Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-23

Ernest A Nye will believe that the
his arrest Wednesday for an alleged
crime committed two years ago. He
was accused of receiving goods stolen
from the store of S. w. Shackford at
Gorham May 10, 1912, and is said to
have admitted having possession of
part of them. He was seen on the
street in Portland, arrested and taken
into court, where he was promptly
bound over to the May term of court.
Another lumber deal is reported in
the purchase by the Dean Lumber Co
which operates a mill at Hillman's, on
the B. & AS Ashland branch Of the
Howe Brook mill at st. Croix lake on
the Ashland branch, formerly owned
by the Fish River Lumber Co. The
Dean Lumber Co. recently purchased
large tract of timberland at Squa
Pan lake and it was expected that a
new mill would be built there. Ac-
cording to Hon. C. A. Milliken of Au-
gusta, president of the company, the
proposed mill will not be erected this
year, but will come later
Hon F. s. Bowker of Phppsburg
| Center is bound to keep on hustling.
| He has the lumber on the spot and the
yard is ready to build a duplicate of
the 560-ton schooner recently built for
Rogers & Webb.
James w. Powers, who died Monday
aged rs years,.a at the home of his
daughter. Mrs Eliza Newell of
/ Bryants Pond, was a native of Itch
field and Civil War veteran, a MEM
Der of Al M. Whitman Post, G.. A. r.
| He enlisted when 26 years of age in
Co. F, 18th. Maine, being later trans
ferred7 to: an artillery company. He
was in ID sbattIessa in the three
days fight at Gettysburg was wounded
and taken prisoner. being confined for
many long weeks in Belle Isle prison.
The Bath Times hears from Boston
| the pleasing gossip that a Richmond,
Maine, Arm has recently hauled in
| some pretty big money, $4,000 be-
| ing the sum named, which was divid-
| ed between certain members of the
| firm.
The special Legislative committee to
| investigate the need of a reformatory
| for women in this State held a meet
| ing Wednesday in Portland. 1t con-
! sists of Senators j. w. Allen CHAIR
mani of Mt. Vernon and Edward w.
Murphy of Portland, and Representa-
tives DR.. J. A. Donovan of Lewiston,
| Charles w. Jones of China and Lie
weliyn Mute of Wiscasset. The ses-
sion lasted nearly three hours. many
individuals and representatives of
| various organizations being present.
The need of reformatory was clearly
| set forth by numerous speakers. who
also answered questions from the
| committee. The next meeting will be
next Tuesday in Augusta, when the
matter of an extension to the School
| for Girls at Hallowell and more build
! ings for the State School for Boys at
| South Portland Will be considered.
I Mrs. Hannah Short Rogers cele-
brated her oath birthday Monday at
her home with her youngest daughter,
Mrs. Emma Bachelor of Elm street,
Bangor. Mrs. Rogers is remarkably
well preserved, is well and happy and
except for occasional lapse of memory
is almost without defect Of any kind
Many friends extended congratula
| tions.
The 100 citizens of Penobscot, who
Tuesday voted against the resembling
| of the regular town meetings vote to
establish a Free High school. will
probably in the future feel better
about it than the SO who voted the
other way. The school will be Of
Glass A.
| Judge Cornish last week at Rockland
had before him for sentence one JOS
eph Henry Peters, negro, of Warren,
81 years old, convicted of the larceny of
a dressed hog. The jury recommended
the maximum sentence for simple lar
ceny and he was given not less than
one, nor more than two years in the
State prison. His record includes an
escape from the Knox county Jail last
August, being captured recently in
Haverhill, a total of Is years in the
State prison, and two terms, aggre-
eating 10 years in Charlestown. Mass
prison.
Reports from the Moosehead region
do not foretell any earlier opening of
the big lake, though the recent rain
fall was severe. The New Annex at
4 Kineo will be opened May 16 and the
New Mt. Kineo house on June "a. Both
of them plan to close Sept. 28th.
Capt. Fred e. Southland, mentioned
in the following item, is native Of
Richmand. Me-, and has followed the
sea most of the time since 1876, going
out in that year as boy on the ship
Eureka, built in Richmond, from New
York to San Francisco. When he re-
turned home some time afterward he
was master Of the same ship. He
later sailed in other vessels and few