Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-04-28
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| of the victim. physician attending yourg
woman by the name Of Laughton, left some nitro
msriatic acid, which was to be diluted with water
and used externally. He cautioned the mother
| of Mrs. Laughton about the acid, telling her it
| was poison, and TO keep it in safe place. But
| the directions were unheedcd, and the bottle con
| tanning the poison left the mantlepicce. In
the night Mrs Laughton felt faint, and her hus-
| band mistook the bottle of acid for the brandy
| bottle, and gave her a teaspoonful The conse-
| quence was that she died in the course of few
hours in the greatest agony. Mrs. Laughton had
| been married but shor: time and was only eigh-
| teen years of age. 1t is better to make sure Of
what you taking medicine, or giving to an
| other, and run no risk of committing an error
| which can never be retrieved.
| Gu the first of May home will be opened at
| 327 fremont street where women out of employ
ment can obtain food and shelter, paying for the
same in work, for which they will receive no
money whatever, no matter what may be the du-
ties assigned them. An intelligence office W i'll be
| also established at the home. and eating room
| where meals will be supplied at l3 cents each
| The admission to the home will be by tickets
| sold for twenty-five cents, and the residence
| be but temporary. This seems to be a scheme
| which will meet a want long recognized, and ii
| will help the worthy in just the way they most
need help and is certainly better than to distr-
| butte aims which are given in nine instances out
| of ten to those who are not worthy objects OF
| charity. The projectors Of this laudable under
taking are charitable ladies' who wish to DO good
| in the way which seems best, and by which suffer
| ing can be relieved TO the greatest extent.
A monument will soon be completed, from an
oIis final drawing by Thomas Bah, the American
sculptor. which will be erected in the odd Eel.
lows burial lot at Mount Hope Cemetery. The
dedication ceremonies will take place June 18th.
The monument is from Hali,well granite, and
represents two missve figures eight feet high and
weighing nearly five tons. The cost will be
about $1,000.
The revival ia business is evidently felt in Ar
lington VT. Several manufacturers are running,
both day and night, which may be the re-
suit OF exhibits at the Centennial exhibition last
year. One firm export twenty dozen chars daily
An order from Spain for forty-two dozen chairs
was filled in speedy manner, the chairs being
made fion the tee and shipped inside Of eigh,
days.
The Wamsutta operatives of New Be lforl have
voted not TO accept the proposal of Slrernend
ent Kilburn to resume work at February prices
They are all living in utter idleuess, which they
cannot Afford and will probably by the time they
regain pos session of their right Senses be deeply
in debt, which will make their condition
far worse than when the strike began. 1t is Ger
tainly better to work for fifty or seventy-fve
cents day, than to be idle and shiflless while
waiting for dollar day, which may never be
offered, and even should it come will not pay for
the Indebtedness contracted while waiting for it,
while by working at the old regular prices, wives
and children may be kept comfortable and happy.
At the business mems noon prayer meeting last
Tuesday, petition to Moody aud Sankey to re.
main in Boston during the month Of May, signed
by several business men, passed around for
signatures. If great deal of good can be ac-
compshed by longer stay, no doub. the Evan.
gelsts will consent to grant the petition The
usher at the door of the Tabernacle has been pre-
sented with beautiful ring, by the visitors to the
ediflce. Mr.. Moody, on Wednesday, spoke of.the
exaggerated statements regarding his acceptance
Of large sums of money He said that when be
gave up his business sixteen years ago to save
souls, he had not been actueted by any desire for
money. He might have made $500 night as
public lecturer, having been repeatedly asked by
various lyceums to make engagements. That he
did not want one dollar from the people of Bos-
tom He would rather live on a crust day than
to take money for such services as he had rem
dered. He explained the royalty on the Gospel
Hymn Books, and told the purpose for which it is
devoted.
Mr.. oil tl,n k,,1
ter, is still giving exhibitions daily in Boston 10
Amery Hall. A large head of butter is on eshi-
btion, and Mrs. Brooks goes through the opera
tons necessary to make cast before astonished
audiences.
y new theatre is TO be erected on Haymarket
Place. The plans are all drawn, and work will
be begun at once. 1t is estimated that the seating
capacity will be 1900, and it is hoped that the
theatre will be opened by October. The main en-
trance will be from Washington street and there
will be two other exits.
Edwin Booth will open an engagement at the
Globe Theatre next Monday, April 3O,h. Richard
iii will be presented by him for the first time in
Boston. This great actor will draw large and en-
thusiastic audiences to the Globe.
Mrs. Bowers has played to large houses at the
Audley's Secret" Leah" 1.-THE Jealous Wife,
"Loves Mask" and "Lucretia Borga." Mrs
Bowers has few equals as an actress, and rivets
the attention Of her audience by her pathos and
power of acting the character she represents.
Mr. Fechter, supported by Miss Lizzie Price and
the Boston Theatre Company, has appeared this
week in Dumas romantic drama of the "Corsican
Brothers, The Boston Theatre has had chance
to show the wonders of its stage arrangements,
which are know,edged to surpass those of any
other theatre.
Clara Morris is to appear in her play of miss
Mutton" at the Boston theatre the 9Th of May. In
this play Miss Morris has achieved great renown,
and Bostonans are impatient to judge of its mer
its. Miss Morris is now in New York. and her
admirers will be glad to know that her health has
been fully restored due in part to the delightful
climate Of California which she has enjoyed for
long time past. CONSTANCE STERLING.
Church DIRECTORY.
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