Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-11-19
NEWS NUGGETS.
BROUGHT by the Wires from the North. East
South and West.

The banking firm of FarqUharl Forres
& Co, OF Halifax, n. S, suspended
Monday.
Eli NJ. Goodman, doing business as Ell
NJ Goodman & Co., wholesale dealers il
tailors trimmings, New York. has as
signed. Liabilities, about S45, coo assets
500 900,
At Baltimore, Monday night, YOUNG
Critic and Joe Cans, colored. of Balti
more, fought 10 rounds to a draw, ami'
huots ana Kisses, neither man landing
hard blow.
1t is reported and generally credited il
official circles at London, that the Eng
lish government has decided to join Can
ada in the establishment of a fast trans
Atlantic service.
| Additional details of the explosion a
the stampers mill ON Grassy Greek, KY
| Saturday show that the death list will foo
| up six. Eight others were badly scaldet
and two will die.
| Fuerborn Bros. five story toy and no
| tiun store at st. Louis, was burned, Mon
day evening \ mass of wires fell and IL
the rush of the crowd for safety LITTLE
girl received probably fatal Injuries.
The Puritan shirt factory at Province
town, Mass, which employs some l2t
hands, has discharged its cutters and will
close entirely, the present week, expecting
to resume business after the holidays.
Twenty girls employed in the splicing
department. at the rattan factory, Wake
field, Mass, quit work and left the shop,
Monday, owing to dissatisfaction as to
the prices paid for work on new machines.
AT Fountain Ferry, Ky, Monday L. j.
Berlo of Boston, broke the two-1nle fly
ing start record, paced by'a quintet and a
quad He made the first mile III 1.5l Is
two miles In 3. 43 is, breaking the record
of 3.4S.
In the French Chamber of Deputies,
Monday the ministry obtained vote of
confidence--42S to 52-on in interpella-
ton in connection with the arrest in Lon
don of Emile Arton for completely in the
Panama canal frauds.
The steamer Elliott, New York fol
Kingston, ia. is overdue The Spanish
consul there says that he has reason to
suspect that the delay in the steamer S
arrival is due to her deviating from her
route to land flibustering expedition in
Cuba.
At Plymouth, n. H., Thursday, in tie
supreme court for Grafton county Milo
Gray pleaded not guilty to the indictment
against him for the murder Of his wife at
Landau, in the fall of 1891, and his trial
will come off at the March term of court
at Woodsville.
A duel was fought, Saturday, at White
hail. small hamlet west of Blooming
ton. Ind, between Sam Neill and Thorn.
as Williams, two highly respected young
men, over the affections of a wcll-known
young lady. Neill was fatally injured by
a dirk in the hands Of Williams
The steamship Henrietta H.. Port Royal.
5. G., for Plymouth, Eng, arrived at Nor.
folk, Va, Monday, with the barkentine
Bruce Hawkins, Savannah to Boston. with
lumber, in tow. The Hawkins was picked
up about 250 miles south southeast of
Hatteras. Saturday, in a waterlogged con-
dition and abandoned When boarded.
lamp was burning in the cabin
Miss Bette Wooten. tbo 16,years
daughter of Henry Wooten. farmer of
Ashland, Ky, eloped, Saturday, with
Marshall Black, negro. Two of Miss
Wooten's S brothers started in pursuit By
accident they encountered Blacks 12-year-
old brother James and shot him down.
The fugitives escaped across the Ohio
river. Black is aged 80 years and very re.
pulsive.
The Pabst Mather divorce case will
probably be settled without any court
sensations. Mr.. Horatio C. King of
Brooklyn, the attorney for Mrs Margaret
Mather Pabst, has been in Milwaukee for
three days. He held, Sunday night, o
conference with A. l.. Smith. Col pabst's
attorney, at which it Is reported an ami
cable settlement of the difference between
Col. Pabst and his actress wife was
reached
General divers column made an at
tack Nov. IL, upon the combined rebel
bands under the leaders Serafln Sanchez
Basilio Guerra and Others at Maracas
Jobosi, Remedies district, Cuba. TIE
fight lasted six hours and the rebels were
finally dispersed leaving 80 dead and a
large number of wounded The artillery
played very important part in the battle
The government lost two killed and four
wounded.
The British steamer Manitoba of the
Norton Steamship Line, Rio Janeiro for
New York, loaded with wool, hides and
coffee, ran ashore during a fog, Sunday
night, about four miles north Of Beach
Haven, y. j. All the crew were saved.
The Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Co.
of New York, has sent assistance. The
Manitoba carried no passengers. In the
cargo were 10000 bags of coffee, valued
at $780, 600. She went ashore at high tide
and cannot rely upon the aid of higher
water.
The shipment of apples, looked upon as
one OF the sterling articles Of commerce
between Canada and Europe, has made a
comparatively poor showing, so far this
year. Last season, there were shipped
from Montreal, from the opening of the
season until Nov. @. 220, SOB b,rrels e.i
apples, against 50, $50 for the season of
1895, in cofrsspJndiur dates a decr,ss, Of