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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
A COSTLY FAMILY.
A Law Suit Which Costs Biddeford
About Three Thousand Dollars.
[Biddeford Times.I

A number of years ago a man named
Montgomery, went to the poor farm in this
city and remained some time. While there
he became interested in one of the female
paupers, and shortly afterward the couple
were married. They both left the farm
within a short period afterward, and going
to the eastern part of the State settled in the
town of st. George. The husband was una
BILE to obtain employment, and in less than a
week they went upon the town farm there.
where they remained until few months ago.
During their stay three children were born
to them. The officials Of the town learning
OF the circumstances, few years ago they
brought a suit against the city to recover
payment for the board of the mother and
children up to that date. The matter came
up Tor trial in the Supreme Court at the time
II. j. Patterson was city solicitor and r. H.
Ford overseer of the poor A verdict was
rendered against the city, from which an ap-
peal was made to the Law Court. 1t thus
remained until the law term at a recent ses-
sion decided in the same manner as did the
jury, and then Mrs. Montgomery and her
children were brought to this city and placed
at the city farm. The cost of the two trials
together with the amount of the suit, in all
nearly equaling the sum of three thousand
dollars, was thus thrown upon the city. City
Solicitor Walker visited the town yesterday
and the settlement was effected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
THE MYSTERIOUS BAGGAGE
BY which Series of Small BurgIaries
Have Been Unearthed.

The brother of Ancel Wentworth of Hi
ram, the thief, who was captured by Officer
Carr of Winthrop last Sunday has recently
been at Winthrop and had a talk with him.
Wentworth's reputation until this affair oc-
CURED, was first rate at home but he has been
wandering since spring and his folks have
not kept track of him. Wentworth's career
has been pretty checkered since then and
there is no doubt that he has been partner
in a system of burglaries throughout the
State for the unearthing of which the great
est credit is due the veteran officer, A. c.
Carr of Winthrop. Several checks for bag
gage were found on the prisoners person
and with these Mr.. Carr went to Lewiston
Tuesday afternoon, and applied at the lower
Maine Central for the baggage. He got it.
There was a valise and trunk. Both were
full. The valise was weighty with Jack
knives. Three dozen new jack-knives made
up the bulk of the booty in the valise. The
trunk contained all kinds Of material, from
tooth brush to a fifteen dollar Bible. Most
Of 1t was such as to be found in country
stores and in post-offices in the country.
There was a small library of books. There
were razOrS and razor strOps, postage stamps
and type, combs and brushes, dry goods and
also the chisel with which he did some pry-
ing open of doors and windows.
Armed with these, Constable Carr went
home and had talk with the burglar. In
conversation with the fellow and by means
of a cipher memorandum book to which Mr.
Carr has found the key through patient stu
dy, it is pretty well assured that he has been
concerned as principal or second in the
robbing OF eight or nine post-offices five or
six stores and not less than four dwelling
houses. The diary shows that he has been
doing jobs in Sagadahoc county, in West
BOwdoin, and Bowdoinham, in both of which
places the post-office and stores hhave been
entered by burglars. Hehas been in Vassal-
boro, Sidney, Litchfield, Lisbon, Winthrop
and up into Oxford county.
By means of this convenient book Mr..
Carr says that he can tell every place where
Wentworth has slept for the past two or
three months.
Mr.. Rogers at Bowdoin Centre, whose store
has been broken into three times, identifies a
lot of the goods. Before examining the box
es he referred to the cost as billed to him, and
wrote the cost mark that should be found ON
the inside of the cover. The cost mark was
found to be as stated on a great number of
the boxes, and on the razor strOps, razors,
etc. He Identifies goods stolen in each of
the three times when his place was robbed.
The man has a confederate in another part
of the State with whom he has had voluInin-
| Gus correspondence and after whom Mr..
| Carr now is looking with fresh track and a
| hot scent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
FENCING IN the SEA SHORE.
Interesting to the owners of Summer
Cottages Along the Coast.
Boston Transcript.

