Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-08-09

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ON Saturday afternoon last. three yea
old son Of Thomas WEIGH, hotel keeper .
Houlton station, vas playing near q pile Of
logs, one Of which fell upon him, killing hin
almost instantly.
| general re- union of all the soldiers AND
sailors in Aroosfook is announced to be hold
en- At Sherman Mills, Aug. S0th and 3lst
An address will be delivered by Rev. Theo
Gerrish of Bangor.
| AxDRoscooen.
| The Journal says q party of IS, members
Of one grange in Northern Maine applied
Tuesday by letter for tenting ground At the
State Fair.
The Journal says a census of Squirrel Is
land was taken last Saturday. Out of an ~.
| certained population of 700, Lewiston led
the list with one hundred residents, Auburn
following with 30. The two cities constitute
over one-fourth the population
The Journal ssys bold theft was commit
ted Monday from the house of jaime Knowles
on Main street. Lewiston, in the rear of j.
L. Hayes grain store. Mr.. Knowles and
family. With the exception of boy about IA
years of age, were out of the city. A man
whom the boy thinks he recognized called at
the house in the forenoon. The man called
the boy aside and engaged him to do an er-
| rand promising to stay around and look after
things. When the boy returned, a trunk I'M
der q bed in one of the chambers was pried
open and S2S in bills. So in change, and q
silver watch were gone The man hasn't
been seen since, and the police are looking
for him.
Portland has appropriated $500 to kill the
caterpillars on the trees shading the streets
of that city.
Tuesday Mr.. L. Bouvert, a French boot
and shoe dealer visited Portland, and went
into saloon near the Grand Trunk station for
a glass of beer. While there two men were
engaged in shaking dice and one asked Bou
vert to lend him $40 for few moments while
he won a like sum from his comrade. Bou-
vert laid down the money when the two shar-
pers seized it and fed. Now Bouvert wants
to find them and recover his money.
We regret to learn of the severe accident
that happened to Mr.. n. S. Heseltine. the
well-known foreman of the car shop at the
Portland Company's works. He and his fam
ily were at Garland, his early home, and he,
seeing an old friend in an adjoining field,
started to climb the high fence that inter-
vened. He missed his balance and fell from
the top of the fence, breaking an arm and
brusing his face severely.
The Advertiser SAYS it is stated that on the
sth of September the last spike in the rails
of the Northern Pacific railroad will be driv
en-, and from that time there will be direct
communication by rail from Portland, Me. to
our namesake in Oregon. The commission
house of John Dennis of Portland has ar
ranged TO despatch,a as soon as The connections
are completed, ten freight cars, filled with
canned goods put up by Portland firms, direct
to Portland. Oregon, without change. Ar
engagements have been completed to keep the
cars together and rush them through in the
shortest possible time. 1t is understood that
the cars will be promptly marked so tina,
they cannot fail to attract attention at every
station between the two oceans.
SAGAhAHoc.
Mr. VIM. c. Duncan. one of the inspectors
in the Bath Custom House, finding that his
private business is demanding the whole of
his time and attention, has voluntarily ten
dered his resignation to Collector Wake
field and the vacancy has been filled by the
appointment of Mr. VIM B. Palmer.
The Court Of Commissioners on the Ala
balma claims, was in session Tuesday and
will probably hold for week at J. S. Eliot's
office, HYDE Block. Bath. Arthur Sewalfs
cases were before them Tuesday, they con-
sist of his private claims; +. & A. Sewalrs !;
and the old firm Clark & Sewall and aggre-
gate quite sum. The claims Levi w.
Houghton had for himself, his firm, and for
the estates of ]. P. Morse, and Richard
Morse & Sons. amount to about $3.50, 900.