Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-08-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The vermont greenbackers Will mold their
State convention at Waterbury, Tuesday. for
the nomination of State ticket.
The Courier DIES Etates Unis has received
cable dispatch announcing the death at
Avon, France, Sunday, of Frederick Gail
laudet, formerly connected with that paper.
A. NJ. Robinson, an expressman. aged As,
hung himself Monday at Lynn. He had oft
en- threatened suicide.
1t is stated that relatives of the two sick
persons at the hotel at Long Branch paid the
hotel keeper $4,000 to prevent kim from re-
moving them from the premises.
The Touring mill of Bliss & Ward of Win
field, Kansas, was burned Sunday. Loss
$4,000.
Steamship Ashburne, from New Orleans
for Havre with cargo of grain in bulk, is
ashore in South Pass.
A steamer from Haverhill, Mass, with
seveuty-fve excursionists, while return
ing from York, Me-, got aground outside that
harbor, Sonday afternoon and remained on
the rocks several hours.
Emile Lasseur, prominent in Louisiana
State politics before the war, and editor of
the Louisiana Courier, member of Congress
and Sheriff of New Orleans, died Monday,
aged eighty.
J. McCurtin has been elected principal
chief of the ChOctaw nation, beating Benz
+. Wildwood, the anti-rairoad candidate, by
large majority. The election was very ex-
citing, but no blood was shed.
Silas d. Daland, employed in the Pacific
Mills, Lawreuce. Mass, was drowned in the
Merrimac river Sunday afternoon while bath
ing.
Capt. Shaw, chief of the London brigade,
sailed on the Baltic from Liverpool, Satur-
day for America, to attend the convention of
fire engineers at Cincinnati.
The bodies of George Post and Ed Will
Jams of Mt. Vernon were found of Matina-
cook Point Monday morning. They have
been absent since last Thursday, when they
went boat sailing.
President Arthur took short drive in
Central Park Monday and afterwards re-
turned to his house on Lexington Avenue.
He refused to see all visitors until evening.
A woman named Margaret Bradford. was
alleged to have suicided in Brooklin, Sun
day. but circumstances warrant that she was
murdered. The police are investigating the
matter.
Jesse Hoyt, one of the most prominent
business men in New York.. died Monday
morning, aged 65 years.
The Secretary of the Navy and party left
Washington Monday on a navy yard inspect
ing tour.
Steamship Arizona Guion line, which ar
rived from Liverpool Sunday made the pas
sage in days and 8 hours. This is 50 min.
utes better than her best previous passage.
1t is stated at the Treasury Department
that nothing will be done with regard to the
removal of Inspector Tower of the second
district before the return of Secretary FoIger.
The State Department at Washington has
received information from Minister Lowell
at London of the release of Mr.. Meany. ar.
rested in Ireland under the repression act.
Ex-senator Conkling was at the Depart
ment of the Interior, Monday, on business
connected with the Northern Pacific Rail.
road Company.
The steamship City of Montreal, of the
Inman line, landed 62l immigrants at Castle
Garden, Sunday, Zandama, from Amsterdam.
300, the Thuringria, from Copenhagen. 621'
and Egypt, from Liverpool, 300.