With the steady development Of seaside
summer resorts there have come cases Of an
tagonism between those who live at them,
on improved or reclaimed estates. and those
who visit them for day or more. The
stroller along the cliff or the water edge has
suddenly found his way barred by a wall or
fence of barbed wire, set there by the own
er of an abutting estatate. 1t is hardly worth
the while of the stroller to appeal to the law
for confirmation of his rights, and, of
course, it is unsafe for him to take the law
in his own hands and, leaping over the wall
or breaking down the fence, continue his
walk on cliff or strand. But he may have
right there, nevertheless, and as this right Is
his as a citizen and not through individual
ownership or control, the public is interest
in the matter. The statute recognizes In eff
feet that an uninterrupted use Of right Of
way for twenty years makes that right per-
petual And yet seaside estates have been
laid out, and their owners have put up warn
ings against trespass, where for time out OF
mind men have walked unimpeded by fence
or wall. The example of Newport cottage
owners in leaving the public access to the
cliffs has made it difficult for property own
ers in similar places to fence in the seashOre.
The city of New York has furnished to
other municipalities model for action, by
which both property owners and the public
may be satisfied. The narrow park along
the Hudson, (where General Grants remains
found resting-plaee ON Saturday, running
from SeVenty-second street to 129th street, Is
of irregular form, the curves of the river
bank being followed, and generally rising as
the land rises until, near the northern ex-
tremity, it has an elevation of 1876 feet above
the river Had the selfish style adopted in
most seaside resorts been followed, the house
lots would have been carried to the
edge of the bluff which is found all
along the greater part of this stretch
nearly three miles, by the way. But instead
of giving to real estate owners a patent in
the magnificent view there open to the eye,
the corporation makes it forever a bit of pub
lie property by laying out, between house
lots and river edge wide road from which
are seen the noble stream, the towering pali-
sades and the great sheet still known by its
old Dutch title, the Tappan Zee. Along this
superb highway men may walk or ride with
out let or hindrance from any private owner.
No tantaliZing sign, '"Trespassing ON These
Grounds Forbidden" will make its offensive
presence known just where the landscape
most tempts you with promise Of unrevealed
beauty. 1t is apparent enough that this
fashion takes nothing from the desirability
of the spot for the residences of railroad
kings or of any types of mercantile nobility.
The scheme is worthy of study by town au-
| thorities and real estate spectators who are
struggling to establish new Newports all
along the Atlantic coast from Cape Charles
to the Bay of Fundy.
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HOLINESS MEETING.
Large Attendance and an Increasing
Interest.

OLD ORCHARD, Aug. IA.
The attendance was large today and an in
creasing interest seemed to be manifested
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald led the early prayer
meeting at which there was the evidence of
deep spiritual conservation.
Rev. Mr.. Hill of Liyermore Falls, formerly
an orthodox minister, preached at 1890 a. M.
from Exodus xii, %. The atoning power
Of the Lord unto salvation was the theme
At 1.3O o'clock Mrs. Wood led very de-
lightful children's meeting in the chapel.
At the same hour Rev. Joshua Gill of Bos-
ton conducted general prayer and confer
ence meeting in the grove.
At $50 o'clock Rev. Alexander Mclean
gave an interesting illustrated Bible reading
on the natural the justified and the sanctifed
nature of man. Glass bottles filed with
colored liquid were used in illustration.
Mr.. Hart had quite a chorus choir under
his leadership today
,Ansimpressive altar service was led by Rev.
Mr.. Mclean at the close of the reading
Several prominent clergymen of different
denominations were together at the altar
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is fast suppressed
ing the old denominational differences.
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A HARD CASE.
What Young Lady Suffered to Save
the Family Honor.
She Is Imprisoned ~ Years in a
Lunatic Asylum.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 14.-Miss Adriana
Physick Brinckle has just been released from
the State Lunatic Asylum, where she has
been confined for 27 years on the eXtraor-
binary charge of ''extravagance and eceen-
tricity." She is daughter of the late DR..
VIM. Draper Brinckle, a physician who en-
1oyed large practice and moved in the high
est circles OF society here 80 years ago. Miss
Brinckle was an acknowledged belle, a
woman OF great beauty and accomplishments
and popular favorite. She was extremely
eXtrayagant, but an unfortunate change in
the financial standing of her father
made it impossible for him to pay
her bills, as he had always done before.
Adriana was unable to overcome her ex-
travagant tastes, and without knowing any
thing OF the law in such cases, she ordered a
piano and set of furniture which she sold
before paying for them. This proceeding
scandalized the set to which Brinckle be-
longed, and as it was stated at the time to
save the family honor" Miss Brinckle was
sent to the asylum, entering the institution
Conference of Charities and Corrections met
in Washington last June, one of the dele
gates made the following statement:
"a beautiful and charming young lady, just out
OF her teens and used to wealth, is eXtravagant,
and her father, reduced In circumstances, finds
himself unable to restrain her habit of spending,
and concludes that she requires custodial care
and places her in a hospital needless of her ear
she has been nearly thirty years, and is now near
ly sixty years of age and still begging to be re-
leased, but the custodians still think she needs
"custodial care" and she remains to this day un-
der restraint of her personal liberty.
This led to an investigation and Miss
Brinckle was visited at the State lunatic asy-
lum at Harrisburg and the committee report
ed there was no evidence of insanity in her
case. But still no release came and the un-
fortunate woman almost abandoned hope.
When the representatives of the state com
mittee on lunacy visited her, however, she
began to hope again and her dreams of
liberty were realized when she was sent out
free woman. Miss Brinckle is now a gray
haired woman in full possession of all her
faculties and in good bodily health. She
will probably go to New York and spend her
declining years beneath the hospitable roof
of a friend who was loyal to her during her
Imprisonment and who never relaxed her
efforts to secure her release.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
GENERAL NEWS.

