Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-16
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

| The traders at Thorndike station are
| paying - cents per busiei for potatoes
| Butter sells for nothing-cannot even ex-
| change 1t for crackers. Lots of farmers
| are feeding nice apples to their stock.
I Thursday morning a woman was found
wandering around Deering in an appar-
emily demented condition. She was
| brought 10 this city and cared for at the
/ police station She had a ticket for POri
| Mu'grave, n. s.. and said her mother was
| sick there ana needed her. She evidently
/ got or the train ut Woodfords and was
wandering around when found.
Thomas F. WEIGH. who is under bonds
for his appearance before the criminal
assauiting his wife, Mary WeIch, and
who has been serving n sentence in Ban
eor jail for drunkenness. has been re-
leased. his time having expired. While
Welch WAS serving the sentence for
drunkenness his bondsmen delivered him
| to the authorities, so that he was Obliged
to get new bail before being released.
Ellsworth is considering another shoe
factory proposition. d. ii. Tribou, for
merry Superintendent of the Il. L. Cole
4 Co. shoe factory offers to engage in the
business of shoe manufacturing there. il
the city will furnish him a building free
of taxes. and machinery sufficient to turn
out 40 TO 80 dozen shoes a day. Mr.. Tri-
bou proposes TO manufacture n cheap
grade grade OF shoes for which he thinks there
would be a ready market. He estimates
the cost of the plant, as proposed at
S.'oo The citizens think very favorably
of the scheme, and the board of trade
Will take the matter in hand.
Last October the stable at Bangor jail
was broken into and a harness valued at
Si3 and a pair of reins that cost 81 stolen
Turnkey Bragdon had suspicion as to
the case, with the result that he soon
had sufficient evidence to secure a war
rant for the arrest of Daniel Delaney. BY
that time. however. Delaney had disap-
peared and no trace of him could be
found. Mr.. Bragdon notified the police
or Bangor and other cities. but Delaney
ago, when he was arrested at the house
or Mrs. Smith in 18th street. Bangor He
IS now serving a sentence of sixty days
tor malicious mischief and is also await
ing sentence on a continued case. Since
delaney has been in Jail he has told
where he put the stolen property, so that
It has been recovered The case will be
brought before the grand jury when il
meets.
Brunswick people who are principal
owners of the Puritan are interested in
the outcome of this exciting affair de-
The crew of the British ship Inveramsay.
that came into port last night. reported
Witnessing an exciting race between three
while the Inveramsay was beating against
head wind on her way from Swansea
70, 70 TINS port in latitude 1890 north and
warned the watch of these vessels on ne
weather BEAM Just the top spars OF
three square rugged vessels could be seen
above the horizon, bearing down almost
upon the Inveramsay. with a stiff breeze
almost dead astern. AS soon as they
came within speaking distance they
nolssed their signals number. They were
the American. ship. Puritan. the British
Snip. koss-shire, and the British ship |
Cfomartyshirc, for Queenstown. Tney
OF each other and /, race to xhe British
coast commenced. The three ships have
records as fast sailors. and some idea Of |
now evenly matched they are can be oh |
talned from the fact that after rae
ing Tor over COCO miles. they were abreast
Of each other and all of them carrying ali
the canvas they could crowd on. The
!. american M snip was flying her colors from
INC mizzen peak; while at her masthead
were the signal flags, Follow me and yo,,
VIII make port" The Rosshire was ask
,h h her Two companions with her flags il
lney wanted a tow, while the Cromartv-
shire was signalling. Keep up with mo
ana you will be all right"