The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-22
MAINE.
Suicide i'm Belfast.
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SuAcAOe ln Belfast
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BELFAST, May 21.-Joseph Morrow, an Eng
lishman, formerly living in Swarvlle, hanged
himself in Belfast "Wednesday. He was 70
years old and weary of life. B.
Memorial Exercises i'm Bangor.
(To the Associated Press.)
BANGOR, May 21.-At a meeting OF the
Penobscot Bar to-day fitting memorial exer.
cises were held relative to the deaths within
the past three months of three members of the
Bar-Hon. John e. Godfrey, James s. Rowe,
ESQ.,, William Franklin Seavey, Esq. Eulogies
on the deceased were pronounced by Hon.
A. G. Wakefield, Hon. A. W. Paine. f. A
Wilson, Esq., W. Fl. McCrillis, ESQ.,, John R.
Mason, Esq, Frank H. Clergue, ESQ.,, and
appropriate resolutions were passed. Judge
Emery made an eloquent and fitting response.
A Slice from the Colby Estate.
BOSTON, May 21.-Brown University has
Just received $4,000 from the estate of the
late Gardner Colby of Maine.
BRUNSWICK.
The new town hall in Brunswick will be
opened June I'd under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Gen. j. L.
Chamberlain will deliver the Grafton.
LEWISTON.
Hon. 81. "a. Dickey, who died in Lewiston
wednesday, was born in Amherst, N. H., May
IA, 1916. His youth was spent in that town,
but he commenced business in Nashua. From
there he removed to Lowell, and after four
years residence went to Lewiston in 1854 He
commenced business there as q top-roll GOV.
erer in a room in the basement of the Hill
Mill. He afterward occupied a part of the
Red Shop" on Cross Canal, and then floor
in Cowan's Mill. Fifteen years ago he erected
the shop on the river-bank which has since
been occupied by himself addison. Mr.. Dickey
was Mayor of Lewiston in 1874.
The overseers of the Lincoln mills we're in
formed Monday at p. m. that the mill would
be closed June LIST. Mr.. Pennell, the agent of
the mill, said Tuesday that they are forced to
shut down from the condition of the cotton
market both in cotton and goods The mill
has stock OF goods on hand and is out of
cotton, and that while cotton has advanced at
the market and cotton goods have not they
feel it wise to temporarily suspend manufac-
turing. The mill will start, he thinks, BY the
first of September. The number of hands
employed is between 800 and AGO.
WESLEY.
Schools in town have closed with the excep-
tion of the "Cornin" school, which is being
taught by Ell. f. Day.
Rev. Mr.. Platte of Bucksport has moved his
family into town. He will take charge of the
M. e. church here, which has been without a
pastor for several years.
IN GENERAL.
During the thirty-two years of Conductor
Jewett's connection with the Maine Central
railroad but one man has been killed on any
of his trains.
Friday night on the East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA and Georgia railroad, one mile from
Dalton, Tenn, the coupling of freight train
broke Fourteen cars were precipitated down
an embankment and completely wrecked.
Twenty-six horses were killed, but no person
was injured. The passenger train bearing the
New England editors was unable to pass the
wreck, and those gentlemen were compelled to
walk to Dalton, Ca, in order to take the
Western & Atlantic train for Atlanta, which
they reached several hours later.
The York county Bar will, at an early day,
take appropriate action commemorative of the
memory of two of its we'll known members
Hon. Joseph Dane of Kennebunk, and Hon.
Hiram Ii. Hobbs of South Berwick whose
deaths have occurred since the last term of
court. Hon. j. M. Goodwin has been designat-
ed to prepare a memorial address on Hon.
Joseph Dane. Mr. Goodwin's long and init
mate professional, political and social relations
with him will doubtless ensure such tribute
as will be worthy of his distinguished friend
and of the Bar of which he was 80 long an
honored member.