Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-18

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ANDRoscoeom.
Twelve divorces we're decreed ct the recent
term OF the s. ]. Court in Auburn.
J. b. Hobbs, Esq.,, the grain king of Chica-
90, recently vieited Sabattis, his birthplace,
10 search of the burial place Of his father.
dis intention vas to erect q suitable monu-
ment to his memory, but strange to say, all
traces Of his resting place we're lost. Mr..
Hobbs returned to Chicago unable TO carry
out his plans. Lately il has been learned
that the remains were buried in the cemetery
At the head Of No Name Pond, on the old
road from Sabattis to Lewiston.
ARoosrooK.
Mr.. Gideon B Price of Fort Fairfield, met
with . very serious accident last Thursdsy,
which may result in his death. He was clean
ing revolver vhich he supposed was I'M
loaded. 1t proved otherwise and the con-
tents we're discharged in his left side.
On Friday night last, the house, barn and
out-buildings. At Blaine. of Zebulon Gilman,
with their contents. we're burned. At the
time. Mr. Gilman and sons were on a drive.
leaving his wife and four little ones at home.
She was aroused at one o'clock BY the noise
and light of the fire and had barely time to
! rescue the children. Six horses and six
cows persisted. also some other farm-yard
stock. The loss in hay and grain was quite
heavy. The loss is over $1,000. No in
surance. Supposed to be the work Of in
cendiary.
The barks, the Golden Rules, Casper and
Robert Porter. are loading lumber at Port
land for Buenos Ayres. They carry about
,0O0, 900 feet each. Chase, Leavitt & Co,
shippers. The bark Reynard 10 also to take
. cargo to the same port
Among the improvements which Portland
is to have in the near future 10 large union
railway passenger depot.
One Of Sebago's smartest and most ener-
getic women lately spent % in advertising in
. newspaper for summer boasders, says the
Brid0ton News Her neighbor laughed at
her folly" and told her she had thrown
away her money. The outcome of the invest
ment, however, in printers ink is that up to
date she has had sixty applications for board,
many more than she can possibly entertain.
The laugh is now on her side.
| CITY Marshal Andrews of Portland, was re-
moved from Office by the Mayor and Alder
men. Andrews claimed that he was illegally
removed, and through his attorney, Hon. C.
w. Goddard, carried his case to the Supreme
Court, which decided that the Mayor and
| Alderman had no right to displace Andrews
as thev did and that Andrews was the legal
City Marshal of Portland during the term in
which another was serving in his place. If
Andrews was the legal City Marshal, of
course he is entitled to the City Marshal's
salary. and Portland has the luxury of paying
for two City Marshals last year-Marshal
Decelle having pocketed his wages. Now
Andrews comes before the City Council and
demands reimbursement for his legal ex-
penses in addition to his salary.
| This weeks TranscriDt contains an intar-
esting article on Portland in 1880 and 1881 in
which occurs the statement that May 80, 1881 ,
terrific hail storm visited the town, and co.
460 panes of glass were broken in private
dwellings. 1t was the most frightful tornado
ever experienced by the residents of Port
land. Some of the hail stones were nearly
as large as hens eggs.
| LINCOLN
The house and barn owned BY L. Frank
Varnum. at Browns Cove, Bristol, was burn
ed Friday. The inmates narrowly escapec
Loss about $500; insured; cause defective
fue
Much excitement is caused in the vicinity
Of Bremen, by the appearance of a wild ami
NAL seen by party of young men while out
cunning last week. II is supposed to be the
same which has been seen in this vicinity sew
eral times.
John Greenwood, of East jefferson, was
found drowned in Damariscotta pond, near
j. P. Glidden's granite quarry, last Monday
morning. He rode from his home to the
quarry Sunday forenoon. intending to return
in his boat which was at the quarry. The
next morning his body was found about three
rods from the shore and As his boat and hat
were found afoat in the pond it is suppoed
the boat capszed, or he lost his balance
while attempting to start
OXFORD.
Ed. Evans and Grant McAllister, two
young men of Stoneham, were fooling with
pistol the other day, when Evans accidental
| ly discharged it, sending bullet through his
own hand and striking McAllister in the
throat just clipping the thyroid cartilage,
soaring him badly, according to the Oxford
| Advertiser.
PENoBscoT.
Friday evening girl was arrested in Ban
gor, who was on her way to jump into the
river. and taken to the police station. She
had been drinking very hard and was COM
pletely insane with rum. and her screams at
tracted q large crowd around the station.
| While she was at the station house she had
nearly dozen fits in which it took three
! powerful men to control her.
SAaADAHoc.
At ten o'clock Friday the domed steamer
Meteor started on trial trip from Bath out
side to try the new wheel, which is nine feet
| in diameter and IL foot inch pitch. She is
commanded by Captain w. F. Sampson. of
Boston, and it is expected that she will do
some fast work. She is designed only as an
experiment, and has proved quite an expen-
| sive one. She went down around Seguin.
She runs on l60 pounds of steam, but carried
only only 100 pounds and averaged Is miles
an hour.
SOMERSET.
"Bill Nye." the Western humorist, was
visiting friends at Fairfield last week
| WALDO.
| Belfast gentleman who recently returned
from Portland visited the Salvation Army
while there, and discovered in one of the
leaders a tramp who spent the larger portion
of the winter in Belfast jail The tramp has
become converted and is now a leader 10 the
army. Perhaps this may be solution of the
much vexed tramp nuisance question.