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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-12
Local Matters.

Local Matters.
\. W Case has just moved into his
new house.
". II. Small o, Vassalboro, was in the
city, Friday.
Mrs. \. p. Gordon of Frycburg, is a
guest at the Cony.
T. c. Ingrahain went to Norridgcwoc&,
yesterday, on business.
Miss j. \, Leighton of MiIbridg, WAS
4 guest at the North, yesterday
Hiram Bliss, Jr, was Washington
visitor to the Maine capital Friday.
b. X. Wcbbcr, advance agent of In
Old Kentucky, was here, yesterday.
c. 5. Downing, insurance agent, Went
to Boston, yesterday afternoon, on bust
ness trip.
The electric cars had some difficulty in
getting along, yesterday, as the track was
very slippery.
Many Augusta people will probably
attend the Maine Central Relief ball at
City hall, Portland, Feb. II.
1t may seem strange, but Gushing Il
Pond, fish dealers, received an order, yes
terday, for gallon of clans to be shipped
to Minneapolis.
r. g. Dyer, grand marshal, and
Samuel Adams, grand master of the l.
O. o. f. Lodge of Maine, We're here,
yesterday from Bath
Mrs Daniel l.. Allen left on the Pull
man, last night, for Boston, having re
ccived telegram that her sister, Mrs.
f. A. Noble was seriously i'll.
Nell Wight has made several changes
i'm the store he purchased from Il. II. Jen-
kins on the East side and now has q
very neat and inviting candy stand.
Viewers restaurant looks very neat
since the new steel ceiling has been com
plcted and the little eating room removed,
making the dining hall much larger.
The class in Evolution" at the Uni
tartan church, is proving very interesting,
and already has membership of 90.
h,,- hof toll,
in this way.
David c. Ellis, an old resident of River
side, died at his home, Thursday, JAN 10,
aged 70 years and four months. The
funeral will be held from the residence
at z. NJ, Sunday
A dollar saved is as good as dollar
earned. The man who is seeking small
investment will find it to his advantage
H. 5. Blaisdell is closing out at such
sacrifice
Hon. L. NJ Hersey, the reelected pres
ident of the Maine Sportsmen's Fish and
Game association, was in the city, yester-
day. Mr. Hersey is much interested in
the welfare of the State, as regards its
fish and game protection.
Fred Thompson, who has been en-
ployed in the Gannett Morse Concern
press room, more than two years. will
leave for Boston, Monday, where he will
enter the press department of the New
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-12

b. X Wcbbcr, advance agent of In
Old Kentucky, " was here, yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-12

A. ". Case has just moved into his
I new hOuSp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-12

THREE GRAND SPIRITUAL MEETINGS
at G. A. r. hall, Augusta, Sundays, Jan.
and 10, at 2.3O and 7.30 O'Clock. Rev. E.
Andrus Titus of South Abingdon, Mass, will
occupy the platform Investigators especially
invited. janl 1lt'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-12

Hiram Bliss, .Ir., was a Washington
visitor to the Maine capital, Friday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

Lilly. who told the Senate committee that
the City Railway Company waa made OF
A ripple of laughter ran round the room
and Mr.. Wildman said: .N~oorshine' was
the word he used"
We'll, it is the same thing" continued
Mr.. Fletcher. "A man who would make such
statements as that. without investigation, is
not worthy of consideration. AM. again,
there is Mr.. Fishback. There is only one
and WI have him. He told the COMMITTEE.
that the city was nothing more or less than
& thief. IN granting the City company a
franchise. Mr.. Fishback has been likened
to that interesting little insect which goes
about stinging everything within reach and
when there is nothing else TO sting, drives
his singer into himself. / hope the gentle
men of this delegation will pardon me for
what l nave said, for l assure them that
they have done nothing to suggest the
actions of other disinterested citizens 7
an a little shy of that question and some
what sensitive of remarks made by 'disin-
terested citizens.
The delegation accepted the remarks OF
Mr.. Fletcher good naturally and ne and
they passed out.
During the afternoon the board listened to
the prayers of the Ripple company. It's
representatives said they would accept any
route which the board would grant them.
The Citizens company was given an oppor-
tunity to tell why the franchise should not
be granted to the new company. The board
took the question under amusement. The
members listened to all sides and they I'M
derstand the situation, but desire time for
consideration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
FINED THIRTY DAYS EACH.
PatrOlmen Ward and Harris Thanh.
full for LIGHT punishment

