Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-25
NO. 148.

Fairmount, o., who was insane on religion,
left her home Wednesday, leaving note say-
ing that she vas going to drown herself in
Burnet Wood lake, where her body was found
on Thursday.
| A despatch from Chillicothe, Mo-, states
| that tornado struck the southern part OF
that city Wednesday night, in what is know
as the Glow gap country" and swept away
20 or 80 farm houses, spreading havoc in its
track. Two r,en were killed and 10 or 20
injured.
Alexander Sullivan, President of the
Irish National League, decares that the pub
lished accounts of his speech at the Parnell
meeting at Chicago Saturday night were in
correct in one essential, viz, he made no al
lusion to the Pope or propaganda circular.
The charges against DIR. Hathaway, the al
legged abortionist of Philadelphia, are ln-
creasing rapidly. 1t is stated that book has
been discovered containing the names of
| about 200 of his "patients," and that his wife
will testify that he had performed hundreds Of
operations and cremated the bodies.
The meeting of eastern iron masters con-
vened at Philadelphia, Pa, on Thursday.
The main object of the meeting was to form
a new schedule of prices above the base price
for extra sizes Of iron. in order to cover
changes made necessary by the new tariff. A
committee was appointed to prepare new
schedule.
The government recovered . verdict at
New York, on Thursday, Michael Byrne,
taylor, in suit involving the ownership Of
Sll 800 worth Of clothes seized by the Gus
toms authorities for attempted smuggling.
Byrne and a custom officer named Schwartz,
who assisted him, are under indictment for
the offence.
At Trenton, N. j., Thursday. counsel for
the Etna Life Insurance Company of Hart
ford, Conn.,, applied for a peremptory man.
damus to compel the city OF Elizabeth. N. j.,
which is attempting to evade the alternative
mandamus. to include in its next levy the
amount Of the company's Judgment against il.
Decision was reversed.
Wednesday afternoon the Chicago expresr
on the Omaha line, when near East Minneap-
oils, Mimi, ran off the track. owing to a
misplaced switch. Engineer William Har-
'rington, of Minneapolis, and baggage master
Roberts. of Eiroy, were killed, and a brake
man named Vanderhort and saveral passen-
gers injured.
Carrie Harris, colored, has been sentenced
to five years imprisonment at Philadelphia,
for attempting to poison the family of f. p.
Michener and stealing. Mcmillan, the wife
murderer, who is to be hung at Clinton, o.,
on Friday nov states that the murder was
committed by his father and woman named
Kelley.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Postal Telegraph Company in New York on
Thursday it was announced that the contract
for a new transatlantic cable had been signed.
This cable will be used solely by the CON-
pany in transmitting messages at cheap rates
between this country and Europe. The fol-
lowing directors were elected: Alanson w.
Beard, Boston; Henry Cummins, New York
George L. Shorey, Boston; George ID. Rob
erts, S. v. White. G.. N. Jordan, New York;
Gov. Charles Foster, Columbus, o.; Prof.
Elisha Gray, Chicago; Chester Snow, Har-
wich; r. NJ. Pulsifer and John B. Alley,
Boston.