Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-11
State News.
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ANDRoscoGGIM.
For several years infringers upon the trade
mark. Poland Water, have been leniently
dealt with BY the owners of the same until
forbearance has ceased to be . virtue, and .
suit was BROUGHT in the United Ststes Circuit
Court 1t Boston against an infringer about
SIX or eight months ago. Judgment has been
rendered in said suit, and decree for an in
Junction entered against the party, with DAM
ages and costs.
Another Lewiston man lie missing. His
name 10 c. A. Winn. In Lewiston are his
wire and children. Mr.. Winn is travelling
salesman The last heard from him was in
october last. He wrote then that he was
about leaving for Cleveland from Detroit
He vas in the habit of writing quite regular
~, but since then no message has been re-
ceived from him The family have written
to the hotels at places where he was in the
habit of stopping. His last venture in the
way of trade was the selling of quassia wood
cups. He had usually large sum of money
about him. He has not been in Lewiston for
year or so. City Marshal French received
letter from the chief of police in Cleveland,
Ohio, Thursday morning. The letter stated
that the police in that city had made dill
gent search of hotels, boarding houses, and
records of the same, but could find no trace
OF the man and no one who could identify him
from the description. Mr. Winn's friends
fear that he has been foully dealt with some.
where.
ARoosrooK.
No word has come from Mr.. sc. Sweetser.
who so mysteriously disappeared from Is
land Falls last February.
CUMBERLAND.
Mr.. Bodin returned to Portland on yester-
day mornings Pullman with his brother, Mr..
John Bodin, of the late firm of John Bodin
Co., groceries, who met with financial diff
culties some time ago and went to Frederic
ton, N. B. While there he performed many
actions that proved undoubtedly that be was
insane. He tried to commit suicide twice.
once by drowning and again by cutting the
main artery in each wrist with knife.
HANCOCK.
Thursday afternoon two boys named Berthe
Hill and Charlie Shute of Bucksport, were
firing at a mark in a pasture, when a bullet
went through Sylvester Snowman's barn, hit
ting valuable mare, killing her almost in
stantly.
The canning factories at Southwest Har-
Dor have started up, but cannot run full time
F. 81. Fassett. the architect, is making the
plans for the new Hancock county buildings
in Ellsworth. The cost of the buildings will
be about $4,000.
The Mt. Desert Herald saws: More peo-
pie are engaging rooms at Bar Harbor for
the early part of the season than ever before.
Our summer crowd bids fair to be big one.
KENNEBEc.
Loa
statement has been published in several news
sessed by any town IN New England But
Harpswell also has seven post offices, Booth
bav seven, while Turner has eight.
Frank Chase, fifteen years old, son of
Alvin Chase, of Pishon's Ferry, disappeared
from his home MAY l. He is very diffident,
small of his age, narrew-chested, with stoop-
ing shoulders, had black hair, worn long,
dark hazel eyes that had peculiar dropping
look before strangers. He wore a cap, a
gray coat and Canada gray trousers. His
| friends fear that he persisted in the storm of
| the I'd.
Messrs. C. A. Robbins & Sons, the we'll
known machinists ot Gardiner, have just re-
ceived an order to build a new engine for l.
T. Hobson, of Wiscasset, to go into new
steamer soon to be placed on the Kcnnebec
for towing logs.
The Waterville Mail SAYS: An accident to
Messrs. l. II. Low and S. c. Marston, last
Friday evening, has been variously reported,
and with some errors. They had just got in
to a carriage to go from their stores to their
homes, near Elmwood hotel, driven by son of
Mr.. Marston, when the breaking of an axle
threw them both upon the ground. Neither
| sustained any permanent injury. though
both were somewhat disabled for few days.
An alarm of fire at the time of the accident
gave rise to an eronious report that went
promptly into papers abroad. The horse W as
not frightened by the steamer,"-he didn't
run into a post, Neither man is "hurt
fatally, nor is it 'thought that both men
will be made cripples."
KNOX.
DIR. A. C. Heffenger. of the United States
naval service arrived in Rockland, Monday
evening, to superintend the construction of
the Hospital buildings at Widows Island.
He will probably remain there through the
summer. and will be provided with a steam
launch for his use in communicating with the
city and the island. M. j. Achorn is now
engaged boring an artesian well on the island
and the station will be ready for occupancy
very soon.
LINCOLN.
Steamer "Hurricane" owned BY Gen. Til.
son and commanded by Capt. William G..
Butman of Round Pond is now engaged in
shooting whales off the coast. Thursday she
towed a large whale to Hurricane Island, shot
off Monhegan.
A large number of new cottages are being
built on the various islands in Boothbay Har
Dor.
Consider sble interest Cor Boothbav parties
centered at Wiscasset last week. The trial
of Lewis Best for assault on Mr.. Cox was
laid over till the October term.
SAoADAHoC.
Conductor Jewett says that q farmer ex-
plains how it happened that plank was found
across the track near this place just before
the train came along, causing the despatch to
be sent that an attempt had been made to
wreck the train. 1t seems that the farmer
desired to cross the track with a heavily
loaded team. The plank crossing had been
taken up as usual for the winter. He placed
plank beside the rail to ease the wheels
over, which probably slipped and fell across