Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-03-27
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, eas
South and West.

Muruaga as Spanish minister 10 'ho
United States.
Gov. Coffin of Connecticut, Tuesday
issued proclamation in which he names
Friday, April IL, rs Fast day.
The strike in the Manton woolen mills.
Providence, is ended and the operatives
will return to work, Thursday.
The New Hampshire House, Tuesday,
passed bill exempting re-occupied
abandoned farms from taxation for i've
years.
Schooner Granville of and from An
napolis, N S., for Cardenas, was wrecked,
Feb. 12, 40 miles off Cape Cod. The crew
was saved.
The Wilson Female College at Cham
bersburg Pa, took fire, Tuesday. The
third story and the tower OF OF the coilese
building was wrecked.
1t is reported that fight occurred pe-
tween Hypaite's army and strong
band of rebels in the north of Haytl. Inc
rebels are said to have been beaten.
The President has appointed Col.
Thaddeus II. St,nton rs paymaster
general of the army, with the rank q
brigader general, to succeed Gen. Smith,
retired
The members of the Orleans family in
sist that the marriage of the Princess
Helene to the Duke of Acsta shall take
place at Stowe House, near London, the
home of the Due D'Orleans.
George ID. Bahen, the Georgetown Uni
versity foot ball player, who was injured
in the last Thanksgiving day foot ball
game with the Columbia Athletic Club
team, died. It Washington, Tuesday.
George ID. Burton, electrician, was
locked up at New York charged with hav-
ing swindled Brown & McGowan, Wall
street brokers. out of about $l5, 600. Bur
ton was arrested in Boston, Monday.
1t is said that it would be dangerous
for John NJ Egan, applicant for the re
ceivership of the Oregon Short Line, to
show himself in Oregon, rs there are men
who lay all the trouble of the road to him
and threaten violence.
The annex OF the Chelsea stove works
at Chelsea, Mich, owned and operated by
+. 2. Glazier & Co, as a tin shop, was
burned, Monday evening. A building
adjoining was also destroyed. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $3l, 600
About 25O rubber garment makers are
on strike at the Boston gOssainer rubber
manufactory, Hyde Park, Mass. They
are women employed in the stitching and
coat departments, the men not being af-
fected. The cause was new price list.
Mrs r. ID. Sprague, oldest daughter of
the late Frederick Douglass, asks that her
stepmother and brother be Obliged to make
an immediate rendering of the property
left by her father 1t is thought there
will be bitter contest over the property.
The charter election Mt Catskill ~ Y,
Tuesday, resulted in Democratic vic
tory, the party gaining control of the
village government for the first time in
a dozen years. Nearly the entire ticket
was elected by majorities of from 20 to
105.
Information comes from New Iberia
til 1t discovery OF rock salt has been
IN ,de ON Orange or jefferson island,
waich lies on the southwest coast of Lou
islana, not far from Petit Ansc or Av-
erys island. Orange island is owned by
10 seph jefferson, the veteran actor.
At meeting of the shareholders of the
f. Leyland a. Co. Uimited) Steamship
line, held at Liverpool, Tuesday, a divi-
dend of per cent. was announced. The
directors of the company decided to build
thr Ne large steamers for the Is )ston ser
vice of the line.
The boiler in Amos Hutchins' saw mill,
near Van Vert, Ohio, exploded, Tuesday,
killing Blakely Shaw and Fred Hutchins,
and badly injuring Melville Storz, Isaac
Bowman and Neil Fassett The mill
took fire and with large quantity of
lumber was destroyed.
Richard Jackson was killed at Saratoga,
N. Y, Tuesday night, by Julius Bartlett.
Jackson's throat was cut with razor. |
Vim. Palmer was fatally slashed in the
throat by Bartlett. Bartlett is under ar
rest. All the parties were colored, and
all were intoxicated.
1t is stated that the Colorado Midland
committee has decided tn
forclose on the first mortgage bonds, and
n plan of reorganization is being ar
ranged BY this action, 1t is claimed, |
the floating debt held by the Atchison
and stock owned by it will be wiped out. |
The new base ball association which |
will put a team from New Bedford, Mass,
into the New England League, organized,
Tuesday night f. o. Cummings was
elected secretary treasurer, and A. q. Doe,
manager. The capital stock Of the asso-
citation is to be $4,000, and the greater part
has already been subscribed.
Mrs A. J. Baird, prominent Chris
tian Scientist is in custody at Kansas
City, in connection with the death. Sat
urday, Of Harvey NJ. Bosworth, vice pres
dent of the Beatham Manufacturing Co.
For six days Bosworth was in charge Of
the Christian Scientists and when two
doctors were called he was unconscious
md dying.
The Bell, clothing store at Chicago,
was gutted by fire. Tuesday. The store
was filled with customers when the fire
broke out, but all escaped uninjured. C.
A. Smith, clerk, jumped from second
story window and was severely injured.
Loss of stock, $500. 900; insurance. $3.50,
100. Loss on bnilding. owned by the
Jorwith estate, $25, 900; fully insured.
At New York, Tuesday, Judge Beck
nan granted the application Of John +.
Niechers as auxiliary executor OF the will