Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-10
STATE NEWS.

Samuel Larrabee, Esq, prominent citizen Of
Bangor, died Monday afternoon, aged "a years.
lie was President of the Mercantile bank.
Capt. Charles Pierce's daughter, Miss Kate
Pierce Of East Hampton, was knocked down and
robbed of what money she had in her possession
and bundle, by a man whom she met while
walking towards her home. She passed the man
and he Immediately began to follow her. and upon
overtakins her. politely knocked her down in or
der to relieve her of what he desired to get. She
was on her way home from Bangor, having been
shopping in the city, Wing.
The central pavilion of the Maine General Hos
pital in Portland is now about completed. The
first and second stories are devoted to the room
needed by the resident physician, the trustees
office and parlors, while the upper stories will be
devoted to patients HE cost OF this pavilion
will be about $4,000.
Reuben A. Wentworth of Topsham, was COM
mtted to prison in Boston last Friday, on charge
of stealing a satche and contents, valued at $43,
from Wesley c. Newdick. There were those in
court who believed Wentworth innocent. We
hear that Newdck has been engaged in some ca
pacity at Shannon's hotel, and if street report
does not belle him, the story told by Wentworth
in court would seem TO be nothing but simple
truth.
A new society has been formed in Midway,
called the SINNERS Gathering Other places
have the name without the organization.
The Portland Advertiser contains quite . ro.
MdutE anu seusutIouni deSouht VI euS Aot tuASS "
certain Rodman family, who were residents OF
Portland some ten years ago. In 1865. this fam
ily, consisting of the father-John Rodman-a
man of about 80, and mechanic by trade, his
wife and two children, Mary and Charlie, lived in
building on the corner of Franklin and Fore
streets. In the great fire of 1865, this house was
burned down, and Mr.. Rodman was thrown out
CT work. He accordingly removed his family to
Harlem, on the outskirts Of New York, where he
had a brother living. Mr.. Rodman soon after
went to Valparaiso leaving his family in the care
of his brother. For a short time letters were re-
ceived from Rodman enclosing money for the
family and expressing confidence that he should
soon be able to send for them. Then his letters
Suddenly ceased. The brother died, and what lit
tie remained OF his property was eaten up by the
lawyers.
In 1870, Mrs. Rodman and her two children re :
turned to Portland, where she supported herself
and children by the needle. In 1872 the captain
of an English vessel gave Charles, her son. .
chance on his brig bound for Galveston. But the
first news that the mother heard of this vessel
after it had sailed was that it had been wrecked
and all on board lost. Time passed on until
short time ago, when Mrs. Rodman heard that her
husband was alive and well, and had accumulated
large fortune in Valparaiso. II seems the letters
OF both husband and wife had been lost and each
had supposed the other dead or run away. or dis
posed of in some other way. OF course there
was happy meeting, and TO crown their JOY, the
boy supposed to have been lost at sea proved to
have been saved, and the family circle is once
more complete. Slow music by the band.