Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-23
ALL OVER THE STATE.
News Items OF Interest from Various
Counties.

The boom is finished at the mouth of Por-
tage Lake all ready for the logs to come
| down.
The Bangor police have been making mat
ters lively for the rumsellers Of that city in
a series of raids the past week
In the Municipal court at Portland Satur-
| lay. John S Frel was convicted of the lar
ceny of the goods from Samuel Pinkham.
An important meeting of the Commercial
| Travellers Association will be ht Id at the
Prebe House in Portland next Saturday.
The yearly meeting of the Penobscot Free
| Baptist society will be held with the Second
church society of Hancock, September 3-5.
Edward W. Chase, son OF Mr.. A. f
Chase, principal of the Portland high school,
met with an accident Saturday. sustaining a
compound fracture of the left arm.
Tarrantine Lodge of Odd Fellows. of Old
town, is arranging to properly celebrate the
anniversary of the foundation of the order
| at their hall next Friday night. An oyster
stew will be provided
At the annual meeting of the Stilwater
Log Driving Company the following Off
GERS were elected: President, William
Engel; clerk and treasurer, T. s. Moor;
directors, A. G. Ring, John Morrison, J. F.
Webster. Estes F. Adams.
William Mckay, while discharging coal
from the schooner f. II Furber, at the
| Forest City Refinery in Portland, Saturday.
fell 80 feet striking on a hoisting scow and
receiving severe injuries. He was taken to
the Maine General Hospital.
The following commencement parts have
been assigned TO the seniors at the Maine
State College Salutatory. Mr.. Merritt Fer
maid Valedictory, Miss Eva Perry; Histo-
~, Mr.. Edward Couan: Prophecy, Miss
Blanche Mansfield; Address to Undergradu
afes, Miss May Weeks; Poem, Miss May
Mayo; Essays, Mr. r S. Welch, Miss Let
tie Antwine, Mr.. Fred Grant.
| Rev. F. A Wilson of Billerica. Mass. a
graduate of the Bangor Theological Semi
nary, and son of Hon Nathaniel Wilson of
Orono, who recently declined calls to Bel
fast. Me-, Woodfori's Me-, and as assistant
pastor to the Free church IN Lowell, has re-
ceived fattering call to the Free ConQre-
gational church at Andover. from which
Rev. F. B. Make2eace went to Springfield.
Saturday afternoon, says the Bangor
whig a gentleman In that city missed 500
gold piece from his office and felt assured
that he knew the thief. He procured a war
rant for the mans arrest and placed it in the
hands OF Deputy Sheriff W. F. Reed with
description of the man, who lives in Wi.ter-
port. Mr. Reed stationed himself on the
Hsmpden road and late in the afternoon
caught the man as he was leaving fer home
He arrested him and took him to his office
where he searched him, but found only three
or four dollars in money. the man indig-
nantly denying the charge against him.
From the mans appearance and the rehe-
mence of his denials Mr.. Reed satisfied him.
J self that he was On the right track and re-
called the fact that when they came up the
r,sn put his team into . stable and while
there stepped for a moment into a stall.
Leaving the prisoner in bis Office Mr.. Reed
went to the stable and searching the stall
found secreted there . ten, q i've, two twos
au,i a one dollar bill. From articles which
the man had in his possession Mr.. Reed
, found where he had been during the day
and at the second place he visited learned
that a stranger answering the description of
!, the man had exchanged a twenty dollar gold
piece there for bills of similar denomination
to thoSe found. When the fellow was con
fronted with the bills he owned up to COM
miiting the offence and that he hid the
money where it was found. Ii was sharp
and prompt piece Of work on the part of
Deputy Sheriff Reed, aud he is deserving Of
much credit for it. The mans object in
stealing the money is mysterious. As he is q
man of means and belongs to one of the
most highly respected families in Winter.
: port.