The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-06
Death Of Hon. A. G. Jewe,t.

ed to the head of navigation today, IL DAYS
later than last year. Several vessels are lying
below.
Death of Hon. A. G. Jewem.
BELFAST, April 5.-Hon. Albert G.. Jewett,
prominent Maine lawyer and man of great
ability, died today, aged 50. He was a grad
uats of Colby University, class of 1926. Minis
ter to Peru under President Polk in 1845, and
Mayor of Belfast for several years.
His Life was Burden Teo Great TO
Bear.
LEWISTON, April 4.-Isaac Williams, farm
er living in the Pine Woods district in the
south part of this city, came into the house
this forenoon and, leaning his head on his
kand, said TO his wife: II don't feel we'll. NV
head aches, and am in trouble" He sat with
his head in his hands for few minutes. and
then said that he guessed he would go out and
saw some wood. He went out of the
house and into the barn. He was next sean
hanging dead in the great door of the barn.
Mr.. Williams had been restless and wakeful
for number of weeks and complained of
head trouble.
A Bod oxford Bear.
BOSTON, April 5.--John NJ Benson was ar
AoobOO IL ALJAA tOudy Cu&ES0u WIFI DlgamY,
He belongs in Hartford, Oxford county. Me-.
and married lady there year ago. There
was some domestic unhappiness, and Benson
came to Lynn some three months ago and mar
ried an estimabls young lady of that city.
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
BANGOR, April 5.-The Portland Division
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers, held
meeting here today. Sixty members were
present. Routine business was transacted.
This afternoon they visited the Bangor water
works, being provided with special train by
General Manager Tucker of the Maine
Central
BRISTOL.
a whale drifted ashore on the dry lodges at
New Har6or on Wednesday of last week and
remained until Thursday, when it was taken
away By steamer Fannie Sprague. It was 66
feet long and was visited By quite number of
people.
BANGOR.
The Biography of ex-Gov. Coburn," Mr. G.
e. Williams neg work, is to be issued about
April 10. The printing of the book is now
nearly finished.
Sylvester Fernald, an eccentric man, Thurs
day went to several houses at Webb Ridge,
acting in very insane manner. He wandered
In the fields and among the buildings until
fields through the deep snow toward the
woods Since then nothing haa been seen Of
him.
BRowNFIELD.
Miss Anetted G. Waltz, the former pastor
OF the Universalist church IN this town. has
returned from Chicago, where she has been
stopping the paSt year for her health. She
Will commence to preach every alternate Sun
day from April I.
FoxcRoFT.
At a special meeting of the Piscatsoujs
Dairy Company, Saturday, March %, it was
decided to start the cream gatherers about May
lst. The whole cost of the factory, when II is
in running order, will be about twelve hun
dred dollars.
GARDINER.
A Law and Order League has been estab.
lehed here, and several searches have been
made for the ardent, but nothing has been
found.
.PRE:oUE ISLE.
More than 100 car loads of freight have ac-
cumulsted al Caribou station awaiting ship
ment. There are nearly or quite 300 car loads
at PreEque Isle and a large quantity at the
Fort.
RocKLAND.
During Friday night large mass of rock
fell in the company quarry at the head of
LIMERICK street. Something over 100 casks of
the mass fell on the spot where the men have
been at york for several weeks.
WALDOBoRo
James Cline, who has been in poor health
for TWO yeare and laboring under weakening
of the mind for several months, attempted sui
eide by cutting his throat with case knife,
Tuesday. He severed the windpipe aud cut
several blood vessels
WATERvILLE.
Judith w. Smith We. NJ. G. r. R., and
Matthew Goodrich and Hattie Goodrich vs..
the same, on trial at Skowhegan last week,
were decided in favor Of the railroad company.
II was the case in which the two ladies were
thrown from a carriage above the upper cross
ing in Wateryille last fall, receiving censidera-
BILE injuries S. s. Brown aud E. M McFad-
den for plaintiffs, and e. f. Webb for defend
ants.
IN GENERAL
There were shipped from Aroostoob county
and ali ponis on Inc New Brunswick Railway
east of Vapceboro during the month Of March,
10000 bushels ot potatoes. The most of these
were sent O Boston. although some went to
other poiui5.