Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Ohio. Monday, but the militia were
ordered to remain TIL Tuesday Inc
grand Jury will investigate the Martin
death. and the funeral of the murdered
men will be held, Tuesday.
George Dixon and young Critic"
boxed ten rounds at the New Manhattan
Club, Friday night. AS both were on
their feet at the end of the tenth round,
the bout was, according to agreement,
called u draw.
Two houses on South street Salmon
Falls, N. H., owned by Miss Elizabeth M.
Meserve Of Newburyport Mass, were
burned, early. Monday. Loss. $4,000. In
surance, $4,000. The fire rendered seven
families homeless.
Ever since Saturday night destructive
fire has been raging in the OH regions OF
Toledo Ohio. The telegraph aud telc-
phone lines are nearly all rendered useless
In that Immediate vicinity, and detailed
reports of the damage have been difficult
to secure The FIRE seems to have done
the most damage about Mermil, Cygnet
and Lucky.
Rev Frank Hyatt Smith Of the North
Avenue Congregational church, Cam
bridge, under indictments which charge
him with having written and mailed pos
tai cards containing defamatory, Indecent
and llbelous Inscriptions, was before the
United States commissioner Mt Boston,
Monday, but the case was continued for
one week, Mr. Smith furnishing $500
bonds for his appearance.
Captain Carl +. Palfrey of the corps Of
engineers, was, Monday, placed on the re-
tired list of the army at his own request
having served more than 30 years. He
was born In Massachusetts and entered
the military academy from Maine, in
1865. His last duty was under the late
Gen. Poe at Detroit For the past three
months, he has been on sick leave, being
confined to the hospital Mt Milwaukee,
Wis.
Twenty guests at the Adelphia hotel,
Huntington, ". Va, were taken suddenly
sick, Sunday night, being poisoned from
eating asparagus in an oyster soup.
Homer Smith, proprietor of the Phoenix
hotel, Point Pleasant, IS spcechless, and
cannot recover. VIM. Baker, New York
travelling man, J. W. p. Powers, n Wheel
ing drummer. Harry RAINY and wife,
Huntington, r. W. Sterling, proprietor of
the hotel, and daughter Mary, are danger
ously ILL., Many Others are sick, but not
seriously.
Thomas Roberts, aged IS years, of
Lynn, is dead. He was n native OF Ly-
man, Me, and when young man
operated clothing mill ut Alfred, until
tho beginning of wooden mills in New
England ended the clothing industry.
From that time until 1898 he was engaged
in the wooden business in several Maine
towns. In Lynn he entered the morocco
business and invented the first heaming
machine ever used in any beam house in
the world. He also improved several other
machines used In the tr de. He 10
tired from business about ten years ago.
Fire, Monday night, at the Laconla Car
Works, Lakcport, n. H, destroyed Sa5,
900 worth of property. Flames were dis
covered in the freight department build
ing which was destroyed with contents.
The Grey iron foundry building Is also a
total loss. The cabinet department build
Ing was slightly damaged by fire and its
contents soaked with water, Several cars
on the track were burned The origin of
the fire is unknown. The loss is under
stood to be covered by blanket insurance
policies. The car works will suffer heavy
loss by damage to business, the freight
department being rushed with oriers.
b l.. Farrell, burglar, was shot to
death while in the act Of robbing Anthony
Saobter's merchant tailoring establish
msnt, s2il Cottage Grove avenue, Chica-
60. at 1 A. NJ. Monday. The recent
raids Of burglars made him fearful of a
visit from marauders so he resolved to