Nathan Ward and Edward Harris. the
two colored patroln1eE Who became intoxi-
Gated on the day of the Condo fire, were
suspended FOR thirty days by the Board
of Safety yesterday. Both men pleaded
guilty and asked that their previous good
records be -taken into consideration with
their pUnishme mt. Both men lave been in
the department nearly fifteen years, and in
all that time neither has been before the
board. The men were greatly pleased that
they were allowed to remain on the force
and each promised that the board would
never have an opportunity to punish them
again.
1t developed during the hearing of tie two
men that during fires citizens regard 1t as an
act of kindness to the men to furnish Ii
Quors. 1t was in that way that Ward and
Harris obtained the liquor which led them
astray. Superin.en dent Powell stated that
during the Denison Hotel fire Thursday sew
eral gallons of liquor We're distributed to
the firemen and policemen. He said he had
heard that a great deal of the coffee given
out during the Condo fire contained whisky.
The board will attempt to put a stop to the
mixing of coffee and liquor and try and stop
all drinking among firemen and policemen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
PLENTY NATURAL GAS
II THE COMPANIES WILL SEND OUT
n THAw THE ELL LINES.
Several Cases of Frozen Limbs i'm
Indiana Yesterday, the Mercury
Being Near the Low Record.
,ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT, Ind, Feb. S.-While In
dianapolis. Charlottesville, Lebanon and
other pipeline towns are freezing, Frank
fort and the towns situated along it's line
have plenty of gas. For this agreeable
state of affairs the consumers are praising
Superintendent Harry hatcher. BY staying
with a force of men in the Madison county
field he has kept fires going day and night
along the well lines preventing the wa
ter from freezing in the pipes, and as a
result this city has a forty-pound pressure
at the present time. 1t is claimed by gas
experts that with the line In proper re-
pair there is no necessity for the present
scarcity of the fuel. 1t is keeping the
well line open that is necessary, and it
takes constant care to do this. The Frank
fort line is fed by thirteen wells in the
Madison county field, and has a pressure
at the fields of 240 pounds, and reaches this
city with forty pounds. The company has
in addition to these four wells at Kempton,
fourteen miles distant, with q pressure of
25 pounds. These are being held as a re-
serve. Superintendent hatcher, in order to
protect patrons of the west portion of the
city served notice last night on the Clover
leaf shops that they must be in readiness
This is the only factory or shop that will
be interfered with, and this was done be-
cause of the small mains that supply that
district of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

Trains were running twenty and twenty
1--WE minutes apart and, as they stopped at
the station. the cars were so full that, in
some Instances, the gates could not be
opened. and no one could get on. Women
were. in some cases, pulled out over the
railing but hundreds OF people were carried
past the station. Men not only filled all the
platforms. but chung on outside the railing
OF the rear platforms, In peril of being
thrown, off at the curves. On the North and
East rivers, where the storm had a clear
sweep, and where the running cakes of ice
added to the danger, the ferry boats stopped
running when the storm was at it's fiercest.
They made half-hourly trips during the night
and Just before dawn stopped running alto
gether. The greatest danger was expert
enced in the ice cakes in the river. The slips
were filled with ice and a boat could not
reach her dock without considerable delay.
Late in the afternoon the New York Gem
trail started out the North Shore limited, a
through train for Chicago and every effort.
IT was announced. would be made to get 1t
through without delay. During the hours OF
the early evening it.4was reported to. be
running on time. The passenger trains leav-
ing at 6 y. M, 7:30. s and 9:15 p. M, have
gone out on time. officials expect to get out
through trains regularly on Saturday, local
train service having been re-established on
the Hudson division.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
CLOSE TO THE RECORD.
Coolest Weather in Years Through
out the State.

