The Portland daily press., 1886-05-12
A Bath MANS Suspicious Disap-


A Bath Mans Suspicious Disap-
pearance.
BATH, May Ito. Ell. Smiley, a well
known ice man of this city, is missing from
his work, and there are ugly stories in circu-
lation connecting him with forgery. His
friends are reticent, and authentic informa-
tion regarding the amount involved cannot
be learned. Mr.. Smiley has always stood
well in the community, and the affair is a
general surprise.
Fire in Bath.
BATH, May 11.-Fire last night damaged
the house of J. HI. Raymond, deputy collec-
tor of customs. The loss is $1,000; insured.
Accepts the Call.
LEWISTON, May 11.-Rev. T., II. STACY of
Lawrence, Mass, has accepted the call Of
the Free Baptist Church in Auburn. Mr.
Stacy graduated at Bates College, and took
the course in the Bates Theological School,
A Naughty Bangor Man.
ST. JOHN, N. B., May III. G. Bell, who
saws he belongs in Bangor, Me-, is under ar
rest at Newcastle, charged with robbing two
safes there of large sums of money. Over
$oS0O was found in his possession.
Accused of infanticide.
ROCHESTER, N. H., May 11.-Friday after
noon, box containing an infant was found
in the river at East Rochester, and coron-
er's inquest, which was held, decided that
Nina Farnham was the mother of the child.
and that it was born alive April 1st; her sis
+ar ,;..4;, IN, net
night officers arrested her sisters in Spring
vale, Me. Today, at the hearing, they were
remanded to Jail on charge of murder,
awaiting the action of the Supreme Court.
The accused admitted later to giving birth
to an illegitimate child.
Insurance Statistics.
SKowHEGAN, May 11.-From the compia-
ton of the Insurance Commissioner, it ap-
appears that 1916 life policies were issued in
Maine during 1885, the amount being $685.
$50; gain of 237 policies and $241, $50 over
the business of 1884. The ratio of losses
and claims paid to premiums received is 70
per cent. against so per cent in 1884. The
life policies in force Dec 81, number 1881 !;
amount, $40, OBJ, 100. The whole amount is
sued by casualty companies was $6,37 1888, a
loss of $804, ,450; the ratio of losses to premi-
ums secured being Ga per cent. The taxes
paid the State by life companies was So, $685.
40; by casualty companies, $167.20. The as
sessment life companies of the State issued
1917 certificates aggregating the sum of $4,-
662, 600
The Coburn Estate.
The hearing ON the accounts Of the Coburn
estates, continued from the April term of
the Probate Court was TO-DAY further con-
tindcd tu the july Germ by an agreement of
the parties.
a Mysterious disappearance.
WINTHROP, May 1.-Two months ago,
Charles Robbins. young man, came here.
He has relatives in this vicinity. For month
he had been hostler for d. d. Jenness, who
runs livery stable connected with the Win
throp House. He appeared honest, but
rather ignorant and peculiar. Yesterday
morning he disappeared with a nice team.
Some believe that two unknown drunken
men in town in the night got him to drive
them some ways into the woods, then
knocked him senseless, or bound him and
drove off with the team. Others think his
mind was wrong and he went in fit OF
mental alteration. A vigorous search has
revealed no trace of the missing man.
Death Preferred to Blindness.
BANGOR, May 1l.-Charles Barr, highly
respected young man, residing in Brewer,
hung himself this morning at o'clock, in
the woodshed at his home. He first fed the
cattle as usual, and then taking rope he at
tached one end to spike in a beam and
stepped on a barrel. He placed the other
end of the rope around his heck, and then
kicked the barrel over. He was found by
brother half an hour later, dead. The cause
is believed to be a disease he had of the eyes
tending toward total blindness. He was
unmarried, and about So years of age.
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