Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-10
TELEGRAPHIo JOTTINGs.

The governor of Cape Colony announces scheme of colonial railways. The scheme is to extend the lines to Lake Nyassa.
 Mrs. Wells Waldron of Dover, N. H., who is spending the winter in San Diego, Cal, has fallen heir to an estate in England valued at $200. 1000.
 Al Graham, auditor of Warren county, Ohio, was sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen years Saturday, for embedding the funds of the county.
 The United States gunboat Concord was successfully launched at Roaoh's shipyard, Chester, Pa., Saturday afternoon. The ves- sel takes it's name from Concord, Mass.
 J. H. Peck's meat market in Barrows was burned out Saturday night by a fire originating from a gas jet. The loss is not known.
 Professor Owen, the London scientist, who was reported convalsscent few days ago, after serious illness, has had a relapse. All the members of his family are assembled at his bedside.
 Ar. Parnell will prosecute the Exeter Ga- zette for publishing the first forged letter printed by the Times in it's articles on "Par- nellism and Crime" and copying the Times articles daily.
 l. Sawyer Grammar school, at Dover. N. H. seating four hundred scholars. was yesterday morning destroyed by fire, caused by an overloaded furnace. Loss, $30, 1000; insur ance, $10, 1000.
 The trial of the torpedo boat Cushing l fixed for to day at Newport, has been in definitely postponed, as the naval board ap l pointed to superintend the trials has not ye met or fixed a date for meeting. ! Postmaster General Wanamaker and wife accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Russel 1 Harrison and Mrs. Mckee, will leave Wash ingtQn next week for a trip to the South They expect to be absent about two weeks.
 The funeral of Hon. George H. Pendletol occurred at Cincinnati Saturday. Services were held at Music hall. A carefully pre- pared eulogy was delivered by Hon. Isaac M Jordan.
 The funeral of the late Captain John Pc, took place at Gloucester, Mass., yesterda afternoon, the private funeral at his late res idence and the public funeral from the Fira Baptist church, the latter being attended b. a large number of people.
 John A. Barron, M P. for North Victoria yesterday administered severe beating wit Q stick to a married man named Raymond who, 1t is alleged, committed an indecent as sault on Q little daughter of MT. Barron Raymond has disappeared.
 Mir. Robert G. Blaine, brother of Secretar. Blaine, who has for some years held th office of curator of the department of aRri culture, has been appointed by Secretar Rusk superintendent of quarantine station under the bureau of animal industry.
 Annie Choma, who was indicted witt John Kendosh for the murder of her hus band, John Choms, at Pottstown, Pa, las November, committed suicide in her cell yesterday. by hanging herself with sill handkerchief which she tied to a bar of tn cell door.
 George Harper, alias Harrison, alias Alon 20, alias Dutch Alonzo, notorious all round crook, is at St. Vincents hospital New York, with a stab-wound in the abdo men that may prove fatal He refused t give any information as to the manner il which he received his injury.
 The coroner's jury in the Sawtell murde case finds that Hiram Sawtell came to hi death on Wednesday. February 5, 1890, be tween the hours of and 6 o'clock in tn afternoon by pistol shot through the hea by the hand of Isaac Sawtell between tn depot in Rochester village and Adams' Col ner on the road to East Rochester.