Coolest Weather ii Years Through
out the State.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. S.-The weather here
to-day has been the most severe experienced
in years. AT 7 o'clock this morning the
thermometer at the weather station marked
z degrees below zero, and earlier in the
day it was three degrees lower. At noon
the mercury was at zero. The poor of the
city are being looked after by the Industrial
School. which will distribute clothing, food
and money to several hundred callers to-
morrow afternoon. Delaware county stock
is not suffering. because nearly all farmers
have piped gas into their barns and COW
stables, where the cattle, horses, sheep.
hogs and even fowls are made comfortable.
Old residents say this means big crops next
season.
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. s.-The cold wave
here is the most severe for many years.
This morning the mercury ranged from 16
to 20 degrees below zero, some persons re-
porting as low as "a. There has been a
Door received assistance. The gas supply is
standing the severe drain remarkably well.
and the pressure as yet has shown no
sign of weakening. Eighteen wells are fur
nishing the entire amount.
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Feb. S.-Last night
was the coolest experienced here in sew
at 6 O'Clock. At 8 o'clock it had reached
2 below, and this morning the lowest point
recorded was p degrees below; The mer-
curry has been below zero all day and to-
night became colder again.
COLUMBUS Ind, Feb. S.-The coolest
weather of the season was reached here
last night and to-day, when the thermom-
eter reached IS degrees below zero. All
the streams in the county have frozen over,
and there is great suffering for water by
the stock.
L~OGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 8.-The tenn
perature here at Z a. m. was Is degrees
below zero. and did not rise to the zero
mark during the day.
VINCENNES, Ind, Feb. S.-This is the
coolest Gay since 1884 in this locality. 1t
was 20 degrees below zero this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Mans Side of the Case.

I have been collecting evidence, and they
are an interesting set Of grievances Man
No. / solemnly declared that all the mascu-
line sins OF omission and commission since
weighed by the feminine vice OF ultra
orderliness. Talk of the wrongs of wo-
man" he said Indignantly. when | con-
slider what havoc in mans peace and hap
on ltter--which somehow always includes
the things a mar likes to use and have
at hand-I'm glad she has wrongs. She
deserves 'em.
Another one observed shat talk of the in
equalit.es of the law made him tired They
are unequal" he said. I'll grant you that.
but ii is man not woman against whom
they In agltattng heaven and
earth over a few trihing disadvantages do
you forget that a woman has the legal
power to run her husband head over heels
in debt without giving him the least au-
thority to stop her? to take his children
away from him out of spite Gor a judges
sympathy will always award them to the
mother? to run away with another man
and still claim-and get-her husbands life
insurance money? A deserted wife can
make her husband pay for her ch.ldren's
support; a deserted. husband can get alb
solutely nothing from the wife who has
left her little ones motherless- We don't
complain of these things: were wiling to
give woman so much of an extra start
ahead of US. but for goodness sake don't
talk to us of the inequalities of the law"
Don't you call it uniusta, asked man
No. 3 with engaging candor. that the aver
age man IS "A social nonentitv beside his
wife? Even in his own house he IL Ices
than the butler, for the latter Is always
useful and sometimes ornamental de can
invite his friends to a meal without her
gracious permission, while she can ask
any and every person at any time and
every tine without consulting him. You
a man can't say his soul is his own. Is
that SSE1"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
HAVOC IN
Orange Trees and Vegetables Killed
-35 the HiEhest Temperature.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Feb. S.-Palm
Beach. on Lake Worth. was the warmest
point on the main land OF the whole United
States this morning, the mercury showing
thirty-five degrees above zero.
On top of the freezing temperature. last
night, Tampa reported snow falling at day.
break and at 0 o'clock the snowstorm was
increasing. This is unprecedented in that
Florida latitude.
The mercury fell to fourteen degrees above
zero in Jacksonville. The coolest points in
the State were eighteen at Titusville,
Jupiter. At Key West and Palm Beach the
mercury dropped from fifty-four to thirty
five. These were the only points in the
State above freezing. Orange and other
fruit trees are probably all killed outright,
except the Oldest and toughest of them, for
they We're naked, budding and full of sap,
and. therefore,, particularly susceptible to
cold. The loss will aggregate many mill
Ions of dollars. The average life of a tree
is thirty years, which means fully twenty
prospective crops for trees now beginning
10 bear. All early vegetables are ruined and
10000 boxes of Strawberries. which would
are destroyed. The plants are also ruined.
There will probably be no early straw
berries from Florida this season. The pre-
dietion for tonight is Still lower tempera-
ture over the entire southern peninsula.
No Early Straw berries.
CHARLESTON. S. c.. Feb. S--The first
breath of the blizzard reached here sester-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
washington CIutohed.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The Western
blizzard struck Washington yesterday after
noon with its full force and the city is
passing through one of the scverest spells
Of cold Weather it has ever experienced. The
snow began falling early yesterday after
noon and by nightfall the ground was five
inches deep in snow and the flakes were
coming down thick and fast. while a high
wind added to the intensity of cold, which
was near the zero mark. The snow con-
tinued until 10 o'clock and drifted SO badly
as to stop travel on the suburban street
car lines and to render transit about the
city slow and uncertain. The thermometer
went down just below zero in the early
hours t.tiS morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
IN THE OHIO VALLEY.
Zero in Indiana, Ohio, Ken
lucky and West Yfrginfa.

