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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
A GOLD DEPOSIT.
NewiieId Lady Richer by Over $4,000
Found in a Bank.

Treasurer Perkins of the SomerSwortI
Savings Bank recently turned over I,
John Bennett of ParsonSiield, admins
traitor of the estate of Samuel Lord. late
OF Parsonsiield. the sum of so. 651.S6, o!
which sum SS,661S1 was interest which
had accumulated on an original deposi,
of $500 during period of 80 years.
There is rather an interesting story
connected with this deposit. A mar
named Samuel Lord made two deposits al
the above-named bank, one on Oct. T.
1851, of $1,000 and the other of $1,000 on Man
). 1862. He signed the book agreeing tC
the bylaws as holder of deposit book No
io5S. The bank officials lost trace of him
after this. for the reason that he never
came to make more deposits. or even t.
draw the interest that had accrued. ST
the account kept on drawing interest
year after year. until it had Increased in
amount five-fold, nobody appearing tC
claim it.
Some time ago John Bennett of Par
sonsiield. noticed the publication of the
deposit as unclaimed and came to The
conclusion that it belonged to the estate
of Samuel Lord of ParsOnsiield. While
not Il practicing lawyer. Mr. Bennett is a
very bright man and does considerab.
legal business for parties in his vicinity
in behalf of the heir to the estate he be-
gan to look into this matter and felt
thoroughly convinced that the deposit was
really made by that Samuel Lord. There
fore he instituted friendly proceedings in
court to ascertain the ownership. The
deposit book was lost and the bank was
not justified in paying it over without
either the presentation of the book or an
order from the court.
Considerable evidence was introduced
in the hearing. Experts testified as to
the signature on the books of the bank
their opinion being that it was Lords
1t was shown that at about the time of
the last deposit Mr.. Lord who made
clothing for Boston parties. went to Bos-
ton in company with the late b. r. Tay-
lOr of Ef1nghar. to collect some money
for work; that when Mr.. Taylor returned
home his wife asked where Mr. Lord was
and he CTaylOr) told her that Lord had
stopped over at Somersworth to do some
bank business.
Lord died in November. 1862 about six
months after making his last deposit.
and as no bank book could be found, the
money was not called for until recently.
The court was satisfied that this was the
Mr.. Lord to whose estate the deposit be-
lonSed and so Judge Clark issued de-
cree for the bank to pay it over to Ben
nett. deducting reasonable expenses, Ben
nett to give a bond of not less than SILL
600 to the bank to secure it from all loss
b. reason of the payment. This Mr.
Bennett did. Stephen J. Kenerson, Joseph
HucEins. Elias |. Towle and George |.
Philbrick of Freedom, going surety for
him. The heir to the property is Mrs
Lucy s. Towle of Newfield Mr.. Lords
granddaughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
STATE NEWS
Kennebec.
EAST VASSALBORO.

EAST EASSALBORO.
Mrs. Sarah 3. Romans. widow of the
late Harrison Romans. of this town, died
on Nov. 80. in Boston. where she has been
making her home for several years with
her daughters. Miss Amy and Miss Ger
trude. The body. accompanied by the
daughters. reached here. Thursday even
ing. The burial services was held at the
Methodist church. Friday afternoon. Rev.
Mr.. Weed. the resident clergyman. otfici-
ating. and the interment being in the
family lot in the Methodist cemetery.
The floral tributes were prOfuSe. beauti-
full and costly. Mrs. Romans was sister
of the late Albert Bradley of this village.
ard of Miss Amy NJ. Bradbury, one of the
women of the late war and one who has
been n pioneer in educational matters in
the South since the war. and who is now
living in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The deceased was a member of the
Methodist church here. and in her earlier
life was among the foremost of it's work.
ers. ard in its counsels loved. honored
and respected by all who knew her.
Three daughters. Mrs. B. G. WhitehOuse
of Portland. Oregon. the Misses Amy and
Gertrude OF Boston. and one son, Mrs.
George II. Romans, of this town, survive
her She has been cared for in her de-
cliring years in the manner such as the
fOndes. hearts are prompted to care for
Il loving and beloved parent. The burden
Of her advancing age was greater than
the feeble body could bear. and she
passed away in the S4th year of her life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