The United States steamer Mohican is ex-
pected at Callao shortly to replace the Wa
chusetts.
The cotton crop of Texas has been some
what injured by drought, but will still be bet
ter than for some years.
Gov. Ireland of Texas has issued pro-
clamation enforcing quarantine regulations
along the Rio Grande.
The liabilities of John Roach are shown to
be So, 222, ,S77. The nominal assets are stated
to be $5,10S,698; and his actual assets $4,-
49,, ,47S.
Mary Daniels, a white woman, and Chas.
A. Stewart, a negro, were released from the
Joliet, Illinois, prison Thursday after
serving year each for bigamy.
Gen. Butler, W. A. Harris of Providence,
r. l., Judge Bradley of New York and
several other political leaders, it is Said will
hold an important political conference on
Block Island, N. Y, to-day.
Margaret Kealey af Camden, N. j., died
Thursday morning with symptoms indicating
that her disease was Asiatic cholera. She
came from Ireland two weeks ago. The case
is being Investigated.
The business failures occurring during the
last seven days throughout the country have
been for the United States, 151 for Canada,
IT; total, 1853, as compared with 1S0 for last
week.
z. Taylor Berry, one of the sufferers by
the Strafford, N. H., dynamite explosion
last November has entered suit for $1O,-
600 against Stephen Young, owner of the
building in which the explosion occurred
The Prohibition party of Massachusetts,
will place complete state ticket in the field
to be supported at the polls at the coming
election, and will hold its convention al
Worcester, Sept. 10th.
A man who yesterday inspected the dam
aged district in Glenville, N. Y, says
farmers have lost 100000. Crops were bad
ly damaged by the storm and on some farm:
heavy deposits of rocks and gravel have for
ever ruined fertile fields.
The trades organizations throughout the
questing President Cleveland to call an extra
session of Congress to be devoted exclusive
ly to the consideration of measures for tht
relief of the industrial classes Of the country
and revival of business.
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Old Orchard.
OLD ORCHARD, Aug. IA

OLD ORCHAkD, aug. Ii.
Excursion to-day from Haverhill.
The following committee were chosen at
the Sea Shore House, last evening, to have
experimenting charge of Old Orchards S
grand carnival: Charles B. Whitney, Henry
W. Staples and Charles S. Hamilton. Fri
day, August 2Sth, was fixed as the date. AT
least one thousand dollars will be raised for
the enterprise.
Mr.. Henry P. Wood, formerly resident of
Portland, and now of California, is here on a
visit to his friends in Maine. He is staying
at the Old Orchard House.
General Manager Furber of the Boston &
Maine, and General Manager Tucker of the
Maine Central, were both at the Beach yes
terday.
The complimentary concert to Mr. B. E,
Aubury, given at the Old Orchard ball
room, Friday evening, was the best musical
entertainment ever given at Old Orchard.
1t was also a success financially.
A unique entertainment in the shape of a
dime museum was given at the Bay View
House Music Hall by the guests on Thurs
day evening. The proceeds were for the
Ferry Beach Chapel, and good sum was
realized.
Charles Fl. Foye, H. N. Jose, Nathan
Webb, s. F. Anderson, j. W. Dana and w
f. Milllken Of Portland, are at the Old Or
chard House.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
Mr., Hyde Accepts.