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. S.-Dispatches
from all over the Ohio valley show unusual
iy cold weather, with loss of life limited to
frozen tranps. Live stock has suffered
very much. The Ohio river is gorged in
several places where it is frozen across.
The schools closed to-day at many places.
Stfeet-car traffic generally is INSTRUCTED.
follows:
Ohio-Cincinnati, u; Dayton. Is; ~Ironton.
IL; Urbana, 16; Oxford, 20; Bellaire, IA;
Springfield, 16; Wapakonetta, II; Caldwell,
IL; Lima, IL; Gallipolis, school-boy frozen to
death; Cambridge, 10.
West Virginia-St. Adams, 20; Piedmont
1, trains snow-bound and river frozen over;
Brownstown, II; Parkersburg, 8; Hunting
ton, IL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II; Madison, 1s;
Washington, IA: Columbus, 10; Portland, IS;
Vernon. 20: Fort Wayne, IA; Peru, %; Au-
rora, I; H~untington, 16; Terre Haute, 20;
Muncie. 8; Wabash, IS; Jeffersonville, Il.
kentucky-Lexington, ID; Catlettsburg, s.;
Mlddlesboro. Is; Versailles, IA; Maysville, 10,
two tramps frozen to death in a box car;
Lebanon, 10; Danville, Is; Lancaster. 8.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
sunny skies at Boston.

BOSTON. Feb. 8.-The fierce northwest
storm which prevailed for fifteen hours
previous to 10 O'Clock this forenoon gave
place to sunny skies before noon, and the
mercury began to rise. AS the afternoon
waned, however. the. thermometer began
10 tell of Increasing cold. and at 10 o'clock
1t indicated one below zero. During the
evening several snow squalls occurred, but
at the hour lust mentioned the sky was
cloudless and the moon shone brightly.
The streets have been fairly we'll cleared
from snow and are again in their normal
condition. Reports from all over New
England Indicate that the storm was one
OF the most severe in years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
In the Cherokee Strip.

HENNESSY, o. T., Feb. S.-Repcrts from
the strip are coming in very slowly. Two
children are reported frozen to death while
on their way home from school, eighteen
miles north, in the strip. The driver of the
Lacy stage reports the finding of the body
of an unknown man several miles north of
there. Reports from the points in tire strip
many miles distant from railroads.. where
thes offering was most intense, are very
meager, but it is known that there was
much suffering and many have persisted. A
ported frozen in the blizzard, as few OF the
settlers had any shelter for them and but
little feed. The first mail or passenger
train from the north since Wednesday morn
ing arrived here at $50 this evening in three
coctionc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Indiana Notes.

The Chambers Block at Elwood was Quilted
by fire yesterday.
The Good Citizenship League of Anderson
is making war on the slot machines.
The Masons of Anderson and the Ander-
son Building and Loan Association have
Joined in an enterprise to erect one of the
largest business blocks in the gas belt. 1t
will cost $4,000.
The seventh annual Farmers Institute of
Delaware county convened in a three-days
session yesterday at Muncie. Those on the
programme were Mrs. A. G.. Flemming,
Mrs. Helen r. Young, John R.. Vance, W.
H. Ragan, r. A. Andes, Calvin Husselman,
H. C. Mars, T. b. Terry, l.. NJ. Anderson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Not Enough Natural Gas.

