Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-19
MEMS NUGGETS.


Brought BY The Vines irsn ihs Kehh, East
Seuth asd West.
The application of the Banca Generale
Of Rome, for SIX non hs moratoi am has
been granted.
The Boston Maine directors Thursday
declared dividend of l-2 per cent. pay
able Feb. Is, 1894. This is on . per
cent. basis.
A large, unknown vessel is wrecked on
Dunquin beach, near Ventry, county Kerry,
Ireland. Nothing is known Is to the fate
of the crew.
The graded school building, St. Annes
Catholic church .an two barns we're burned
at Milton, Vi. Thureday. Loss, $4,000 i;
insurance, $500.
Governor Gre senhalgs of Massachusetts,
has appointed Lloyd Il. White of Taunton,
district attorney of the southern district, to
succeed Hosea M. Knowlton.
1t is said that Muller, principal witness
against DR.. Meyer, for the murder of Lud-
wig Brandt, at New York. has confessed
that his evidence was all false.
John Evans, one of the leading coal men
at Salem, Ohio, Tuesday found q bomb
lying against his office door. Ii is thought
that some miners sought to intimidate him.
A series of three papers were fled at the
Salem, Mass, registry Of deeds, Thursday,
in the settlement of all differences between
the heirs of the late Major Ben Perley
Poor.
A dynamite bomb was found Wednes esday
h,,s1atuO odfniufnu
Lancaster, Pa, police station. The fuse
had been lighted but fsiled to burn. There
is no clue to the dynamirers.
The jury in the breach of promise suit at
New York for $4,000 damages, brought
by Maud Halliday against Charles Schild-
wachter, returned sealed verdict, Thurs
day, awarding the plaintiff $4,000.
Josephine Carr, aged 20, committed sui
eide at Bridgeport. Conn.,. by taking NOR
phine Wednesday night. Her lover re-
Gently took another girl to a ball, and the
belief that he had Tilted her is thought to
have been the cause of the act.
Affairs in the Cadiz district, Spain, are in
warm condition owing to the great num-
Der of men out of employment. These
men have been rendered desperate by hun
ger and the pillagipg of shops and farm
houses is of frequent occurrence.
Fishing schooner Alma f. Randall, Al
Boston from Pbippanies bank, reports the
loss of two of her crew on her way to port
during the high winds and terrible sea. The
men were Alexander Swim of Darlington,
N. s., .,aged 90 and Edward Frost of Argyle,
N. S., aged 30.
A dispatch from Canstantinople to the
Paris La Liberte, says Hon. A. W. Terrell
American minister to Turkey, has commu-
nicated to the Porte petition sisned by a
large number of Armenian notables. invok-
ing the protection of the United States
against ill treatment by the Kurds.
| Colonel Nicholas Lott, who lived al
Reading, Pa, furnished supplies to Wash
ington's army at Valley Forge. His feirl
held a meeting there Thursday. They
claim he has never been paid in full, and
will shortly present claim to Congress for
nearly $4,000, 900. About 40 interested
persons were present.
The second days session of the Grand
Lodge of Connecticut, F. & A. NJ, opened
at Hartford, Thursday morning, with a
meeting of the Masonic Charity Founda.
ton Society. The society has in contem
plation the erection of Masonic home ir
the state where aged Masons in need car
end their days in quiet and comfort. The
fund now amounts to nearly $4,000.
The crew of the Gloucester schooner
Maggie E. Wells, which the steamer Am
eterdam reported as having spoken. Sunda,
last, and in trying to rescue the crew OF
which she lost the first and five men, by tht
upsettipg of life boat, were taken into
Halifsx, N. S., Thursday, by the GIouces
ter schooner Magnolia, which took then
off the sinking craft, Monday, the wrecl
being set on fire.
The London Times correspondent in Ber
lin says: The Hamburger Nachrichten al
leges again, despite Admial Brine denial
that Marquis di Rudini, when premier, vir
tually betrayed Italy's allies BY seeking an
entente with Russia and promising Italy
good offices to France if the triple alliance
collapsed. There is only too much reason
to believe that the Hamburger Nacerichter
does not exaggerate the matter in the least
The big three-masted schooner Fannie J
Bartlett of Bath Maine. ashore on Mcntaul
point, is in q worse condition than at frs
supposed She 10 hard and fast on the bot
tom with q couple of feet Of sand all arount
her. The cargo of coal will have to be
liehtened before the vessel can be fioated
The Bartlett is s35 tons and is heavil!
loaded. Removal of her cargo, it is be
lieved will raise her. SO that the tug now a
work upon her can haul her off shore.
Judge Winters of indianapolis has ce
cided to issue an order calling upon all per
sons, who have claims against the order o.
the Iron Hall, to prove them with the re
ceiver. Under ore of the existing orders
| 10 per cent. dividend is paid to 4 Certain
claimant under another dividend will b
paid after Jan. 2l. on unpaid warrants O.
checks. The courts new order will appl.
to all claimants against the Iron Hall. Si1
dsys' notice, the court says will be re
quired.
Three cnlored members of the Ohio Leg
islature called upon Governor McKinle.
Wednesday in reference to the recen
lvnching Of q member CT their race at Wes
Union, Adams county. They entered I
vigorous protest against permitting the per
petrators of lvnching to go unpunished
Governor Mckinley, in reply, said he ex
pected the grand jury to indite and prose
cute all those implicated in the lynchine
and if such action is not promptly taken b.
will himself see that the guilty parties IN
brought to Justice.