Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-17

State News
4 TERRIBLE SroRN-EscAPKD Prisoner
CAPruRKp-A CHEEKY TRAMP-HKAvl
ROBBERY.
AspRoscoGGiN.
Auburn has q smart tax collector. He has
gathered in $4,000 of this years commit.
ment.
ARoosrooK.
The largest quantity of shingles that VA
ever made in the State in the same number
Of hours. says the Houlton Times. vas done
at Titcomb's mill in New Limerick last week
BY Joseph Lawiess, who saved 100. 600 cedar
shingles, on . Connell machine. in 81 DAYS.
or AZ hours time. and the same vas punched
by Sidney Webb. In this Lawless beats bis
former record of ooe hundred thousand 10 Eve
days, out Of sight, and he will be acknowl-
edged the champion single sawyer OF the
State.
CUMBERLAND.
The thunder storm in Bridg.on Thursday
night vas tine mos, severe within recollection.
The thunder and lightning were almost in
cessant and the rainfall in the brief space ~
Highland lake near the vii
lage was raised six inches, and washed gul-
lies in the road breas, deep. Two immense
waterspouts we're seen over Long lake.
"Wednesday morning. a woman ABOUT to
enter the employ of Mrs. Berry, of Saco,
went to Portland, carrying with her Mrs.
Berry's ten year old daughter. The woman
told Mrs. Berry that ste was coming to Port
land TO see her mother and would return on
the next train As the day passed and the
woman and child did not return, Mrs. Berry
became alarmed and went to Portland We'd
nesday evening. She told her story at the
police station and the officers were put upon
the lookout. Ia short time they found her
in one of our ''closed saloons" on Commercial
street, considerably intoxicated. The child
was with her
Friday afternoon John Flanagan, of
Portland. was engaged with a number of
other workmen in low ering a large block of
granite into the cellar. One of the men cried
out to Flanagan to come and help him be-
low, and as Flanagan ATTEMPTED to do so, the
heavy stone block slid forward and caught
the mans leg The leg was pressed into the
soft dirt and severely bruised 1t took the
united efforts of fourteen or fifteen men to
raise the stone.
FRANKLIN.
Samuel p Merrill who escaped from Farm
inRton Jail in September, 1888. and no was
arrested in Cape Elizabeth by Deputy Sheriff
Gribben. Tuesday, WAS taken to Farmin eton
BY an officer from that place.
Merrill at the time of his escape, was con-
fined in the jail for debt. He was allowed to
eat with the jalers family, and one day
while the jailer was in the closet getting
medicine to relieve pain of which Merrill
the prisoner left the room, lock-
ing the jailer and his family in. He went
across the fields. forded Sandy river and to- ok
his departure for parts unknown.
KNOX.
One day recently, one Of our neighbors'
family went on an excursion to the blueberry
grounds, neglecting TO fasten up their house,
writes Warren correspondent of the Rock
land Opinion. When they returned, late in
the day. they found that a tramp had taken
possession of their house. On entering the
they saw. sitting at the table,
one of the worst looking specimens of a
tramp that could possibly be found. Some
of them were considerably frightened, but
gaining courage, they requested the gentle,
man to leave, which he positively refused to
do. When the proprietor arrived, and took
III tuC situdtiOu VI lie kdNt tue tThDp
such warm greeting that he will probably
never care to enter this section of the coun-
try again.
Elk Gov. Dingley was in Port Clyde, Thurs
day, a'certaining the wishes and wants of the
coast fishermen in regard to the action that
may be taken by our next Congress relative
to removal of the fishery treaty with the
Canadian government.
Rev Mr.. Jordan, who has preached at the
Congregational church at Denmark for a
number of years, has withdrawn on account
of i'll health, and the pulpit will be supplied
by Mr.. Hauge, of South Bridgton.
The Norway Advertiser says: The people
are .till very much interested in the question
"wbether the shoe factory is going or not ?
Though many different theories are rife it is
the fear of all interested in the prosperity of
our town that the shoe factory will go"
PgSoBsCoT.
Thursday evening two men called at the
house of Moses Abbott a farmer about sixty
wears of age and living in Verona, and told
him that his son-in-law. Ira Cross, was i'll
down at the shore of the river. Mr.. Abbott
started with them towards the shore. When
they had gone short distance the men knock
ed him down and beat him quite severely. They
took from him his large pocket book, the
contents of which are not definitely known,
but it is supposed it contained several hun
dred dollars
The Bangor Wing says that the dredger
Thursday scooped another old cannon from
the bottom of the river. 1t is supposed to be
one of the identical guns which were lost
overheard in the river in the year 1879, when
one of Commodore Salstonsall's .loops of war
was blown up. The one on the post office
approach was lost from the same vessel.
A heavy shower passed over Orono Thurs
dav morning. Ii is estimated that thousand
dollars worth of damage was done in the
town. 1t was a local shower reaching hardly
beyond the limits of the town.
WASHINGTON.
The Central Congregational Church of
Esstport lie reported to have received legacy
Of $1,000 from the late Mrs. Sarah c. Leav-
1T.
An Eastport young lady has a pet alligator
which she carries around in paper bag.
YORK.
The coroner's jury find that Alfred Jacques
Y Ne killed in Saco on the Boston and Maine
railroad through his own carelessness, and
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