Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-08
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North, East
South and West.

Karl Drummer. the Lisbon, n. H.,
tailor, who was charged with numerous
assault upon Ida Lathrop. his employee.
was discharged by the court. Thursday.
IA. Prescott of Foxboro with a Bos-
ton office on Devonshire street, was
robbed of 1920 in checks and $500 in bills
at the exhibition hall at the Brockton,
Mass, fair, Thursday.
Fire at Nashville. Tenn, "Wednesday
night, destroyed the plant of J. K. Kan
som & Cos. planning mill and box factory.
Loss about 100000. The Globe Foundry
Machine Works were totally destroyed.
Loss $4,000; fully covered by insurance.
Patrick Goodfellow. 40 years of age,
native of Portsmouth, but employed by
Capt G. w. Furnald of Exeter. N. H.,
on q river boat was drowned, THURSDAY.
He Jumped from the craft with his clothes
on, intending to swim to small boat
which had broken loose. He sank just
as he reached the boat. The body was
recovered
Five large buildings and two smaller
ones with all their contents. We're de-
stroyed by fire at Detroit. Mich. Thurs
day morning. which swept through a
block situated in the center of the bust
ness portion of Detroit, and bounded by
the Campus Martius, Woodward, Gratiot
and Monroe avenues. The total loss is
estimated at 100000 to 100000
Within the next fortnight quite a fleet
of steamers is expected to arrive at San
Fra ncisco from Alaska. The Humboldt,
Excelsior. Cleveland. Portland, Bertha
and the revenue cutter COrwin will prob
ably start for the South about the same
time. The Humboldt is the fastest boat
and Is likely to bring most of the return
Ing miners and the bulk of their treasure.
The Southern Railway Co. has ex-
tended an invitation to the New Eng
land Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton to visit the cotton mill centres OF
the. South located along it's system of
railroad and it is expected that large
number of the members of the associa-
tion will accept. About $50 cotton mills
are located on the line of the Southern
Railway.
vengeance prompted a terrible deed
OF self-destruction and arson in the ex-
IRENE south end Of Dartmouth, Mass,
wednesday night or early Thursday
informing. William Platt, residing at
Pot mska, fired his home. in which he
was at the time the sole occupant, then
shot and killed himself. The neighbors,
thursday, found his dismembered
@dy in the ruins. Domestic troubles
we're the cause of the deed.
eabnel Geo. H. North, well-known
SOCK broker and member of the
uhion League. an officer of the staff of
MAJOR General Snowden of the Penn
syVania National Guard is confined in
'aoyamonsing prison on commitment
VI Judge Henna of the Orphans court,
Imiadephia. for contempt. The con-
Tempt consisted of a failure to obey an
'iaer OF the court to account, as
Aecutor of the estate of Mary S.
nolans, for legacy of $4,000 bequeathed
70 Inc Woman's Christian Association
OF Philadelphia.
mere is scarcely room for doubt that
I Uol E. Smith. Indian agent at Price,
o.an' for'the Uncompahgres and cor
respondent for The Associated Press,
was the victim of the wreck on the
en'er & Rio Grande Railroad near
New Castle on the 10th of last month.
mfss George Shoemaker of Telluride,
elo'' q daughter of Col Smith, received
news nom her father the day before
Tue wreck occurred stating that he
would leave Denver on the Inflated
IRAN. and nothing whatever has been
"eafd concerning him since. FL.