The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-07
iift of benjamin E. Bates 10 Bate
College Declared Void.
FROM ORR EXCHANGES.

John Vickery OF Lewiston, a man 50 years
old, performed the remarkable feat of walking
from that city to HalIoweil on Tuesday last.
The distance is about 80 miles.
Joseph NJ Gordon, of Franklin, has been ap-
pointed keeper of Avery's Rock Light station.
in place OF Thomas E. Dodge, who has been
transferred to Burntcoat Harbor Light station.
The house of W. FL. Davis of Ellsworth was
entered by burglars on the night of the 31st
nlr. The screams of female inmate of the
house, who was awakened in the night by the
hand OF man on her throat, awakened the
family, and the burglar fled without booty.
The residence of York Harbor and beach are
agitating the formation of local telephone
company. The route proposed is from Ports
mouth to York Corner, from there to Walker g
store, thence to York Harbor. where offices
will probably be had at Stevens store, the
Goodwin and Norwood farm, from which place
it will go to the Hotel Bartlett and Sea Cot
tage at Long beach, continuing to Concord
vile and Cape Neddick. Should this arrange
ment go into effect two offices at least will be
kept open all winter, viz; that at Walkers
store and at the office at Cape Neddick.
In Hodgdon, Aroostook county, last week
burglar entered the dwelling house of Henry
IDgraham and stole pocket-book containing
$40 IN money and notes to the value of $500.
Th9 house of Samuel Berry was entered and
$40 in silver was taken belonging to Fred
Knowlton His vest with 800 in one of the
pockbtS esChpeu Tue LHleI.
The Trustees of the State College have elect
ed Mr.. j. Fred Webster as Treasurer of the
college, TO fill the vacancy caused by the
death OF Hon. Eben Webster. Mr.. J. Fred
Webster is a son of the deceased treasurer and
is an active and enterprising business man.
Intelligence was received in Ellsworth last
week, from Capt. Alley, of schooner Altave-
li9, that the mate, Mr.. Isaiah =. Haynes was
lost overheard and drowned on Sundayi night,
August 26, while off Cape Cod Every effort
was made to save him, but without avail Mr..
Haynes was a son of Thomas Haynes of Ellis
worth. He was about 26 years of age and
leaves widow and child to mourn his loss.
Samuel Libbey, Esq, of Orono, during the
present season had fine looking field OF pota-
toes. On Tuesday last they were dug and on
careful measurement the yield was found to be
at the rate of 376 bushels to the acre. Charg-
ing to the crop all the money paid out for labor
and seed, and proper amount for the dress
ing supplied, they cost him 30 cents per bush
el. There were very few small potatoes in the
lot and they were all fair and smooth
In the town of Prospect resides Mr. Killman
who is nearly 95 years of age and has descend
ants living of the 9th generation. She has a
daughter aged 70, grand daughter aged 55 a
great grandson of 81. and great grand daught
er II years. The old lady is in perfect health
and recently walked Que and oue-half miles to
her daughters and returned. She has lately
spun, doubled and twisted five skeins OF yarn
per day for six successive days, whioh is con-
sidered good days work for any lady. She
has reared eleven children; six sons and i've
daughters.
City Marshal True of Halowel, went to
Lewiston on Tuesday, after the boy, BERTHE
Reynolds, an adopted son OF j. w. Jones of
Somerville. Reynolds left Johns on Monday
afternoon, with $2l5 and a sorrel mare which
he bad stolen from Jones, True was unable to
find the boy in Lewiston. II is thought now
that he aid not go to Gardiner or Hallowel as
stated, but to Augusta, where he put up at
George Robiuson's for the night Tuesday he
drove the horse uR near the Staples Block
where it remained hitched from about nine in
the morning until late In the afternoon. Dep
uty Marshal Breen took the animal in custody
and notified the owner. The boy while in Au-
gusta purchased some new clothes at store
and bought ticket at tho station for Port
land.
A despatch to tho Associated Press Wednes-
day reported the death Of George r. Jordan OF
Bddeford attributing it to suicide, An
autopsy held on the body yesterday morning
shows that death resulted from the formation
Of a firm clot Of blood which completely clog
ged the right pulmonary artery. S. X, Hitch
ings, State assayer, ade careful examination
OF the stomach and certifies that it was per-
fectly healthy without trace OF having con-
tanned any vegetable or mineral poison. These
facts conclusive disproye the suicide theory.