Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


The ship Francis has arrived at Tscom,,
Wa h., from Yok Ohama. Japan, with 1888,
s5S pounds of tea consigned to East, RI
ci les
A special from Newberry. s. G. sly.
four men ore white and three col IRE l.
were xii ed by a boiler EXPLOSION twelve
mi from there, Monday mo-ning.
Thu Concord & Mon real Railroad has
made arrangements for the carrying Of
Gen W. T. Sherman and suite from Dos
to- to Tilton. where he wilt visit G. T.. Til
ton for a few days.
At the meeting of tho boot and shoe
workers international union at New Red
ford, 1hursday evening it was decided tc
call the strike off at Hathaway, SInle
| lIarrington's factory.
Alfred Ludington and George d. Rot
STIR, inkerton detectives, while assist na
n ccttir out some light cars at West
Albany. n. Y, FRIDAY morning, were run
over by an engine and killed.
At North Platte, Neb. Thursday night
Edward Newman shot and killed his vile
and then h mself. Thu cn'y cause know
for the deed is that the woman wen to
husband
\ cloul burst occurred in Colorado
SIri1gs, Col tt utsdiy. Roofs were beat
en- in, vel undermined, railroad track.
washed away. ard crops mined. The dam
age is about 5000 600. Two persons LOS
their lives.
At Providence, Monday, in attempting tc
stop quarrel. James Flynn was stabt ed
five times BY Michael Mcconnell. Flyrr
was bsdly wounded. but his PHI s;cian
thinks he will survive. Mcconnell has
been arrested.
George Dixon, champion bantam weigh
pugilist Of the world. and Johnny Murphy
of b tcn are matched TO fight Oct ~,
" tn two ounce gloves. within 200 miles Of
Boston, for q purse and outside bets OF
5 500 side.
Fire is still rsgi1g in the Hill Farm mi ,
where the Ere damn explosion occurred 4
short time ago and killed 81 men. This
m M was opened THURSDAY for the frs
| time in FIVE weeks and the ERE damp was So
dense that entrance was impossible Two
large fans will be put into operation TO ex-
tinguish the FIRE. The loss already is 800
900.
Captain Efskine of the steamer St Paul
who arrived at Sa1 Franc SEQ. Thursiay.
from ouuslaska, says Victorian poicher-
this year secured 0,000 seal skins and in
consequence the take of the North Amer
can Commercial cempsny j., greatly re.
6uced. He relieves in a few years til
seals will become extinct. No ate mpt he.
yet been made 10 Sc ze any OF the lsrye
feet Of eootrabsnd vessels in Behring Sfa.
AT pressn, six Luudrsd morocco dressers
in Lynn are without employment and b.
the end of the week the runber will reach
! 800 As soon as the manufacturers
iearaed Of the strike at John T. Msulton'.
factory they proceeded without an ercer-
tcn 10 discharge their dnishers and today
mary o hers bare been obliged to l.ave. a.
there are no skins to work on. The manu-
fsotnrers are detsrmin ned to yield to no dc =
mar,ls and rill hold meeting t0uigat to
adopt general policy for the fight.
The Brewers Ice Cor any of New York
hiss begun suit sgainst George r Hsrs AMI
John +. Smith, ice dealers of Msine, to re
cover $40. 600 damages for breach of con
tract in an ice transaction. Hart L Smith
it is alleged agreed April last to furnish
the plaintiffs with 10 600 tons Of Seba7o
Lake ice. a, $3.50 per ton, to be delivered
in July, August and September at Portland,
Maine. at the rate Of 200 tons day. The
plant ifs claim the contract was never
flied and that portion Of ice which Wa.
supplied vas of inferior kind Judge Beach
of toe Supreme Court grated An attach
meat against the property of the defend.
ants.