Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-15

IN the Bangor Jail there are row s,.,
have been for rometime past about ~.
prisoners, and the cost OF boarding me-
Is SZ5 day. Tine last quarter found tbs'
commissioners without sufficient fnon@,
~ their disposal to pay the sheriff for
boarding the prisoners in April, Nav ann
June and they have not yet settled ~,
biz which ~ over S2HgJ. ON October fg.
another bill Of about the same amounf
VIII be due. II Is probable that AT Inc
coming session Of the Legislature pcrtnis-
sion VIII BE- asked for fenolacot cotIntv
to issue bonds for the purpose OF Raising
funds to meet it's outstanding bills. II IL
not likely that the taxes viii be omitted
again very soon.
Harry Fridham Of Manchester, y. H..
aged about 60, was stricken with a
shock, Monday afternoon, on West
ern Division train while at Saco sta
ton. and died several hours later. lie
had been to Portland to consult a ply
stefan at the hospital there. in regard
to heart trouble which ne had. and
Monday morning, the physicians there
advised MIS-. iridham, who. Nv the
way. Is blind, to get her husband home
at once, for he coJld live but a few
days They left Portland at once, and
u hile the train was at Saco the wife
touched her husbands hand and found
that it was numb and lifelcss.
Charles W. Mead clerk at owen &
Moorc's, Portland, has confessed to the
theft Of about $500 from the firm
Mead was suspected, and a detective
who made purchase amounting to
$50 gave Mead three half dollars in
payment. Mead turned in only 81 to
the firm. and was at once accused Of
theft Tho eGift= married. and
one Of them was found on his person
when he was searched. lie confessed
ana said hc estimated the total amount
IF his stcalings at Sl5oo lie offered to
settle and was rot arrested. but was
discharged from the firm. Mead has
been in the employ Of owen * Moore
for II years.
Politics in Maine this year is playing
strange tricks with business and social
relations That political ties are also
being rended was wc,l illustrated by
the bolt at the Watcrvillc convention
on Thursday That riotous gathering
was presided over by the Hon John
Scott of Bath. Mr.. Scott is the law
partner Of the Hon Harold NJ. Sewali
who only few weeks ago presided
over the Republican State convention
1t Bangor. And Mr.. Scwall who thus
identifies himself with the Republican
state campaign. is the son of the DEM
ocratic candidate for vice president.
fact that VIII lend an additional inter-
est to his speeches if Sewall the
younger takes the stump. Political
antagonism has not. however. re-
suited in personal cnmity. father and
son being warm fricnds.-Portland
Sunday Times.
IA irate father in Brooks. armed
with a long rawhide horsewhip. made
things rather lively for young man
in jackson few days ago and it
is possible that there will yet be an
other chapter to the story. Luville
Hollis, 4 young man of Troy, called at
the house of Russell 6. Hamblin, a
wcll-to-do farmer. who lives in the
western part Of Jackson. At the house
Hollis met Hamblin's 15-year-old
and it is alleged that. in the
course of his conversation, he used
very indecent language. The girl be-
came afraid and ran out to the field
where her father ard brother were and
told them about Hollis. Mr.. HambIin
end son FASTENED to the house. but
Hollis had gone. Quickly harnessins
the horsc. the irate father started in
pursuit accompanied by his son. When
ncarthc Robert Hansonplace in Thorn
dixie they came upOn Hollis. lmme-
diatcly Mr. Iiamblin jumped from his
snatcbed his raw-hide horse
whip from the socket. and, it is re-
ported. caught hold of the young fell
low aud struck him several times with
his long whip. There is a prospect of
further proceedings.