Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-02
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admitted to practice In the Unite,
States courts. at Portland, Wednesday
Turner Boswell, agent for the 70
burn estate, and Civil Engineer e. T.
Greenwood are making a prclimii at,
Isurvey Of an electric road from Dcat
river TO Bulldog pond. The road vii
be used for transporting logs from Thu
pond to the main river
| This week the jokers have been bus,
telling about 500 barrels of sugar thai
were shipped from here to Richmond
When asked what for. the answer
comes "to preserve the jam" But thai
jam will soon be coming down If the
warm weather lasts.--Bath Enterprise
At meeting at Biddeford, W-ednes-
day night. preliminary steps were Ia
ken for the permanent organization OF
the Citizens party. which holds the
balance Of power in the present city
government A committee vas CHOSEN
to present resolutions at the next
meeting.
| The commissioners who have on their
| hands the awarding Of contracts 10
| the successful bidders for the construc-
| ton of the Eastern Maine Insane hos
pital at Bangor are still at work ex-
amining bids but have so far been I'M
able to select the lowest biders from
| the large number of competitors. The
award will probably be made in a few
| days.
| Moses Stewart of Newport. had his
foot badly crushed between two cars.
Tuesday. Mr.. Stewart is quite an aged
tynn NJ n. cd Tn ,.Jf, 4, no
couplings of two freight ears while tn
train was standing on the track. The
cars started while he stood on :he
| couplings. letting his foot in Detwcer
them and crushing il out of shape. His
escape from falling under the cars waf
wonderful. lie will be fortunate r hc
does not lose his foot
At the St. Elmo on Exchange street
Bangor Tuesday afternoon, Jchn
Cummo. "A F'renchman, who belongs H.
Canada, was assaulted by a number NJ
men who were in thu place at the time.
and his arm was broken In two places.
He WAS taken TO the aims house hcs-
pital and attended BY physician. Ir
the evening the police arrested Thomas
Mcnamara and John Hagger.y uyon
the charge of having made the assault
and locked them UP to await rial be
fore the municipal court
The hearing OF Frank Choate Of
Montvile. accused OF stealing From
Sidney Gould. was held ct Thorndihe
Tuesday. before Judge Cornfnrfh
Choate was accused of stealing gooas
to the value of sl3 The articles wer,
a string Of beads. handkerchiefs. cap
..
guilty and was bound over in the sum
Of $500, and in default OF bonds was
taken TO the Belfast Jail to await tho
action of the grand jury at the rext
term of court. the second Tuesday i,
April
An adjourned meeting of the Belfast
board of trade was held Tuesday even
Ing. The committee on hotel reIortec
that after laborious work of five weeks
they had been unable to get anywhere
near enough subscriptions TO buil7
again on the Crosby Inn site. The corr
mittee was then discharged. The par
ties interested in building a hote, oil
the Ford lot were not present /. was
reported that, if a $4,000 hotel should
be erected on Phoenix row, two mel
had signified their willingness to sub
scribe for $1,000 worth of stock The re-
port of the committee on industries
was not encouraging.
General Superintendent Sanford o.
the New England Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company said. Tuesday. that tn,
company intended to complete its tele-
phone service between Pittsfield an6
Bangor, this spring. The only tele-
10 1.,,, l.,
with Bangor is by the way of Camden
With the completion of the PittsfielQ
and Bangor line the telephone service
along the Maine Central will be com
plcte. MI. Sanford also stated tina. tn,
transferring of the telephone service al
Portland. from overhead to under
ground is almost completed 1t has
been very long and expensive job
Early Tuesday forenoon, few OF
the men at Popham Beach discovered
what at first might have been taker
for submarine boat bat which or
closer inspection proved to be a whal,
over 30 feet in length. He amused
himself cruising about the mouth OF
the Kennebec for some time and ther
started toward Bath. The thought of
the ice Jam or something else changed
his mind before he had gone very ia,
and he turned back again. He was a
big fellow and seemed to be enjoying
himself immensely. 1t is seldom that
the whales come in so near the rivers
mouth as this one did
a man named Brown. aged about %
years, driver for John L. Best, while
crossing the railroad track at Cane
Elizabeth road crossing with his team,
was struck by the l1.30 A. NJ inbound
freight on the Eastern division.
Wednesday. The horse was fatally in
Jured. the wagon was wrecked and the
man was badly hurt. Brown was taken |
to the Maine General Hospital. He
was found to have a bad cash on the
top of the head. about two inches long
and so deep that it was regarded as |
dangerous. He also had a cash over
the right eye. and the right arm was |
badly broken. The horse was so badly |
injured that he was shot by Constable |
Flynn
Edgar L. Weeks of Old Town. has
tiled bill in equity in the clerks office
of the supreme judicial court. against
Eben Hartwell. the newly elected |
mayor OF Old Town. asking the court
to compel Hartwell to yield up said |
Office and allow him. Weeks to enter