Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-05
NEWS NUGGETS.


The turner's strike at Lenox mill and
Barrow shoe factory at Mildleboro, Mass,
has been settled the firm offering the hands
their places and prices.
Vanderblt's palatial steam yacht, Alva,
which now lies sunk off Pollock Rip, was
sold Thursday, at public auction for
$500.
Arthur o'Leary general agent of kindsay
Ont, is missing. His defalcation is esti-
mated at $50 900. lie was a very promi-
nent citizen.
\ dispatch from Newburyport, Mass,
/ states that arsenic has been found i'll the
pepper used on the table at the Gable
Hoase, Salisbury Beach, on the day of the
! fatal dinner there.
An attempt was made Wednesday night
/ to blow up the residence of Charles ID.
| Irwin, a wealthy board of trade operator
at $500 Clement avenue, Chicago, by a
woman, " no was frightened away, leaving
/ large can of giant powder.
| Mr.. Deblois of the importing firm OF
! Deblois & Ballut, Temple Place, Boston
| Thursday reported to the police that Frank
| Middleborg, aged Is, their bookkeeper and
cashier, had not been at his business since
+ Monday morning. There Is said to be an
unexplained shortage of from 81 to
| 81 900 in his accounts
| What remains of the wreck of the steam
er CITY of Chicago, which ran ashore some
| time ago near Old Head of kinsale, has
been sold privately for 2l9o, after Il public
auction had failed to elict higher bid than
500. The sale includes such steering
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/ material as has not vet been removed from
the wreck.
Patrick Farrell - wears of age, OF
Swampscott, died of lydrophobla at Lynn
| Mass, Thursday. lie was bitten by a
rabid hound. May Is, on the chin. The
syntoms of the disease developed on Mon
dav. This is the second death IN Lynn
/ from this disease since the Pranker dog ran
amuck through Lynn on May II, biting no
/ less than 10 persons.
John l.. Miller, Of the granite firm of
{ Thomas 4 Miller, at South Quincy, Mass,
! has received threatening letter signed
Remember Frick, in which the writer re-
/ ferred to the fact that when Miller was
with the strikers - years ago he was one
| of the leaders. and one of the most eager
to take summary vengeance on the manu-
| facturers. The writer further states
You are now in position where YOU can
use YOUR influence to have this matter set
tied, if You are inclined to. \ key OF pow
der under your mansion would make it Il
good tomb for you"
! The Vienna correspondent of the London
/ Times SAYS Professor Namberg has an arti-
Gle in the Neue Frcic Presse in which he
declares the lIazara rebellion in Afghan
| istar is a serious movement due to Russian
intrigues. 1t is probable, he says. that the
! insurgents are supplied with Russian weap-
ons. and that if the rebellion increases in
/ gravity the Ameer will be obliged to call
/ for English aid. in which event Russia VIII
probably push lshak Khan, the Tsar's pro-
/ tcce, to the front as a rival of the Ameer,
/ The Vienna correspondent of the London
( Standard saws Count kalnoky. the Austro-
/ Hungarian financial minister, has gone to
| Ischi 10 confer with Emperor Francis
Joseph in regard to the Russian state papers
! published in the Suaboda of Sofia Wednes-
day. The papers contain secret report by
NJ. Hitrovo the Russian minister at Bucha-
rest, to the chief of the Asiatic departments
! in Russia, SAYING ''SankoH requests
/ funds for certain persons who are ready to
take an active part in coup detat, and
who have arranged with other persons TO
assassinate the Prince of Coburg. | com
mend NJ Sankotf's demand to your kind at
tcntion." The chief replied II agree to
your secret report and to the distribution of
necessary funds hy NJ Sankoif