Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
The Pith OF the News Taken From
Current Events OF the Day.

Burlington. Vt. has population of
Il 800. 4 gain of 3,lS2 over 1850. Ben.
nington has 4, 1888, loss OF II.
Joseph Shannon, n wealthy farmer of
Beaver Falls, Pa, aged sixty years. was
swindled out of 1900 on Thursday by
two sharpers.
Thomas Coyle of Worcester, smashed
the cashiers window in the Lincoln Nation
al Bank, Boston. saturday, and secured
$3.50. lie was captured.
Milford, N. j., had a cloud burst, Fri
day. Three children of W. II. Slater were
washed away and one was drowned. Dam
age estimated at Sl0o,o 900.
Supervisor wadlin of the census bureau
gives as an official estimate of Boston's
population 1926. The figures of the
census of 1850 were 3G2, $50.
Hon. y. T. Barnum celebrated his s0th
birthday Saturday, py giving an eight-course
dinner and reception TO his employees and
their families at the Sea-ide Park.
Water in the Salmon Falls river was
drawn off Friday and thorough search
WAS made along the bed The missing
head of Hiram Sawtell could not be found
Steamer Eleanora run into two harges IN
He'll Gate, Saturday afternoon, which were
loaded with nearly 200 excurstonists. No
lives lost though many were badly injured.
Edward Halan defeated George Ilosmer
half length in a three mile shell race on the
Big Sioux river Friday afternoon, for n
purse of $500 of which the winner got
$500.
The Office of C. W. Loring of Boston
WAS robbed of about 81 900 worth of Jew
elry and silverwarc Saturday. No clue to
the thief.
About one hundred people at the Catho-
lie picnic in u1bridge, Mass, were made
violently sick by poisonous ice cream, July
{. The freezers were found badly worn
and corroded
A young son of Henry NJ Crafts of
Gardner, Mass, picked up FIRE cracker
Friday evening. and thinking it wa. out
blew on it. The cracker exploded, putting
out both his ewes.
In the professional scullers' race of three
miles. at Boston, July T., John Tcemer,
James Ten Eyck. John Mckay, and John
Joyce started. Teemer won in Pills, with
Ten Eyck second in ~ .22, and Joyce third.
The difference between the city of Fail
klNPE, mANf HuI ' uiitb SAhtfH fttuTHs ~
nearly 8 ,O0d in favor of the city canvassers
and nine of the United States men have
received orders 10 make recaDyass Of
their sections.
Willie DaDfortb IL years old. son OF r.
w. Danforth of Gardner was drowned In
Depnison lake, near Winchendon, Mass,
Saturday morning. lie was in boat with
several other boys gathering pond lilies,
and fell overheard
The dwelling house. barns and outbuild-
ings belonging to Mrs. M. Il. Bems in
Fast Whi,eield N. H., were burned early
Friday morning, together with most Of the
contents. Loss about $1,000; insured for
5000 Cause of FIRE unknown.
Frday'evening the northbouud express
on the Louisville Southern railroad near
Louisville, Ky, struck wagon containing
| twenty-oue persons returning from picnic.
Three persons were instantly killed and
Others more or less seriously injured.
George II. Lease, aged es, of Waterbury
VI, committed suicide by taking poison,
and was found in his harness shop, Satur-
day afternoon. He lived but a few min
utes He was in financial troubles, hu,
had been attached for only about $500.