satisfied the men.
James Mcbride, it is alleged. attempted
TO murder his divorced wife at Pisinville,
Ind Friday. by blown up with dynsmite
! tn hotel in which she was slseping. The
| wife was unir jured, but seversl bosrders
and the proprietor we're badly hurt. Fire
resulted from the explosion, destroying the
hotel AID a large merchao3ise house. Loss,
sI2 ,OoO: partly insured. Mcbride is 10
Jail.
Schooner R C. A. Ward, sunk in Dutch
Islard hsrbor, is having her cargo of coal
rumpea cut An effort will be made to
raise her. Schooner Melissa Trask went
ashore at Sandy Hook Friday night ard is
a total wreck. Crew saved by bfe saw ns
men. Bsrges Storm King and Antelope
in tow Of steamer Saturn, were lest aoou
thirty-fve mil, 5 lrtheas. of Fire Islant
Friday night. Nae Edwin Coal of sehaon-
er John c. Smith WAS lost Chri.tnas at sea.
He belonged az Winchester, Mass. Thers
Is nothing left of the three-mssters Bill
Stone ard A. II. Huriburt which wen
ashore at Na-rsgsnse Pier in Fsidsy's
ysle. The bodies of Steward Hammond
snd Seaman Frank Lawrence of the B.l
Stone washed ashore.
Baildinss of H. r. Lesvilt, wolfboro
". II were burned Fridsy nigh', los
81 COO; insured for S2.4o0 House ant
stab. Of Jcht R.nes of Boscorve,, N. H.
With Eve horses ard cav we're burne'
Saturday. Mrs Rinss ~ss so badly burne'
tryiae 20 save the horses that she wilt die
The Little Misui railroad freight depot q
Cincinnati turned Saturday night rith =
, carloads of freight. Total loss sls5 600
no insurance. A hotel, blacksmith shof
grocery store. livery srabls, g. neral stor
!, and several reside pces were burned Frits
. ss d atwood, s D. Loss, s25,oo0 An
{ | other f,e did little damage Thought !
/ hsve been set by strikers Auburn. n
. jsil broom shop caught fire Saturiav. dsme
spread and did much damage. Two mrs
imsn we're badly iejursd hy falling wall.