Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-05
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.

Pennington elected seven delegates to the
State convention, Saturday. All for
Cleaves.
By cave-in, Monday four men were
entombed alive in copper mine at Butte
City, Montana.
A woman was imprisoned in the Bangor
Jail Monday for debt. She declared she
would stay there,
Boston capitalists have organized a COM
pany with 81 900, 900 capital to 60 into the
sorgham sugar business in Kansas.
S. B. Farnsworth's store and hall at Wells
was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morn
ing. Loss, $1,000; partially insured.
The statue of Garibaldi, the Italian patriot
warrior and liberator, was unveiled, Monday
morning, in Washington Square, New York
City.
At a republican caucus held in Rumford
Saturday, c. A. Kimball, S. h. Hutchns
and J. II. Ward, were elected delegates to
the State convention. They are all Marble
men.
| Imogene Emerson of Bddeford, aged 2l
years, who was frightfully burned by her
clothing coming in contact with the kitchen
stove, last winter, died Sunday night. She
has been terrible sufferer ever since the
accident.
| +. 2. Pomeroy of Rochester, N. Y, while
visiting his sister. Mrs. Elijah Kellogg, at
| Harpswell. hung himself Monday morning
| Temporary insanity, due to i'll health, was
the cause. His age was sixty years. He
was travelling man.
! A New York Monday morning paper pub
| lish interviews with the well known phys
ciaIs, Drs. George +. Shrady and Edward
c. Spitzka, in which both of them express
the belief that General Sheridan will recover
| from his present illness.
| Captain Reed, of the steamer San Pablo,
which was lost off the China coast after be-
/ ing attacked by pirates, has arrived at San
/ Francisco, and confirms previous reports Of
j the disaster. He estimates that 80 pirates
were killed in the explosion following the
/ FIRE.
! A curious trial is in progress at Macon,
Ga, being suit for 1000 damages
brought by Mrs. Moore against the city, be-
cause of the lynching of her husband two
years ago. Moore was accused of assaulting
a Miss Little, and was lynched therefor, but
it was subsequently, developed that she was a
blackmailer.
Chauncey Hodge, head hammersman a,
the Camden Anchor Works, died Sunday
night, death resulting from getting his little
finger jammed about two weeks ago, result
ing in blood poisoning. He was native Of
Glastonbury, Conn. His age was 81 years.
He leaves widow and daughter at Cam
den, and son and daughter at Glastonbury,
the children of another wife.
At the republican caucus Saturday after
noon, at the Opera House in Norway, Z. H.
Brown was selected as moderator, and s. s.
Stearns, secretary. J. A. Roberts, F. F.
Smith, C. Whitman, ). S. Stearns, C.. W.
Partridge and John Wyman were elected a.
delegates TO attend the county convention al
Paris Hill on the 27th of June. The dele
gates were not instructed.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Mrs. orrin Boothby of South WATERFORD
Me-. for assault upon, with intent to kill
Mrs. Ivory Bean, of that town, last week
The attending physician says Mrs Bean can.
not recover. Jealousy was the cause of tbs
assault The trial will be held before Q tria
Justice at South WATERFORD, Wednesday
Several citizens of that town have been sum
moned.
E II fGen. Geo. L. Beal of the Governors stafi
Inspected the Norway company of the Stat