Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-13
NEWS NUGGETS.


The second session of the tenth Provin-
cial Parliament was opened Thursday, tt
Quebec by Lieutenant Governor Chapleau.
An earnest attempt is being made to Or
ganize LlOyds of the lumbermen of the
Mississippi valley, with a membership Of
100 and writing capacity of S25O,000.
The switchmen in the Lake Erie and
Western railroad yards at Muncie, Ind.
went on a strike for higher wages Wednes-
day night. About % men are out.
The grain blockade at st. Louis contin-
ues as bad as ever. Elevators are full to
the roofs and il is estimated that 1900 car
loads of grain are blockaded in railroad
yards.
will be impossible for the raval review of
next spring to be held unless Congress
makes an additional appropriation for its
proper celebration.
BY the correction of the returns in the
Kings county supreme court, IIoratio
s. Sandford now appears to have the
majority of 80 over Patrick Gleason for
mayor of Long Island City.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Chronicle thinks the dissolution of the
Chamber of Deputies the only escape from
the chaos in France. 1t is reported that NJ.
floquet will retire altogether from politics.
A call has been issued by Oscar l..
Schmidt, secretary, for the meeting of the
executive committee of the National Asso-
citation of Amateur Oarsmen at the Gilscy
House, New York City, at 2 z. NJ, Satur-
day, Jan. IA.
The trains on the 90 roads entering Tc-
ledo, o., are detained from three to -
hours by snow. The street car system is
demoralized. The natural gas supply ia
next to nothing. There is scarcity of
wood in town and much suffering.
Toronto, Ont. is almost entirely without
water. Only in the lower parts is there halt
pressure, and the northern portions the sup
ply is cut off. The city is greatly alarmed
as during the present severe weather neces-
sary repairs to broken conduits cannot lie
made.
Sarah Sweetser, demented woman, set
FIRE to her clothing at her home at Lowell,
Mass, Thursday morning. She was burned
frightfully and will die. On her way to the
hospital she fought DIR. Kicker and stripped
the bandages from her wounds. She is "a
years oil and has family.
The Nebraska situation is much changed.
omsha Democrats censure the Democratic
senators for their union with the Kepubli-
cans. The most probaoie result is the cleo
tion of j. a. Powers, president OF the state
Farmers Alliance, protectionist, by :h'
union of Republicans ard Populists. His
stock Is rising very fast.
of the s2.5o0 900 Boston & Maine per
cent bonls bought by Messrs. Gay & Stan
wood. Boston, about sdoo,oo0 have hesn
sold OF exchanged for bonds matnred Jan
]. 1913. Tins S1ne,oW II part OF the NET
sl,50o 900 taken by the bankers. the pro-
ceeds of which were wanted to retire tie
old bonds referred To. The balance oi
81 100000 VIII be delivered IN April
Thomas A. PiI.bury. a prominent busi.
ness man of Concord. y. H., died Thnrs-
'lav from the effects of an accident sus.
| tanned several nnceks ago aged 81. Dur
ing the rebellion he was member OF
Connecticut regiment and spent long tern:
/ in Libby AMI Aniersonslilc prisons. f"l
several years he has been deputy warden o
the New Hampshire state prison.
widow and son SURVIVE him.
4 London Times dispatch from Beriir
SAYS: The Hamburger NacIrichten, il
DENYING that Molike anl Bismarck quar-
relied over Belf RI. admits that Moltke wa
50 convinced OF the strength OF the forts OF
GerHanys Wesiern frontier that lie eonsi''
cred i feasible in the event OF double at
tack fFem France and knssla' to remaia of
the defensive against france until Rnss'.
had been crushed ny vigorous ouensise-
| Thursday morning Cushing Academ,
! in Ashburinham, Mass, was burned
I.oss, to,si. The building wa
wer,lt $4,000 and it's conseui
$50 .oeo; the insurance on tn,
! lsnilfiing is $50 900. contents $40 600. III,
trustees have fund of 500 600 AMI vi
rebuilt Immediately. Two hunireI AZ,
( twenty-five students attended the acaas mr
| No one vas injured. The fire was can.e.
hy chemicals in the laboratory.
! The adjourned meeting OF the Bosto.