Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-05
NEWS NUGGETS,
Brought BY the Wires From North, East,
West and South.

Six Germans went over . dam at Coler.
aine. Mass, on the Deertield river, Sun
day and i've were drowned.
j. W. Westlsks, said to be one Of the
most expert Of living countsrfeiters, 10 un-
der arrest at Anaconda, Mont.
Montreal had four fires Sunday, doing
dsmsge Of $4,000. Before one Of them
vas got under control Is firemen were
overcome by smoke and conveyed to hos
pitfalls while 80 others had to be laid Il for
. short time.
Elmer Morse. sgel23 committed suicide
in the Wamsutts Hotel, North Attleeoro,
Mass, Monday, by shooting himself in the
breast. He had been drinking and WAS de-
spondent over the refusal Of q girl en-
pioyed In the hotel to marry him.
Manche ster, N. H., was sstonished but
delighted to learn that she is to have Q
$3.50. 600 knit cotton, silk and woolen wear
ing apparel mill. While some II acres Of
other land has been sold to erect factories
on. 1t will add 10000 people to the city.
County Treasurer jenkins Of Salem
received an anonymous letter enclos-
$50 which the writer stated was to make
good . mistake, principal and interest,
which he had made several years ago from
tskir bad advice. and which he now wished
to correct.
Thomasville, Ga, is getting to be = rat
tlesnske market. A farmer carried large,
and few days previous another farmer
brought in two big ones. One Of these had
been bitten by his mate and died, and the
other was sold for sl5,
The list Of dead and injured by the re.
cent tornado in ksrs.s is increased with
every new report received, and now IL 10
estimated that the list of fatalities " ill reach
sixty within the state border, while three
are reported billed in Oklahoma. The
nuu Der of injured reaches up into the hun
dreds.
Il. j. McGlpe was arrested last night
while in the act Of robbing the till in the
store Of his employer. NJ c, Head Of Com
mercisl street, West Lynn. When arrested
Nj Glue. it is said, had money in his pos,
Sc ssion which Head had mar ked and placed
in the till jus. before closing the store last
evening.
Henry Bolton committed suicide at his
home, 60 plymouth street, Csmbridgeport,
Friday. Bolton was for long time the
foreman Of Gilmore's Rolling Mills in Cam
bridgeport, but since the mills closed three
months sgo he has been unable to get EN-
pioy ment; this led to dependency and
ended in death.
The Wslsall anarchists, Frederick
Charles, Victor Gales, John |. Deakiu and
John Battala were convicted at London,
OF having explosives in their possession for
uses. Charles, Battals and Gales
each sentenced ten years penal servitude
and Deakin FIVE years. The other prison
ers were acquitted.
Despite the revelations Of brutal treat
ment Of employees OF the Adirondack snd
St. lawrence Railway, Contractor Nc
Gregor Thursday night shipped 81 men
from, Buff.lo to the wilderness. Fearing
interfereD ce at Utica, he planned to pass
through there in the night. Most Of the
gang sre Poles who cannot speak or read
English.
The excitement that has prevailed at
Buenos Ayres for several days past in cop-
sequence of fears that the radicals were
about to attempt to overthrow the govern
inert is quieGing down. Monday tell
graphic and pJstsl communication has been
restored and save for an unusually large
number Of soldiers about the streets the
city wears it's normal aspect.
The preparatory work Cor the Rhode Isl
and state election on Wednesday is nearly
over. Both parties claim to be confident
of success, but indications point to the cleo
ton Of Republican msjority in the LeRif-
lature. The state ticket is likely to fail OF
an election, and it is probable the Demo-
Gratis will secure plurality of the votes
cast, but this will be of no avail should the
Legislature be Republican.
The Massachusetts supreme court has
overruled = verdict for the defendant in the
cele ebrsted case of Che ster A. Snow We.
John b. Alley and has ordered the c,se to
stand for risl. The plaintiff has already
sued for and recovered $50, 900 from Alley
and he now sues for breach of contract,
wherein Alley agreed to purchase 1872 900
postal telegraph bonds for Sl8, 900 and lend
800, 900 upon like security.
One Of the largest pensions ever granted
to private soldier Of the var Of the rebel
lion WAS recently awarded to Charles Glen
gold Of the town Of Wsrwarsing, Ulster
county, N. Y. He is aud has been for some
time a lunstic. He and his father were in
the ssms company, and during a battle the
father was shot down. This so effected the
son as to cause mentsl disorder. He has
been granted back pay to The amount of
Sl0,776 40 and pension of s72 per month