Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
Last EVENINGS NEWS.

| Emancipation Day was observed by the
colored citizens of Canada, Wednesday.
Benjamin Whitney was appointed post
county, Me-, vice NJ. H. McAllister, resign
ed.
| At daylight Thursday morning, the big
timber raft in tow of tugs Underwater and
Storm King, passed st. Johns, N. b., making
good progress.
The Little & Croft Lumber Companys s
mills at Evansdale, Ind, were destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. Loss, Sl00,000; in
surance 100000.
The Patent Leather Manufacturers Asso-
citation of the United States on Wednesday
resolved to advance the price of goods from
ten to fifteen per cent.
1t is announced that the Emperor of Ger
many, the Emperor of Russia and the En-
peror of Austria will meet at some point on
the Austrian frontier in the autumn.
A telegram from Wakomota. Japan, dated
July l6, alleges tn It the volcano of Mount
Iwahassi suddenly burst into activity and Sc
houses in Iwassenpra were destroyed.
p. b. Van Vaikenburg, associate justice
of the Florida Supreme court, died Wednes-
day, suddenly. He was native of New
York, and Minister to Japan under Lincoln.
A pillar of thu cathedral at Seville, Spain,
fell causing portion of the roof of the
nave to collapse. The organ is destroyed
and other damage has been done to the ca
thedral
At noon, Thursday, man ut Lynn, Mass,
named c, II. Ferguson, 46 years old, shot
himself in the head, the bullet entering his
right temple and coming out at the back of
his head.
A freight train on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad, Wednesday night, broke a truck
and all the cars went down an embankment
of $50 feet. The conductor and two tramps
were killed.
There were three deaths from sunstrOke
Wednesday, and eight cases of prostration
reported. Several will probably prove ia
tai. The thermometer ranged from SO to
l02 degrees.
The tax assessors of Rockland, Me-, have
real estate valued at S2,370,473; personal
property, 81 ,237, JAG; total, So ,6O7 ,626. The
rate Of taxation is So on $1,000.
Gov. Marble, with the members of his
council, and a large party of tourists, were in
MaCHlds lHursudy IOTeHoOH en route 10
Eas.port. The Governor is on visit to the
'Quoddy Indians at Pleasant Point.
Nearly 800 operatives of the Arlington
mills, Lawrence, Mass, are out on a strike
having asked and been refused an offer of
ten cents per cut. The mill owners are in
clined to make some concession but will not
grant the entire advance.
The taking of evidence in the case of Mott
of st. Albans, and six others, who we're se-
riously injured in the White River accident
on the Central Vermont railway, is now pro-
ceeding at Montreal. The cases involve
about 100000.
At S.57, Thursday morning. the Havelin-
Murphy fight was declared a draw. The men
fought forty-nine rounds, which lasted three
and one-half hours. At the end both were en-
tirely used up and unable to go on. The fight
took place at Verplanck's Point, up the Hud-
son.
Gov. Lock opened the centenary exhibition
Wednesday, at Melbourne, Australia, amid
great pomp and display. Salutes were fred
and procession marched through the streets
consisting of the naval brigade and militia.
The streets were decorated with flags and
festooned with garlands of flowers.