Bowdoin's new President is expected at
Brunswick in few days, as his household
goods have already arrived. He has sent the
following letter accepting the presidency of
the college:
Req Egbelt c. Sntytlt, d. d., Rev. John S. SeWdU,
ID. d., ReU. E.. G. Parsons, Il. NJ, Rer. George ".
Dear Sirs-Your letter of the 25th June, in
forming me of my election to the Presidency of
Bowdoin College and the Professorship of Mental
and Moral Philosophy is at hand l am deeply
sensible both of the great honor and of the great
responsibility your action conferS upon me. My
own preference would be to come as Professor
only; yet from the first have felt that a Divine
voice is calling me to this work. and ! abide by
your decision and accept the two=fold appoint
ment. In doing so, recognize that the Presden-
cy Is an office, not of government, but OF admins
ratlon and shall endeay0r in all things faithfully
TO carry out the purposes of the constituted gov
ernors of the College, in accordance with the ira
dltlonS of its honorable past. L am also mindful
Of the religious aim both of the founders and OF
the present Trustees and OverSeerS, and shall en-
aeayor so far as in me lies to cooperate with you
N making the College pillar in the temple of our
Thanking you for your kind words of welcome,
ana uniting with you in prayer for Gods contin-
qed blessing on the College L have the honor to
De your faithful servant,
CSigned) WILLIAM DE w. HYDE.
The newspapers and their outfits in the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
Democratic State Committee.

At the meeting of the Democratic State
committee at Waterville Wednesday eve
ming eleven out of the sixteen counties were
represented, some of them by proxy. Among
the gentlemen in attendance were Maj. f.
w. Haskell, of Boston; Hon. S. Clifford
Belcher, Pennington; F. B. Torrey, Bath !;
W. w. Sanborn, Lewiston; L. NJ Staples,
Knox; L. A. Robbins, Rockland; J. P. Bass,
Bangor; Gen. S. D. Leavitt and B. F. Milli-
ken, Eastport; L. B. Wyman and D. R.
Straw, Guilford; D. r. Hastings, Fryeburg !;
Edmund Wilson, Thomaston; S. A. Stevens,
Charles Weeks and many others.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Voted, That Chairman Brown be requested to
present to the post office department for appoint
ment all persons recommended by the members
of the State Committee for the county from which
each application comes.
ResOtCed That Notwithstanding the unfortunate
occurrence of the appointment of +. b. Dunton as
postmaster at Lincolnville Centre, we believe that
II Chairman Brown was in any manner instru-
mental in securing said appointment, he acted in
good faith and what he regarded and had right to
regard good, safe authority, believing as we do
that when said Dunton was appointed Mr.. Brown
mad no knowledge OF said Duntons unworthiness.
An attempt was made to pass a resolution
in regard to the Portland collectorship, ex-
pressive of confidence in both Mr.. Bradbury
and Gen. Anderson but it was defeated by a
vote of 6 to 81 ON the ground that the commit
tee had better not mix up in the fight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15

A plan is on foot to connect the cities Of
London and Paris-distance ATS mile-with
a double line of pneumatic tubes to run
alongside the railroad tracks on both sides
of the channel, land to be sunk under the sea
between Dover and Calais or Folkstone and
Boulogne. 1t is calculated that in this way
London letters can be delivered in Paris in
one hour from the time of mailing, and the
proposition is to send twenty trains Of letter
wagons through the tubes every hour. The
cost Of the enterprise is placed at about Ri,-
400. .000
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15

LISBON, Aug. 14.-Advices from St. Paul
de Lounda, West Africa, under date of July
10, report that petty king, Coanbama HULA
died recently, and the natives, attributing
cred 20 Europeans, including three French
missionaries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
BASE BALL.
HOME GAMES.


