Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Bert Davidson, who was killed on the
| Fitchburg r. r., was son Of John w.
| Davidson, the prominent contributor
| of Golden Days" of Houlton. The
remains will be taken there for inter-
| ment.
Judge Bonney has rendered a decision
in favor of the plaintiff in the suit of
Detective Eben n. Perry against Lawyer
Charles T. Read, chairman of the Bidde-
ford Democratic city committee. for de-
tective service rendered at the polls. in
March. 1886. EX-Policeman Wadsworth
Verrill has decided to accept Judge
Warehouses; reduction of the verdict to
$3.50 in the false Imprisonment suit against
Mayor Davis and City Marshal Clark.
The Portland city government COM
mittee of which Alderman Rounds is
chairman preferred charges, Wednes-
day, against Superintendent Staples of
the street department. looking to his
removal. This action was by direction
of the board of aldermen. after the pre-
sentation by the committee of the re-
suit of their investigation into the
working of the street department.
The Boston Excelsior Co.. whose mills
at Milo, We're destroyed by fire some
time ago, have purchased the old tan
merry and water privilege in Sebec viii
lage of the Piscataquis Saving Bank
and will use the mill for excelsior pur-
poses. This company will do a large
numbering business in Bernard this
season and should pulp wood be used
at Sebec it will be quite boom for
that place.
Alfred Dumont of Lewiston. was hunt
ing. Wednesday. and in the course of his
travels his hands became cold and in the
effort to warm them by clapping them
together. he dropped his gun. The gun.
which was loaded with buckshot, was dis
charged, part of the shot entering his
foot. The bones of the foot We're broken
and the foot was badly mangled Du-
mont was taken to the Hospital of Our
Lady of Lourdes. where it was found
necessary to amputate two of the toes.
The operation was performed, Thursday
gun carriage for the fort at Port
land, was received. Wednesday, by
railroad. but was halted at Pleasant
dale and from there VIII be taken by
II horses to the point where it will be
mounted. II weighs q tons, and the
process of taking it from the car was a
slow one, and at o'clock there seemed
to be very little prospect of its being
carriages reached here by water. Had
brought to Portland, it could not have
been taken over the Portland and
Knghtville bridge.
A careful review and comparison
gives as fair estimate that the pack
Of sweet corn this year was between
100000 and 100000 cases. One season
the packing arose to 100000 cases, but
10000 is about a fair average. There
was recently found in this city small
lot of canned corn which was packed
nearly, if not quite, a quarter of a
century ago. Upon opening some of
the tins the contents We're found to be
N perfect condition as to sweetness
and soundness, but the corn had lost
some of it's original fine tiavor.-Port-
and Press.
George Tebbetts of Auburn, who
borrowed an overcoat of Freeman
Tufts of Lewiston, for few hours and
n a fit of criminal absent -mindedness
wore it on a visit to Stetson and Lee
want was given one month in Auburn
Jail, Wednesday as treatment for the
malady. When brought before the
court he said he borrowed the coat to
go to Levant with, not to go to the
River road. He was to have it week. |
and claimed he was on his way to
Lewiston with the coat Friday when |
Deputy Sheriff A. B. Ireland of Stet-
son, arrested him for Marshal Teel. He
was sent to Jail for month. He has |
been in Jail for a horse selling scrape, |
and in Auburn Jail for breaking into |
an Auburn blacksmith's shop.
AT last the hopes of Washington |
county people are realized and the |
work Of constructing the long looked |
for railroad began on Monday, when |
Mr.. Englising. the cashier for the COM
pany, arrived in the city and opened |
an office on North street. which will be
the headquarters of the builders. Chief |
Engineer Spofford arrived Monday, and
Mr.. Rivernac, one of the contractors
who is to have charge of the operations
on the eastern end, Of the route arrived
Tuesday. Mr.. Kenefick, who will look
after the western end arrived, Tuesday,