Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-08-22

Mayor Grant of New York has appoint
I'd -four committees of Is members each to
10 the preliminary work for the Inter
national Exposition in 1892 ExPresi-
dent Giese Gland i on the permanent organ
iEation committee.
Shortly after IL the 18th, two young
men entered the ticket brokers office of q.
Loeb, Broadway, New York .snd one of them
pulled revolver and called tn Loeb to throw
up his hands. Loeb ran to the corner be-
hind the door and raped on the glass 10
give an alarm. The man with a revolver
fired.t the ball CHANGING Loeb's left shoulder.
The other man jumped behind the counter
and was In the act of helping himself 10
money but the report Of the shot attracted
crowd and the man became frightened
and ran ont An officer gave chase and
captured one of them
The storm which passed over the
Missouri valley Monday night of last week
was the most disastrous known In that sec
tion this season over 20 persons. 1t Is
said. were Killed by lightning and the dam
age in animals killed and ruined crops will
run up over half a million dollars, includ-
Ing the damage to railroads.
Justice Ficir resumed his judicial dut-
les At San Francisco the 18th aud sat in the
circuit court with Judge Sawyer aud Judge
u. j. Brewer of Kansas He il still con
stantly under the protection Of deputy
marshal, IS Is also Judge Sawyer.
Articles Of incorporation were hled In
Portland. Oregon. the 18th. by Chester W.
Collins aud Others Incorporating the Fort
land and Puget Sound Railroad company.
The capital stock il 5000 ,0s0 divided In
70 $1,000 shares. The object of the cor
poration Is to construct and equip rail
road and telegraph line from Portland TO
Seattle, W. T.
Thomas f. Thomas was fatally shot
"Wednesday night at Resign, Wis. by q
saloon keeper named Fred Loshmsn.
Lo>hman asked Thomas fer 81 which he
claimed was dine him Thomas said he did
not have IL. Loshman then fired Thursday
mob took Lo~hmsn from Jail and lynched
him. hanging him tn s beam in a railroad
engine house Being a saloon keeper.
I,oshnan was of course. har,i character.
He had threatened to shoot other men.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
has established a lshermans reading room
at Gloucester. and several coffee rooms.
anil i accordingly regarded there with
much grateful affection.
"a crcnsr signed James Tanner com
missioner, but prepared hy Assistant Sec
Rotary Mobiles direction before he left vas
received hy al chiefs OF divisions in the
persien Office the 18Th forhidding r,-rat-
lng n pensions except " here evidence was
pro-ince,i 70 show that the present rate was
erroneous
The returns from the school elections
IN Kansas. which have come 10 very slow
j.. show tha, al,nt atty thousand women
hAve voted. MANY ladies' are elected %
ua!yc
The jury 10 the case Of j |. Sullivan
fonni hui guilty Of prize aShttng \ mo-
ton for arrest Of Judgment was made.
The warrant Of arrest VS. served up
on Justice Field in San Francisco Friday
afternoon. \ writer ~ hai,,-a~ corpus was
Al once sworn ont before Judge Saw yer IN
thu circuit cnurt. Judge sawyer granted
tht Wit ~ hah~a~ corpus and released
Jg~iicr tir!d 90 r. fssl ball
Judge Tcrry- funeral ore urrcd FRIDAY
afternoon There wa no 81 siurbsnCc a.
anticipated