Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-04

The warm weather and rain of Thursday
aud Friday has broken up the ice field in
the bay at Highland Light, Mass.
A fire broke out in Huntsville, Ala,
Thursday, in Strive block The loss is
estimated at $50 900; partially insured.
II is now estimated that the total loss oc
casioned by the fire Friday morning in St.
James street, Montreal will reach $500
900.
Another intensely cold wave is sweeping
down over Minnesota from the north. At
grees below zero. Railway traffic is demor
aliZel.
Bradstreels reports 21I business failures
in the United States this week, against 21J
in the corresponding week of last year, and
81 failures in Canada, against "a in the
week a year ago.
A fire started in Mrs. Timm's millinery
store, Yonkers, n. e., Friday morning and
destroyed whole block of wooden build
ings. The losses aggregate $4,000. In
surance unknown.
whole family consisting of Morris
Cohen, his wife and their baby were suf-
lDNditb Wy iiit AhtI Hoibt, tpt 'ittidiN
street, New York, early Friday. Three
other persons are also injured.
The failures of the past seven days. re-
ported to Dun 4 Russell, number Tor the
United States, 2;5. During the CORE
sponding week last year there were re-
ported 273 failures in the United States.
Nathaniel ID. Miller, one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Portsmoth, died
carly Friday morning, aged nearly 80
years, after long illness. For many years
he was foreman macinnist in the kittery
navy yard AMI afterwards conducted bust
ness IN Portsmouth.
The Harriet T.. Dame Women's Veteran
Relief { Mon No. ., WAS instituted al Ports
month. n. H.. Thursday evening by Gen
l.. W Bissel of keenr. department com
mander, assisted hy Mastering and Install,
ing Officer Mary " SaDborn. The charter
list embraces over so names.
Chas J. Green died in the Boston Cts
Hospital Friday morning from knife
wound inflicted by Peter Lynch, Jan II
Lynch was insulting woman on the stree
and was interfered with by Green, who wa,
stabbed IN the alteration that followed
| Lynch " ill be arrsigned for murder.
| Wallace W. Holmes was hanged at tbs
county Jail. Springfield, Mass, Friday
morning The dropsas sprung at 10 rs b
! Sheriff Clark. The doomed man met hi
| death calmly and fearles.iy. The crime foi
which Holmes was executed was the mur
der of his wife. Nellie +. Holmes, at Plain
/ vill,-, suburb of Chicopee, Sept. /. 1891
The Washington express, east bound
ran into the rear Of the Nerw ch boat fx
/ press at East Douglass, Mas, on the New
! England rold, Friday morning. Their,
were = number of italian workmen in tn
combination. who were thrown in all diree
tion,. Faar of them were haily Injured
oae Of whom may die. Engineer Daniel
Of the express had beg and knee injured
Damages are set at 5000.
I The Connecticut River Railroad was Fri
day leased hy the Boston & Maine for Q
years, and Presifent Mcleod has alread
taken possession. He has appointed Georg
f. Evans general manager Mr.. Evan
has been superintendent Of the Lowell divi.
ion for SOM. time. The lease WAS secure
by the payment of a 10 PER cent. diviien
/ in easb on the River Rosd stock, and a
. fixed charges The Connecticut Rive
: directors FRIDAY non declared divs.en
! Of 81 per cent bearing per cent interei
AMI I.ay 4bi. st the end of 10 Years in cas-
or bonsi- st the epsion of the COMPANY.