The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-08
wEsroN,s PEDESTRIAN FEAT.
mo fails TO WALK 400 nzile. in "a Hours

AS stated in the Press of yesterday, Weston
started from Hartford at o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon, having altered his route so as to go by
the ALBANY turnpike. Nothing was heard from
nun ON Wednesday, save that he made his first
1--we miles ia hour and ten minutes. HE.
reached New Hartford, twenty-one miles, at
945, aud Riverton, twenty-six miles. at IL ~
Riverton is not on the route marked out tor
him when he left Hartford, and why he made
the change. ~or why he makes such frequent
cf,antsas In tis route is not known He APP
naars to have swung clear of all telegraph sta
tiops for nothing was heard of him until yes
terdav when dispatch was received from
Troy. N. Y, stating that he arrived at Sand
Lake, Rensselaer, county, N. Y, at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, having accomplished
his 100 miles two hours short OF his time. The
route he took is not specified, and one dispatch
states that he should have proceeded twenty
miles further, to Schenectady, to ACCOMPLISH
the 100 miles. But his route may have been a
circuitous one, and not by the most direct road
That is his look out; for by the terms of the
agreement he is to walk on what is known as
the Post Road and is to walk 100 miles in
twenty -four consecutive hours, and make 1926
miles in walking to Chicago within thirty DAYS
from the time of starting '4 3ei 3slinl@
OF his movements after arriving at TROY we
haveia at the time of writing this no accounts.
We may possibly get something by telegraph
before going to press. gill5 8 3.aly aaii
> & 7. S.wAfter the above was put in type we
received the Providence Journal, which seDt.a
reporter with Mr.. Weston, who forwards the
following dispatch to that paper: O. o.. .-.f.,,..,
West Stockbridge; Mass, Nou. 6--Weston
abandoned his second trial of the 100 mile feat
at Lee, Mass, at O'Clock this morning He
was in splendid condition on leaving Hart
ford; passed through Avon (ten miles) at z 20;
arrived at New Hartford (twenty miles) at 1888;
left at 10 o'clock, and arrived at Hitchcockyille
Thirty miles) at 1916; arrived at New Boston
(thirty-six miles) at 2.15; arrived at East Lee
i(itty-fve mles) at o'clock, and gave up the
attempt, having slightly sprained right ankle
The road was frozen and rough. Weston
stopped for sleep and refreshments, and left at
LAB this afternoon;. arrived here at z. 25, and
left at o'clock. He will stop tonight at East
Chatham, N. Y, and go tomorrow TO Troy N
Y. sIsrs,i adt ,H4aaIii lYsis l'guolhI sa9'f5tf
d Either the Troy operator who sent the dis
patch to this city or the reporter of the Jour-
nal is mistaken, as Weston, according to the
former was at Sand Lake, N. Y, at 3 o'clock,
while, according to the latter, he was only at
East Lee, Mass, at 4.45 Wednesday afternoon
Ldtest-The following telegram received late
last evening settles the question. He failed in
his second attempt to walk 100 miles in twenty
four hours 1851 Dt8i-9e -oat-l y -e'+A
ea-3,so, eds 10 e Troy, N Y, Nov. 7.
! Weston, the pedestrian, reached here at 2 Az
this afternoon, having failed yesterday in his
second attempt to walk 100 miles in twenty
four consecutive hours, in consequence of the
almost impossible condition of the roads, He
is in splendid health and spirits, and, although
his ank les are little sore he is confident OF
success He will not make the third hundred
mile attempt until after leaving Buffalo.
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SUIT FOR TREsPAss.--,The suit of John w.
Ford against VIM. p. Baker, an action of tres
pass, is on trial in the u. S. Circuit Court,
Boston, before Justices Clifford and Lowell.
The plaintiff, who resides in London, alleges
that the defendant in August, 1865 arrested
his ship, called the Alexandrene, while in the
custody of his Boston agent and about. to pro-
coed from that city to St. John. The ship was
detained from August 90 to September ~, and
$4,000 damages are claimed from decline in
freight and other causes. The defendant an
swers that he attached the ship on suit
brought by the American Bank of Hallowell.
Maine, as the property of Henry Cooper and
others, and that the ship belonged to them and
not to Ford, and that bill of sale was made
to Ford that, the ship might sail under the
British flag only. ',..-,,