Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-04
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Calvin Bennett, who years ago served
| on the Saco police force and was Mt one
time keeper of the county jail, died Thurs
| day morning, aged 80 years.
| William McClennan, York mill opera
tive of Biddetor1, aged 80 years was found
dead in his house Wednesday evening
when the family returned from blueberry-
| ing Heart disease was the cause.
| The Ferry Park house, Ferry Beach,
which few years ago cost $1,000, has been
sold at auction to Frederick Yates aud
George f. Goodwin of Biddeford for Sioo
1t has been unoccupied for several years.
! The town of Biuehill offers a reward Of
! Sto0 for the capture of the burglars who
", mt through Mr. Tinckley's store. one
of the losers was George Moss, who lost
| Sl40. the price of SOME oxen he had just
sold.
| Leslie Sheldon, a young man who works
for Hon. s l.. Milliken, accidentally shot
himself in the head this week. The hall
entered just above the right eye and fol-
low sd the bone round. A doctor removed
the ball and the wound is healing.
! An operation for appendicitis was sue
cessfully performed upon the daughter of
I
/ bor, Thursday, by Doctors Weeks of Port
lind. Bibber of Bath and Gregory Of Booth
bay IIarbor. The patient is comfortable.
| George Lavery of Brooklyn. who left
! New London. Conn, July 2ith, to walk to
! Portland arrived at Bi1defora, Thursday
! forenoon. He has averaged 30 miles a day
/ Mr. I.ayery is an enthusiastic Christian En-
icavor young man, and is Walking just for
amusement. He has a Photographic outfit
with him.
The executive committee of the Maine
State Pomological society has decided to
put IN the apparatus for preservation of cut
| ffowers The excessive heat beneath the
roof of the State fair building has been
speedy death to cut flowers in years gone
by. and this method will keep them fresh
and beautiful to the close.
| There has been trouble over the will of
| Elisha H. Kenniston of Newburg. The
widow is contesting it on the ground that
| her husband was of unsound mind when he
| disposed of his property, and that he was
uniuly influenced by interested parties.
| 4 hearing on the will in Bangor TUESDAY
was at ended by large crowd. After
/ hearing volumes of evidence Judge Bur
CESS continued the case until Tues lay
August 3.
The Cowan Wooden Co. of Lewiston hs-
decided to suspend operations on August
9th in all departments. They expect to
resume work about September IL. The
Cosan Wooden Co. is the largest wooden
mill IN Lewiston, employs about - hands,
with monthly pay roll of about $500 A
rnmor has been abroad thIt the Lewiston
I fn aIrf
Hos n in August We have made no su'..,
pl.es a. vet" sad Agent Barker, Thurs
day aftcrhoyn. "Of course | don't kn1w
Whist may come Nobody knows hut we
have no idea at present of shutting dowa in
August.
The organization of the Kenuebec Water
| Company has just taken pace, and direc-
tors have been chosen 10 represent each
plant on the k~nhebec river, as foItors
: r. Abbott for the Ls kwood CompsuI,
Charles A. Dean for IIelhugsworth, Whit
new & Co, J. Manchester haynes for the
Edwards COMPANY. $. A. Nye for the Fair
field Water Power Company, E J. L,w-
renee fur the Lawrence & Sewhsll Com
pauv. R b, Shepard for the sko~-
hegsn Water Poser Company, D. 7.
Mil for the Moosehesi Pulp &
Paper Company at Csrratunk Fails.
These companies obtsin'd d charter from
the las, Legislature for making improve
ments in the keunehee river ani its tribu-
tary waters, for thu purpose of increasing
the volume OF water in TIE river in times
of drought, ei'her in summer or winter,
and it has tue right TO flos certain ponds In
Somerset county. The capi,sl Of the com
psny is S400, ,oto, sHd each plant has pro-
portionAi part. The ~sier famines inter
rupt seriously the business Of msHafactur'
ing, and system of storage IL necessary
to make constant current in the rTer
Ii viii also lessea the fr qHeacy OF freshei'
BY storing water in foods. In sumrne'
scattered waters evaporase rapidly. AMI il
winter a large amount o. water is tur1ee
Into ice, which can be saved if p-operl,
stored.