Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East
South and West.

There was filed IN the insolvency court
at East Cambridge Mass. Monday, vol
rntary petition in insolvency by Rev. Ell
tner II. Capen. ID. D.. president of Tufts
college. No statement was fled
Rose Murphy. 40 years old and mar
led. was arrested, at Boston. Monday
charged with numbering her infant
child. The child was strangled and
thrown into a pail.
In the Vermont House, today. Bates
u St. johnsbury, presented a bill for
bidding the sale of firearms to persons
under H. .cal1s Of age, and which also
prohibits their use by such persons.
Mrs. Eunice Russ Davis. the surviving
member OF the woman santi-slaveiy board
OF Boston. and the oldest female Aboi
Zionist IN the United States, observed in
an appropriate and pleasant manner her
.dth birthday anniversary at her home
in Dcdham Mass, Monday.
United States Marshal Campbell served
q summons on DR.. j. G. Moore at Man
chester, n. H.. Monday. for an alleged in
fringemcnt of a patent on a machine for
knitting. patented by Frank T. Busiel OF
.-aconia. He viii answer in the circuit
court at Concord. in December.
TIE remains of william Rambusch the
defaulter arrived at Juneau, Wis, Sun
Gay. They were Immediately taken TO mis-
home. where funeral services were neld.
The remains were Identified by jury Of
six men After short funeral service
the body was taken to the cemetery for
burial.
The scanolding on which John L.
Burke and James Hurley. painters,
were at work, at Randolph, Mass,
,londay. broke and both men fell 20
{ aet to the ground. receiving serious if
rot fatal injuries.
A meeting Of the creditors Of the Keith
shoe CO. Of Old Town. Me. was held at
II IL fsa
i.Alties. $Z5. .sl.j5. J. +. Could Of Old
'town. one OF the assignees said he had
,ceived an offer 10 sets4e Tor - per cent;
After discussion. the meeting adjourned
without accepting the offer, An attempt
.il be made to ge, "a per cent.
Constable Harris of North Andover
lass. was notified. Monday. Of the
nding of the skeleton Of man on
John jenkins hill near the North Read
ng line. about six miles from there.
Gear the body was razor 1t was dis
covered. Sunday. by some gunners WAC
ave notice.
The second trial Of the actions Of Mrs |
.,nma Scot! ana husband. VIM. r. Scott |
q Somerville. against the West End !
street Railway Co. resulted. al Boston. /
Monday, in a verdict OF $4,000 for the !
PLAINTIFFS. The actions were to recover |
amagcs resulting from an accident to |
trs. Scott. Both Veriicts We're set aside |
III Judge Bishop. without motion being |
i-aade 10 that end.
Judge Bishop. in the superior court at /
Boston, Monday granted the motion OF |
ire defendant to set aside a verdict of |
1000 awarded Howard Is. Hodgate Of |
l3oxbury. in a suit for mancious prosecu- !
ion, against the Grand Trunk Railway OF
Canada. HodEate was indicted for en- |
Excitement from the company. but the in
lictment was subsequently mol pressed |
nd he brought a suit for damages.
Steamer Alene arrived at New York. |
H.. I hay- ftlxsi
on board Capt. Chas +. Bunker and six |
sf the crew Of the Boston schooner 7. L. |
nrisko, dismasted in the recent hurricane |
and abandoned leaking and almost water |
logged. Oct. .. in lat. 81. u n. and long. |
80 w. The Drisko was i5A tons net bur !
then. and was built in 1882 az kennebunk, |
NE. she was owned by John ). Emery
Ioston.
The fire IN the Washington mills at |
Lawrence. Mass. was under control at 3 |
4. NJ. Monday. 1t was confined to the |
r3rton of mill No. 1. The two rooms and !
their contents We're destroyed. Water and |
s,noke did considerable damage in mills |
Nos. 1 and ,. The exact loss IS not yet |
known. but is estimated at $50 600: in
aured, About 500 hands will be deprived |
Of employment for a time.
George Neris p years Old, who was ar
rested in Providence. r. H. Friday. for
the murder in Greece in March. 1895. Of |
piamadds Diamandowpolis al Nrcsthe /
,itsa, was discharged from custody at |
treaty exists between this country and |
Greece. This fact was not generally |
known to the officials until Neris was ia
Zen to the United States district attor- /
Eey's office. Monday. Neris declares that /
The killing was not Intentional.
The village of Savonia. IL miles west |
# Corning. n. y. lost nearly all its |
BUSINESS portion by fire. Monday.
Jones hardware saorc. Cushings fur
niture store. Joints warehouse. all con-
structed Of brick. and four wooden |
stores one Of which contained the post !
flee. were destroyed before the flames |
were suhdued. The loss is about $780,
coo with but little insurance.
William Celtic of Marlboro, employed
at Webb's granite quarries. Keen. N.
H.. was fatally injured. Monday. while
IN the act of removing dynamite car
fridge from an unsuccessful blast. The
shell exploded breaking Gettie's neck
and mangling him terribly. Notwith-
standing his injuries he was still living |
at noon, TWO hours after the accident,
but death was expected at any time.
He was 80 years of age, and has a
family at Marlboro.
John OLoughln.. postmaster at La
COMA. n. H.. died at the Massachusetts
Genera! hospital. Boston. Monday. of |
heart disease after an illness of a few
hours. He was % years of age a native
of Laconia and very popular in northern
New Hampshire. About two weeks ago
Mr.. O'Loughln went to Boston on his
way to Washington in the furtherance of
plans for an improved mail bag that he
had invented His heart had troubled
him more or less for several years Sun
day night. feeling somewhat worse he
left the Quincy house and went TO the
hospital. where he continued to fail until |
lie died. Five brothers and two sisters
survive him.
Twenty-Five hundred persons gathered
at Sanders theatre, at Harvard Cam
bridge. Mass. Monday evening to parti-
cipate in the memorial services in honor |
of the late ex-Gov. VIM. L. Russell. The
stage was nearly hidden by palms ferns
and other plants: the stand was draped |
with an American flag. and the gallery
festooned with black and white drapery |
Mayor Bancroft presided. and delivered
the opening address. in which he said that
Gov. Russell possessed qualities of the
great and his name would live to the end
of time. Rt. Rev. VIM. Lawrence, bishop
Of MASSACHUSETTS,, offered prayer, and
then Prof. Chas. Eliot Norton delivered
the eulogy. Mrs. Russell and her brother.
Dr. Swan. occupied a retired seat A
double male quartet sang during the SER
vices