Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10

school in Austin. Illinois requeS Il Ing
copies of the illustrated book entitled
The Crown of New England" This
is a book which was published some
two years ago devoted to the inter
ests of Maine and New Hampshire
and as each pupil expressed it in the
letters. Il desire a copy as it will
doubtless be a great help TO me in tho
study of geography, particularly that
of New England"
The number of prisoners committed
to the oxford county Jail for the past
year ending Nov. 30 1896, was I3. Foi
drunkenness 8, liquor selling s. non
payment of fines 49, safe Keeping BY
police officers 3. males 70, females /
poor debtors 8. tramps 4. number be-
tween Is and y years of age 7, senten-
iced for 30 days II. so days Z. three
months l, for six months 2. for nine
months 1. to State prison /, number in
jail Nov. 30, 's5. :, number Nov 80
go s.
The name of the young man who
died so heroically in Florida to save
the lives of the crew of the schooner
n. F. Cobb was Freeman Waterhouse
not James as printed MIR. Water
house was a young man, a son Of the
late Capt. John .Waterhouse formerly
of the ship E. f. Packard. Young
Waterhouse has been employed until
lately by Mr.. ]. IF. Nose, the agent for
Squires, Portland. His family are
living in California. The deceased was
unmarried.
IL
carrying coal to Newcastle to think
Of a steamer To run on Moosehead
Lake being built of lumber sawed out
al Winnegancc mills. but this is never
theless true. for Charles =. Harring-
ton of this city has ordered about all
of the lumber that he is to use in the
construction of steamer that he has
contracted to build for the Nj. kineo
Hotel Association at the mill Of John
G, Morse. Mr.. Harrington will get
the craft which viii be about - feet
long, already TO put together in his
yard here and then ship the material
TO the lalle.-Bath Enterprise.
The gang Of tramps who for the past
few weeks have been camping out in
an old wood choppers hut in the
woods, have nearly caused a reign of
terror among the farmers Of the quiet
rural village of Hollis. They have
robbed hen roosts. stole wood. and, in
fact, taken everything that they could
lay their hands on. a number of the
citizens have recently purchased re
volvers and will use them on the first
provocation. A few nights ago as j.
Z. Carrie was returning to Limington
three men jumped out Of tine bushes
by the side of the road and attempted
to stop the horse. He gave the old
white mare he drove a sharp cut with
the whip and she broke into run.
knocking the Would-be highwaymen
right and left.
An adultery case was tried in the
Auburn police court, Wednesday fore
noon. and as usual in the trial of such
cases. the audience was large. Thomas
f .Nickerson was the complainant and
Fred Foy the respondent, and Alice
Maud Nickerson. the correspondent.
Both respondents pleaded not guilty,
but We're unable to make the court be-
lieve them entirely innocent. Probable
cause was found, and Foy and Mrs.
Nickerson were ordered to furnish bail
in $500, being unable to do so, they
were committed to Jail Arthur Ham
mond of Boston. John Kelley of Port
land, John Hargraves of New Bruins
wick, and George Matthews of Phil
adelphia, were sent to Jail for intoxica-
ton. One prisoner was sent up for
vagrancy.