Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-11

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Clothes line robbery 10 Portland, of late
has been very frequent On Thursday even.
ing girl about II years old, Vas detected
While At her work on Congress street She
vas robbine the line Of Mrs. Sanborn- She
viii probably be arraigned in the Municipal
Court
The polo game At the Bath Alameda on
Friday night between the Portland club, Capt.
Orne. and the Bath club. Capt. PAtten, vas
won by the Bath club, three to one. The
game vas lacking in science, and the Port
land club found the Bath clubs style of play
ing rather . surprise to them.
1t 10 reported that Lewis Todd, Who kept bar
Der shop on Market St, Portland, and fellow
NAMED Morrill,, Who worked for him, have
cleared out for parts unknown. Mr.. Todd
leaves behind . wife and three small chill
dren and debts to the sum of $780,
The treasurer of the Seamen's Friend So
cisty OF Portland-a society that stands in
the relation OF parish to the Sesmen's Bethel
-reports for the year 1888, - follows
Total expenditures, el.352.40, viz: Church
expenses. including pastors salary, reading
room and care Of house $1,000; sailor
libraries, e7767; care of needy seamen,
e2l, s3; fuel, gas, oil. S3l so; general items,
S2l 40. OF this amount, SAILS IS came from
various churches in Maine; S453 from mer-
chants and others in Portland; 265.6i from
collections in Bethel church and Sunday
school; which shows . deficiency of S2l7 "a.
kExyEBEc.
On complaint of the selectmen of Oakland,
Deputy Sheriff McFsdien, of Waterville,
went to that place recently and searched the
saloon and premises of c. o. Farnham, and
seized IL gallons whiskey and l6 dozen
bottles of lager beer. Farnham was arraigned
before Judge Stewart, of Waterville, and
fined 500 and costs. Appealed. Also on
Thursday of last week, on complaint of the
same parties, Deputy Sheriff McFadden ac-
companied by Deputy Sheriff J. p. Hill, went
Augustus Gross. Three bottles of sealed
liquors seized, and many empty bottles were
found.
Appleton Webb. of Waterville. has pur-
chased one of the finest building lots at
PSlatka, Fla, for future resi- ience
The Richmond Bee says: An Augusta
minstrel troupe advertised to perform Tues
day evening at Merrym letting Hall, became
alarmed at the prospect of having slim
house, and failed to show up The company
probably saved money by not performing.
SAGADAHoc
The postmaster at West Dresden has re-
signed his Office in favor Of Mrs. Matilda
Carney. The lady has not yet received her
appointment.
Monday morning. man at the Modoc ice
house, by the name of James Locke dropped
dead while at work. Coroner Hodges pro-
ceeded At once to the ice house. and took
charge of the body. The Coroner was fol-
lowed BY DIR. Libby, who, after examining
the RENAME, gave it as his opinion that death
was occasioned by heart disease, and that Al
inquest was unnecessary. The man belonged
in Lewiston.
The colored men of the State will hold
meeting in Portland this week to memorial.
ize Congress to pay to the depositors of the
old Freeman's bank the sums lost by them by
the failure of that institution. The ground
taken will in substance be that the govern
ment made the Freeman's bank semi-nation-
al institution, and that the bank obtained its
credit chiefly on that account
Figures obtained at the Treasury Depart
ment show that of the collectors of customs
the majority are paid by fees. In the larger
Offices salaries are the rule. Notwithstanding
only $780, S57 10 paid in salaries, while in
fees and commissions collectors draw $751;
963. In Maine Collector Dow at Portland s
the only salaried collector, at o. 1000 per
year. The other districts melted the collec-
tors As follows: A. A. Burleigh, Aroostook,
81, 800; d. +. Davis, Bangor, $l.5I5; J w.
Wakefield, Bath, $500; w. C. Marshall.
Belfast, 1888; w. II. Sargent, Castine, ST.
246; J. ID. Hopkins, Frenchman's Bay, 81
$40; J. w. Sargent Kennebunk. SI37; J. L.
Pierce, Machias. sl9s; w. NJ. Hancock,
Passamaquoddy. $1,000; Loony Lord, Saco,
S353. H. A. Kennedy Waldoboro a. 600