Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-04-21
State News.
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ANDROscoGGIN.
Another counterfeit $40 bill on the Mer-
chants Bank, New York, has beeen taken BY
an Auburn, Me-, business firm. A cashier
IN one of the banks discovered that it wa
counterfeit People are advised to keep a
lookout for such bills.
CUMBERLAND.
Complaint having been made that Thomas
Conroy, who escaped from Portland Jail bv
throwing pepper in the turkeys face and
who was Afterwards recaptured, is being ill
treated BY Sheriff True, Prison Inspector Os-
good has investigated the case and reports
that the story 10 unfounded.
Walter S. True, first mate of barquentine
Payson Tucker of Portland, was before Com
missioner Hallett, in Boston, Tuesday, on q
charge Of beating James Kelley, one of the
crew on the high sea. As there Was no evil
dence of True having committed any serious
assault, he was discharged on this complaint
L Chambers new band uniforms are very
neat and handsome. The coats are dark blue,
and the trousers a very rich light blue. The
coats are very heavily trimmed on the fore
arm with gold lace, and also the seams on
the back of the coat, and the collar. There 10
a red wek down the trousers leg. The bald
rics and belts are gold. The music boxes are
trimmed with gold. The hats are French pat
tern. with red and white pompons, and bear
the name of the band in silver letters.
The adjourned meeting in reference to the
formation of a local historical and geneslo-
gical society was held at the public library
Portland. Friday afternoon. Hon. c. F.
Libby was chairman and Charles Burleigh,
secretary. A constitution was accepted and
the name adopted was ''The Maine Genealo-
gical Society,"
The Clifford Law Library, which for years
has offered such mine of legal lore to the
lawyers of Portland and State, has been sold
to Messrs. Little s Brown, the Law publishers
of Boston, and the work of packing the
volumes preparatory to their removal to Bos-
ton has begun. The terms of sale are private
This library contains from 5000 to 5000
volumes, including all reports of all the
States up to the year of fudge Clifford's death.
KENNEBEc.
Parties from Dexter, are said to be irving
to secure the property of the Fibre Ware Co.
on the Messalonskee stream, Waterville, for
manufacturing purposes.
Mr. Charles Mitchell of Waterville. is to
build a new block on the site of the Leonard
store, in Oakland, destroyed by fire last fall.
The Fairfield Journal understands that the
building is to be 60x40 feet. Three stories
floor. Work on it will begin at once.
Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville,
will open this week in the new building, into
which the furniture was put last week.
Susan Brown, who suddenly disappeared
from Bath on Sunday the 9th inst, was found
Thursday in the woods near the residence of
Leander C. Ross, in Litchfield. The woman,
who is denented, was in bad condition, hav-
ing wandered about without necessary food.
When found her clothing was wet and torn
in shreds. On her return to Bath she was
placed in the almshouse.
Mr.. J. Kurdish of Waterville has driven
the rebuilding of his sash, door and blind
mandatory. He will have it finished BY
May LIST.
PENOBsCoT.
The Bangor city government have voted to
make no appropriation toward the semi GEN.
tennial celebration and the money will have
to be raised by private subscriptions.
Wednesday evening a well dressed young
man entered the iewelry store of Michael p
C. Withers, on Exchange ST., Bangor, and
asked to be shown some watches. He finally
selected one and asked the price. He was
told it was thirty-eiyht dollars. The young
man said: II will return in a few inmates
with the money and take it." He shortly
after came back and presented in payment a
check for $50, purporting to be signed by
Charles Hayward Co., the well known firm
of Bangor Mr.. Withers took the check
without any suspicion that it was not as rep
resented and gave the young man the watch
and Sl2 in money. Subsequently it was
ascertained that the check was forged.
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield Journal says the saw mill at
hq ia
cessful business.
At the st. Adams town meeting called for
the 18th inst. Charles NJ. Metcalf was chosen
town clerk in place of c. X. GRAY; DR.. T..
A. Bean supervisor of schools i'll place of b.
S. Matthews, resigned.
Ladd Bros. l. Woods. paper manufacturers,
Sokwhegan, Me-, have failed. The liabili-
ties are said to be about $500.
WALDO.
Mr.. Andrew Herrck of Searsmont, COM
mitted suicide on Sunday, April 18th, by
hanging himself 1t seems he had been
threatening to kill himself for some time.
He had for a few days past been in the habit
of going some forty or fifty rods from the
house to where a cherry tree stood with a
pine stump under it and remaining some
time, but nothing was thought of it by his
son and family with whom he lived. Sunday
he was found hanging to the cherry tree.
He must have stood on the stump, fastened
the rope around the limb of the tree and then
around his neck and then jumped from the
stump. He was between seventy and eighty
years old. No cause is assigned for the act.
YORK.
John Townsend, of the firm of Townsend
Brothers, carriage manufacturers on Jefferson
street. Biddeford, went into his stable on
Wentworth street to feed his horse, Thurs
day night. A four year old son followed
him. and in passing the horse was kicked in
in the back of the head and severely injured.
Drs. Emery and Lord were called and re-
moved three or four pieces of bone. por-
ton of brain matter exuded from the wound.
and it was thought that the injury would
prove fatal, but the boy appeared quite bright
Friday morning, and hopes of his recovery
are entertained.
The bottom has dropped out of the Emma
Cole mystery at Biddeford. Late Tuesday
night the girl'returned to her home, and so
far as the family is concerned her disappear
ance has been satisfactorily explained. She
has not been out of the city since Saturday
night, and her place of concealment was on
Vetromile street with friends She has been
almost within q stones throw of her home.
Her whereabouts were BETRAYED by q note
sent to a mutual friend of Emma Cole and
the daughter of the family she was stopping