Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-18
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.


Mrs. n; G. Young. of Auburn, has a
chrysanthemum with go blossoms.
Even in Blaine the deadly cigarette Is
working mischief among the schoolboys
A matrimonial wave is reported In
WATERFORD and cold wave In other parts
OF the State.
Competition among the Caribou black
sLlths mas resulted in lowering the
prlce charged for shoeing horses
Newell n. Chute was the oldest man in
tne torchlight procession at Bridgton.
lie is "a years and some months of age.
since the 1st of January last there have
been 4D entries at the Rockland custom
NOUS nouse and y; 4ao clearances for foreign
ances by the LIST of January next will
considerably exceed those of last year.
me question that the people of South
Iortiana are now asking is what has be-
come OF the South Portland board of
now Is the time to boom the town If i;
IS ever. 70 be done, and a good hustlinp
board OF trade could effectively do this
II 1t went to work in the right<way
nalmer ,1.s and Savage; the two young
Parsonsiield last month. are not enjov-
ing their confinement at the Alfred jail,
although Savage feels confident that he
States evidence. Palmer acts very met
ancholy most of the time The bows are
not allowed to see each other, and have
not eXcnanged word since they were
hours OF confinement. In the forenoon
Savage is allowed out of the ceu whle IN
the afternoon Palmer is let out While
being kept over the prisoners. and they
have small hopes of escaping from there
The law on short Holsters has been rig
idly enforced by shrewd fish warlens
Often have these men caught fishermen
init n A,.ft ftA,J
and the catchers have been obliged IL
settle with a heavy fine which has often
been disastrous to their proiits. Some OF
the men, however. have hit upon a
scheme for avoiding the law and bring
ing this palatable shell fish to our mar
kets without being molestcd. As soon as
the crawlers' are captured they are.
boiled and taken from the shell. After n
goodly amount of meat has been OBJ
tained. they are brought to Bath and sold
TO private families and markets. II is al
most impossible to tell the size of Il lob
ster after the shell has been removed as
often small meat is found in large claws
Bath Independent.
The trial of John Sullivan who is ac-
cuSed Of the butcher murder at Meadow
Brook was resumed on Friday. Several
witnesses for the defense were heard bar
failed to offer anything substantial tnat
would in any way tend to show his
Whereabouts on the night OF the tragedy.
His mother feeble old lady. testified
about u o'clock at night, but left til,
home again. A sensation was created
when Adrina Howell Of Caihoun's Mills
now working in Moncton testified tha
Dan sullivan. the accused mans fathef
had asked her to swear in evidence tina.
Iohn was with her on Thursday night
the time Of the murder and also on Fri
day night following. She said she saw
John Friday afternoon, but did not see
him on Thursday. " men on Friday She
asked him if The report Of the butcher
murder WAS TRUE he said; Yes il true;
just came from there" Little Maggie
butcher was unable 10 appear. ana it l.
a question whether she VIII testify TO
anything important. She is but nine
years old, and her home training has
oecn such that she will not talk about
anything that took place At her home. ii
beng well known that her mother al
ways cautioned her about repeating any
Of the affairs of the home to strangers.
IL Il reported that should the little girl
not be able TO appear on Friday next, the
judge Will decide the case on the evil
dence now in. Sullivan is defended bv Il
Barry Smith one of the ablest criminal
lawyers in the provinces who is working
hard TO clear his client The prisoner
waS hasgard looking when brought into
court and plainly shows the result OF his
long confinement in Dorchester jail
Calais correspondent of Bangor News.