The Portland daily press., 1895-08-19
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Yesterday Secretary Herbert and Capt
Evans of the flagship New York, were
the guests of Secretary Lamont at his
summer home at Sorrento. They made
calls upon Hon. J. NJ. Scof1eld, who has
rooms at Hotel Sorrento. 1t is expected
that the flagship New York will anchor
in Sorrento harbor during the remainder
of her stay in Frenchman's Bay.
The most prosperous eighteen days
spiritual campmeeting at Bucksport
closed Sunday These officers were elected
Saturday: President Freeman Smith,
Rockland; vice president, Peter Abbott
Verona; treasurer, John Eldridge, Bucks
port; clerk, Mrs. Peyser
AT Maiden, Mass, Mahlen Nash, the
12-year-old boy who accidently shot and
killed Edgar G. Parker, one of his COM
panions a week ago, was arraigned in the
District court Saturday on a charge of
manslaughter. The examination of
several witnesses ended in the discharg-
ing of Nash A warrant will be issued
for the arrest of Stephen ELS, a Linden
storekeeper, who sold the revolver that
did the killing to young Parker.
A bold robbery was perpetrated on
Main street, fMedfora's S prominent
thoroughfare, at 80 O'Clock Saturday
morning. Mrs. Bowen, wife of ''JockS'
Bowen, the well known driver at Mystic
park was the victim.
Sanford probably has the fastest cycle
track in the state, and never was in the
condition it is at the present time for fast
work, very likely records will go next
Labor Day on the occasion of the State
Meet
At Colonge the worlds championship
and international cycling congress has
opened. The best riders. both amateur
and professional of England, France
Germany, Holland, BELGIUM, Italy, Nor
way, Scotland, Ireland, the United States
of America and Canada are in attend
ance
Eat Biddeford, Deputy Marshal Mogan
made queer capture Saturday morning
in the shape of a blistered beggar, one
of the fraternity of tramps which have
been touring through the state, and
whose operations have been reported on
various newspapers
Burt E. Hyde, who died of yellow fever
at the Swinburne Island hospital yester-
day afternoon, will be cremated at tho
crematory on Swinburne Island. His
ashes will be placed in an air tight jar
and handed over to his family, who re-
side at Rockville, Conn, next week.
At Lake Minnewaska, N. Y, ex-Jus-
tice William Strong of the Supreme Court
of the United States, has been critically
ILL., He has suffered from paralysis
affecting the left side of the body. The
ex-justioe has had relapse of catarrhal
fever which rendered his condition
alarming.
The exports from Germany to the Unit
ed States Of imitation astrichan fur
called krimmer, fell under the Mckinley
act to 81, ,080 and 81, 1856 during the third
aud fourth quarters respectively of 1894.
During the second quarter of 1885 these
g xpOrts rose in value to $23 $40 from the
Berlin district alone.
Frances sssof Englewood, Ills. sswere
drowned at the Willows, Spring La Ike. yes
terday The child was bathing and got
beyond his depth and the mother went to
his rescue.
q Sunday impressive seyices were held at
the First Christian church of Kittery, or
the occasion ofShe ErNeiling OF tablet
set in memorial Window, IN memory
of the first two pastors sf tse ehucrh.
At Pawtucket, R I, RaliceInan John
W. Mooney, who was On &uty at the ball
grounds, was attacked by Michael Quinn,
we'll known to the police and who has
had grudge against Mooney for some
time. A fierce fight followed, in the
course of which Quinn chewed the offic
ials thumb off nearly to the first Joint
In In the h, court Quinn pleaded not guilty tc
the charge OF mayhem and was held il
| 81, 600 for trial on August 49, Physicians
fear blood poisoning or loGkiaw from
| MONEYS wounds.
AT Waterbury, CT, in a few hours Sun
day morning 2.S3 inches of rain fell. The
| damage done to roads in Waterbury anC
surrounding towns is thousands of dol
lars. The streams are badly swollen.