Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-13

from the ladder. 20 feet. His wrist and
three ribs were broken. A finger was
him and his shoulder and head bruised.
IT is not known whether his injuries will
pi 1ve fatal.
Augustine Holbrook of Old Harbor;
Deer Isle. was drowned; Monday while
setting lobster travis. He. with Edgar
Smith. were setting travis. when the
wind breezed up and il became very
rough. Mr.. Smith set his travis and
| liolbrook signal 10 be picked up. He wa
! Busy for a few minutes and when he
I looked for Mr.. Holbrook he was missing.
| Every effort was made TO find the missing
man. but without avail He was Is year
chld i.''' - 60 '' i "''e anu one
| At a stockholders meeting of the
| iiampden y Winierport Electric Street
| Railway AZ Bangor. Thursday evening.
| Henry L.. Mitchell. T.. c. Nichols, Bangor;
T. W. Mayo. ltampden; !. \. kelseE
| Itacy walker, New Haven; Thomas NJ.
| " 4iier. :. II. Wagner. New York. Al
tie directors, meeting these officers were
| 2 cted: n. l.. Mitchell. president; Israel
I a. Kelsey. treasurer; H. w. Mayo. secre-
tary. Work has begun on an Electric
rasi from Bangor to Winterport. 13 miles
/ a''d the read viii b. pushed 10 compile
| Il "a by June next.
| The Maine shareholders Of the defunct
Granite State pro.-id4nt Association have
/ u Jm the commissioner of claims. recent
! ly appointed bY the supreme court OF New
Hampshire. Each letter enci0seS a state
tucut OF tht members credit of dues on
u g hooks OF the asSocittiOn. and requests
Il vcriilcation of the figures. II the state
raent IS correct; the member is to sign il
| ana forward II to the cJmm.s oEer 4
| Year is the period allowed BY the com
Il missioner ia which to examine the claims
q %I the members Of the association in
tte various states.
ia AMI.
| Z ichrane. the New Auburn man who Wa
a. r. st.d a few weeks ago on complaint oil
TIC authorities fer abuse of his wife and
( intONicaGoa. was arragnea on charge
~ assault. HES wife has hitherto been
| Unable 10 appear against him, - severe
were her injuries. She was accompanied
L. her physician and seemed to have been
i great sufferer. Cocarane tor Coughhhp
| t,as been In jail since the affair and was
| t.Cught In in charge OF the officers. He
waived the reading of the warrant and
TRIAL on the same ami was bound over m
tae sum of S1'p to the supreme court IN
= uhurn.
Monday; while working on the shore on
tie East Side. hauling sea weed. says the
Ielfast Age Martin Webber came across
e hrstle containing the following note
riiten on leaf torn from an account
i.Te more than 2nother day, | will write
tvs lire. l am Scott Nelson. Lewiston,
l'e.. lost ut sea, April p. As l may never
land again / place this where some
e here the paper is torn and the re
nainder of the sentence lost. On the back
the paper are q number Of figures in
;t1d Laushlia. Whether this is something
ritten to create sensation or is orr
elnal cannot he said. At any rate the
/ tSer looks as though ii had been in The
b5tfle a long time. The paper was IRE
: nted to the Belfast Age man. and is
row in his possession.
The death Of Capt William Mosher att
se age CT 90 years who had been Farnl-
T. gton's oldest inha bts,nt since the de- |
'c ase ef the town centenarian. Scott Ellis |
undoubtedly leaves Mr.. Gathers Drum
niond the oldest person in that town. Mr. |
hrummond was born in county T.ftone. |
Ireland in 1868, but came 10 this county
hen only a lad He has been a. most
Successful business man. and is in re-
Tarkably good health and spirits. He
i large business interests to attend to
a1d goes down street every pleasant day
has a keen interest in all local, State and
itional affairs. and is a good conyersa-
ionalist. Capt. Mosher, whose death
has just occurred was born in Gorhain
Atc.. May y. 1852 ana was thus one vearI
Older than Mr.. hfunmond. Capt. MosherI
moved 10 Pennington in 1921 AID lived on
the same farm until his death.
We learn from sources outside the
trustees of the Maine State Fair. that a;
te recent meeting at Bangor. ii traa-
sfred that the deficit in the receipts of
fas been previously reported thar $500
would be added to the debt this year BIZ
reason CT the bad weather ana me M
c ,,,sd, e, expenses. not to mention tn
EVeleths figures at Bangor were there
lore very pleasing. One gentleman who
. gnt TO know thinks that this VIII be cui
DOWN to about. 500, over $3.50 was spent
q me grounds this year and fence
e .ou2h was built to cut down profits no.
Il little But for this the fair would nave
SHOWN a gain of about siGn. THINGS at
tne fair grounds look in fire share for
winter The ground keeper viii net cover
me track again. this winter-exccpt for
q few feet near the pole to prevent wash.
lng-and the result win be that the track
VIII be open three or four weeks earlier in
me spring. when horsemen especially ap-
prtGldtc the adVantaS eS of the track The
Track was fun soft enough last year and
the general opinion is that it will be bel
Yer Tor TINS winters Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
Prison, Inspectors Wcltman Savage
Portland, Augustus Bailey, Gardner. and
=. W. Gilman of toXcroft. held a privatni
I lr,, at the Thomaston state
deputy warden Ira E. Northey has re-
signed his position. Mr.. Northey has beenI
a Leading candidate for the position of
admitted that the investigation was held
70 LOOK into the truth of a report which
ma come to their ears that Northey hal
man just discharged from prison. The!,
inspectors had nothing to say beyond thrl
lact that Norihey had resigned rather
.'ii''i 50 - i'ti'iit lnNtSIlGaI11n. ThrNf
stated, as did Warden Allen. that Mr.. +
Ncrthcy had. during his Is years of ser
wee at the prison the latter eight years
OF which he has been deputy warden
% - :. moIel official in every way audi
tha. they had no complaint whatevcri
against him They were also very posi-
1--WE IN their assurances that there could
have been no intimacy between Mr.
Ncr;hey and the woman while she was
Confined at the prison. Mr. Nnrihev was
seen and stated that he was entirely inno-,
cent hut had been covered in such Il man.
ner byhis enemies that he found himself
entirely unable to explain away the cir
evidence.
George e. Plumb, one of the non-union
Workinen at the Brown works. Cleveland
who was shot during one of the riots last
has brought suit against the
county commissioners for $1,000 damages
The suit is begun under the Smith anti
!ynching law passed by the last legisla-
ture. giving the person injured by mob
authority to recover from the county in
which the mob assemblies.
The Inspector general OF the Newfound-
lani constabulary has gone to Montreal