Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-07
AxDRoscos6rS.

PORTLAND RECOVERED IN BOSTON.
ANDRoscoG6IS.
Monday forenoon DIR. y. J. Wedsewood,
| of Lewiston made a misstep on the sidewalk,
turning his ankle and breaking one of the
bones.
CUMBERLAND.
! Marshal Andrews, of Portland. received
notice Wednesday, from Chief Bowman of
| Brookline. Mass, that an unknown man had
died suddenly in the police station there.
The only clue to identifying the man, was
slip of paper upon him, With Il. X. Harmon.
Portland. Me >" written on il. Mr.. Harmon
says the description is q good one of a client
of his living 10 Saco, named Horatio Written.
| The Marshal has referred the matter to Chief
Littlefeld, OF Ssco. for further investigation.
The Portland Globe saws: "A son of
James Cole, of Portland, is sick at C. A.
| Brooks, in Pownal His arm Was broks n
now in bad shape. The physicians. so We
are informed, think the arm will have TO be
cut of above the fracture
Mrs Kate P. Sherwood's valuable satin
bag. lost by her on trip TO the islands last
June. was seen by Mrs c ]. Vaughan, of
South Boston, in the hands of q lady on
South Boston horse car who went on the
hsrbor excursion with them during the en-
campment. The lady gave up the bag. but
declared she bought il in Portland. Mrs.
Vaughan wrote Mrs. A. NJ. Sawyer the cir
cur 'tances of the case.
i The house of Mrs. Everett S. Throop.
Portland was entered Thursday night and
quantity of valuable silver ware was taken.
The silver had been packed in basket the
first of the evening and left on table near
J . ha ind in mi A. h.,
ten o'clock Mrs Throop went to get the sill
yer and found it missing. The window had
been forced up. An officer was telephoned
for and the basket with one or two pieces of
the silver in it was found in the yard The
remainder has not been recovered
A few nights ago q boy named Nichols.
whose father is a prominent soldier in the
rauks of the Salvation Army at Portland,
evidently went to sleep in meeting, for he
awoke at about two O'Clock in the morning
to find himself locked up in the barracks. A
good natured passer by was hailed by the i'm
prisoned cadet and the boy was taken out of
the building. The meetings in Portland
evidently differ from those in Augusta.
The methods employed in hiding liquor
kept for unlawful purposes are numerous and
ingenious, but the he hit of the art has been
reached by a rum seller in Portland.
whose hiding place was discovered
Monday by Officers Steele and McGrath.
The officers were looking around to see hat
they could find, and McGrath stepped behind
the counter in the back room which served
as the bar proper. Here, placed in such a
way as not to be easily seen, was wire
which was used to draw out the nozzle of
about five yards of hose, which led dow IN
through the floor and underneath to the
hiding place of the liquor. Cutting hole in
the floor, the officers could see that the hose
led to a large object under the floor and di-
recty beneath the large stove which stood in
the centre of the room. The stove was
moved and the officers pried up a trap door
which was completely concealed BY the stove.
Beneath the door was large box, half filled
with stagnant water. In the water rested a
barrel of beer to which the hose was attached.
HANCOCK.
AT Bar Harbor, il is said, there are more
diamonds, more low necks, more swallow
tails, more glitter and more spread than in
any previous summer.
All things are moving along smoothly at
the State prison at Thomaston. The
number of convicts is III. slight decrease
in the past few weeks. The old blacksmith
shop is torn down and a new one is in pro-
cess of building, l50x5O. The convicts who
were formerly employed in the blacksmith
shop ar, now employed in erecting a new
shop, and they seem to enjoy the change. 1t
serves as a vacation. and is a substitute for a
trip to the sea shore or mountains.
OXFORD.
The wind has laid the crops fiat, but they
| will get up again. The river has risen two
feet. A passenger on the Dixfeld stage re-
ports rough crossing the ferry at Dixfeld.
The waves ran so high as to come into the
boat.
! SAGADAHoC.
At the death of Governor King nearly
thrty-fivc years ago. Edward II. Leonard
toled the bell Of the Winter street church, at
Bath. Thursday July 23d. that gentleman
toled the same bell on the death of General
Grant
/ WASHINGTON.
The steamer Cumberland. having on board
st. Omer Commandery of South Boston, ar
rived at Eastpo' about | o'clock, Tuesday.
after rough passage from Portland. On ar
rival the Commandery was met by commit
tee from the Encampment of st John. and
other knights were present from Calais and
St. Stephen, who accompanied the Command
cry to st. John. which place was reached
about four o'clock.
John Jarpers barn, wood shed and ell,
with six tons of hav, at the RIM in East
Machias, were burned Tuesday forenoon.
The house was barely saved. Loss 500
no insurance.
/ YORK.
John McDonough. of Portland. went to
Biddeford in company with a friend. Thurs
day. the Both ult They started for home on
the 4 20 afternoon train just when the train
was moving out of the Old Orchard depo,
they conceived the idea of getting off and
waiting there for the next Portland bound
train Before they could put their design in
execution, however, they had been carried
past the crossing leading up to the Ocean
House. Here McDonough jumped. He
could not have looked ahead however, for
he came at once in violent contact with the
switch which is located Just north of this
crossing An ugly scalp wound, bad bruise
below his left eve and internal injuries. not
believed to be serious, were the result. A
friend seut fnr and hrouuht Ncnnpoug