Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-01-17
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, East
South and West.

The shoe workers in j. II. Winchell q
Co.'S factory, the largest in Haverhill, and
the large factories of the Barron Noyes
Co. and Gale & Co., struck, Wednesday.
The Connecticut House has passed bill
prohibiting the crossing of any steam
railroad at grade by electric or cable
road, and ordered it transmitted to the
Senate.
The bulletin issued by Lord Randolph
Churchills physicians at 1925, Wednes-
day evening, said that the failure OF the
heart is very marked and the patient S
weakness is increasing.
Arthur and Leo Brunette, aged and
6, respectively, sons of Adolphus Brunette.
were drowned in the canal where Mill
river runs out of the waters of Shops
pond, at Springfield, Mass, Tuesday.
At Providence, Wednesday, in the case of
James Butler, charged with murder of his
wife, the jury returned verdict OF man
slaughter, after two hours deliberation. He
was remanded for sentence for seven days.
Five persons We're overcome by gas
Wednesday, in the house at Is Rutgers
place. New York, and two, Samuel Choen,
aged 22, and Jacob Scholkey, 16, may
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in the basement
The New Hampshire Legislature, in
Joint convention, Wednesday, elected these
officers: Secretary OF state Ezra >. Stearns,
Rindge: state treasurer, Scion A. Carter,
Concord; public printer, Edward n.
Pearson, Concord
South Braintree, Mass, officers, We'd
nesday. while searching in the vicinity of
the spot where the body of Michael Tenncy
was found, Saturday night, found a rail
road coupling pin covered with blood and
hair This strengthens the theory that
Tenney was murdered
In the case of Fred Sanborn VS.. Spauld-
ing q Sweet, at Haverhill, Mass. Judge
Carter found for the defendant, declaring
contracts, honestly made and equitable,
to be the panacea for all labor troubles
Sanborn claimed that he was unjustly
discharged and sued to recover S3S de-
posit money.
Bobby Dobbs, colored lightweight
champion of America, has posted a forfeit
of $3.50 at Boston, to support his challenge
to fight any 1873 pound man in America
for the championship. This is particularly
directed at Horace Leeds, Jack Everhardt
Owen Ziegler and Charley Mckeever
Dobbs will fight anywhere for any amount
up to S250O He wants to fight for the
American title before going to England.
The United States supreme court,
Wednesday, heard the argument in the
matter of the petition of Eugene Y. Debs,
ct al, imprisoned by Judge Woods of the
seventh circuit, for contempt of court in
violation of certain injunctions issued
last summer in connection with the
Chicago railroad strike The argument
was purely legal upon the question
whether the writ of error would lie, and
was the proper method of proceeding in
the case The court took the matter un-
der advisement in the usual way.
The stable of Harry W. Smith Mt Wor-
cester Mass, was broken into, Tuesday
night, and the champion high stopper of
America, Sky High, was stolen. The
horse was driven desperately, but evi-
oently escaped from the thieves, for about
midnight he wandered into the stable yard
of Flagg's hotel, North Grafton, utterly
exhausted and bleeding from several
wounds. The sleigh was scattered along
the road sky High has taken several
prizes at the annual New York horse
shows. He is a prize talent and light
/ coach horse.
The plan of the Reorganization commit
tee of the Union Pacific. if the govern
ment agrees to the propose funding of the
government debt at per cent for so
/ years, is to assess the stockholders 30 per
cent, for which second mortgage bonds
will be given at par A syndicate has
been formed which will take the stock and
I pay the assessment of all stockholdt rs who
do not care to hccome party to I'll 9 plan.
The Central Pacific authorities win not
consent to any plan which would involve
an assessment of stock, although they are
in favor of an extension Of the govern
ment debt for 80 years at 2 per cent.