Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-01
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East.
South ard West.

The output of ore in the Cripple Creek,
Col, district in October is valued at 81
sSs, 1870. the highest for any month in the
history of the camp.
An explosion of escaping natural gas
in the main boiler room at the Bel
laire Steel Cos. furnace at Bellaire,
Ohio, demolished the entire building
and fatally injured six men.
Billy Moore of Syracuse. and Hiram
Goldstein of Buffalo, fought 20 fast and
keinzi 4: G.. at Rochester. N. Y. Mon
day night. The decision was received by
approval by the crowd, although Moore
had the better of the fight.
Asa Van Wormer. a wealthy retired
merchant of Cincinnati, Monday, made
a gift, through a trustee. to the Uni
versity of Cincinnati of $4,000, to be
used for the erection of a fire-p proof
library building for the university.
Postmaster Frank Il. Foss of Hills,
n. H., was placed under arrest at his
home there, Monday, by United States
marshal on the charge of embezzle-
ment of $6290.5S. He will be arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Shurtleff at Concord. tomorrow.
Joseph c. Godfrey, proprietor of a paper
mill at Raubevlle. Northampton county.
Pa, with offices at SO State street. Boston,
and 100 William street, New York City,
New York, in which he places his liabili-
ties at about 100000. His assets are ma
chinery and manufactured paper at the
mill $2S, l4J; open accounts, unsecured,
$500.
Benjamin Haskell, well known in
the grocery business in Gloucester and
in Boston, was instantly killed at his
tiki
barrel of molasses falling on his head
and crushing it almost to jelly. Mr..
Haskell was 80 years of age and leaves
widow and two children.
George Hartop, aged IL years, and
the eldest of seven childer of Arthur
Hartop. of West Derry, n. H., died
from a gunshot wound in the abdoman,
Monday noon. The boy went with a
younger brother in the field near his
house to shoot hawks. and while cross
ing a furrow fell upon the rifle he
was carrying. The weapon was dis
charged.
Republican primaries were held in
each ward in Hartford, Conn. Monday,
the voting being by ballot and check
list and the polls being open from S
W . y ClpSh- "A laI sc NOtc WAS DOilcu
and the result is the election of be-
tween 60 and 10 Hawley delegates to
the town convention of the party which
will be held, Wednesday night out of
a total of SO. This insures the nomi-
nation of senator and two represen-
tatives from Hartford to the General
Assembly who will vote for General
Joseph II. Hawley. for United States
senator. to succeed himself Gen.
Hawley's home is in Hartford.
Judge Laeombe, in the United States
circuit court at New York. Monday. hand
ed down a decision denying the motion of
William ii. Kimball, examiner of the
Tradesmen's National Bank. for an in
junction restraining the sheriff from MAIN
tanning levy on that institution. Kim
ball claimed that the instructions of Dep
uty and Acting Comptroller Murray that
he take charge of the bank, advise CORE
payments of outstanding drafts. practi-
cally made him acting receiver and that
thefsheriff had no power to make a levy
in behalf of the Continental Bank. Judge
Lacombe decides that until the receiver
decides to put the bank into the hands of
a receiver, there is nothing in the stat
utes to support the. contention that the
banks tangible receipts are exempt from
levy under execution upon final judg-
ment.'
Ice was making on the Yukon and
| there was thin ice at Dutch harbor
| when the Portland sailed for San
Francisco, on Oct. II. At least dozen
/ river steamers are stuck on sand bars
| in the Yukon, and all will probably be
| lost. The Dawson City is total
| wreck. The Herman and Tacoma are
aground and the other boats are in
such perilous positions that when the
| ice breaks up they may go to pieces.
| All the treasure on the steamer Port
land was one box of gold dust and mug
gets. consigned to theFAlaska Co. The
| value was $4,000 Several returning
| miners were on the vessel but they car
ried their wealth in the form of drafts
and were reticent regarding the
amount.