Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-01
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

suit was brought. Friday, against
the Pennington Village Corporation, py
s. Clifford Belcher on one OF Tue o.u
railroad bonds. which have been III con-
tention for many years.
In the supreme judicial court at Port
land. Friday the case of Albert n. Wa,
son vs the Portland q Cape Elizabeth
Railway Co. ended very abruptly. In this
case. Watson stood on the front piatioii,
OF a car and was thrown OH ana injured
near the power house. lie SUED the com
many for damages Friday, Judge Wal
ton susnended the case and directed the
i,lrv To return a verdict for the defend
ant on the ground that by law any per-
son riding on the platform of a car does
so at his own risk. The case OF Good
win vs. the Boston & Maine Railroad, III
the S4th Maine Report, settles this point
beyond doubt. The jury rendered d
verdict for the defendant without leaving
their seats.
Portland policy hackers. writers ana
players are deeply excited over tlie
wonderful run of luck of two stranss;ts,
whose united winnings on a Single sis
exceeded S2200 Acting under lnstr ...es
lions from the headquarters of the gaiiit'
the local agents have refused pay iheit.'
on the ground that the men are trtt,,
ersr and the bet not an honest one. liies
made second demand for thelr 1ioi ne . !.
Thursday evening, but payment was
again refused.
A oood-looking woman called az th'
Penobscot county jail at Bangor luui t
day. and demanded to see FRANK H. ~
bard a Pscataquis county prlsohei' W
is serving a years sentence Iol poiS
gamv. Pm his wife and | want 10 y.
married to him. sac said Hlean;
she went on to explain TO tne SUI
nnzzIed turnkey that I'm Frank HUI
bard's second wife: | married him wnen
| thought had right to- he got III jan
for having two of us at once, anu nov
that he's divorced from the mrs. oii NJ,
want to be married over AGAIN nc
turnkey regretfully declined liils qu the
proper request. because ii IS against lhe
rules of the Bangor jail to celebrate mar
riage ceremonies within its walls. me
woman promptly and confidently pre-
scented herself, upon learning OF HUI
bard's divorce and she was sorely as
annointed when she found that she would
have to wait until next year she lei
the prison in an unhappy frame Oh
mind.
1ne first X-ray experiment was tried
in Rockland. Thursday, and it was
very practical though unsuccessful one.
The subject was Mrs. John Stearns. the
shooting OF whom by an insanely jealous
husband has been the sensation OF tne
week in Maine The surgeons, 1t VIII pc
remembered, extracted one OF the pull
lets. but were unable to find the other
which entered at the median line OF the
back. its course being lost. Prof. Robin
son of Bowdoin college, at the city hos
pital made the experiment. in the pres
ence of the entire local medical force and
members of the press. The conditions
were not orable. one reason being that
Mrs. Stearns was unable to remain in a
sitting pasture. Instead, she lay upon
her back and a prepared Photographic
plate 10x12 inches in size, was placed I'M
der her so that the surface included most
of the right lung. in which it was thought
most probable the bullet would be found.
The result was disappointing. Mrs.
Stearns weighs upward of 80 pounds.
and the X-ray photograph. instead of
showing the bullet, as had been fondly
hoped. showed only the framework of
the body and that rather dimly. The
patient suffered little inconvenience from
the experiment.