Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-17

a triple tragedy resulting in the mortal
~oundng of three persons, occurred at At
ianta, Ga, Thursday night. Wednesday
afternoon, Miss Ida Maxwell eluped with
John Shelton and married him at his moth
ers house. Thither they were followed By
the girls father and brother, armed. The
elder Maxwell was about to shoot at Shelton,
when the latter Drained the Younger Max
well with Ratchet. He also fired at the
old man, who at the same time shot him,
ard both tell MORALLY wounded
As the train that left Lowell at
O'Clock Thursday morning On the Boston &
Maine Railroad, was approaching Whining
ton, the engineer discovered a hand car
with four men on it running on the main
track, but TOO late TO stop. The men on the
car discovered the train approaching and
tried TO lift the car of the track, bat too late
as the engine struck one corner of the car,
throwing it off. The foreman of the section
Frenchman named Ezra, was struck BY
the car and his leg broken, and he was also
terribly cut about the head and body The
other men escaped with slight injuries.
There is much excitement al ST. Joseph
H., over three mysterious deaths, which
have occurred within short time in one
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Peabody were
prominent and honored residents. Miss
Belle Hasty, daughter of Robert Hasty and
Young woman of fine character and pleas
ant manners, lived With the Peabody family,
and was said TO be engaged to young Silas
Peabody. Young Peabody's parents, par
ticuarly his mother, were opposed to this
marriage, owing to Miss Hastys poor health.
On Aug. ,, Mrs. Peabody died very sudden
ly, Of wha, appeared to be neuralgia of
the stomach. On Aug. II, Mr.. Peabody
died with the same symptoms and on Sept
|, Miss Hasty and young Sas Peabody
were taken with the same symptoms, and
the young lady died while the Young man
has recovered.
Since that time suspicion has been
awakened by the alleged discovery of a
package of rat poison pinned to an under
garment which Miss Hasty had laid off just
before her death; that the latter had poisoned
Mr.. and Mrs. Peabody with the hope Of
marrying the son, and then concluded to
kill him and herself. A clergyman refused
TO preach her funeral sermon until the mat
ter was cleared up, An investigation will be
made.
AT Clarkesville. Texas, Friday morn
ing, Charles A. Taylor, young LAWYER, be-
came involved in a difficulty with Henry
Nesey, bar tender in the Morris saloon,
which eliminated in duel with pistols re-
sulting in the death of Taylor. Vesey es-
capped and posse is hunting for him.
The Italian brig Francesca, from New
York for Bangor, in ballast, went ashore on
Chatham bars at 40 Sunday morning. She
was boarded by Capt. Gould and crew of
the Chatham life saving service and will
probably be get off at high water if the sea
continues smooth.
A serious accident occurred four miles
west OF Sherman, Texas, on the Texas Pacific
Railroad Sept. II. Two coaches of passen-
ger train left the track and were overturned.
Relief parties brought the wounded pas
sengers to Sherman. Mrs. Wolfe, of Dodd |
City, died of her injuries shortly after the
accident. The injured are Mrs. Fonte, of
Sherman, Mrs. Purdom, Mrs. Young, Ct
Tioga, J. Z. Vallard and his son, J. W. Val
lard. "A. W. Robinson, Bells Station, J.
Shifel, Of Brook ston, Fannin County, Rev. |
G. Harris. of Morgan. 1t is not thought |
that any Of the wounded sustained fatal in
iuries, but we're more or less hurt. The ac-
cident is believed to have been caused by
broken a.is,
Fire, Sunday forenoon, al Nashua, n.
H., destroyed the car house and contents Of
the Nashua and Boston Railway, used as |
store house by the Nashua Bobbin and
Shuttle Co., and the adjoining shed contain
ing fourteen empty Boston and Lowell
freight cars Several tenements we're con-
siderably damaged. Total loss, $4,000.