Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-24
State News.
AxpRoscoeclS.

Special Policeman Dascomb of Auburn az
rested five young fellows who were making a
disturbance near Willis mill in Auburn.
Sunday, he put them in his covered huiied-
corn wagon and started for the town. On
the way two jumped ont of the wagon. The
officer shouted and started in pursuit, mind
less of the three Young rogues in his wagon.
Dascomb did not catch the fugirives and when
he returned TO his carriage, the other prison
ers had also escaped.
Mr. Charles E GAY. of Auburn the Jour
nal says, has RECENTLY purchased onehalf of
the right in ..Farmer's Exhaust, an inven-
tion said TO be worth hig fortune when de-
veloped. 1t is an attachment for locomotive
engines. BY which the humping and disturb
ance to the fires caused by the passage af the
waste steam from the condenser To the smoke
stack in the old fashioned exhaust is avoided
II is claimed that saving of l6 per cent is
effected. amounting to $500 wear IN an or
binary locomotive. Ii can he applied TO any
high pressure engine. and ss there are lo0,-
600 OF more of these in use in the county on
rail and water, the company thinks II has a
big thing. The Maine Central owns Farmers
exhausts for all its locomotives.
CUMBERLAND.
Portland city fathers had a warm debate
Monday night on the question of Fourth of
July celebration. AT last the sum of 50 500
was voted in board of Aldermen, but a we'll
ment amendment in council. appropri-
ating $500. killed the whole affair.
FRANKLIN.
short time ago, a special officer of the
United States Postal Service was in Phillips
looking up a case, and on the 18th inst
arrested Young man of about twenty years
Ctr I,,r 1a1 OIL nd .stI.
another lad of fifteen or sixteen, of Weld.
took them before United States commits
sioner in Portland They had some dealings
with some of the New York cheap jewelre
concerns, and had undoubtedly been cheated.
In spirit of retaliation, or for fun, they at
tempted to retaliate. A letter was registered
and mailed to Weld, purporting to have con
tanned certain sum of money, with accom-
panying order and letter of instructions
No money was ever placed in the
letter. but the brilliant precaution was taken
to write on a slip of paper inclosed. ''Catch
the theft More recently a similar letter
was mailed from Phillips post Office, purport
ing to contain IS 40, to the same parties. no
money enclosed, but with the same admoni-
tion-''Catch the theft -penned across the
sheet, in the same handwriting as the Weld
letter. These letters and others fell into the
hands OF the post once detectives. as mat
ter of course, and the result is that the
younger of the two turned States evidence,
and James c. keene of Salem plead guilty
to the charge For want of bail he was COM
mitted TO await the action of the grand jury
at the United States District Court, at Ban
gor, in June.-ArguS.
The Sandy River telegraph line between
Phillips and Pennington is to give place to
the telephone. A telegraph line will then be
built from Pennington to Lewiston.
PENoBsCOT.
telegram from Stratford, N. H., received
in Bangor Sunday evening stated that two
Bangor men. John Raglan and Daniel Suli-
van, were drowned on one of the Connecticut
river drives. last Saturday .-Commereiai.
The second suspension of the Pacific Bank
affects the Merchants Bank of Bangor to the
extent of $50, 900; the Veazie bank 500, 900,
and individuals to quite large sums.
Rev +. T. Lakewood will officiate as chap
lain at Mt. Hope. Bangor. on Memorial day,
and not in Ellsworth as was enormously stat
cd