Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-31
si1s or MAINE NEWS.

In the municipal court at Portaanu,
Saturday morning, Charles ~ Mcu1ean
was arralgned on the charge Oh al a.
sault with dangerous weapon WITH
the intent to kiln John d. oConEor, 10y
stabbing him with knife on the nishs
of Friday, August 90 After priel ar
guments by both attorneys judge
Robinson held the respondent Tor the
grand Jury on the charge of plain as
sault and battery and fixed the bond a.
5000. Sureties were readily furnished.
The fastest passenger steamer sailing
out of Boston runs direct to BootEOay
Hnrbor. With a full head OF steam
and her engines doing their best the
Lincoln will make 20 miles per hour
Since going on the route she has run
past every one of the eastern pound
boats, the Cape AMMAN Is knot boat,
included. Were it necessary she could
make the round trip from Boothbay
Harbor to Boston and return between
daylight and dark in the summer
Boothbay Register.
The Atlantic conference of the United
Lutheran church is now in session at
Portland Saturday evening, Rev. X.
o. Storli of Portland was elected presi-
dent and Rev. H. c. Ruhe of Staten Is
land, secretary. The following clergy
men took part in the services Sunday:
Rev. II. c. Ruhe, Rev. M. H. Hegge OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, Rev. S. N. Garnor OF
Berlin Mills, N. H., and Edward Brek-
hus. an evangelist. The topic discussed
at the afternoon session was How
Shall We Retain the Young People OF
the church," In the evening there was
evangelistic services.
At the recent encampment OF the
National Guard at Augusta in the COM
pany team matches in the LIST Regi-
ment, two of the five prizes were won
by teams from the companies of the
list battalion witch is under the COM
mand of Major Timer of Rockland.
Two of the remaining trophies were
won by the I'd battalion, that made up
of the Portland companies, company
getting the first prize and A company
the fifth. This division Of prizes be-
tween the two battalions led to some
talk of an informal kind at the camp
about a match between the company
teams of the two battalions. Last week
a Rockland paper printed statement
va
Saturday next. Portland military men
do not know what foundation there Is
for this statement as so far as they
know the match has not yet been ar
ranged, although they are looking for
ward to it and expect to see it shot or.
The match will be contested by the
teams from the different companies on
the same day, each team using its own
range.-Portland Press.
The new instruction car of the Grand
Trunk road arrived at Portland, Satur-
day noon and will remain about fort
night. This car is in charge OF j. h.
Shannon, an expert on the Westlng-
house air brake: and he has an assist
ant Mr.. George Surgeon. The object
of the car is to furnish school OF in
struction for conductors, engineers,
brakemen and other railroad employees
in the use and care of the system OF
brakes The car is fitted up with
large array of interesting machinery
from which object lessons are given by
Mr.. Shannon. The car, machinery ana
all, weighs III, 900 pounds, carried on
six wheel trucks. The larger railroad
systems of the country now have in
struction cars of this kind or are build
ing them. The Grand Trunk has not
had a car of this kind before. 1t has
been about week out of the shops ano
comes here to begin the system OF edu'
cation BY instructing classes OF -
men a day, Mr.. Shannon thinks thai
he will get as far as Chicago in veal
and nine months.
Chief Eldridge has on his desk wha
l,ol,1 tha a
weight in the city. To a casual ob
server it would appear to be simply ;
rough piece of rock, and even if an!
one was geologist enough to recognize
the rock as quartz it is doubtful j
they would consider it any more valu
able than a similar piece which Nigh
be picked up almost anywhere in tn
State of Maine Although there
plenty cf quartz in Maine there is, un
fortunately, nothing like that owne
by Chief Eldridge, for if there was, ad
venturers would be fiocking here in
stead of to Kqondyke. This particula
piece of quartz came from Catppl
Creek, and it contains at least 81
worth OF gold. 1t was presented t
Chief Eldridge by Major Burns, one {
the owners of the famous Portlan
mine at Cripple Greek, dlTI MI. buI IL
has been one of the fortunate ones VIII
found no small amount of this valua
bile quartz. The chief uses the piece q
quartz as paper weight and proba5l
feels that it is secure from theft OWN
ito the fact. that very few people kno'
its value.-Portland Argus.
In the United States circuit court a
Portland Saturday forenoon. befor
Judge Webb. hearing was had in tn
case of the Dunn Edge Tool Co. VS.. tn
American Axe and Tool Co. This is
case removed from the courts of Kenne
bee county to the United States cour
The counsel were Hon. E.. f. Webb q
Waterville. and Judge Joseph w. Sy
monds of Portland. for the Dunn Edg
Tool Co., and Hon. A. A. Strout an
Clarence A. Hight, Esq, for the Amer
can Axe and Tool Co. This is case
equity The Dunn Edge Tool Co. is
corporation with factories in Oakland
The American Axe and Tool Co. is a col
poration chartered in Kentucky and dc
ing business in New York 1t started oil
to buy up various edge tool companies
the country and the Dunn Edge Tool pee
pie claim that it contracted for their fa'
tories and business. The American AZ
and Tool Co. denies this. The case h
been under way from six or seven year