Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-14
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Brownville was visited by burglars,
Tuesday night. The Bangor & Aroostook
railroad depot, E. Ii. POOLS grist mill and
the stores of S. A. Smith and Wells &
Hobbs were broken into. AT the depot the
burglars secured about Sl2, at the other
places practically nothing, only few cop
pers and punched coin.
W. Wo oman of Portland, aged 81 years,
was found d, a in his bed, Thursday mora
ing. He was formerly head of the large
irm Of Woo Imam, True & Co., but had
been retired for several years. He was in
the State Legislature in 1864 and was State
senator in lSG5-61. He had been president
If the board of trade. A widow and three
daughters, all married. survive him.
There was notable family gathering in
North Searsport, Monday, when Mrs. Mar
tha D. Matthews, her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam J. Matthews, granddaughter, Mrs. ID.
B. Hills, and great granddaughter, the in
fant daughter of Mrs. Hills, made call at
the house of L. H. Matthews. Mrs. Mar
tha ID. Matthews is the Oldest person in
Searsport, having reached the great age of
% years.
The new tariff bill took off the duty on
salt, excepting the case of countries that
had discriminating tariff against us. Turks
island belongs to Jamaica, and Jamaica has
a discriminating tariff against us. Trefethen
& Bearce of this city, thinking the duty had
been taken off salt, sold about 100 hogs
heads of Turks island salt to their Gus
toners at low rates. Now they have dis
covered that duties have got to be paid on
the salt, they wish they hadn't.
A son of Rufus Meserve of North Lining
ton, aged II years, took his fathers scythe
from a tree where it was hanging, last
Saturday morning, and went out, presuma-
bly, to NOV weeds. Not long after he
returned to the house with his arm nearly
cut off. He fell in swoon as he entered
the door. Physicians were quickly sum-
moned and everything possible done for the
unfortunate boy, but he never recovered
consciousness and died before night.
Patrick Murphy, formerlya brakeman on
the Maine Central, was injured, Wednes-
day, by falling from the cliff to the east OF
Fort Allen park on the Grand Trunk track
His companion, Angus Mitchell, says that
Murphy was very drunk when they sat to-
gether on seat 10 the park. Suddenly he
started up and went toward the cliff sayi ing
something Apuut cetluS DIdktUiau on tOe
tracks below. When he reached the edge
he fell over. Mitchell ran down the step.
and found him lying on the track so feet
below, alive. but unconscious and bleeding
terribly. He was taken to the Maine Gen
eral hospital where the doctors sail he had
a good chance for recovery. He is mar
riod man and has quite a large family
Mitchell was arrested and taken to the sta
ton, but given his freedom early in the
evening as no facts developed that would
warrant retaining him.
The LIMERICK Railroad Company hiss
Just completed 1900 feet of trestlework,
terminating at point abreast of A. c. GAY
& Co.'S store at Tillson's wharf. This is
for the accommodation of the seven kilns
which lie along its course, no. all of which,
however, are yet connected with it. The
kilns are as follows: The old Messr, Berry
and Wigein kilns, three in number, opsr-
ated bv A. c. Gay & Co f., and Farrand &
Spear: one of the old John Crockett kilns,
not vet connected with the LIMERICK rail-
road a second Crockett kiln, the Snow &
Farwell and the FarDsworth kilns, all of
which are operated by +. Cobb & Co. The
trestlework has been constructed by N. C.
Cbatto, in the employ of the road, and is as
excellent as it is an expensive piece of
work. The kilns connected with it have
been topped out to make them of sufficient
height, partly in stone, but largely with
iron. n.-Rockland Star.