Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-16
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North. East,
South and West

An explosion of gas at the gas works
at Maiden, Mass, Tuesday night. seri-
ously injured three men and did $40, 900
d image.
The leather manufactory of Blank
Bros, with contents, Winchester, Mass.
was burned. Tuesday night. Loss, l.,
600 or $4,000; insured.
A telegram from Tell City, Ind, states
that the tow boat Boaz is reported at
Grand View, Is miles below, where she
found nine barges. No lives We're lost.
The London Pail Mall Gazette says that
grave fears for the safety of the Manson
Arctic expedition are general among
AIctic voyagers of Great Britain and
scandinavia.
Stadt theatre and contents at Milwaukee
were badly damaged by fire, Tuesday.
Total loss, $3.50 900. The building was
owned by Captain Pabst, the brewer, and
was fully insured.
Adm :. Minard, aged "a, single, tax
collector of the town of Wolcott, CT, for
1890, 1892 and 1898, is said to be $1,000 short
in his accounts and his whereabouts are
unknown. Minard had no property.
Thorwald Petersen. book keeper for the
Manistee & Grand Rapids Railroad Co,
Manistee, Mich. has been arrested charged
with cmbezzlcmcnt 1t is alleged that he
raised checks to the amount of $1,000.
Schooner Hortensia, light, which went
ashore on Fishing Island, n. H., was
lloatcd, Tuesday, and will will be taken
to Portland to 60 ON the marine railway.
The vessel is leaking about 500 strokes an
hour.
An engine and three ears of a freight
train plunged into an open draw of the
New York & New England Railroad at
South Boston, Tuesday night The en-
ginecr is missing and is believed to have
been drowned. No one else was hurt,
The report of the medical examiner on
the death of Michcal Tcnncy, ut Brain
tree, Mass, it was learned, Tuesday
night, will tend to show evidence of foul
play, and John Glover and K. G.. II Wat
kins may be held for the grand jury on
the charge of murder
The print cloth market at Fall River
went down to az cents, Tuesday, Mt
which price fair sales are reported. The
sales were spots and early delivery. This
price is IA point lower than was ever
touched in the history of the cotton manu-
featuring business in that city.
Gen. Baratieri has telegraphed to the
Italian war Office that, Sunday last, he
made attack upon the Abyssinians under
Res Mangascia, and after severe fighting,
the Italian troops were victorious. A
large number of Abyssinians We're killed
and many We're taken prisoners. The
prisoners attribute the victory of the
Italians to their use of the explosive, baly-
Stile
The postoffce department will, in a
short time, issue Il circular to express
companies warning them against carry
ing matter in envelopes without stamp,
rs it is first class matter and according
to the law should not be transported un-
less enclosed in Il stamped envelope.
This action will be taken to prevent ex-
press companies from carrying lottery adj
vertiscments.
The court martial ut Berlin which
tried nearly 200 non -commissioned officers
form the artillery school, arrested some
time ago and confined in Magdcurgh fort
ress imposed sentence, Tuesday. Two
officers were sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment for melting their associates
to INSTRUMENTATION, 81 to nine months
incarceration, and 1870 sentenced to
prison for six weeks
The Five Cents Savings Bank,
of Dover, n. H., of which the
the late defaulting cashier, Isaac Abbott.
was treasurer, has gone into the hands of
a receiver. Tuesday, President Worthen
aud Bank Commissioner Hatch visited |
Chief Justice Doe at Rollingsford, and
asked for the appointment. Judge Doe
designated Hon. Joshua &. Hall, lead |
ing lawyer, as assignee,
Twenty nine men employed in the IN
CINE room of the British steamer South |
wark, were arraigned at Liverpool, Tues |
day, for refusing to work on Christmas |
day, when the steamer lay in the harbor |
of Philadelphia A nominal fine of five |
shillings each without costs, was imposed |
upon the men, the magistrate holding |
that the plea that it was holiday partly |
justified their refusal to work
Judge Ludwig of the superior court at
Wis, decided, Monday, that
the Knights of Pythias had a right to pass
a law to the effect that when Il man took
his own life he forfeited all claims to the
benefits of the endowment rank, even if
the rule was adopted after he became a
member The case of that of Mrs. There ga
Rugabcr against the Supreme Lodge of
pythias. The case will be appealed.
Judge Butler in the United States dis
trict court at Philadelphia, Tuesday, sen
fenced John II. Durland, president of the
Provident Bond and Investment Co con
victed of using the mails in carrying on
q scheme to defraud, to 10 months i'm
prisonment in Moyamensing prison and
to pay fine of 800 The Imprisonment
lates from the time of conviction, Dec Z,
since which time Durland has been in Jail.