The Newburyports will be here today and the
Portlands will have chance of retrieving the de-
feat of yesterday As they doubtless will play
for all they are worth, the game will probably be
good one. The Lawrences will be here Tues
day and Wednesday Of next week. Manager
Burnham says he has remarkably fine new play
er and will very likely take this opportunity of In
Producing him to the Portland public.
NEwBURYPoRTs 8, PoRTLANDs 1.
The Associated Press despatch says that the
league game between the Portlands and Newbury
ports in Newburyport yesterday afternoon was
one of the finest exhibitions of ball playing on
those grounds this season. The home team tried
their new battery and their effective work will be
seen in the seOTe
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
Rockport,s Harbor of Refuge.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug 14.-G0od pro-
gress is being made in the preliminary work
for the Rockport harbor of refuge under the
direction of Chief Engineer Raymond and
Assistant Engineer Hoagenson. The first
pier will soon be constructed upon Avery's
which will be built solid tower of stone
and concrete 80 feet square and 80 feet high,
or about 10 feet above the surface at high
tide The iron frame will be the Duane
pattern weighing about 40 tons and will be
port ready to be put up. Six large spars
each chained to six tons of rock will be set
around the ledge as guide and support
while the iron frame is being set in position
and bolted to the ledge. The frame will
then be filled with massive stones and rub
BILE all solidly cemented together.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15

TNOR SALE-The residence of the late w. F.
IL Phillips, No. 1o3 STATE ST., Portland. En-
mira nnf1 IA I'd
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nouncing his intention of publishing a
French newspaper in that country. The
matter is likely to lead to trouble similar
TO That which caused the suppression of the
Bosphere- -Egyptien.
Official advices have been received in Eng
land confirming the reports that the Sultan
Of Zanzibar has recognized the claims of
German subjects to possessions in Zanzibar.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15

WANTED and Gentlemen in CITY
w or country, to receive light, easy work at
salary from 81 to SO a day; no canvassing. j.
FOWLER & CO., Boston, Mass, box 5117. 1913
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Damage by a cloud BURST.

READING, Pa, Aug. 14.-Light night a
tremendous water cloud burst over Green
terrific force, washing out fields and swelling
streams. The shower was confined to a
small section of the country and lasted only
an hour. Several houses and barns were
struck by lightning and demolished. The
dollars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
The Pennington swIndIing Case.

Especial to the Press.
FARsuNGToN, Aug. 14.-A man, whose
name we were unable to learn, while walk
ing along the railroad track between this
village and Wilton today, when some two
miles from town, found complete set of
telegrapher's instruments for tapping line
and forwarding and receiving messages. This
explains the despatch received by Cashier
Belcher relating to Wanzer's alleged deposit
in the Boston bank. 1t is thought that con-
federate of Wanzer tapped the telegraph line
at the above point and sent the despatch to
Pennington.
The officials of the bank have been in
formed that the first business transacted
with Wanzer was all right, as he did have
$1,000 on deposit in Boston, and the letter was
written by Cashier Eddy himself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-15
His Duties Ended,

New YORK, Aug 14.-General Hancock in
a general order dated August 13, says;
"The Major General Commanding having dis
charged the duties assigned him by the President
OF the United States, in the ceremonies observed
IN the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant, late
President of the United States and Genera-in-
Chief OF army, desires to acknowledge his obliga-
tons to all who took part in conducting the re-
mains OF the ilustrious deceased from Mount Nc
Gregor to the tomb"
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SOUTH AMERICA.
cotOpaxi in a State Of Eruption.

PANAMA, Aug. 14.-The steamer Lima,
which has just arrived from the coast of
Ecuador, brings news of another eruption of
the celebrated volcano of Cotopaxi. The La
Nacion of Guayaquil, of July %, has the fol-
lowing concerning the event:
About O'Clock this morning we were awak-
ened by heavy artillery, apparently from guns of
the heaviest calibre. The explosions followed
one another with wonderful rapidity at times, and
at others causing a continuous roar shaking the
earth and causing windows and doors OF houses to
TO Guayaquil states that in that city, situated al
most at the foot of that gigantic volcano, there
was what the residents along the river Yana Yanca
bly, considerable as 100 houses were destroyed
probably by this =" aluyian." The number of vic
TINS is not known
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MAIN e.

G.. LIEBMANN,
Sergeant Signal Corps, U. S. A.