Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-03
SK0WHEChN.
Quick Work by Sheriff
MOoers in Robbery Case.
Man Arrested in Lawrence with
SiOIGn Goods In Trunk.
Business TO Come Before the Town
meefing--0pponent for Gould.


Mooers and his Deputy Charles II.
Chute. Thursday, Of the break at the
shoe shop and Marston Mil. Wedl&s-
day night, resulted in the arrest of
August Debullar in Lawrence, Mass.
The officers spent q large part OF the
forenoon trying 10 find some clue 10
work on. They learned from Night
Waterman Steward that man had
been seen, about O'Clock Thurs
day morning, dragging a trunk to the
station. They learned further that
there had been only enc trunk checked
from the station for the ) a NJ train
and. that man had bought a ticket
for Lawrence. Mass. With more en-
ightment from Bert Hopkins, the con-
dHcter on the early train, the sheriff
at once got into telephone COMMUNE
cation with the police station at Law
renee, giving chem the number of the
trunk check. It then lacked seven
minutes Of the time for tie train sup
posed to bear the man and the trunk
to be due the city marshal arrived
at the station one minute before the
train and told the baggage master his
GRAND. a few minutes later man
jumped from the train and came i'm
mediately to the baggage room and
showed his check which correspondent
To the number to the Lawrence of
ficers by Mooers. The man refused to
allow the marshal to open his trunk
and he was taken to the police sta
ton. The trunk was found to have
the stolen goods in ii. Deputy Chute
has gone to Lawrence to bring Debut
lar back to Sl5oWhegan. He will be
given hearing, Saturday.
Mrs. Edith Sheppard left here
Thursday, for Boston and she will sail
from there. Monday for Naples on the
steamer Canopic by way of Gibraltar
After visiting in Egypt she viii re-
turn home by way Of Paris and Lon
don. She will be absent about two
months.
There will undoubtedly be many
new articles in the warrant of the an
nual town meeting to be held in
March. Probably the most important
article will be to see if the town will
vote to raise money for a new High
school building. The present High
school building was built in 1910 and
there are nearly 300 students in il at
present. The present seleetmen, r. F.
Parker, j. II. Lancaster and Henry
Demo. will be candidates for re-elec-
ton as viii f. L. Ford. the present
road commissioner.
samuel w Gould. congressman from
slzowhegan. will he strongly opposed
in the coming campaign by a fellow
townsman. f. n Merrill, who will he
a candidate on the Republican ticket. |
Mr.. Merrill has been leading attor-
40. ~, 81 o.
and has been a representative to the |
Maine Legislature. He has not as yet
given his official announcement but
the matter is generally understood to
be settled The only question in his
mind is in regard to giving up his
business.
Rev. B. B. Merrill of the Congrega-
tional church will speak on The |
Temple Beautiful, Sunday morning. |
There will be conservation service |
at the c. E. meeting in the evening. |
The Working League of the church |
will meet, Monday afternoon The |
usual services, Will be observed at the |
First Baptist and Methodist church. |
es, Sunday morning and evening. At |
the Bethany church, ReY. George Mer- |
riam viii take for his sermon, in the |
who Is Responsible ?" AT |
p NJ, Rev. James Z. Norcross |
of Boston viii speak to the men. AT |
the O'Clock meeting, Mr.. Norcross |
will give an address. He is the New |
England secretary of the American |
Baptist Home Mission Society.
Clerk of Courts w. 7. Seekins is |
adding an innovation to the attorneys |
room of the court house. He is en-
deavoring to secure the photographs |
of the justices Of the supreme court
of the State, also that Of ex-Chief |
Justice Emery. These will be framed |
and placed on the walls of the attor |
neys' room
The potato crop for the present sea-
son has brought to the farmers of |
Sllowhegan over $50 900. There have |
already been shipped from this sta |
ton. of the crop of 1911, 81 cars, MAX !
ing $4,000 bushels. 1t is estimated that |
there are $4,000 to 10000 bushels in |
Skowhegan and vicinity to haul. They'll
are selling at 81 per bushel and the
are that they will remain |
there, for several weeks.
Donald Burrill, who has been visit |