lence. indifference. or a lack of desire to
do anything. they are helping the en-
envy. Then will these young women,
aroused from their lethargy. be our
strongest allies and helpers: and with ono
hand placed in the hands of our parents
for guidance. with the other will grasn
the hands of the children. and lead them
through brighter, broader and purer
PATHWAYS, and together. the three gener-
atoms IN one. crush out the great dis
troyer of the home here and the home
eternal.
May richest blessings follow the work
of the thirty thousand "Y's," and let us
not rest content until young woman's
union mas been formed in every town and
city in America.
IDA c. CLOTHIER.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
H0uLT0N'S SCANDAL
CONTINUED from page ~


pair went to Cape Breton. and thence to
Bangor.
Kay set out for the same place as soon
as he learned of the arrival there of Mrs
Kay and her lover and. actuated by
affection for his children as well as self
interest. sought an interview with Mrs.
Kay. and endeavored to arrange for a
compromise. Ii is said that he is willing
to provide for the won1ans maintenance
so long as she keeps away from Sweeny
and to allow her to visit her children at
stated intervals. Rays lawyer is author
ity for fhe statement that an agreement
for separation will soon be reached on
this be sis.
Swecny has been having a good time
since he came here. At first he had
plenty of money. but soon became bank
rupt and went to work for few days on
the river as a stevedore. On Monday
last he was penniless. and was unable to
pay his board at the Stanley House in
Union street. But since then. so says one
of his companions. he has had a roll
Kay has resigned his office as custodian
of the jail. With the promise of a COM
promise and a withdrawal of the divorce
proceedings Houlton society is breathing
with greater freedom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
Florida Winter Resorts

The Tampa Bay hotel. the largest of
the Plant system hotels, will open Tor
the season December Sth. under the
management of Mr.. d. E. Hathaway.
The Plant system have just issued
small fielder which gives several ex
ceIlent views of the Tampa Bay hotel
and its surroundings. and also views
of the other hotels in the system.
This. with all particulars as to now
the tourist may reach these famous
hotels. may be had BIS application TO
]. A. Flanders, 290 Washington street,
Boston A visit to Florida is not COM
n,ete without trip to the West coast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
5ailg geantbtf yp,,sual.
w. c. r. u. COLUMN.

MOTTO: For God and Home and
Every Land" e"o
OBJECT: To unity the methods ~
over. "oTao
BADGE: A knot Of white ribbon.
HOUR OF PRAYER: Noon.
mmiE NIL 2 Agitate. educate. organize.
sionai, evangelistic. social and legal.
THE POLYGLOT PETITION has hean
circulated throughout the world and
signed by representatives Of over fiftv
S sSa a,ea, It asks for the outlawing Of
system of legalized vice. The chief
auxiliaries Of the w. c. T. U. are the
United States. Canada, Great Britain
Australia. South Africa, India. Janan
and the Sandwich Islands. S"A'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

The relatives and friends of Charles
O'Brien of Eastport. have been greatly
puzzled over his mysterious disappear
ance last week. while walking from
Lubec to Whiting, a bout II miles away.
where he intended going into the woods
for few weeks camping out. O'Brien
was reported under the influence of
liquor when he started and he also had
bottle on his hip and evidently
wasn't particular where he wandered,
while his spirits held out. Searching
parties failed to locate him in the sew
eral miles of dense woods and it is
feared he was drowned or frozen dur
ing the trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
Reflections Of q Bachelor.

to see man tell her what she may
or may not do, she means it.
Woman is by far the superior of
man. No man ever lived who could
combine politics and pink teas.
The reason why it is so easy to read
woman's mind is because it is always
printed in such big type.
The ideal of true wife is one who
doesn't ever let on to her husband that
she knows he doesn't know how to
poke the fire as well as she does.-N.
Y. Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
Sam" Maxim of Wayne, brother of

