The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-22
MAINE.
The State Fair.

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The State Fair.
| LEWISTON, Sept. 20.-Trotting horses ar
| rived in large numbers for the State fair to-
| day. The best field of horses ever entered will
contest for the $4,000 purses in offered. Among
the special exhibits will bs one by the State
Reform School. as well as work from the In
dustrial School, The genealogical show will
| be the largest ever held in Maine. The exhi-
| ton will be grand success.
Killed by Trim.
WELLS, Sept. 20.-Charles Hill, son of Ed
win Hill of Wells, aged about II years, was in
stantly killed on the Boston s. Maine Railroad
at this place today. Young Hill, with several
other young men, had been employed in the
corn factory, and after being paid off started
for the depot. The train was drawing out
from the station and Hill grabbed hold of a
stake on a fiat car to climb up on the car,
but swung round in front OF and went under
it. His head was terribly mangled.
Death of Hon. f. II. Hayes.
Boston, Sept 20.-At four o'clock Saturday
morning intelligence was received from Lex
ington of the death of Hon. Francis B. Hayes.
he was native of Maine, born in South Ber-
"ASNi OOVoDCAB 1OAOs AAtosAatuOIy UuS0 w u
A Hayes, was one of the leading citizens of
that town Mr.. Hayes was trained at Phillips
Academy, Exeter. and afterward at Harvard,
where he graduated in the class OF &c.,
He did much important work in connection
with the Old Colony Railroad, and was a di.
rector in that corporation, and also in the
Northern Concord, Boston & Albany, Boston
& Maine, Atlantic & Pacific and st. Louis and
San Francisco railroads. Mr.. Hayes has been
liberal giver to public and private charities
and for educational purposes in his native
town. He has taken deep interest in Berwick
Academy, one of the Oldest educational insti-
tutions 10 Maine, and through his efforts the
present beautiful academy building was built
He founded for the academy a scholarship to
aid poor and deserving youths in obtaining
collegiate education, and was also instruments
al in procuring other scholarships for the same
purpose. He was appointed by Mr.. Chandler,
the founder of the Chandler Scientific School
of Dartmouth College, visitor to that institu-
ton, the financial management of which has
been intrusted to him. Mr.. Hayes has also
given generously to Phillips Academy in
Exeter In politics Mr.. Hayes has been prom
and was a member of the Lower House in the
Legislature of 1873, and of the Senate in 1874.
Ten days ago he was nominated for Congress
by the Republicans of the fifth district
Suicide Ina Bangor.
BANGOR, Sept. 21-Edward G. Stinson of
Bangor, "a years old, committed suicide this
morning by shooting himself through the
head with revolver. He had been sick for a
number OF weeks, and was greatly depressed
Struck by lightning and Burned.
BDDEFoRD, Sept. 20.-The barn of Eben
Emerson was struck by lightning this after
noon and, with its contents, burned. Loss I'M
known. Insured for $500.
Knox County Criminal Matters.
RoCKLAND, Sept 20.-The Knox County
Supreme Judicial Court grand jury rose today.
Thirty-four indictments were reported, twenty
being for common nuisaDces. Other bills are
as follows:
Dsorderly house-W. A. Lynde, ST. George
Drinking house and tipping shop-James
Sidelinger, Union.
Houses of ill-fame-Lydia Hart, B. K Hart
Chick Hart, L. @. Chapman, Catherine Mason,
all of Rockland.
man W. Hicks, Rockland, and Elbridge Stone
of st. George.
Assault and battery with intent to kill-Al-
den Z. Whitney, Warren.
Forgery-Albert Berry, Rockland, on three
indictments.
BELFAST.
The Lincoln News is informed that LAFAYETTE
Staples. formerly of Belfast, and physically de-
formed, was shot dead recently in a gambling
saloon in the city Of San Francisco at the in
ieuitous table. A dispute arose between Mr..
Staples and another man, when they both
thought pistol settlement the better method
out. They fred about together, Staples killing
his antagonist instantly, while Staples lived
five minutes. Mr.. Staples left this State for
California about q year ago. He leaves |
beautiful wife and two charming daughters.
Mrs Staples was Bangor lady and much ad. |
mired by all her acquaintance.
CORNISH.
Apples are so plenty in this vicinity that
many thousands of Bushels would have rotted
on the ground but for the enterprising firm of
Thompson & Hall of Portland, who have de-
cIded, at the request of the farmers about here,
to run their evaporators this season, which
commenced operations Saturday.
GARDINER.
Deputy Marshal Lunt, Friday night arrested
Eugene Little at Gardiner, for larceny in
breaking into the house of Mr.. Churchill of
Leeds Junction. Boyington, his confederate
who was convicted in the Supreme Court OF
Auburn, Friday, implicated Little aud says
Little was the one that entered the house and
brought out the goods.
RoCKLAND.
Leslie Cross, young man about 20 years of
age, who has been for some months in the en-
ploy of Mr.. Weeks, agant for the Boston &
Bangor Steamship Company, left town sudden
ly last week with about 800 belonging to Mr..
Weeks which he bad collected on freight bills.
Another young man of about his age accom-
panied him.
sKOWHEGAN.
Tuesday evening guest at the Hotel Coburn
at Skowhegan went early to his room, closed
his windows, blew out the gas and tumbled
into bod. When discovered about II O'Clock
he breathing heavily and was aroused
with difficulty.
sweden.
During recent thunder shower lightning
struck an elm tree near Walter Strout's house,
Sweden shivered the fence, entered the house,
doing slight damage to the wood work, and
rendered Mr.. Strout's daughter Gussie in
sensible She soon regsined her consciousness
and has nearly recovered.
UNITY.
Geo. e. Bracket of Belfast has offered the
following special premiums to be given at the
fairs, to be held at Belfast Unity and Monroe:
A copy of Farm Talk" to the boy under II
years of age, who will exhibit the best trained
yoke of steers, best specimen of woodwork
executed By himself, best collection of vege-
tables or apples; copy of Flora's Bouquet"
to the girl under Is years of age who shall ex-
hibit the best pecimen of September butter,
white bread, darning or fancy work of their
own manufacture; and a map of Maine and
several agricultural works to the grange or
farmers club which has done the best work
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