Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-06
MEMS NUGGETS,
Brought By the Wires From North, East,
West and South.

A heavy storm about Wheeling, W. Va,
has caused owe: slC0 0t0 damages to build
inss and stock.
| Two hundred cartridges containing i3a
pounds Of dynamite have been stolen from
the Bsnnesu1 eollisr;ss 81 Lige.
\ Valparaiso dispatch SAY; Minister
| Egsn and Consul MeCreery have b zen gran
tad leave of abseuce BY Ssctetmy Bl,ine.
The congressional committee which is in
| vestgstins the free system of the [ nited
States court began work Tuesday st Bos-
ton.
| A big strike was inSusurs'ei by tie New
York Bulldog Trades Union rcesdsy,
and as result 500 men belonging to the
association quit work.
| Cronkhill / Cos furniture factory Al d
seven tenenents were burned 3, Piqus,
Ohio, Tuesday night, with lossof $780,
CO..; insured for $50 900.
| In the Dominion House of Commons.
| Tuesdsy, Hon. M.Ckerzie Bowelrs act
respecting aid BY United States wreek4rs
| IN Canadian sters wss read the second
| tine.
Governor Abbott Of New Jersey, Tues
day, announced his disspprovsl of the bill
| to legal the Resdirg RiilroSd combine.
He questions the .ttulionsliiy Of tie
| act.
| Three Germans sttempttd TO cross the
Mississippi at Lyons, Iowa. in small boat
| Monday. high wind prevailed &: the
time which upset the boat and drowned
them sil.
Two hundred sid atty carpet wesvers
employed in the lowell Mss. Msnu's(
turing Co struck Tuesday morning, Tle
strike was settled and all hand returned to
work in the afternoon.
| Rev. John Mo all, the cura,e Of ST.
| Pa'ricks Catholic church, Brocktor, Mass
| did Suddenly Tuesday from heart failure
| He retirsd Monday night IN usual health
lie was q years Of age.
The Stsfordshire, Eng potters and
other manufacturers have decided 10 lock
Gu, % 600 workers. The latter refused TO
submit their disJ ute with their employers
t, lard of srbiustion.
In the Dominion Parliament Tuesday
night, Mr. Edgar gave notice Of a resolu-
uon charging Sir Adolphus Csron, the
postmaster e7ers. with corruption, and
demanding an iayestgation.
At S.ltviile. Va. Monday, two dsuyh-
ters o; Worley NJ White. sged - and II
| yesIs, and their little fouT-y cal Did niece.
were dios ed in Hostone river while at
tempting TO cross in boat.
The Massachusetts liquor commission.
Senstor r. ed ard Representatives Sullivan
sni Kelly Discerning, has reported BIZ TO
preveL. the s.l, of liquor to be drunk On
the premises except to persons who have
resorted there for food.
Each of the anarchists arrested at Madrid
has msde conft s'ion. They admit their
connection with the ara hist body in Paris,
The Madrid Herald says the proj ect TO
blow UP the chapel Of the pslace was to be
carried Gu! on Palm Sunday during the
p:eserc2 of the court in chapel,
Impcrtsn, communications are passing
between the Papslrur clio at Paris ard the
Vsticsn on HE ait tude of Cath lies in
France, The Pope condemns the Jesuts
for causing &C ne in the Chamber Of
Deputies, while at the same time he has
not fl ID France OF his intenti0n to msintsil
liberty in the pulpit.
Wm. r Hart & Co. iron merchants at
Phiadt lphis, assigned Tuesday. No state
III mt of assets or liabiliI3s could be
pJh--itds WAC tihttd ''itt wv
a.slgument was due to the IS Of : 70 900 by
the roe failure of the l. Oh Iron Co
b a dtb and general depression IN trade
The firm has been doing business Of
2,0O0 600 year on capital Of SIS, COO.
The report that the steamship Maine
from New Orleans, March |, for LIVER
pool, bad been destroyed by fire at sea, was
erroneous. ] he Msina caughs fe but
rescued Fsyal, March 18Th and was oesched
at Piiu Bsy. Two hundred and forty he sd
OF cattle ll2 bales Of cotton and 200 bsgs
If cotton seed were saved The vessel,
however, " be total loss as str is burn
Ing her full ler 9Th
The Rome Tubuns reteriDgt) III, offer Of
$50, eco reported to have been msde by the
U.ied States government in connection
with the dispute growing cut of the mass
&C Of slisna in New Orleans, advises Il T.
| allan government 10 r. j3Ct the fftr il il
be accompanied by The reservation that the
money l. given solely as q mark Of friend
ship Tor Italy A denial Of liability, say s
the lribuns, ill make he fer an act #
degrading chsrity
A terrible explosion &C. utred Monday
night al the RussiSn state factory for the
ma. u 'sc. u-e of sm0keless powder nesr st
Petersburg, where, in some VI known mar
ner, five tons OF gun cotton ighited. Nine
workmen were II the building When
when the txpioslon occurred and every
one Of them were blown TO pieces,
iha limbs OF some being found 20 yards
sway trcm the building. The adjoining
factories were greatly damaged and five
wo' kmen in them il ares.
E1-~ ,nator Henry W Blair Of y "
Hampshire makes the following semeI /
in regI!i o his rel aGtiln as l!trd States
minis CT - China 81 have been great y
mIsrs presented in reference to the matter
both nnocently AMI vilfully. ! have re.
psatedly requested the department to MAKE
he cortesponds relating to my re- 4cti IN
pubHC, so that people at ltrge would he
sb 2 to vnlerstand my position s1d true
history of the Csse. 1T this request is net
500 g implied V.tl propose to publish a
full statement myself
Agent Drury of the Humane Society
Moadsy rescued from the house Of MI and
Mrs. Merrill Of Dur stable, Mass, two
children, boys 10 and II years of sge. sons
Of Artlur Sargent OF Lowell. The boys
hid been III TO b3s'd with the MerIills b.
tho. parents, vh0 wanted them to have the
county ais. The children had been starved
and sbusei by the Merriiis A7other
boy adopted ~ d., Merrill when
one year Of age. ssys he has been
Starved and half chOkcd for ~ years the
Merrils II says also that The Sargent
bays have been bru ally beaten by the Old
man Merrill Drury has removed the Ssr-