Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-07
NEWS NUGGETS,
Brought by the Wires from the North. East
West and South.

| The business portion of the town of John
town, Ohio, was almost swept away by fire
Wednesday.
Titus Penfeld, aged 50, was instantly
killed while driving across the track at Ea 81
Berlin, Ct, Thursday.
DECISION in the case of Commissioner
Peck, charged with having destroyed public
documents, has been postponed until Oct.
Is.
Kinney Bros big cigarette factory on 22
y street, New York. was destroyed by fire
Thursday. Loss, S250,0O0; fully covered
lay insurance.
James Farley, aged ~ is sick at 229
East Eighty fifth street, New York, with
what his physicians think is cholera. The
case is to be investigated.
Maurice Kennedy, who killed his brother
| in law last Sunday at Fall River, was Thurs
LAY morning in the district court adjuiged
probably guilty and held without bail for
the grand jury.
The residence of the late James W. En-
cry on Maplewood avenue, Portsmouth, \.
| H.. was entered Thursday morning by
thieves and siverware to the value of $500
| or more was taken.
The Free Baptist conference at Lowell,
Mass. Thursday. resolved itself into a
chartered organization under the laws of the
state of Maine, with DIR. Howe of Lewis
ton, Me-, as president.
1t is expected that the steamship State of
Georgia. beachcd in the river below Mon
trcal will he a total loss. lier cargo is
worth Sl00,00o. 4 number of the cattle
on board have been lost.
Schooner Andrew Peters, Hind, Calais,
for Pawtucket with cargo of lumber.
while anchored at Tarpaulin Cove Thurs
lay, was fouled by another vessel and had
her iibboom carried away.
James H. Mcdonald, bookkeeper for
John V. johnson, clothier, Troy, n. y.
was arrested Wednesday night, charged
| with embezzling between $1,000 and 5000
belonging to his employer,
Fishing schooner George Moor was cap
sized and sunk of Fire Island Wednesday
bile on her way to New York. George
Lathrop, the cook, was drowned. The rest
OF the crew were rescued by schooner Elsie
Harris.
Steamer State of Georgia, Montreal for
aberdeen. cargo of produce and lumber
hesIcs 800 cattle, il ashore in the st. Law
renee river near Cape La Roche and ma,
prove total loss. Nearly all the cattle
have been saved.
Peter Berthiaumc aged 81, lineman for
the tnited Electric Light Company. was
shocked to death at Springfield, Mass,
while making cut out at the top of high
pole Thursday. lie grasped both ends Of
live wire and received 2o00 bolts.
Iron passenger steamer Panama. which
sailed from New York SATURDAY. last for
Havana. with about " passengers and a
full cargo of general merchandise, Is ashore
IN the Florida coast, and from the meagre
intelligence received is in bad position.
s dispatch from IIagnyara, Venezuela,
says that desperate battle has just taken
place at Los Teques, small town ON the
railroad line to Valencia, cquilistant he
tween that place and Caracas. Six hundred
men were killed AMI many high officials
captured.
Wednesday night Mrs John Van Meter
Of Pike county. Ky. was fonui in pasture
near her house with her skull completely
crushed and her infan, child with its throat
nut living beside her. The womans hus-
hand, who is missing. is believed to be the
murderer.
4 dispatch has been received saving that
the French expedition against the Dshome-
vans has crossed the river Oneme and sun
day encamped in the face of the enemy.
The Daiomcyan forces were concentrating
AMI the French are making preparations to
attack them.
The I niiarisn conference at Milwaukee
"Wednesday adopted resolutions in favor of
opening the Wosid's Fair SUNDAY. The
resolutions declare that Sunday closing
would defeat the highest purposes Of the
exposition. the pleasure and education OF
lsboring men and women.
Wednesday evening SIX armed negroes
robbed BEN Watkins store near Terry
Miss. Of $3.50. and killed Watkins. They
then went to James Davis house and killed
Davis and negro who lived on the place.
After robbibg another store kept by Il.
yIer. they stole horses AMI escaped.
The Pail Mall Gazette quoting Glad
stones tribute 10 swinburne, in an article
on British poetry in the nineteenth CEN
tury, thinks the premier win appoint Swim
I,urne to the vacant post Of poet laureat
The Gazette adds .'ln view Of the abuse
swinburne has heaped upon Gladstone the
shoiee Womb he characteristic and an in
stance Of great mans magnanimits.