Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-08-15
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Arthur Smart, Who works q the Grand
Trunk sheds, at Portland, had his yes,
robbed Of . watch and chain and several dol.
lars in money on Monday. The vest VA
hung up while the man was at work.
Capt. VIM. P. Davis. master of the ship
Mystic Belle of Boston, which recently Ar
rived at Philadelphia from the west coast Of
South America. died in this city on Sunday
from injuries received on the previous day
by being run over by knickerbocker ice
wagon on Delaware avenue. He Was born
| IN Portland. went 10 sea in his boy-hood
| The hearing in tie case of the colored
sailors Charles Ashton aud James Brown
| against Basden, first mate, and Frederick
Segers, second mate, of the schooner Fred
W. Chase Of Augusta, for assault 90 board
said vessel, was resumed before United States
Commissioner Rand al 9. 80 Monday morning.
Commissioner Rand ordered Basaen and
Segers TO be discharged from the complaint.
Last Saturday afternoon as the afternoon
train on the Portland and Ogdensburg road
was pulling up TO Hiram Junction an elderly
lady on board who wished to take the narrow
gauge road started te get of before the train
| stopped. In doing so she missed her footing
T. Ii between the platform and brake frames
and rolled completely in on TO the track.
fhe train came To a sIandsIill just as the rear
trucks touched her body. The accident was
watched by persons with breathless interest
The Press SAYS the annual meeting of the
Odd Fellows Mutual Relief Association of
Maine occurred in Portland Monday evening
The state reliei as this organization is fami-
larry known, is IN very prosperous condi-
ton, numbering about 5000 members. In the
ten years OF its existence it has di,bur>ed near
Nv $500 900 TO the families of deceased Odd
Fellows. The average cost of insurance in
the association for the past ten Years has not
exceeded $40 per capita on 81, 500 The as
ISOLATION has also accumulated very hand
some reserve fund, which is well invested and
held in abey ance tor future use. The Grand
Lodge, /. y. .. + met in Portland. Tues
day morning. Matters of great importance
to the order then came before il. The Grand
Encampment me, Wednesday morning.
MIR. Elisha Leavitt of Harpswell, was out
in a dory fishing, a few weeks since, when a
shark about the length of his boat came
along side tangiing his lines. Ma. Leavitt
having with him what is called lance, that
is pole from six to eight feet long, with a
knife or sword attached TO il about two feet
long. this Mr.. Leavitt threw into the fish
The shark broke the pole and made for MIR
Leavitt, grabbing the boat by the rail nearly
powerful man was enabled by the use of an
oar 10 beat the monster away and save him.
self. The boat shows marks of the encounter
by its torn sides.
The Press says Saturday afternoon the
house and barn belonging to Isiah Elder. sit
uated on the Windham road, just above
MorrilFs Corner, were burned to the ground.
The flames were first discovered issuing
from the roof of the barn by young son of
OF Mr.. l.. B. bennett, who lives near by.
He at once gave the alarm, but only the fur
niture was saved.
Monday noon a report was hreathed abroad
that the large and well-known wholesale dry
goods house of Storer, Bolster & Co, of
Portland, had sold out to Deering. Milliken
4 Co. The report was premature but at 4
o clock in the afternoon the sale was consum-
mated, and Messrs. Deering, Milliken & Co.
became the possessOr of the splendid stock
of the competing firm for spot cash price of
5000, 900. the largest cash price, it is said,
ever paid for any one stock of goods in Port
land The reason for the sale stated by Mr..
III. Storer are simply that that the firm
made up their minds to go ont of business
and the question was whether to sell off
piecemeal in the ordinary form of liquida-
ton. or in bulk, and the latter course was
decided on. He said the firm had not failed :
that the concern would pay all its bills
dollar for dollar.
OXFORD.
The blueberry crop on Black Mountain,
in Sumper and Peru. is unusually large this
season, and there has been a rush of pickers.
Forty bushels were carried on in a single
day recently.
PENOBsCOT.
The Wing says at a meeting of the jane
son Guards at Bangor, on Saturday evening
in their armory John Drscoll was elected
Second Lieutenant in place of 7. l., Howe,
resigned. Col. II. l.. Mitchell presided at
the meeting.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The Wing says some OF the rolling stock
for the MonsoD narrow gauge railroad has,
already arrived at Monson.
WASHINGTON.
The annual meeting of the ST. Croix cotton
mill was held at the new office of the compa-
ny. in Calls Wednesday. The report showed
that 80 600 spndles were now in running
order; that although this was the first year of
running the mill, fair profit has been made
upon the business of the past year. and that
the outlook for the coming year was of very
favorable nature. The mill has manufactured
during the year ending June 80, 1888 about
four and one-quarter million yards of cloth.
The present capacity of the mill is 225 900
yards per week.
YORK.
At kennetunkport the land available for
seaside purposes has been bought up by the
Boston and Kennebunkport Sea Shore Com
pany." Thev own between 600 and zoe
acres, mostly high land, well wooded and in
| terspersed with beaches, coves. headlands
and rocky points. 1t has all been surveyed
and laid out into lots. divided by streets and
avenues. The Ocean Bluff House is owned
BY this company and leased to its present
managers.