Sam Maxim of Wayne, brother of
the famous inventors. Hiram and Hud>
son Maxim, announces that he has
made an almost miraculous discovery
in medical science. The exact nature
of this discovery he is not yet ready 70
make public, but it is understood THAI
it is for the alienation of dyspepsia and
resulting troubles. Mr.. Maxim con-
templates establishing in Winthrop his
headquarters for the manufacture and
distribution of his new compound
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

Experienced for the past few years, and
with such a changeable climate, have a
tendency to raise havoc with the Throat
and Lungs, subjecting people to attacks
of Asthma, Bronchitis and acute and
chronic Coughs. at first a harmless cole
or cough, which was allowed to take its
course. Always keep Cleveland's Lung
Healer on hand. Call on Jas. Z. Devine.
30 Water Street, and get trial bottle
free Large size. sc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

The Deer Isle Gazette thus keeps Or
the safe side in reporting recent oc-
currence at Stonington: someone by
mistake got Fred Gross's oyercoat, cap.
silk muffier and rubbers at the ball on
Thanksgiving eve.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

- oih asthma
| Gle m 4 ny
times. Acute
paroxysms fire.
Quently result
In unconscious
ness and some-
times in death.
L | k Q m a n v
other diseases
W h | C h have
bafled medi-
cal skill for
centuries, how
ever, asthma
mas met it's
master. Mum
yon's Asthma
Herbs will stop
the most violen
three minutes,
into triangular
venient form fol
Used with the
positively and
worse forms of
yon guarantees
Asthma Herbs
Cure may be oh
for one dollar.
MIR. Daniel w.
McSherrystown.
OF my family S
a long time.
paroxysms Of s
great. = She trie
treatment with,
temporary relic
under treatment
dies. using the .
Herbs. and / a.
this treatment h
Munyon has a
disease. For S;
p cents. II in
Munyocl. at Phil
advice free.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
H&>j

t paroxysm Of asthma In
They are compressed
pastilles, the most con-
burning ever discovered.
Asthma-Cure, they will
permanently cure the
asthma. Professor Mum
1t. A box of Munyon's
with Munyon's Asthma
tanned from any druggist
Fink. 139 Church Street.
Pa, says: A member
unered from asthma for
Her distress during the
hort breathing was very
q a great many kinds OF
1ut obtaining more than
I. Finally, 1 placed her
with the MunyOn Reme-
Asthma Cure and Asthma
n pleased to testify that
as completely cured her."
separate specific for each
lie by druggists. Mostly
doubt, write to Professor
adelphia, and get medical
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
MRS. ELLA M'GARVY.
Writing to Mrs. Pinkham.

She says:-I have been using your
Vegetable Compound and find that it
does all that it is recommended to do.
have been a sufferer for the last four
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

was persuaded to try Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, and to-day,
I am feeling like new woman
MRS. ELLA McGARvY, Neebe Road
Station, Cincinnati,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

years with WON'T
trouble, weak
back and excrc-
tions. / was hard
iy able to do my
household duties,
and while about
my work was sc
nervous that
I was miser-
able. I had
al s',G :. s ss,s "a
nail.. when
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
ASTHMA AGONY,
munyon Has Mastered This
Living Death.
A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY.

, tso one who has not experienced or
Witnessed the agonies Of asthma can
,' ea,i~e the horrors OF that disease. 1t is
80 80 eXasseration to say that sufferers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
TO CURE 4 COLD IN oNE D.Y

Take Laxative Bronze Quinine Tablets All drug.
gists refund the money If it fails to cure 25c.
The genuine has L. b. Q. on each tablet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06
E|1IIlII1IIE1IIL

M nave You Sore Throat, Pimples, Cop
pp s Spots. Aches, Old Sores, III
cno S n Mouth. Hair Falling? Write
CS uA nemedy Co.. 78S Masonic Temple,
Snieago. ILL.,. for proofs of cures. CAM.
a.. ~"U.ve. Worst cases erred in Is to 81
Gays. lOo-pase book free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Tilted Lover wants$25, 900 forBlight-
ed Affections

