Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-02

goods was saved. The Buildings were
Insured for 500.
John w. Tibbetts. aged "A years. a
~ell-knowh painter of Bath. COM
II itted suicide. Monday evening, By
shooting himself with revolver. The
cause is supposed to be an attack of
the grip from which he had been suf-
fering for some time.
In anticipation of threatened cut
down in wages the teamsters in r. W
Hunt x co. 5 tannery. Island Falls wenr
out on a strike Tuesday morning They
claim their work has been especially hard
this winter and some experienced work.
men have no; earned an average of 81. 90
per day. II is believed by those most in
terested that the matter will be satisfac-
tofily adjusted soon.
Two carpenters named Haskell. who re-
sae at East Deerng. the elder man Of
about sixty years. and the younger about
thirty years OF age, We're standing on Il
staging Shingling house IN Portland.
Tuesday. when the staging gave way and
the two men were precipitated to the
ground. A doctor was called and found
that the elder man had injured his back
and strained his chest while the other es-
capped with bad bruises.
The second annual banquet of the
Sebasticook Clinical Society was held
at the Lancey House, Pittsfield Mon
day evening. The election Of officers
resulted as follows: DR.. T. y. Drake
president; DR. r. &. Bryant. vice presi-
dent: DR.. f.. r. Goodrich, clerk and
treasurer. Executive committee, DIR.
f. A. Porter. II. +. Libby DR.. NJ l..
Damon.
John w Tibbetts a painter. left his
home on High street. Bath, about 5 T..
Nj. Monday. presumably to call on a
neighbor His wife went To bed but az
he did not return she grew anxious. and
arising from bed. looked out of the win
dow and saw her husbands body lyin.
in the yard He had shot himself with ..
2-calibre revolver. 1t WAS about II O'Clock
when the body was found. and the doc
tor said that he had been dead at leas.
TWO hours. He had been greatly worked
up of late over Christian Science.
Al the annual meeting of the Megantic
Fish and Game Corporation held a Port
land, Tuesday. the following officers We're
elected: DR.. George W. Way. Portland,
clerk; l.. Dana Chapman, Boston. assist
ant clerk and treasurer: and the follow
ing directors: Clarence \. Barney, Bos-
ton; Geo. IL. Burt. Hartford. Conn: AL
bert Bernard Boston; j. W. Cutler. Bing
hamton. n. Y: l.. Dana Chapman. Bos-
Gibson. Medford. Mass. Dr. J. Z. Har-
vie, Troy. n. y: 5. +. Johnson, boston,
a. r. Justice. Philadelphia; DR.. w. q.
Kendall. Boston: y. \. Macleod. Boston;
II u w Mttfllntit. bcSAou, DN IittCN,
Boston: 4. w, Robinson, Boston: IA. W.
Robinson, Boston: II. w. Sanborn, Boa-
ton: r. T.. Tcaiser. Boston: w B. Wads-
worth, New York. The president pre-
sented a very favorable report regarding
the affairs Of the corporation during the
past year. and the treasurers report
showed receipts of SIS l5I SS with expenses
Of ST. $50 Al. The treaSurerS report also
showed for the year ending Feb. !. 1899.
an Indebtedness of S46S5 and assets of the
corporation. $25, ,2li.31.
Rufus Penley, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Auburn. died. Tuesday. at his
home in South Auburn Mr.. Penley was
born, Jan. Is. 1915, farm in the old
town OF Danviie. snow part of Auburn.
His life was passed farmer and bus
mess man. For a number of Years he
was in business in Auburn a part of the
time in company with the late Jeremiah n
Dingley Jr.. and |. B. kimball. and later
alone. He was for several years a men,
ber of the board of Selectmen of Auburn,
and was postmaster of the town undcy
Buchanan from 1857 TO 1861. He was origi-
nally Whg, but at the death of that
party became a Democrat and continued
1864 and IA year later bought the farm
upon which he lived until his death. In
1856 he was chairman of the seectmen OF
Danville and town treasurer. After the
annexation of Danvilie to Auburn he
served as a member OF the Auburn city
council and as member of the board OF
overseers- of the poor. His wife, who was
Miss Abbe Gowell. and two children.
Mrs Frank G. Nickery of South Auburn
and Horace l.. Penley of Auburn. sur
ViVe him.