Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-24
AUGUSTA. MAINE. MONDAY MORNING. OCTOBER %. 1885,
QUEEN CITY LETTER.
Two Peculiar Suits Some Of Washinqtor
County Roads Officials.

Bangor, Me-, Oct. 23.-(SpeciaD. 1t
has been dull in a news way in Ban
gor. this week, and people have had
but little to talk about except the case
of Cassidy VS.. Washburn which was
on trial during the middle of the week
before Judge l.. A. Emery. 1t was a
peculiar case, the plaintiff bringing
suit because the smoke from the CHM
ney of the mill OF the defendant blew
onto and into his house, of course the
defendant won. If he hadn't every
mill owner in the State, whose prop
erty was situated anywhere near a
residence would have been subject to
similar suit. The law or anything
else cannot regulate the way the wind
blows. Both parties were represented
by able counsel and the court room
was packed at every session with peo-
pie anxious to hear the proceedings
Another peculiar case is booked for
the January term of court, where
Dexter woman sues transportation
company for $3.50 damages, that sum
representing the worth of a trunkful
of music which she claims was dam
aged by water. How the contents of
the trunk were wet, nobody seems to
know as it is understood that the day
on which the damage is alleged to
have been done was warm and bright
and everything was as dry as bone.
In fact it is said that the defendant
will show that the trunk was as dry
as a bone, that is. the outside of it,
when they delivered it.
The new Washington County Rail-
road will probably be opened on Nov. /.
General Manager Henry F. Dowst was
here, this week, and said that every
thing was moving along nicely barring
some delays in the arrival of material,
which is always figured on in the con-
struction of railroads. Many former
Maine Central employees will be found
in the employ of Mr.. Dowst when the
road opens. o. T. BuZzell who has
been station agent for the Maine Cen
tral at Burnham, for some years and
who was formerly at Rockland, will be
station agent at Calais. He will also
look after the passenger business of
the new road acting in the capacity of
general passenger agent.
Walter Cobb of Bangor, who has been
acting as freight agent and cashier for
the Maine Central in this city, for some
time, or since the resignation of Mr..
Dowst, as agent and superintendent of
the Eastern Division of the Maine Cen
tral. has already begun his duties as
freight agent Of the new road at East
port
Fred H. Jewell, who has been run
ming as brakeman with Conductor
11i11 II Aoir fnn1 ft,ni iv,c.
between Bangor and Portland. for sew
eral years. will be one of the conduc-
tors on the new road. He has already
severed his connection with the Maine
Central and will assume his new posi-
ton in a few days. He will make
trip over the new road and look after
the stations now building along the
line and will then run the train be-
tween calais and Princeton for a time.
When traffic begins on the main line
he will have one of the passenger
trains. There are several other Maine
Central men who are reported as hav-
ing positions in view on the new road
A woman passenger on the Maine
Central lost 5000 in this city, one morn
ing, last week. She had the money in
her wallet and knows that she had the
purse five minutes before the train
reached Bangor. When she alightei
from the train she went into the
womens' room, and there missed her
money. A search was made for it, but
with no success.
Many Bangor men will go to Lewis
ton, next Saturday, to attend the Bow
doin-Bates foot ball game. They look
upon this game as being to Maine what
the Harvard Yale games are to the
country, and one of them estimates
that there will be 5000 people in Lewis
ton to see the contest.