Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-12
CoNDnHsHD DIaPAYcHBs.
Tbs Pith OF the Nsws Yaksn irs m the
Current Evsnts OF the Day.

Under compromise effected Of the con
tested will of Charles l.. Hancock, Harvard
College will receive tle sum Of $40, 900.
porAt,on.
There was q disastrous fire at Camp
Douglass, Wi. Monday night. The bust
ness part of the city WAS ssved, but nearly
all the dwelling houses were destroyed +;
loss estimated at $50. 900.
A warrant was issued Tuesday At Bottom
FOR the arrest Of James A. Colson on the
charge Of attempting to bribe Superinten-
dent of Streets L Ii. Carter. The warrant
will be served Immediately.
Cornelug Shea, mn Of many aliases,
has been bound over to the grand jury in
the sum of $1,000 for the larceny Of horse
in Audover. Mass. May "a 1t is alleged
that he operated extensively in this section
as horse thief.
The coast Of Che quAmegon Bay, Wis
for seven miles north Of Ashland, is strevn
with the remains Of pleasure yachts and
fishing boats. IL is impossible to state how
many of these contained human lives that
were lost in Saturdays cyclone.
An outrage WAS committed on nine
year old girl Maggie Harrington, in Swan.
sea woods, Mass, Monday. Charles Mat
thewp, a farm hand, has been arrested in
West Diehton, on suspicion. The city
marshal, however, thinks Matthews is not
the man wanted.
Trouble is fearsd in the mints Of Mid.
dle.boro, XIV. The whites object to the
employ ment of colored lsborers in the
mines and the latter have frequently been
run OF by the white miners. The mine
owners applied to the sheriff for protection
ard trouble Is feared.
Norwslk, Conn. is on the verge Of .
water famine on account Of the protrsc.ed
drought. Three reservoirs are very low
and the wa.e, commissioners today issued
notices TO coz sumers ordering that sill street
aud lawn sprinkling must cease, and re-
questing great care that no water is wasted.
headquarters a. Boston, Tuesday. s,atir g
that frederick J. Chick, formerly cashier
of the Pacific National Bank Of Boston,
committed suicide at Atlantic City, N. j..
Hondsy night. Chick vas married and
about 50 years Of age, and was at one time
well known in Boston.
Tuesday at Hunts Grove, Ohio. q gen
erai 6ght occurred at coiored picnic. The
crowd Was we'll supplied with vhiskey,
rszors ard pistols. Tvo men we're fatally
wour dsd, two others bsdG hurt and two
women terribly cut. II 10 believed that
this is not half the lie. Of the injured. but
il is all that could be learned.
A great he at wave has passed over North
IA and ba hnpo hal
grain is notso badly bliahted ~ at first
feared. All points reporting from vest Of
the Missouri say the damage has not ex-
'unties along the Red River Of The North
also report more hopeful situation.
The assessors report the value Of real
estate in Boston il $3.50. 23s. .375, and oi
personal property s204 ,s27, ,539 = total OF
1856 ,066, IA, An increase Of $50 ,040, ,ol4.
In 1891 the number of male polls were
1872 s45; femslss, 4l0 This 10 an increase
Of s $50 males over 1890. and = loss OF
4, SAB women. The tax rate 10 Si2.60 per
thousand. Last years rate was sl3 80.
A terrible rain and Wind storm, sccom-
panied by thunder and lighteinR, psssed
over Waterloo, Ont. Sunday night. Many
barns were u1roofed, fe.ces we're blown
down and much dsmsge was done to the
standing crops. A large tree in grove
nesr Lexington vas blown down upon Z
group Of children, one Of whom ~,
instantly killed. Five others were seriously
wounded; two, it is feared, fatally.
On Sunday Noe Beaulleu, Lsrry He
neaulf, Joseph Chsrrette, Slracy ST. George
and one Lscourse stole Q bottle Of horst
linimens from . barn .. Lowell. Mass
They thought ii vas liquor and drank it
Beauiieu died Tuesday merains and Char
ietse 10 dying. The others are badly oh
and hope to recover. The mother Of Besu
lieu also drank email quantity snd 10 q 7its
sick. An ing 1sss viii be hsld to determine
the cause Of Beaulieu's death. The othel
men. except Char'ette, ere practically on
| Of danger.