Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-28
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

A young man working in the shoe fac
tory at Mechanic Falls has received news
| of windfall of $1,000 and is receiving
| congratulations of friends.
Fierce forest fires are raging in the vi
| entity oil De Orvile's Head in the ST
CroiX valley. which threaten to destroy
| Dement'S, with its many summer cot
| tages.
The blacksmith shop and general repair
shop of Gard Morrow at Larone. was con-
! sumed by fire, together with it's contents,
tools. etc. Sunday evening. Mr.. Morrow
| had had a fire in the forge, but supposed
| it all out when he left.
| The annual meeting of the York Harbor
| & Beach Railroad was held at York
| Wednesday. Supt w. T. Perkins of the
| Eastern division of the Boston & Maine
Railroad presided. The following directors
| were chosen: Lucius futile. Boston; Sam
| uel c. Lawrence, Medford; Joseph S.
| Kicker Deering: Frank Jones, Ports
mouth; j. E. Staples. II. f. Evans. r. S.
Marshall, York Harbor.
| At the coroner's inquest held at Port
| land, Wednesday, to inquire into the
cause of the death of John c. Myers. who
was killed in the Grand Trunk yards in
| Portland. Tuesday. the jury returned a
verdict that Myers death was caused by
his own carelessness in attempting to step
| on the footboard of an engine while the
engine was in motion. and that no blame
attaches to the railroad or any of its me-
| ployes.
DIR. G. H. Towle of Bucksport. was on
the New York Central train which was
recently wrecked. He was slightly in
jured, but arrived home, Wednesday.
A barn on the farm owned by Mrs.
Oscar Blake and occupied by Howard
Taylor, about two miles above Bucks
port, was burned, Monday afternoon.
| with its contents.
The oxford County Medical Association
met at Buckfield Tuesday. with good
a attendance of physicians. Interesting pa
pers were read by Drs. Gordon and Swa-
sey of Portland. followed by discussions
by DR.. Holt and others. The merits of
anti-toxine in the treatment of diphtheria
were discussed by DR.. Blanchard and 9th
ers. pertinent to the disease now prevail
ing in that vicinity. The next meeting of
the association will be held at oxford.
In the Cumberland supreme judicial
court, J. Whitehouse presiding. Tues
day The Brunswick Gas Light Com
| pany VS.. the Brunswick village cOrpo-
| ration. AT the request of counsel, the
case was continued until the January
term. The petition of the Atlantic &,
S. S. Lawrence Railroad Co. for the
appointment of trustees will be granted
| by Judge Whitehouse, and the appoint
| ments asked for will be made as soon
as the requisite papers can be pre-
pared. The following divorces were
| decreed: Annie G. Batchelder VS..
| Herbert o. Batchelder. cause, deser-
ton, custody of minor child to mother;
Nathaniel W. Berry VS.. Ino B. Berry,
cause, adultery.
When Prescott Emery of Sanford,
opened his hardware store, Tuesday
morning, he found the glass partition
around his office shattered. the money
till lying on the desk. and the safe a
wreck. The strong box which con-
tanned s11, was wrenched from it's fas-
Jennings and carried away. The bur-
glars drilled. no hole in the safe, but
simply pried out the lock stem and in
serted the powder in the hole Not
only was the door blown from its
hinges, but the fire proof portion was
wrenched from the steel front The
thieves entered the building by means
of a back window. Several tools that
they used were stolen from Elmer B
BENEFITS plumbing shop. They left nc
| clue.