Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-25
State News.
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The Journal says the following directors Of
the L. GAR were elected at the annual
meeting held Saturday last at 8 P NJ Jas
Dempsey. J. NJ Robbins, j. s. Lyford. VIM
H Dickey, G. G. Wagg. c. 1. Barker. Geo S.
Woodman, Chas. E. Smith, Jas. Dingley.
4 The reports of the treasurer and officers
were submitted. The board of directors
subsequently met and effected the follwing
organization Geo. S. Woodman, President
VIM. F. Garcelon. Secretary J. NJ. Robbins.
Treasurer The treasurer's report showed
that the L. & A. r. r. had received from the
Grand Trunk as usual ais, 600 in semi-annual
payments.Jun and December. The treasurer
| has paid the coupons on the outstanding
bonds and has purchased Sl0.56o worth of
mortgage bonds leaving sSs.500 outstanding.
The road has 81 800 in the treasury.
The Journal says r. +. Foss, Esq. and
wife locked up their house, No y. Pleasant
| street, Auburn. and went to church at half
past ten O'Clock Sunday forenoon. When
they returned, they found the house had been
rummaged and robbed. The thief or thieves
had completely stripped the pantry taking
Mrs. Foss's Sunday dinner and all the cooked
food she had on hand. They also stole Mr.
Fosss oyercoat and few small articles. The
entrance was affected through the stable and
back door. The lock was picked and the key
was knocked out, on the inside Policeman
Maxwell found footprints leading to the
house but no other clue.
The Journal saws Dennis F. O'Farrvll at
tempted suicide BY hanging at the police sta
ton Saturday. O'Farrell has been on pro-
tracted drunk for number of months.
week ago Saturday he was arrested for drunk
enness, was before the Court, fined. commit
ted and released after few hours stay in
.a,1 So 1. =. 4
was arrested and put in the station. AT
about ten o'clock Sunday evening, City Mar
shall Metcslf was preparing to close up the
station. put out the unnecessary lights and
go home. O'Farrell was occupying cell No.
=, and was groaning terribly. The marshal
had heard him groaning for five minutes or
so, but bad paid no attention. The groans
became intensified into gurgles and chokings
and became imbued with tone of deeper
suffering. There happened to be something
in them that arrested the marshal's attention.
Unlocking the cell door he looked in. OFar-
rell was hanging from the top bar of the cell
door. He had his coat off and his suspen-
ders tied around his neck and over the bar
above. The marshal is of the opinion that in
few minutes more O'Farrell would have
been dead man. The fellow was evidently
in his last struggles. The knots were tied
81 anu 50 WAS the Joo
done that there was no way but to cut the
suspenders with a knife. He was placed in
the open air and it was fully half hour be-
fore he recovered. O'Farrell was sorry they
cut him down and demanded a knife. :. He
had got sick of this living business" He
was before the court Monday morning, but
owing to the absence of officer Clifford, who
made the arrest, he was discharged.
HANCOCK
The coroner's jury decided David NJ. Bur-
ton of Ellsworth ''caIie to his death bv
poison, supposed to be strychnine, admins
tered by his own hand" Young Burton had
been married just two monti on the day of
his death, and purchased the strychnine two
days after his marriage, for the purpose, as
he stated to the druggist, Of poisoning foxes.
KNOX.
James p. Haskell of South Thomaston,
burst a blood-vessel while blowing into a So
called lung-tester, and death from consump-
tion auicklv followed