Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-29
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought BY The Wires irsm the North. East
South and west.

Reports of violent earthquakes in yaIi-
ous parts Of Greece are renewed, but is not
stated thai there has been any resultant loss
of life.
Payson Bros, Alfred, Me-, are to estab-
lish corn canning factory at Nor,hfeld,
VT, and have contracted for the buildings.
Work will begin at once.
Powers Bros brick block, Westfeld,
Mass, was damsged by fire, Wednesday
night, $1,000; Textile Manufacturing co., .
stock, $50 .000; insured.
]. j. Newman, clothier, was arrested at
Campello, Mass, Wednesday, charged with
arson, 10 causing fiee in Goodalrs block,
Csmpello, Monday night.
E United States steamers Mohican and
Yor. town have been ordered to Port Towr-
send from Vallejo, Csl. TIE Mohican
sailed Wednesday AMI the Yorktown will
sail Saturday.
A. n. Hamilton, one of the most promi-
ncnt and popular citizens of Manchester,
w., has been arrested, charged with set
ting recent FIRE there, which started in bis
store. He was placed under $25OO bonds.
Schooner Henry M. Stanley, at Glouces.
ter, reports falling in with schooner Mabel
W. Woolford, that collided with the steamer
Lake O0talio, abandoned and on FIRE. She
took off 800 fathoms of cable and other
material. .s4az.i
Ms. Jennie Cohen committed suicide at
Na.hua, N. H., Wednesday, by hanging, at
her house on Lezard street. She had been
suffering from serious illness. She was
25 years old and leaves husband and two
small children. 5asi
Prendergast assaulted Charles johnson,
his d, ath watch, striking him twice in the
face with hroomstick. as he sat in front OF
the murderer's cell. Jailuf Morris ordered
Prendergast remove to dungeon as soon
as'the affair was reported to him.
In the trial Of Fred r. Swift, proprietor
of the Sunday Herald, 3. c. Sharps. ed
itor, and Fred c. Thomas, reporter, Water
bury, Conn, charged by CLief Of Police
Egan with criminal libel Swift, Wednes-
day, was found guilty, and the others we're
discharged for lack of eyi lence.
A dispatch from Lieutepant Force state
that he saved some relics of the Kearsage
Secretary Herbert is strongly of the opin-
ion that the name of the wr. cked ship will
not be lost from the list of American ves-
sells. He thinks it would be well to have
the next battleship authorized by Congress
named Kearsarge.
The resignation of Justice r V. B New
ton of Gravesend, was received Tuesday
night. 1t was signed at the penitaniisry
and filed with the town clerk at Gfaves-
end, Wednesday. Jerry Weinberg. one Of
the prosecuting lawyers, said NewtoD's re-
sian .tion was one of the conditions upon
which a plea Of guilty to misdemeanor was
accepted from him.
j B. Bra~ ley, sixth auditor of the treas
ury department, rendered his resignation to
the President, Wednesday to take effect up,
on the appointment and qualification nf bis
successor. The position paya $1,000 per
annum. He was appointed by Pres. Cleve-
been satifactory and it 10 sail that bis
resignation was requested.
The evidence in the ecourt-mArtial cf
Com. Heyerman Of the KearsarSe is all in
and the court will send its sealed verdict to
Washington. In less than two hours all
the points had been considered and the de-
grse of punishment voted. The verdict
and &c ntente is known only to members of
the court, and the accused will be kept in
aust pense Till the secretary of the navy an1
President have passed on the findings and
promul gated them
Rear Admiral John G. Walker left Wash
ington, Wednesday, to take steamer at San
Francisco, April s., for Honolulu, where he
will relieve Admiral Irwin and hoist his
flag on the Philadelphia. He is charged
with the mission of determining the most
favorable locality inside Pearl harbor for z
United States naval coaling station, adapted
for docks and the necessary shops for the
general uses of the navy an ent' ring in o
negotiations for the purchase of such prol :
er,y,