Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-03
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

| The silk factory at Sterling. X j., wa
| burned. Friday. LOSE, $4,000.
| Justice McLennan Mt Syracuse, y. Y.
| Friday. ordered receiver for the Og
denshure q Lake Champiain Railroad
| The attorneys are TO consult as to VIII,
shall be appointed.
| In the Cigar Makers Internationa
| Union, at Detroit. Mich, Friday, the So
| eiaiistic delegates were defeated til,
convention deciding, lol to p. TO retail
| the present preamble.
At the sale of the trottlne stock of thu
| r. T.. Pepper estate at Midway. Ky.
Thursday, Acolyie the noted stallion on
which coxsy rode 10 Washington. brough
the gest price, 5000. Noryal. z,1is4. soil
Tor 5000,
The Galveston bagglng and twinc fac
tory, ~ Galveston. Texas will clos.
| down. Saturday, on account. the mana
gers say OF the short crop OF cotton ane
the general depression caused by the fire,
silver agitation.
The. Franklin sugar refinery at Phila
de3phia viii close down In "A few days 10.
| an Indefinite period. The shutdown IS dus
10 the recent heavy mporiations fron
Germany p granuiated sugars ana tn
heavy stock Of sugar on hand.
The strike Of The Union Dry Dock Co 8
woFkmen at Buffalo. y. Y. was declared
of. Friday. and the employees will return
70 work. saturday morning. A compro-
mist. was reached, the company conced
ing half Of the disputed wage claim.
on soft track in places. Clint r. Coul-
ter lowered the world : record for an un-
sng The distance In l.59 IL. which is J.
seconds under previous records. He rod
a patent rachet-geared wheel with fou
sPTockets. the gear being 81.
The safe In the Higganum. ct. tlepo
Of the Valley Road. was blown open by
robbers at lse A. NJ. Friday. and S13.i
taken from the roads funds, and SO b.
longing TO the Adams Express Co. Thu
u 1T
blown into the freight apartment.
Mary Funk. her daughter Mrs. o. Metz
and an adopted child. years of age. wer.-
riding on 4 country road at Atlantic.
way team came up behind them, demol
ishing their buggy. Mrs Funk was kiile
and the others were fatally injured.
The fast freight from Boston and tn
late passenger train from Providence me
in Il head-on collision in the Contra
street tunnel at Fan River Mass. Short
ly after midnight. Thursday night. Bot
engines and number OF cars Were badi
freight was injured slightly about III
head The damage to rolling stock
about $50 ago.
Commander Wakeham, In charge of tn
Dominion government steamer lie Cana
dienne. reports that the seasons fishin
along the Canadian Labrador coast ha
been good. that all the fishermen are we
supplied with tish for the winter and tina
FISHING season on the Newfoundland La
hrador coast. he says. has been poor. bu
the catch on the south shore of the S;
Lawrence has been remarkably good.
Advices received by the weather bu
reau indicate that the threatened Poto
mac flood will he averted and that tn
river at Washington has reached il
highest point, except as It may be slight
~ increased by the next tide. The heav.
rains in upper Virginia and West viz
sinia. which flooded the Potomacs con
tributory streams and caused the rive
10 reach such an unusual height at Har
per's Ferry. have been largely offset b
the drouthy conditions.
The London Spectator says: Sir Julia,
Pauncefote. British ambassador to II
United States. will shortly return +
Washington, but it is reported upon cred
table authority that he will not leav
England before a satisfactory solution
the Venezuelan trouble has been reached
Those behind the scenes are the mos
sanguine of such an ending of the contrc
Nersies, indeed the questions at issue ar
said to be already virtually solved. Whe
all is we'll in the West we may face tn
East with great confidence.
Constance Elroy. the young American
woman who on Monday called upon Con
sni-Gsneral Judd at the United State
distress. was invited by Mr. md Mrs
Judd 10 remain as their guest, dice
Thursday night. After the young We
man had retired 10 her room. Monda
Ken heavy dose of morphine. to til
habiiual use of which it was afterwar
learned she was addicted. Later it wa
found necessary that she should underg
the operation of tracheotomy.
The third and last game of the sere
of the cricket matches between the Au
Sstralian team and the eleven represent
ing Philadelphia began on the Merio
Friday. and when play ceased for tn,
day the outlook for victory was NOR
favorable fol. the home players than tn
most hopeful of their adherents dare,
expect: When the last Australian ha,
been disposed of. the small total of Il
runs for the inning had been made tn,
smallest score made in an inning b,
matches. When the stumps We're draw;
for the night. the Philadelphans We're q
bat with q score of 6 and no wicket
down. Attendance. about 5000.
General Melguiza reports that the com
bined spanish columns commanded% b.
Co.'s. Hernandez. Frances and Romer.
met several Sc rebel parties under Macet
lodged them from their positions. Tn,
rebels retired and the Spanish column:
continued their march. The Spaniard.
again found the nemy and an engage
ment occurred. resulting in the rebels be,
ing dislodged second time. Coils. Fran
ces and Romero continued their marcel
and entered the town of Manajas which
was in possession of the rebels. The en-.
envy made u strong resistance. but the,
were routed and driven out of the towr
by i bayonet charge. in which the losses
Of the rebels were heavy. 50 of their dead
having been counted on the field. The
spanish losses were II killed and a major
z captain and Sc privates wounded, &c OF
whom are very seriously injured.
Edward ]. Ivory. alias Bell. the alleged
dynamiter who on Sept. II, was arrested
III Glasgow and transferred to the Gus
tody of the London police. was arraignetl
fer the second time in the Bow Street po-
lice court at London, Friday morning, he
having been arraigned the first time on
sept. "a and remanded on Sept % for fur
forthcoming and tho prisoner was again
remanded.. pending subsequent develop
Inents in his case. Ivory's solicitor pro-
ent will be dropped. The barrister repre-