Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-03
SPARKS FROM THE MAINE WIRES.

Aaron Morrow, one of the Oldest men Of
Mechanic Falls, died Wednesday afternoon.
The management of the Northern Maine
and New Brunswick Trotting Circuit has
announced the following July meets:
Woodstock, n. b., July Caribou. Me-,
july 3 and A. Bristol, n. H., July 10
and II.
1t will be remembered that not long ago
a romantic courtship and marriage took
place in Belfast between Abbie Burke. Il
table girl ut the Windsor hotel, and a tray-
cling canvasser who came here from Mass.
achnsctts. The man left town soon after
his marriage and it is understood hi, wife
does not know anything about him. She is
now at Bangor and rs She says is again
Abbic Burke.
1t is understood AT Belfast that w
f. +. Fosg, formerly of Watervilc. and
general solicitor for the Petit Manan
Land and Industrial Go. ~ i.elfast.
VIII lead to the altar. about he middle
Of May. on" Of Wiacasscts air daugn-
te1g. MI toge viii then settle H. Wis
casset, where he win open a law office.
He will continue his cuaueotion .,itf
the Petit Manan CO.
Business is dan in the stone business
in Frankfort The MI Waldo works
ar all closed, Hith not much prospect
Of starting again for soVri 4 weeks
The Mosquito Mountain Granite 10. is
doing nothing and has no contracts on
hand. Mt. Hersan is BANKED in Snow
and ice. with little prospect OF stan ting
this summer Mt 'furk III runus.t,
small crcs. on rough work. Pierce
brothers are cre4 ting a summer COT
tagc on the extreme top az MI. waldo.
which is about 1000 feet aboTc tin level
of the sea.
Charles :. Marsh who was 50 So
vcraly injured ~ the railroad accident
At SquaW brook, four miles ~est Of
GrecnNill". a few weeks aga. is still,
confined to his bed ct his h"u+ Ia Dcx-
trt 1t appears that LIS injuries nave
proved more serious Cham was inst
Thought. sustaiuod bv his having ban
thrown hcaviiy against the iron railiu,,
u the platform Of the car. which !eit
the trat q. ANA Was drats-a for about
~ roG- hefoI" tn" tram MAS brought tn
a siaudstill As it left tn iron. Alr |
Marsh and ~" conductor tsteued t.
ihe platform. resulting III Mr.. Marsh
reCeit ms severe Internal il inrics |
which failed to L.-como manifest At
uncc
Everything is hustling with activity |
down in Ia" neiehborhood Of the iron |
works and at Houghton's wharf where |
the steamers kenucbec. Sagadahoc and !,
Della Collins have been hauled mp all |
winter and are now being put in readi- |
ness for the seasons work. The Ken
mol t,s,s IG a "A on b.a nd
the chances are that she'll be the con
Meeting link between Bath and Boston |
in the course of two or three weeks |
The Della Collins viii go on the route
at the same time to transfer the
freight and passengers from Gardiner
10 Augusta. Extensive repairs and
changes have been made on the
steamer Sagadahoc which will not go
on the route until later in the season
when the business is booming. 1t now
looks as if the season of 1896 would be
even better than it was last year
Bath Enterprise.
Messrs. y. Totman q Sons of Fair
field decided. last fall in view IT the
market for lumber and the fact that
they had met with serious loss by
lire. not to do any numbering the past
winter. 1t was thought hy Fairfield
people that the mill would be shut
down entirely the coming season. a
condition of affairs unthought of be-
fore in that village since the first mill
was started so many years ago. 1t now
transpires. however, that the Totnans
have changed their mind in the matter
and, Wednesday night. F. NJ Totman
and his brother w. ii. Totman went to
''rcenViile to confer with some ct the
luhbermer having logs for sale They
Will purchase about 1000 900 and as the
expense of booming at Fairfield boom
Will he So high this year on account of
their firm being the only one to manu-
facture lumber at Fairfield. they will
have their logs RATED at Shawmut in
stead.