Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-07
State News.
ANpRoacoGcIr

ANDRosCoGGN
Aroor Day was observed Nav lsr. bv this
scholars of Livermore Falls High School
ana about twenty-five trees Sc, out around the
school house.
Willard F. Haskell of Minot is a govern.
ment witness in the Mason alleged murde,
case.
A ten-year-old North Auburn bow caupb, ,
trout that weighed q lbs. in Lake Aubur,
this week
Diphtheria of the malignant type is raging
In the family of Edmund Bailey in Poland.
A breach of promise case of Clara F..
buckman VS.. Elmer T. Smith, both of Lis.
oon' has been tried st Auburn this week. II
resulted wednesday in verdict for $500 for
the plaintiff. Damages were laid at "a, 900.
CUMBERLAND
Inc offices Of the Portland Press and of
me argus are to be lighted by electricity. US
ing the incandescent variety of lamps.
HANCOCK.
curiosity in the shap. of gun was dug
up with several others, at Fort Point few
wears ago. during some repairs on the Fort
ne gun lie less than three feet long, the bar
rel being only fourteen inches. Two rinos
are fastened to its stock. evidently for the
purpose of suspending it to belt or over the
shoulder.
Tuesday there was a collision between two
ireight trains on the Grand Trunk railway at
west Paris. One train was standing on a
slolng and the other ran into the rear Of the
tralh' the brakes refusing to hold The rear
car was pretty b ally smashed and the loco
motive damaged somewhat. No one was hurt
and no future damage done.
John Paris, general trader, Oxford has
assigned Boston Herald
PENoBsCOT.
Constable c. L Doble of Oldtown arrested
three Veazie fellows, MONDAY afternoon. who
assaulted some Oldtown bows at Veazie. Sat
urday evening They were taken before
Trial Justice Norton of Oldtowp. and TWO of
them placed under $500 bonds for their an
pearance at the next criminal term. The
other was discharged owing to lack of evil
dence found against him.
PIsCATAoUIs.
A boy named Ernest Pratt, about fourteen
years old. who has lived with Mr.. S. C.
Iowne, in Sebec, for several years, disap-
peared from his home, Sunday, and has not
been heard from. Monday, men were search
ing for him but could finj no trace of his
whereabouts. Later he was traced through
several towns to Bangor where he announced
his intention of shipping in some vessel.
SOMERSET.
few DAYS ago two boys lighted small
hre in pasture near Bingham village, and
IN short time it swept over part of three
farms burning nearly mile of fences and
doing much damage to the land
WALDO.
The Senate has passed the bill appropriate
ing Sl5 900 for the extension and repair of
the public building at Belfast The bill
passed the House some time ago
The Bangor Wing is Uniformed that Ed
win z. Treat, Esq, of Frankfort, who has
been for some time confined in the county
Jail under sentence for violation of the pen
sion laws, received notice Wednesday that he
had beer pardoned by President Cleveland"
WAsHINGToN.
The remains of the two Foster bows and
Phinne Williams who were drowned last fall
in North Lake, at Danforth, from the
capsizing of their boat were found last
Thursday. The presence of crows about the
bodie. first attracted attention. Ii will be
remembered that the sister of one of the
Foster boys heard the m quarreling in the
boat which was the last heard of them They
must have had a rough time, as Williams $
jaw was broken and his front teeth knocked
out
AT LARGE.
A bill has just passed the Senate which is
of Importance to the railroads of Maine and
throughout the country. 1t provides that in
paving amounts TO railroads for use of mail
cars, the Postmaster General and the proper
accounting officers of the treasury shall allow
and pay for cars less than forty feet in length
a sum which shall bear the same proportion to
the sum allowed and paid for cars forty fee,
long the length of such cars bears to forty
feet. The rate allowed is S25 per mile pei
annum for cars forty feet in length, $50 for
forty-fve foot cars, $40 for fifty foot and 500
for ffty-ive to sixty foot cars There is nc
provision for cars under forty feet. The
Maine Central. Boston & Maine and other
roads have been running for a long time, on
some of the routes. cars of twenty-five feet
and even less, and have until the past year
received a rate proportionate to the length OF
the car. This year the reform" admins.
trstIon has decided that it can not pay any
thing for the use of these cars, and the roads
are performing the service without pay. The
object OF the bill is to remedy the difficulty
80 that the department may have no .cruples
against paying for services done. The pas.
sage of the bill was recommended by the
Post Office Department
sloop with lighters is at work at the OLD