Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-03-17

morning last, at the age Of IS years. Mr.
r BRAY has been . resident Of Houlton for A
!. years.
r CUMBERLAND.
,, The Press says: James Dow, = lad of l;
years, employed as = ward room boy OF
: board the cutter Dallas stole q lady's fine
gold watch and about S25 in money from
Lient Moore. Tuesday, and came on shore
: The theft was discovered and a watch wa.
{ kept at the boats and depots for Dow bu, he
was not found. When complaint made
. at the police station Marshall Bridges re-
membered seeing 4 boy answering the de-
scription of Dow, going out over Tukey's
: bridge late in the afternoon. Ii was ascer-
tanned that the boy had an uncle living a,
Falmouth Foreside. and the Marshall and
Capt. Black went out there TO find him.
Upon arriving at the Uncle's residence il
was found that the boy had been there bu,
left in the morning to return to the city.
Dow was arrested Wednesday by officer
Frank Merrill and the stolen property re-
covered.
The Argus Wednesday morning. made
charges against Marshall Bridges, of Port
land. The charges in brief were that Mr..
Isaac Abrams, much respected merchant,
was assaulted without provocation Friday
night by three roughs, that the whole party
were arrested and taken to the station, when
Capt Black released Mr.. Abrams; that the
next day DIR. Merrill sent certificate of the
serious nature of Mr.. Abrams injuries to
Marshall Bridges, stating it would peril his
life to attend court for ten days; that
although Marshall Bridges knew the danger
oas character of the wounds inflicted on
Abrams he released the roughs who then left
town. Furthermore the Argus saws the
Hebrew population complain of much perse-
cution at the hands of the roughs of that city.
The Press denies that there is any persecu-
ton of the Jews at all. Not till this afIray
occurred has any complaint been made to the
police to such an effect. There have been
complaints made in regard to the Chinese
and the police ordered to protect them 20 the
best of their ability. The police intend to
treat all races and classes equally.
Thursday officers Rice and Fields met " it'll
a sad loss, losing five prisoners at once, the
facts in the case being as follows: A country
man made complaint to them that he had
been robbed of his pocket-bOok containing
Sl44, while in the house of rather a bad
character The officers accompanied him to
the house and arrested five persOns-two men
and three wonderland started with them for
+ the station and on the way the man suddenly
said, Someone has put something into my
overcoat pocket;" and when the something"
was fished out it proved to be the lost pocket
book. Mr.. Rice opened it and found the
Sl44 all right and in bills as described; and
as the pocket had previously been searched,
it was at least reasonable to suppose that the
one who took it had decided to return it, be-
cause if not exactly conscience stricken, yet
having lively sense of Judgment to come.
With the discovery of the lost property the
case, of course, ended, and the prisoners
were released, and the happy cOuntryman
sent on his way to sin no more-perhaps.
The question Thursday was whether the
party who put the money back was feeling
worse over losing it than Rice and Fields
over the loss of five full-grown, plump and
promising prisoners, against whom they ex-
pected to make a case hold.
KNOX.
The Rockland Gazette says Monday night
on Hurricane Isle an Italian, whose name
could not be learned, while in fit of insan-
tv. threw himself overheard. it is supposed
and was drowned. His body was being Crap
pied for when the steamer left there that
! morning.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The Commercial SAYS Mr.. E. d. Shaw of
Greeaville, is numbering this winter near
chain of ponds on the head waters of Dead
river. He has three camps at which are
; sixty men, twenty horses, and eight oxen. He
is hauling mostly spruce. and up to this time
has hauled about 4 ,000. 900 feet on the land
ings. Mr. Shaw estimates l2j, 900. 900 feet
of lumber will be cut on the Kennebec this
season.
The Wing says: A morning train from
Blanchard to Bangor on the Bangor and Pts
cataquis railroad got off the track just as they
were moving out from the Guilford station,
Tuesday morning, and did not get on the
track for several hours.
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield Journal saws that DR.. G. NJ.
Twitchell and wife of that town, are both sick
and confined to the house. They think they
, were poisoned by eating an orange that had
been touched it'll the frost
The Advocate says: The fftieth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward Spooner. of New Portland, was
celebrated at their home. on Monday.
the 18th inst, the gathering being some
thing of the nature of surprise party
J to Mr.. and Mrs. Spooner as they knew
nothing about it, until their friends were
making their appearance at the door. pic
mic dinner wa. served at which time plate
containing $40 in gold money was set be-
, fore the bridegroom and bride. also many
, other valuable presents from friends who
were necessarily absent The meeting was
a very enjoyable one, and we wish the re-
cipients many long and happy years.
WALDO
The Belfast Age says A stabbing affrav
took place on the East Side Monday, and the
participants were before Trial Justice Greer
!, Wednesday. The complainant, Ephraim
Robbins. alleges that Fitz Patterson attacked
him with knife while going home from the
, polls. infcting four severe cuts on the legs
The respondent denies the cutting, but the
testimony convinced the justice that he did
so cut. white and wound the said complain
ant. and Fitz was bound over in 5000 to ap-
/ pear before the s. J. Court.
Mr.. Frank Pierce of Belfast, in looking
over some old papers belonging to his IA
theirs estate, last week. found piece of pa
per money issued in 1873 by the province of
Pennsylvania. under authority of King
George III of England The value of the
, bill was one shilling Ga its back was 4
motto that would take away the breath of
some of our tender hearted ant-hanging cit
, liens. 1t reads as follows: ITO counter
felt is death" He also found two of those
rare coins known as the Washington cent. -
Skedaddled Like . Thief.