Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-16

count of injuries alleged to have been
due to the defendant corporations neg
igence in rafting and delivering logs.
the plaintiffs verdict of s2S99.02 was
sustained, and the defendants motion
and exception oVerruled. The verdict
of $11S333 for the plaintiff was set asiue
in the case of Conway against the
Lewiston & Auburn Street Railway.
an action for damages on account of
injuries received in alighting from a
car. Judgment for the defendant is the
entry in the ease Of George T.. Kimball
against the Masons' Fraternal Acct
dent Association,
Lewis Friend, for 40 years mer-
chant in Ellsworth. and perhaps the
best known man in the mercantile
business in Hancock county, died at his
home there, Wednesday. Constant APP
plication to business undermined NJ
Friends health. and for several months
he had been confined to his bed ard
gradually nearing his end. He suffered
no pain, but grew weaker every day
until his death. Mr.. Friend was a
native of Pruska. Russian Poland. but
when two or three years of age he was
youth. Upon reaching this country he
came almost directly to Ellsworth,
where he had since resided. III 1855, he
established a clothing store, which has
since become the largest in this section.
Mr. Friend was a keen, active man OF
business. noted for his sterling honesty
He was known to everybody, and the
majority of the people regard his death
as a distinct personal loss He was
member of all the local Masonic bodies,
Of the higher degree organizations Of
Bangor. of Lejols Lodge of odd Fellows
and of the Abenaquis Club. Mrs.
Friend and a daughter, Mrs. l. l.. Hal
man. survive him. The remains were
taken to Boston. Thursday, for burial,
being escorted from his residence to
the station by a great cortege of friends
and neighbcrs.
y Roston Globe dispatch dated Pitts
feld Me. April a. says: contractor
William T. Davis of Boston is suing the
Sebasticook q Moosehead Railroad Com
pany for $4,000 for violation Of contract,
and the case has been heard here for
the past two days before Justice a. L.
Wiswel of the supreme court and. Hon.
Parker Spofford of Bucksport as referees.
Hon a. NJ. Spear of Gardiner and Wal
Mr. Davis. and j. w. Manson of Pitts
field. the company's attorney. appears in
its behalf. The road has been in opera
ton for several years between Pittsfield
and Hartland and the company con-
tracted with Mr.. Davis to extend 1t to
Cambridge at $4,000 per mile. The first four
and one-half miles of this distance had
been graded and 1881 feet of rails laid
so the contractor had only to do the bal
lasting and complete the rail laying. But
Davis charges $4,000 per mile for this
work and his counsel claim this amount,
on the ground that although the section
finished by Davis was by far the least eX-
pensive he is entitled to the difference as
damages for breach of contract. The pur-
pose of the hearing thus far has been to
ascertain the actual cost to Mr.. Davis of
work performed. Mr.. Manson. counsel
for the road. stated today that the COM
pany expected to pay the contractor all
that was Justly due him.. In the case are
inVoloved bonds to the extent of $4,000 is
sued by the town of Harmony in aid of
the road and delivered to Mr.. Davis by
the company which has as yet received
no credit for them. The company claims
that these bonds were and are worth $1,000
but there is "A difference of opinion on this
point The extension of the road is at
a standstill on account of the litiga ton.
The referees will reserve their decision