ERIE. Pa, Feb. S.lThe continued cold
weather has caused much suffering and in
convenience here. Fully one-half of the
buildings OF this city are heated by natural
gas. piped eighty miles from the gas regions.
The low Temperature has hindered the flow
of the gas as well as increased the con-
sumption. Coal and wood could not be re-
built for gas and nothing else. Erie bay is
covered with eighteen inches of ice, and
water pipes in all parts of the city are
frozen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

day afternoon about 1 o'clock. TIE Their
mometer began to fall steadily, but rapidly.
from 60 degrees at Il O'Clock to IL degrees
at $50 this morning, the lowest for any
February day on record in this vicinity.
The freeze has brought disaster on truckers.
all tender plants above ground having been
killed. Strawberry blossoms nave been
killed, and the berries will be delayed four
weeks beyond the usual time. 1t will be
April before the first berries ripen. The
cabbage crop will average only % per cent.
of a crop. Lettuce, ~marrow-fat peas and
smaller varieties are all killed. The de-
struction is universal over the Southern
trucking section and extends to Florida.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Captain PhflIips's Funeral.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, n Feb. S.-The
funeral of Capt. j. NJ. Phillips took place
here this afternoon, under the auspices OF
the Knights Templars of this city and
Louisville. Captain Phillips was about the
only railronad man known who occupied
every position on the road, beginning With
peanut boy and serving as brakeman, con-
ductor, engineer, master mechanic. superin-
tendent of a division and general superin-
fnndanf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
CoId Snnn nroken.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Feb. S.-The cold
snap is broken, and the thermometer is
gradually creeping up again. Before MAX
ing the change, however, the low-water
mark for the last ten years for February
was reached when at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing 1919 degrees below was registered here.
Since then it has steadily crept up till at 6
o'clock this evening it was 10 above. Over
in Kansas, also, the weather has become
warmer and the swind abated perceptibly.
Nevertheless, many trains are still snow
bound. and will be for a day or SO. Active
relief is being put in operation, and as far
as known there has been no loss of human
life. The poorer class, however, are still
suffering great hardShipS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09

ROANOKE, Va, Feb. S.-The cold has
been intense here since yesterday. resulting
in the stoppage OF the electric street cars
and delay in the arrival of trains. This
morning at Z O'Clock the thermometer stood
at 10 degrees below zero, and at noon it
marked 3 degrees above. Since 6 o clock it
has been growing colder, with a high and
biting wind prevailing. The public schools
c-osed at noon on account of the cold
weather.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. S.-This was the
coolest day Richmond has experienced in
many years. the thermometer registering 2
degrees below. Ice in the James river has
1nterfered with navigation to some extent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Twenty-Tvo Below.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. S.-The lowest
temperature was registered to-day by the
government thermometer since 1878, with
the exception of Jan. 5, 1881, when it was
% degrees below. To-day the mercury went
nearly to q degrees below. Railroad serv-
ice is still badly crippled. The Wabash is
the greatest sufferer. passenger trains until
tonight being several hours behind time,
one train being stuck in a drift eight feet
high, two miles south of the city, for eight
cen hours. The west-bound train. due at 5
a. M, arrived at 8 p. m. Freight trains
were abandoned on the Wabash, Chicago &
Alton. Chicago, Peoria G St. Louis and St.
Louis, Chicago & St Paul railroads. Trains
on the Baltimore & Ohio and Illinois Central
We're not badly DELAYED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
Cold md snow in Michigan.

DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 8.-Dispatches re-
ceived up to midnight indicate that the
storm center for the southern peninsula
of Michigan is in the southwestern por-
ton. where trains are all badly delayed by
the combination of fierce winds and heavy
SHOWS. At Benton Harbor a forty-eight-
mile gale is reported. No Big Four trains
nave arrived since yesterday, and Chicago
& Western Michigan trains are six to
seven hours late. At Manistee the cold is
severe, but less wind. At Kalamazoo and
Pawpaw the snow IS binding and roads
are badly blocked. At Detroit and other
eastern points the wind and temperature
have moderated, the mercury now being
at seven above zero.