Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-14
State News.
FATAL AccIDENI-WANTED TO GET MARRIED
DESTROYED By FrRE-BATH SHIPcAR-
PENrERs GOING TO FLORIDA.
ANDROSCOGGIy.


PENrERs GOING TO FLORIDA.
ANDRosCoGGIN.
When the midnight train from Brunswick
to Lewiston arrived at Lisbon Falls SATURDAY.
morning neither the conductor or baggage
master could be found The train was run
into Lewiston bv Conductor Sprague. who
happened to be aboard. 1t after
wards transpired that the men had left the
train 10 fix a switch, and the train started off
without them.
John Murphy. of Lewiston. who had been
visiting friends at $50 North street Boston.
the past few days, met with a fatal accident
in that place Friday night at l. o'clock. He
fell down stairs and suffered fracture ofthe
skull, which caused death four hours later
ARoosrooK.
Gen. James A. Hall SAYS in a private let
tee: Aroostook has reason to be proud of her
exhibit at the State Fair this fall, and Mr..
Jerrard especially deserves great credit.
Happening TO meet friend of mine from
the best wheat growing section of Ohio. as
he was looking over the Aroostook exhibit,
he said he had never seen so good specimens
of the wheat crop as Aroostook displayed at
Lewiston.
We regret deeply 10 learn of the sudden
death Of Mr.. George w. Suuor, last Mon
day night, at the residence of George A.
Parsons. Esq. in Presque Isle. saws the
North Star. Last week Mr. Sutton strained
himself in lifting, then took severe cold
and finally pneumonia set in. resulting in his
death. The deceased was "a wears of age
and has always lived in this vicinity. He
WAS young man of excellent habits, beloved
by all, and leaves many friends to lament his
early death.
dispatch has been received announcing
the death of Mr.. Ebenezer c. Blake, former
" OF Houlton. at Los Angeles. Cal, the eth,
inst. Mr.. Blake was about 20 years of age,
and has been prominent business man in
Houlton for many years. He moved 10 Los
Angeles last April on account of poor health
Mrs T. S. Estsbrooke, of Houlton, is his
daughter.
The Lewiston Bleachery uses 225 tons of
starch year-l00 tons of Aroostook county
starch, but that by no means takes all the
starch out of ArOostook. 1t takes about
bushei OF potatoes to nine pounds of starch,
so that Lewiston consumes in the form of
starch upwards of $4,000 bushels OF Aroos-
took potatoes.
CUMBERLAND.
The Bath Times reports two cases of small
Brunswick
The Boston & Maine railroad has given
$3.50 for free bed for one year at the Maine
General Hospital at Portland
The annual meeting of the Portland Diet
Mission was held Saturday Mrs. Frederick
Storer was elected president. The treasur-
er's renort showed receipts, $l57.47 expenses
Sll2.46
The Salvation Army have hired Fishers
Hall at Boothbay for one year. and will com
mence their work here next Saturday reports
the Boothbay Register.
OXFORD.
Mr., VIM. Wentworth of Hiram. has receiv.
ed an increase of pension amounting to ST.
1913 and SIG per month, says the Record He
has purchased the stand of Hon. Leander
Cram at West Baldwin, and will soon remove
to it.
1t is proposed to erect Methodist church
on Hancock Avenue. East Hiram, opposite
the cemetary. MIR. Freeman Hatch of Cor
nish. former resident of the village head
ing the subscription with $500.
PENOBsCoT.
Mr.. Edward Hodgdon of Kenduskeag,
atarted with his wife for Bradford, Saturday
afternoon. few moments later the neigh
bOrs discovered that fire was in progress in
the chambers of Mr. Hodgdons house. The
doors were broken in and the building saved,
but the furniture was DESTROYED
SAGADAHoC.
Two shipbuilders and contractors from
Baltimore were in Bath, Friday, seeking for
ship carpenters and calkers. In the evening
a number of that class of workmen congre-
gated on Commercial street. near Broad,
whore the two Baltimore gentlemen occupied
an hour or more in stating the reasons why
they came to Bath to procure workmen to
take the places of men who had been receiv-
ing So 80 day but were cut down to 50 so.
The Baltimore workmen refused to work at
the cut down. The two men offered, it is
said, to pay So so a day and half the passage
to Baltimore. for Bath carpenters and calk-
ers. Several announced their desire to go
and it is thought the builders from the south
ern city will secure quite number Some
said they would like to go out to Baltimore.
but as the strikers were prone to violence, it
was deemed best by them to stay at home.
SOMERSET.
sneak thief in Arson attempted to escape
from an officer by jumping into the river
The trouble was there was somebody on the
| other side ready to nab him The fellow
| swan down stream twenty or thirty rods but
concluded that it would be too much of an
undertaking to try to swim to the mouth of
| the river, and evidently thought that if he
| went to the bottom, he would fall into worse
hands than the sheriffs, 90 he surrendered to
| the latter potentate.
| Mr.. Herbert w. Etlmands, who lived about
a mile from Canaan Village, committed sui
eide last week by cutting his throat with a
razor. in the orchard few rods north of his
dwelling house He lived about as hours
after committing the deed He was a worthy
citizen, and ii is difficult to assign cause.
WALDO.
young man of Montville was relieved of
$50 while intoxicated recently. He is espe-
ciallv entitled to sympathy since is not hab-
ituslly incorporate and it is thought he was
drugged on the occasion.
YORK.
Abram Linscott of Cornish. has received
$1,000 back pension, with IS month to fol-