Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-11

Mrs. Edna S. Gross of Rockland, wht
was run into by young wheelmaT
named Louis Shaw several weeks ago
| has brought suit against him for dam.
! ages.
| Bowdoinham is already feeling the
| force of the new wave Of prosperity
The mills are all running on fun time
and everyone who desires work finds
employment
A report comes from South Thomas
ton that John. the s-years-old son of
William Mckay. fell into Wessawes-
keag pond and would have drowned
but for the efforts of young Chester
Wiggin.
President Jerrard and Trustees
Alonzo Libby and Pompilly, and Sec
rotary Twitchell of the Maine State
fair. were at the Elm house in Auburn,
Friday. approving bills 1t looks now
as though the receipts might figure up
s2l,5Oo, exclusive Of the States $4,000
stipend. -Lewiston Journal.
Lewis Richards was arrested at
Camden. Thursday, on the charge of
breaking and entering the cigar and
tobacco store of r. L. Cross, Wednes-
day night. This store has been broken
into several times recently, and goods
IN small amounts have been taken
Richards has retained counsel.
Wednesday afternoon and evening
the Maine Government of the United
order of Independent odd Ladies, con-
tened in Portland. After banquet,
served at $50 p. NJ. to 200 ladies, the
sessions of the Board of Government
were held. The degree of Past Lady
was conferred on two candidates.
The postoffice at Scarboro Beach wa
broken into, Tuesday night. The work
is supposed To have been done by
tramps, but nothing of any value was
taken The door was pried open with
bar and several letters opened. The
thieves went from the office to the
store OF J. III. Libby and effected an
entrance there hut did not take any
thing OF value.
AS Charles Hutchens OF Camden. was
going upstairs, Tuesday night, h.
slipped and fell. and a lighted lainl
which he was carrying. exploded anG
took fire and the flames set fire TO tn.
house. The upper part of the hous.
was practically all burned. while thu
lower part was badly damaged by
smoke and water. Some of the con-
tents were saved.
Scott Jordan, a farmer who lives In
Cape Elizabeth, has lost large bay
work horse. The animal was in his
pasture Tuesday evening; but Wednes-
day morning was gone. Mr.. Jordan
suspects that the horse has been taken
by some tramp. Mr.. Guptill. who lives
in Falmouth on the Gray road lost
two horses from his pasture about twu
weeks ago. He did not know whether
they had been stolen or had gotten
away themselves.
The cut down In the York Mills Bid
deford, which affected the operative,
who work on the blue drillings. was moi
received very kindly, and there wa:
talk among some OF the operatives oi
going out on a strike. Others OF tlt
weaVers We're against such move
however, but Wednesday morning
when the time for starting arrived. il
was found that many Of the operatives
did not show NJ. but instead hal
sought work in other mills or left tow
in search of employment.
Judge William p. Whitehouse OF An
gusta. was in Dexter, Thursday. and
heard the case of Atwater VS. Durham
Last year Atwater's barn, which wa
insured, was burned. The insurance
company settled by forwarding to THEN
agent there, l.. b. Waldron, the sum for
which they We're liable. d. F. Dunbar
held a mortgage on Atwater's placc
and it is understood that Atwatei
alleges the insurance money would
more than balance the mortgage BY
virtue of trustee process the money
was tied UP in Waldron's hands an.
Atwater brings a bin in equity agains,
the holder of the mortgage to force a
settlement
While Robert Weber and George
Hackett, Jr., We're out cunning on a
small stream that runs through thick
woods, about three miles from Bow
doinham, Thursday afternoon they
separated and Webber lay down on the
bank of the stream in reclining posi-
ton with his head in his hand. Hack
ttt tduStt SREfl pl SbiilttnlnS moving
in the bushes and thinking it was a
bird, fired with the result that large
quantity of the shot went into the arm
of Weber and narrowly missing his
head. which was nearly in range Ply
sicians were called to dress the wounds.
which are serious.
Frank Buissere of Lewiston. has
brought suit for $500 damages against
Nelson Gange, Constable Dionne and
Aresene Leblanc, for malicious prose
cution. The suit grows out of a re-
cent search and seizure case at the
Lewiston municipal court ny CostahIe
Dionne. Dionne seized two kegs of
liquor in Buissere's stable and brought
suit against him. AS it was sworn
by Buissere and his son that one was
a whiskey key, and Dionne only men
toned beer key, and as there was al
so testimony to show that some one
who was chased by the officers hid the
liquor in Buisserc's barn, unknown 10
him, he was discharged by the court
The story that Buissere tells is that
one night Leblanc hid the liquor in his
stable cellar without his consent His
son Bert Buissere saw ii, and hid If in