Auburn, Maine, Aug. 1O.-This morn
ing Judge George c. Wing, as attorney
for Arthur S. Melcher, of Auburn, at
tached the real estate and personal
property of Mrs. Louise NJ. Hadley, born
Dingley, for $4,000 for breach of prom
Use. The papers were served on Mrs.
Hadley by Deputy Sheriff Beals at her
1atherS nome on Elm street.
al marriage of Miss Dingley to Mr.. w.
p. Hadley of San Diego, Cal, early in
July.
Mr.. Melcher claims that Miss Ding
ley, who is niece of Congressman
D1ngley, and of Frank L. Dingley, edi-
tor of the Lewiston Journal, became en-
gagged to marry him on January 1, 1897.
The date for their marriage was to be
June %, and Mr.. Melcher, in anticipa-
ton OF the event, had prepared for his
supposed-to-be bride a very cosy home
on Drummond street
A few days before the appointed date
for the marriage Miss Dingley disap-
peared from her home in Auburn, and
early in July married Mr.. Hadley at
the Parker House in Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
o. II. P. BELMONT TO BUILD
He Will Erect Town House at Fifth
Avenue and 77th Street.

New York, Aug. 1O-Olfver H. Peel
mont has purchased through his bro
kers, Smith & Stewart, the vacant lot
on the southeast corner of Fifth avenue
and Seventy-seVenth street from John
H. Watson. The price named is $780,
900. The lot fronts 81 feet inches on
Fifth avenue and 12O feet on seventy
seventh street.
Mr.. Stewart said yesterday that Mr..
Belmont intended to build a town house
there al. once. The house will be model
led after the French style, with = front
of white stone. Mr.. Belmont will con-
suit his architects in a few days, and
determine definitely on a plan for the
new house. 1t was the intention, Mr..
Stewart said, of Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont
to go abroad after the Newport season,
the latter part of this month. Now,
however, that the negotiations for the
purchase of the lot have been consum-
mated, Mr.. Stewart said that Mr.. Bel
mont would probably remain. Mrs. Bel
mont will go across to visit her daugh-
ter, the Duchess of Marlborough, nee
Vanderbilt. 1t is probable that she will
not remain during the winter, as she is
especially interested in the building of
the new town house and her country
house at Hempstead.T The country house
is rooted in and will be ready for oc-
on the site of the old Barnard property,
Judge Barnard, spent a fortune. 1t is
surrounded twin picturesque grounds,
including golf links and trout ponds. 1t
has always been regarded as one of the
finest properties in the Meadowbrook
region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
ALL WANT TO SELL.
Owners of Klondike Claims All Love
the Tenderfoot

St. Louis, Aug. 10.--Miss A. ]. Man
ming. a teacher at Chilkat, Alaska, has
written a letter to her brother in this
city in which she says:
This town is crowded with men who
have claims in the Klondike to sell,
and the new arrivals are literally be-
sieged with propositions to purchase,
either wholly or in part, claims in that
region.
AT every corner the tenderfoot is
besieged by a crowd of mine owners,
all of whom have made as much mon
ey as they desire, and whose only object
in selling is to get back home to pass the
remainder of their days in spending
their money. This is the story they
tell.
THE big strikes have all really been
made in quartz mines, and were there
D few good stamp mills here the mine
owners could make big money. Occa-
sionally some one strikes a rich pock-
ct in a quartz vein, and then he wants
to leave the country and is willing to
sell out.
Placer mining is only possible a
couple of months in the year, and then
water is scarce.
What they want here is several good
stamp mills to crush ore, and maybe
this country will fulfill the wild and
extravagant stories now being circu-
lated about it.
Il have a claim or two myself and
the only way I expect to make any
thing is to SELL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
NOISE AND FACTS.


