Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-30
SPARKS FROM THE MAINE WIRES.

Rev. Walter NJ. S. Lowell has re-
ceived unanimous call to remain as
permanent pastor of the Alewive
church. Kennebunk and will accept.
The Somerset branch of the First
Maine Cavalry Association will OBJ
serve the anniversary of Lees sur
render on April g. by banquet at one
of the Skowhegan hotels.
T. Captain Warren Riker, commanding
the Maine ambulance corps, a member
of the Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery company, was in Boston, the past
week en- route for New York.
The lasters of the Pray-Sman shoe
factory. Auburn. went out on a strike.
Saturday afternoon. Their purpose. it
is supposed, is to endeavor To force the
firm to recognize the Boot and Shoe
Workers Union.
Fire. Friday night. destroyed the
buildings on the W. b. Fletcher place,
two miles from Starks village. Moth
ing was saved from the house or barn.
The latter contained two cows, 26
sheep and two hogs. Loss. $4,000.
The scholarship honors in the class
of sc. Skowhegan High school,. were
awarded. this week. The valedictory
goes to Miss Eva Maude Nelson and
salutatory to Fred Walter Turner. The
class will graduate with "a members.
= lion. r. G. Penney, who has been
superintendent of the Monsoon, Maine
slate quarries for the last 10 years, has
resigned that position and accepted tn,
position of treasurer and general man
ager for the Hinckley & Egery Iron Co.
of Bangor, Maine,
A dispatch received at Bangor by
brother of Dan DAILY. the featherweight
pugilist, reported in ST. Louis dispatch,
Saturday night. as having been killed on a
railroad near De Soto, Mo-. states that
Dan was not killed. the victim being one
Thomas Daley. Dan Daley was formerly
of Bangor.
State Detective Albert p Bassett arrived
at Norway, Sunday. with Elroy Poland
from Franklin plantation. He is charged
with the larceny of a valuable robe from
DR.. Haskell of Oxford, and a watch from
James Poland He traded them with Joseph
Jilon of Otistield, for horse, and skipped
10 Franklin.
William II. II. Esty of Iloulton, has sold
ont his entire wooden plant. known as the
lIoulton Woolcnmill with all the machinery,
fixtures. stock i'll trade, and the laundry
to James G.. Dill of Abbot and j.
Wesley Navel of Webster, for $3.50. The
property has been owned by Mr.. Esty for
the past % years and he has accumulated
property while running it. The
new owners will enlarge the plant consider
ably and intend in time to move to Hoult0n.
Isaac Bagnell of Webster has been engaged
as business manager.
Editor William A. Roberts. one of the
picturesque personages in Maine jour-
nalism, is to start Immediately for
Washington. to embark in the life in
surance business there. He will re-.
tain proprietorship of his daily and
weekly Times, but the general manage
ment will be in charge of Albert II.
Milliken of Saco. who has recently
been connected with the Times re-
portorial staff. George Roberts, the
proprietor's brother. who has been in
the business department. sewers his
connection with the paper, Saturday
night, and will go to Maiden.
An over-zealous worker in the Show
hogan Civic League made himself
ridiculous last week by saying that the
Milburn Club one of the leading liter
airy and social organizations OF the
State. was operating a dumb waiter
which was connected with a bar-room
operated by a well known and highly
popular county official. OF course the
story was SO absurd that no one gave 1t
any serious thought. but some of the
club members took ii up and an
apology was the result-BostOn Herald.
The welcome information has been
received that the funds for church at
Good Will Farm are assured. Supt.
Hinckley is Instructed to have an ar
chitect make plan of such an edifice.
and II will be built the coming sum-
mer. The donor also provides a fund.
the interest of which will keep the
in repair. An earnest appeal
has also been made for an endowment
fund for the Home. Among the gifts
the Home has lately received is the
sum of $1,000, left by the late w. r. FOsS
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