Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-18
Naval Affairs.
Death.
NEW YORK.


HODDeTFs
NEW YORK, July L. Mrs Parrish, a
wealthy widow at 20, at Peltonyille, reports
that Wednesday morning two robbers tied
her in bed. Then, after failing to make her
tell where the money was, ransackcd the
house. She was not otherwise injured.
Pedestrianlsm.
EThe walking match began this morning,
at San Francisco. Belle Walton, La Cam
peilc, Mrs. Maynard and Sadie Rowley are
the contestants.
liamltsn's shoe factory, at Toronto. was
partially burned last night. Loss s., 900; in
sured.
Fisheries.
The Salmon fisheries OF Labrador is fail
ure, but the cod fisheries are "A success.
SunstrOkp.
Twenty-onc sanstrokes here yesterday.
Only one fatal.
Sec'y Sherman did not leave for New Lon.
don until this morning.
Cox.
The trial of Castine Cox, the murderer OF
Mrs Hull was continued. Colorcd witnesses
were all present. The general impression is
ehat INV tdst lOl tut VIII Uc tOHcIu-
dcd to-day and be delivered to the jury to-
night. The case for the prosecution is closed
and the testimony for the defense will be
mainly of Il medical expert character, as his
counsel expect to show that Mrs. Hull was
not killed by Cox, but by the doctors in post
mortem. Howe renewed a motion to-day
made yesterday, acquit the prisoner on every
count in the Indictment, which was denied by
the judge, and the counsel took exception.
Verdict.
The jury in the Cox case returned a YER
diet of murder in the first degree The Jury
was out an hour and ten MINUTES. The
prisoner appeared unmoved but his face was
blanched when the verdict was announced.
CoN's counsel expected rendition of the
verdict. Cox in reply to the Judge, said he
had nothing to say. Judge Cowing then
said
"Chastine Cox, | would feign believe that
the smile which has been on your counte-
hence during the trial was not iu your heart.
Let me urge upon you not to hang your hope
upon the slender chance of pardon, but to
spend the short time yet left you in prepar-
ing for that change which must soon come
Yon committed horrible crime and showed
mercy to your victim. The sentence of the
court is that you be taken to the tonbs and
u.
and then hanged BY the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy on your soul
and show you that pardon in the next world
which the well being of society refuses YOU
in this"
Cox was then taken to the tombs nv the
sheriff, followed by large crowd.
Killed.
Paterick McDermott tried to stop q quar-
rel between Nicholas Myers and wife, this A
NJ, when Myers shot him fatally.
Severe Storm.
RoNporT, July Il. Persons from Plats.
kill district, partly in Kingston Saugerties
purchasing glass this morning, reports the
destruction by the tornado, yesterday, indies,
crbable. Crops are ruined, barnes, fencer
and out houses torn down. dwellings denu-
dcd of glass, and cattle i'm the fields injured
by large chunks which fell. Telegraph lines
were Frustrated.
Trouble in the West Indies.
news letter published at Kingston, ia
maica July Sd, says 1--WE learn BY the
steamer jamaican which arrived Yesterday
from port Au Prince that in consequence OF a
dispute in the House of Representatives, n
brother of the President was shot BY aaother
member who took offence at the
language which had been used. Caval,
though wounded IN the arm, returned FIRE
and shot his opponent, when general firing
followed and the popuace and police out
side fired into the building. The president
of the senate and others were shot down and
when the jamaican left for this port Gort
troops were raking the streets with mtraleu-
ses. The same paper says by arrival of the
steamer Etna that large fire occurred in the
same place July 9Th.