Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-29
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.
Death of Rev. J s. Burgess Serious
Accident at Edmunds- Biddeford's
Horse Railroad Assured Disastrous
Fire at Great Falls Michigan Politi-
cal Victories

Twrnty-eight counties in Michigan have
voted for prohibition under local option law.
Green's cotton mill at Blackburn, Eng.
land containing 22,000 spindles, is burned
loss 5000, 900.
Robert Neil, the murderer of John Rut-
lcgc, a guard at Central Prison, was hanged
at Toronto, ont. On Tuesday.
The Morton House and Union Square
Theatcr New York City, were burned, Tues
day afternoon; loss, S250,o0O
The grand jury has finished consideration
of the Gould-Sage matter and will probably
hand in their report on Wednesday.
The jury was completed in the Squire
/ Flynn ease at New York, Tuesday. and adj
1 jourument was taken until Wednesday.
/ 1t is intimated by people close to John
| Mckay that a settlement of the cable war
may he announced in very short time.
Rev. j. $. Burgess died at Reynolds
Bridge, Conn, Tuesday, of pneumonia. He
was prominent Free Will Baptist and was
well known in Maine.
The following Maine patents were granted
Tuesday: Geo. II. Gould, West Lebanon,
screen and fixture Cummings c. Cakes,
Newport adjustable form for setting and
building carriage tops.
The following Maine postmasters were
appointed Tuesday Eshburn T. Judkins,
North NORWAY, oxford county, vice James
h. French, resigned Henry ID. Cooper, So
Windsor kennebec county, vice VIM. Ware.
resigned.
In the Supreme Court, Tuesday forenoon.
at Dover, y. H., the jury, in the suit of
Brcen 4 Berry of Pennington, against the
Dover Daily Times to recover 50 200 for al
legged libel. returned a verdict for the de-
PENDANTS.
Monday evening number of boys, coast
ing on Bunker Hill in Edmuuds village lost
control of double runner and ran into the
guard rail of the bridge. Abram Zely, Is
years OF age, who was steering, received in
iuries that will probably result fatally. Two
others were seriously hurt
Young Mems Republican Club was per-
manently organized at Rockland, Monday
night, at the armory by the choice of c. ID.
Jones, president; James Dognahue, X. H.
Burnham, Vice Presidents; +. X. Could
Secretary. Great enthusiasm was manifested
by about - persons who were present
Included in the cargo of the San Pablo,
which arrived at San Francisco Saturday,
from China and Japan. there were 1920
pounds of opium shipped to A. Borel 4 Co.,
OF New York, agents of Lien Yuen, former
" one of the chief smugglers but who will
now pay a nited States duty of 500. 200 on
this consignment.
Steamship Durham City, of the Furness |
line. arrived at Portland at 5 clock, Tues |
day morning, from Liverpool via Halifax. |
She brings a miscellaneous cargo of about /
2,00o tons, the greater part of which she will |
carry to New York. For this port, there is
on beard : 80 sacks of salt, 4,430 boxes of |
tinplate, 81 crates and casks of earthenware,
baicd wool, cotton, and rags, dress goods and |
worsteds, drugs, chemicals and manufactured |
hardware. 10 the value of 81 ,355.
\ fire broke out in Sanborn's Block, Great
Falls. Tuesday morning, resulting in the
complete destruction of the Sanborn, Gill
patrick. Bates and Marston buildings, all
wooden ones. situated on Main street The
losses are as follows on the buildings Thos.
Marston. $1,000; J. NJ. Bates, 5000: II.
c. Fitzpatrick, $1,000; Charles Sanborn,
-, coo on stock Dolph Levi, saloon, 50 900;
J. W. Bates, clothing, $1,000; c. II. Gilpat-
rick, stoves and tin ware, $4,000; Charles
Sanborn, furniture, 5000; VIM. Bayles,
fancy goods, 81 600: Crawford & Toles. in
suranee, 81, oo0. Total, S55, 900. All have
nearly full insurance.
AAeoi itAaiois VI tIit DluuelOTu x SaCO
horse railroad company have contaminated
arrangements with Worcester parties for
building the road connecting Biddeford,
Saco and Old Orchard, this spring. The
charter will remain in the possession of the
corporators. Worcester parties agree to
build first class road, to be ready for oper-
alton July LIST. A stock company will be
formed, the builders of the road subscribing
the principal stock and the balance to be