Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-01
coRpszsaD DISPATCHES.
The Pith Of the News taken isosn the
Current Events Of tbs Day.

Three deaths and 4s eases Of poisoning
was the result Of Al ice cream seeiahle at
Brushton, n. ". Saturday night
oae huedrcd and sixty-two employees Of
| the signal bureau were discharged Tues
! day. but will probably be re-appointed in
/, the new bureau.
| The Wholesale boot and shoe iirm Of II.
Patterson & Co. Kansas City, assigned
| Tuesday. Assets and liabilities estimatel
al eloQ.oeo.
II 10 Understood that the coal miners Of
the Springfield district. in Illinois. Who
ven, cut May lst. will return July lot, Ut
the operators terms.
II lie now supposed that Edward b. Pack
ard, the mis,ing old soldier OF Holbrooh,
Mass. was the man killed at Quincy, Mass +,
March II, by the cars.
Marx W. Harrington. editor Of the
American Meteorological Journal and pro-
fessor 81 Ann Arbor. Mich, has been ap-
pointed chief of the weather bureau.
William Yates. = gro 20 years old. WAS
hanged to a tree near West Point, Miss 4,
Sunday, by so citizens. His crime WAS at
tempted ssssa!t on young white girl.
John Rsu.eh, aged "a. at Lawrence.
Mass, Tuesday. shot and killed his sweet
heart, Msfis BuIckell, aged Is, and then
shot himself ia The head. dying immediately.
The schooner wrecked at Gsbsrus. C. b..
with crew, Is lot the Ssxon as reported,
that vessel being found safe in port, The
name Of the Inflated schooner hxs no, yet
been Learned.
The Fogns of Seattle has been seized hy
| Al aft, i.l. pH
foed S400 The vessel WAS found with
cargo of Chinxmen on board, preparing to
cross the straits.
Brief dispatches from several points in
Kansas and Missouri are to the effect that
another hurricane s~ept through wide
section of these states Monday. The gros'
ing crops have suffered greatly.
Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass have been
awarded the contract for supplying the
treasury department with distinctive paper
for checks ard drafts at their bid of $50
cents per pound. They were the only
bidders.
That part Of the Mckinley tariff bill
which afisc the duty on tin plates import
ed from Eoglsnd will &c into ,ftct Wed
nesdxy. The present duty is | cent per
pNuubs AAttt w VtNhtNin9 lhN uHtN "ih W
2-l0 cents yer pound.
The summer meeting Of the Belmont
Driving Club opened Tuesday at Philadel.
phia. Audubon won the 2 so race; best
time, 227t Miss Alice won the 220
class; best time 2.l9, In the 2,i0 cls,s
Robin won, best time, 25.
The boiler Of = shifting engine on the
Central Rsilrokd, New Jersey, exploded
Monday night at Msuch Chunk. Pa -Four
men were killed, the engineer and fireman
being blown into atoms. Two brakemeD
were found among the debris dead.
Jesse IL. Lippincott, sole licensee Of the
American Grsphspbone Company, ard
president Of the Norlh American Phono-
graph Co, recentlv assigned, filed schedules
Tuesday al New York stating the liabilities
to be 81, ,loi ,050; nominal assets, S3,i71,-
938; actual assets, GIGS. $50.
The Office OF 1.-THE Citizen", newspaper,
was gatted by a fire at Ottawa, Dat, Tues
day night. Lose on the job printing
Establishment of j, ID. Taylor, on first
floor. is covered by insurance. 1.-The
Citiz ans" loss is $50 coo; insurance Sl1.-
900. W, II Cluff, owner of the building,
WAS partly insured.
The outlook at franklin coal mines in
Washington u still threstening. Col,
lIsy mes has ,elegrsphed here for another
company Of militia with more ammunition
Porter Robinson of the mine bosses was
taken to $ ssttle, charged with killing Tom
Morris aud Edward Williams. the leaders
of Sundays riots.
Apart from the Inconvenience and loss
which the British Columbia sealers will
suffer on account of the close season for
seals, this year, it is said that many Indians
employed as hunters on sealing schooners,
with their fsmili5s, will be reduced to des,i-
tate circumstances by the closing Of the
BehIi1g sea coast fiahing. The govern
ment, it is intinsiei, will pc s.ked 10 main
,sin many Of The Indians the coming wiz
ter.