There is a wave of prosperity sweep
ing over the country. 1t is no feeble,
hesitating ripple, but a mighty flood,
deep enough and broad enough to car
ry the good ship Confidence high above
the sunken rocks and reefs of Hard
Times.
Its triumphant roar is heard above
the shrieks of the calamity howlers
and the walls of the professional pes
sinists. There is no mistaking the
sound. The keen ear of the public that
has been listening so long for the well
come sign is not to be deceived by any
false note. 1t recognizes the fact that
the long expected has arrived, and by
thousands of ways the recognition is
made apparent
Kansas-the home of the calamity
howler-iS simply overwhelmed with
business. In Newton, for instance,
where every day has been Sunday for
years, a bee hive of industry is now in
operation. The town is making i'm
prOvementS on a scale that tells the
story of prosperity as we'll as a three
sheet poster. The tremendous crop of
wheat and the high price it is bring
ing have stimulated every branch of
trade and the farmer is getting more
for his cattle and sheep than he has
received in years. New Touring mills
and elevators are going up as fast as
they can be built, and every branch of
manufacturing is on the jump.-Chica-
go TimeS-Herald.
The loud whoops. of the Chicago
Times-H Herald while exerted toward a
good end, are rather foolish. The mil
lionaire baker of Chicago, who owns
the Herald and who is a much better
baker than he is editor, seems to be
laboring under the delusion that pros
perity is the result of unremitting
noise-that by taking hold of our boot
straps and lifting nightly with many
a ''heave-oh- heave" we are going to get
ourselves out of the mire of dull times
and onto the solid ground of prosperi-
ty.
Prosperity may come, and in fact must
come, but it did not begin the min
ute the tariff bill was passed.
There was just as much prosperity at
Newton before the tariff bill as after,
and it was due to the improvements
made there by the Santa Fe, which
had nothing to do with what the pres
ident and congress were doing at
Washington.
There has been sign of improvement
all over Kansas, but it began last sum-
mer, and neither elections nor congress
sional gabfests affected it.
The improvement was due entirely to
the fact that Kansas had reached bed
rock-it had 1iquidated; it had lost all
it could and it had to improve; a great
corn crop accelerated the upward
movement, but it is not yet so rapid
that it takes our breath away.
The shouts of the Times Herald seek
ing to prove that all this and a great
deal more began with the passage of
the Dingley bill can invite only smiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
SONG WRITER CANDLES.
Interviews the Festive Tiger at Long
Branch, Then Squeals.

New York, Aug. 10.-Sensational de-
velOpments are promised from an ex-
perience Monroe H. Resented, of this
city, had at the gaming table in Long
Branch, where, he says, he lost 81, 100
the other night. Resented is the COM
poser of many popular songs, including
Climbing Up the Golden Stairs Since
he went against the tigers Mr.. Rosen-
field has not INDUCED in any merry
singing.
The song writer declares that he lost
his money in fixed game at the New
York club, in Long Branch, and an
nounceS that he will sue William Fitz-
gerald, the well known sportingman
who is proprietor of that club More
than this, he theatens criminal pro-
ceedings, as he claims his signature to
a certificate of deposit was forged. This
Fitzgerald denies.
Rosenfeld, with VIM. o. Campbell, of
No.61 Park Row, his lawyer, and anoth-
er man, went to Long Branch last night
but did not go near the New York club.
Fitzgerald, however, met, Rosenfeld in
the West End hotel and called him a
name that could not be construed into
a compliment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-10
HIS PITIFUL PLIGHT.
John Z. Sherman, Once a Millionaire,
Now Homeless, Hopeless Tramp.


New York. Aug. 1O-Clad in rags,
lines of hopelessness on his face, John
Y. Sherman, once a millionaire with
a palatial residence in Fifth avenue,
now tramp, homeless and friendless,
made application in the Flatbush ave-
nue. police court in Brooklyn today to
be sent to the penitentiary for six
months.
Sherman has reached the limit of
helpless vagrancy. Only six years ago
he was a valued member of the com
munity. He had a business in New
York, and upon the assessors books
he was ranked up with men who pos
sess millions.
He had a family-a wife and four
lovely children-and upon the surface
there was no more prosperous, no bet
ter satisfied man than John Y. Sher-
man.
He took to drink and gambling and
at length he was bankrupt. He sum-
moned up enough courage after a long
debauch to sneak to his Fifth avenue
home in a cab one cold night. He had
not a cent in the world. The house was
closed and the neighbors told him his
wife and children had gone to San
Francisco.
whats the use of trying to live
against it?'' he said today."I am home
less, friendless. For five years 1 have
not seen nor heard from my wife and
children. Often / am tempted to blow
my brains out and end it all. want to
go where I can forget-to the peniten-
tiary. They tell me many men die in
the penitentiary''