The Portland daily press., 1888-10-12

very mild cases of diphtheria at the Insane
Hospital, both being male attendants and
they are now on the road to recovery. There
have been no cases on the female side for
Is days.
A Saddened Household.
BIDDEFoRD, Oct. 11.-Mrs. James w.
Dresser found her husband apparently dying
from stroke of apoplexy when she went to
call him this morning at 7.30 She found at
the same time her aunt Mrs Olive Hobson,
dead in her bed. Mrs. Hobson was Ss years
old, but was suffering from no unusual sick
ness. She has been respected resident of
Biddeford for 80 years, her husband, Jere-
miah Hobson, having died IL years ago. She
leaves sister, Mr.. Dresser's mother two
years her senior. Mr.. Dresser may recover
from this attack, but he is very sick.
Installation at Lewiston.
LEWISTON, Oct 11.-Rev. Martyr Sum-
merbell was installed as pastor of the Maine
street FreeBaptist church today. The sermon
was preached by Rev. G. E. Cate.
Dead In His Cellar.
FoxcRoFT, Oct. IL. This morning word
was brought Coroner Zenas Poole that out
in Pottersville, in the cellar of his own house
where he lived alone, lay the body of Ed
ward Wise, the neck being broken. The
neighbors noticed an absence for "a hours of
smoke from the chimney and entering the
house found the body as described.
Tracked by His Rubbers.
nn% 81 do ,oht <l,o
drug store of r. K. Stewart at Belgrade was
broken into and money, jewelry, knives and
other articles to considerable value stolen.
Deputy Sheriff Tibbetts was notified of the
break, and on Monday took hold of the
case, determined if possible to find the
culprit.
Upon making an examination of the prem
ises he discoved in the mud the tracks of a
man wearing rubbers, and after considera-
BILE difficulty traced them to the house of
Frank Barnum. Barnum is farmer and
had young man working for him named
| Will Stevens, 16 years of age, upon whom
| suspicion rested at once. A pair of his rub
| bers were procured and found upon exami-
nation to fit exactly the tracks leading from
| the store to the house where he was EN-.
| ployed, and he was thereupon placed undel
| arrest.
| Stevens's room, which is an unfinished at
tic, was searched by the officer, and undel
| the flooring between his room and the ont
adjoining was found $7.S1 in money and sew
en- pocket knives. He was taken before
| Trial Justice G. M. Weston and held for thu
| December term of the Superior Court. Depu
| ty Sheriff Tibbetts brought the young man tt
Augusta yesterday and lodged him in Ken.
nebec Jail.
Advent Christian Conference.
| LEWISTON, Oct.11.-The 4Oth session of th'
State Advent Christian conference is in ses
sion in Lewiston. The opening sermon wa
preached by 3. B. Seavey, Of Mount Vernon
About twenty ministers are present. o. S
French is president and K. o. Dinsmore, sec
retary, Considerable routine business ha
been done today. The meetings will contin
ue through the week.
Bangor's Road.
Especial to the Press.l
BANGOR, Oct. lit is learned here fror
private sources that Mayor Bragg is pre-
pared to accept Frank Jones's offer for tn
Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad provide
that in addition to assuming the bonded in
debtedness of Bangor on account of the road
paying 100000 and making the city billin
point he will also assume the lapsed bonds
This would secure the city from any los
other than the interest on its investment
Only Himself to Blame.
Especial to tile Pressl
AUGUSTA, Oct 1.-THE coroner's jury i
the case of Thomas Fitzpatrick, who wa
found dead near the Court street crossin
Wednesday night, rendered verdict tn
afternoon exonerating the railroad and il
employees from any blame. The jury recon
,,ondad that a gate or an electric light