Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-06

The coroner's jury in the inquest over the
remains of G. B. Srout, killed Tuesday
morning At Lisbon Falls, finished the wori
at 4 p. 81, Tuesday and hroughs in verdict
of accidental death, absoivi the road from
any blame The jury li.ttaed to . large
J number of witnesses.
| The total Auburn shoe shipments for the
past week were 1888 cases. The receipts OF
leather were S4.s34 pounds. Last week they
were 20S3 cases and IS, 1877 pounds of leather
/ The cause Of the falling of of shipments ID
the shutting down tine shops for the taking
account of stock and for the day out on Dec
oration Day.
Officer Foss and Maxwell of Auburn have
discovered important clues upon the two bur-
glars arrested for breaking into Stevens
Saunders in. Auburn, duplicating them in
the rObberies of stores of Morrill, Gordon
| at Readfeld. and aisr of store at South
Gardiner. May 9Th. TIL Auburn police have
shown rare skill in hunri, g up this affair.
Great credit is due the off ,ers who arrested
the burglars at the tine Detective Ira NJ.
True of Hallowell has been connected with
the officers in the tracing out of the recent
clues.
ARoosTooK.
One night recently malicious person went
into Mr.. Earthy's pasture, in the White Set
tlement, and cut the throats of two cows and
also relieved them of piece of their tails,
says the Pioneer. The cows were discov-
cred in the morning alive, but very weak from
loss of blood Their throats were sewed up.
and it is thought they may live The same
person, it is supposed, got into the stable, of
another farmer and mutilated nice covered
carriage.
kENNEBEC.
for 40 years at North Wayne. has resigned
and Samuel W. Jennings has been appointed
instead
Winthrop butter factory is running full
blast, making over 2.20O pounds of butter
per week and the cheese factory began to
make cheese Nav 18th. All the other facto-
ries. oil cloth, and cotton and wooden mill
are running full blast, in fact Winthrop is a
busy town, large lot of building and re-
pairing being done and MANY are making
many Improvements Among them are Mr..
S. NJ. Witham who has very much improved
his farm and building.
At the annual town meeting in Fayette, the
selectmen were instructed to purchase a road
machine, and $3.50 were voted for that pur-
pose. Accordingly trial was held at which
the Eureka and Champion machines were
tested. The decision was in favor of the
& Manter of Wayne. who are doing a salts
factory business handling the machine with
four horses. They have repaired and put in
order about two and a half miles OF road in
three Gays. Neither of the men have had
charge of road machine before. The roads
are in a very bad condition but it is hoped
with this machine in few weeks to have
them in passable condition if no more.
A large and appreciative audience was in
attendance at the Glass Day exercises at
Kent's Hill, of the ladies' college class, Tues
day evening. 1t is one of the most talented
classes that Kent's Hill has ever sent out,
and the best for some years. The parts were
very well carried out. The address to the
trustrees and faculty was responded to by
President Smith in his easy, characteristic
ms snner; the graduates and under graduates
by Miss Marston for the graduates and Mr..
Furnel for the Juniors; both in well chosen
words expressing their interest in the ladies'
college class OF 'S4. The change of time
in the declarations to Wednesday forenoon
proves to be a decided Improvement. The
parts were all carried out in q creditable
manner.
The Senior class of Colby University, took
their final examination Tuesday and Wednes-
day last, and took their four weeks's vacation
until commencement. They have lately
formed permanent organization with Off
GERS and such regulations as it is hoped will
prove successful in keeping the class in
formed regarding one another for years to
come. The class officers for the permanent
organization are: President. F.. P. Burtt
Vice President, Henry Kingman; Secretary
and Treasurer, C. ii. Estes; Necrologist,
John L. Deering. The class is to make use
of class mail bag, which will come to each
uharn of tho plaSs q 6lIaf with
letters from all the rest of the class. They
are to have reunion once in every five years.
At the end of each year each member of the
class is to write to the secretary, giving a re-
view of his years work. and the secretary
will combine all these reports and send cop
les to the individual members of the class
The Senior class has elected John l.. Dear
ing to give the address to the undergraduates
on class day at commencement in place of
". C. Morrill, resigned.-The Seniors and
Juniors who have parts at commencement
are rehearsing under Prof. Butterfield regu-
larlv.-Field day will occur on Friday of this
week. if pleasant.-The next game with the
Bowdoins will be played on the campus here
on Saturday of this week
PENoBscor.
Vanceboro is to have a new custom house,
to be of wood, two stories high. with hipped
roof, and of the dime nsion of 50x35 feet
There will be two entrances, one on the front,
facing the railroad, and the other in the rear,
on the street. Entering the front entrance,
at the right, is the custom room, 1884 At
the left are the inspectors room and private
office, each 17xl9.
gang of youthful thieves have recently
been arrested in Bangor The boys all plead
guilty, and we're bound over in the sum of
aS00 p, Of AuU nc
the criminal court. John Mcpherson, who
had broken into the store of Job Collett with
one of the boys, was also bound over in the
sum of $500.
Tired Languid Dull