Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-25
NEWS NUGGETS.


Gohier 4 Co., general store, ~. |. 'urent,
Que, have failed. Liabilities, $4,000.
The sum of 5000 in gold will he shipped
on steamer Trave from New York Tues
day.
The Franco Siamese difficulty is regarded
at Singapore as serious. Fighting is
feared.
VIM. Campbell general merchant,
Tweed, Ont, assigned MONDAY. Liabili-
ties, $50 900.
Ground was broken al the extreme east
ern end of Midway plaisanbe, Worlds Fair
grounds, Friday. for the gigantic display of
evergreens and ornamental trees that is to
be made there this summer.
The three-story summer residence al
Beverly Farms, Mass, vned by the heirs
of Mrs. Ozias Goodwin, occupied last year
by Mr.. Hitchcock, was damaged to the eX-
tent of Sll 900 by fire Sunday night.
The Marquis of Salisbury gave recep-
ton at Hatfield House, MONDAY, to dele
gates from Ulster, who came TO London to
take part in the public protest against the
establishment of Home Rule in Ireland.
The celebration of the sill or wedding of
King Ilumbert and Queen Margherita was
continued Monday. The streets wcr,
tlironged with people who gave the royal
persohasesa MOST enthusiastic reception
Mondays session of the New Hampshire
conference opened with Il large attendance.
The report OF the committee ON Ministerial
support showed the average minister sal
AIRY TO be SO? per year exclusive of house
rent.
Fire broke ont in n church at N,nIos
Tuesday evening and caused a panic
amongst the congregation. In the rush for
the doors, eight women and five children
we're crushed to death. The fire was ex-
tinguished with slight loss.
orangemen employed in the Queens Is
land shipyar,is at Belgrade refused Monla,
TO allow 1000 of their fellow workinymcn
" bo are Roman Catholic. To resume work
at the yards and chased them away from
the place. In the attack numb n Of per
sons were injured.
Frank Mccarthy arrested in Iowe,I anil
brought to Nashua, n. H., under reuuisi-
ton porcrs. was bound over to the suDrnme
court in the sum of $500 each on two
counts for breaking and entering ,ho church
of the Immaculate Conc.p,ion in Con.
cord and the church of st. Alovsious and
to robhlng the poor box. He has gone to
jail.
All commissioned officers of the Dela.
ware National Guard have asked the ad
iutant- general to request the General As
senbly to dissolve the guard This ac,ion
is caused by the fact that the I.cpislatpre
failed to allow the militia the ,,suai animal
APPROXIMATIONS. Delaware will herrasto,
nave no state soldiers.
George Westinghouse, Jr.. has annlin.l Ia
the nited States circuit court at New
York for an Injunction against the General
Electric Co. to prevent 1t from using ciec-
trc convertcrs, which he claims to have in
vented and patented He also asks for an
accounting of profits made bv the General
Electric Co. during the time it has used
these patents.
Schooner James NJ. Flanagan. Cant Me
Don aid, with u cargo of lumber. from st
John. n. b.. for New York. went ashore
on Chatham bar before daylight MONDAY
morning She was boarded by Cant
Gould and crew of the Chatham lifr-sayino
station and also by several from Chatham
The vessel is full of water. A part of her
cargo may be saved.
The New York IIcrala's Valparaiso spe-
ciaI s,ys: It was rumored here SUNDAY
that Secretary Gresham had ordered Minis
ter Egan to turn over the archives in the
legation 10 Secretary McCreery. Such an
order would please an Chiiians. They are
emphatic in their assertions that the recen,
outbreak was encouraged by Minister Epap
and Juan Mckenna, one of the leading BAL
The result of the coroner's inquest a,
Barre, Vt, into the cause of the death of
Thomas Enrglit, whose BODY was fonnd on
the railroad track Sunday, under suspicious
circumstances, in verdict rendered Mon
day, il that death resulted from external
violence at the hands of some person un-
known. The police have the names of Is
persons who may be implicated in the deed
and arrests will be made.
\ special from Raleigh. y. G.. saws that
the state guard of North Carolina il hold
ing itself in readiness to 90 to James Git,
near New Berne. to expel 5000 rebelIious
negroes from that settlement The negroes
are not lawful owners of the property and
it has been decided that they must leave.
They refuse to go and threaten bloodshed
if any attempt is made to dislodge them.
At New York Nond,v JoIg, t,,-ol,or,