Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-12-07

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Napoleon Clifford. Is years old, son of po
liceman Clifford, of Lewiston, ran away the
lst inst. He took the Pullman, with ticket
for Boston in his pocket. He never had beer
out of town before.
The Lewiston police are on the lookout for
q forger who Saturday was in Detroit, Me,
and who is wanted in Bangor. His name is
given as r. O. Manning alias E P. Martin.
He claims to be an advance agent of Fore
paugh's show. He is thirty-6ve years old )
feet inches high, weighs lis pounds. He
had with him a young girl named Hattie
Hewey alias Nettie Richings aged sixteen
years.
| The Auburn shoe shipments of the past
week show a decided improvement over last
week. The record for the past week is IT, l4l
cases shipped, 9S,529 pounds of leather re-
ceived. Last weeks record WAS 709 cases,
81 ,032 pounds of leather.
party of seventeen left Lewiston on
TUESDAY for the West They were furnished
with a through car from Boston to Chicago
Among the party was Maj. Seward Dill and
wife of Phillips, and A. Grover of Winthrop.
A workman's shovel turned out a human
skull and humerus on High street, Auburn,
the other day. One or two smaller bones
were also found but not complete skeleton.
roots of one of the huge elms that had been
pulled over. The front teeth of the skull
were gone, but the back of the jaws showed
| a perfect set of molars entirely unmarked by
dentists filling, evidently good for another
generation. The bones were yeilowed with
| the soil and almost decayed into dust. The
grading of the top of the hill evidently is
disclosing an ancient Indian burying ground.
| A hearing was held before Judge Charles
Danforth of the Supreme Bench at Auburn
court house, Tuesday forenoon, on the ques-
| ton of the legality of the taxation OF certain
money taxed in the assessors books of the
city of Auburn against Seth p Miller of the
| late firm of Miller & Randall. The amount
| is So, 600, the tax amounting to about $500.
and is deposited in the national shoe and
| leather bank of Auburn awaiting distribution
| TO creditors of the late firm of Miller & Ran
dali as the dividend of fifty per cent, or there
about.
1t is estimated that the total output of the
Arosstook numbering district this year will
not exceed 40, 600 900 feet.
CUMBERLAND.
| There are now needed only little more
| than SIS. in addition to what was subscribed
| at South Berwick, to complete the sum neces-
sary for the establishment of the Baptist free
| bed in the Maine General Hospital at Port
| land.
| Mr. Chas. e. Adams of Bangor, commo-
dore-elect of Bowdoin Boating Association,
has been elected to act as manager and train
| er in the gymnasium. Mr.. Adams is one of
| Bowdoin's finest athletes.
The fishing vessels are now all hauled up,
and the canning factories are closed. Pack
ers report that the seasons work is not more
than half that of last. Messrs. c. A. Dyer
& Co., report that last year they put up 20. 900
| barrels, while this year the product will not
exceed 10000 barrels The Portland Mu-
tual Fishing Insurance Company has had
successful season. The past seasons insur-
ance has exceeded the previous year by near
! ly 100000.
In a list of 40S collapsed cooperative as
sessment insurance associations. published
by the New York Bulletin, is found the Estate
Mutual Aid Society," of Portland, Me.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Portland, Bangor, Mt. Desert and
Machias Steamboat Co., held in Portland on
the 4th inst. the following gentlemen were
elected directors for the ensuing year W.
+. Mllliken. j. B. Coyle, VIM. G. Davis, and
J. S. Winslow, of Portland and Samuel c.
Lawrence of Boston. At a subsequent meet
ing of the directors, w. f. Milliken was
eltCtcu pTeslueuts dbu oSOiSS ~. hay SSIiC-
tary and treasurer.
William X. Aston, esq, of New York, has
recently sold to Elias Thomas of Portland,
and Major Hastings of Bethel, portion of
his valuable timber lands on the side of the
| Androscoggin river. in Shelburne entering
from the waters of Rattle river westerly to
Gorham line. says the Sunday Times.
VIM Keizer of Bridgton was victimized
to the extent of S460 on the Eastern railroad,
between Boston and Chelsea, day or two
ago. by two confidence men, one purporting
| to be a custom-house officer who stepped up
| to a newly made 'friend' of Kezer's and de-
manded pay for goods lying in the bonded
warehouse and consigned to him. Keizer's
| friend" pulled out a 81 900 bond, which Of
| course the officer could not change, but Mr..
Keizer very obligingly came to the rescue,
| and, asking how much the bill amounted to,
handed out $3.50, the sum stated by the Off
Ger, and taking the 81 900 which he thought
genuine, in exchange.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
NJ. o. L. L. n. S. Maine Commandery held
| in Portland Wednesday evening, the 9TH inst,
the following distinguished gentlemen were
present: Gen. Connor, Gen. Chamberlain,
Gov Robie, Surgeon Brickett, Gen. Beal
Mai. Laphsm, Gen Heath, Capt. Thomas j.
Little, Mai. Burrage. Maj Richards, Gen J.
| NJ. Brown, Maj. >. y. belcner, faymaster
Anderson, Adj c. W. Roberts. Col. Milli-
ken, 1t. J. o. Smith. Maj. Phipps. U. S. A. {:
Surgeon s. c. Gordon, Maj. S. w. Thaxter.
Gen. C T. Mattocks. Six were qualified as
members.
| HANCOCK.
Small pox has broken out in the town of
Brooksville-
Luther Lord, ex-county treasurer, died
Monday morning in his home in East Surrey.
Nine wears ago William A. Friend mystic
riousy disappeared from Brookln. He re-
Gently returned to Sedgwick from California
where he has been residing under the name OF
Bell
While going through the Mt. Desert bridge
on the way to Bangor. recently. Capt. True,
of the steamer Electra. fell overheard, and
the steamer Little Buttercup. which was d.
recily astern. passed over him. The Captain
suffered nothing worse than a severe soaking,
but regards it a narrow escape from drowning
KENNEBEc.
1t is reported that the Star of the East
cleared sec, 900 this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. W. Manter, of Sidney,
on the I'd inst, celebrated the tenth anniver.
sary of their marriage, when some forty OF
their friends answered to the call with plenty
| varv plaasaut time apinv cd