Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-19
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The Sagadahoc county grand jury at
Bath, rose at 3 f. NJ, Friday, and re-
ported 80 indictments nearly all for
violation of the liquor law.
Schooner Alaska. North Sidney, Cape
Breton. for Saint John. n. b., has ar
rived at Boothbay Harbor. She lost
her boat and main sail and had her
bulwarks stove.
AT meeting Of the State fish and
game commission at Bangor, Friday,
1t was voted to prohibit fishing in
Green lake and its tributaries, between
Oct. | and May /, for term Of five
years, to take effect at. once.
Chester, aged IL, the son Of George
Hussey Of South Norridgewock. while
sliding. Friday night. was thrown from
his sled, another sled running into him.
fracturing his knee cap and bruising
him severely, though not seriously.
At the annual meeting of the Portland
W. Desert 4 Maehias Steamboat Co. AT
Portland. Friday these officers were
elected: President +. A. Wilson; clerk
and treasurer George W. York auditor,
Nm; W, coiley; general manager. George
Wilson, Samuel e. Lawrence. ". c. Da-
Wis and Joseph II. Manley.
Ii is currently reported that a Cuban
agent is in Calais. enlisting men for SER
vice In Cuba. Several expert rifle shots
have been approached and large pay
offered. Judging from the scores made
by one expert marksman the Spaniards
will have little TO fear from any recruits
taken from that section 1t is also re-
ported that two medicos have decided 10
enlist their services in the cause of free
dom, and have been assigned positions
on the medical staff.
Cooper Brothers of Newport. were
surprised to receive one day recently
an order for cloth boards to be shipped
TO W. j. Amons, Pegal. Java. The
stock will be shipped TO Pennsylvania,
where ii vii become part of a shipment
to he forwarded from that state. Messrs
Cooper are at loss to know how they
became known to Mr.. Amons as manu-
facturers as they had never heard of
him until they received the order.
Freight train No 81, James Lowe con-
ductor. was late in arriving in this city.
Friday. 1t all came about because of a
snow ,plow which he brought along at
tached to the rear end of the train. The
plow was billed to the Il. & A, and was
from the Portland Locomotive Works.
The pillow was about eight inches wider
than the ears. and as a result quite a
portion of the platform ut the Clinton
station had to be taken up in order to
get it past. After that the train took
side tracks al several stations in order TO
avoid trouble and reached here consider
ably belated. Jim didn't say "a ting. =
Bangor Commercial.
Colonel George A. Philbrook. in COM
mand of the I'd Regiment of infantry in
the State National Guard has ordered
an inspection of G. company. n. G. S. NJ.
He will arrive in Bangor on Monday
next and. on the evening of that day.
will meet the company in the armory and
will civ q thOrnlIyh aYamin1 zion. THIS
is the result of the recent trouble in the
company. and. probably, partly on ac-
count of its poor showing within the past
year or two. when it has been at the bot
tom of the list. 1t is understood that
Col. Philbrook has ordered that every
officer and man in the command be pres
without doubt be one of the most import
ant events in the history of the company.
In the Knox supreme judicial court,
Foster. j.. presiding, Wednesday, Mrs.
herd Co. of Rockport: suit for $1,000 dam
ages Mrs. Carver's husband having met
with death by accident. in the Shepherd
quarry for which the plaintiff deems the
company responsible, and so. liable. Yer
dict for the defendants: Fred J. Cole
pleaded guilty of assault and battery on
Clarence Petty, a little boy : years old.
and sentence was suspended during good
behavior. State vs.. Nm. l.. Staples and
Francis B. Baxter arraigned for break
ing. entering and larceny. Both had pre-
NlOuSlE pleaded guilty. ne court ulrecL-
ed the county attorney to mol pros the
breaking and entering and gave both III
months in the county Jail, on one indict-
ment. Sentence suspended on others.
Charles ID. Farr, for breaking. entering
and larceny. was sentenced to four years
in the State prison. Divorces We're
granted Ida b. Paige from VIM. s. Paige,
and VIM. c. Anderson from Mary f..
Anderson.
J. A. Corey, Daniel Corey and Tim"
SC hol
ing adventure Thursday morning at the
Gray farm shore on the lake. They had
a span of horses with big load of wood
and attempted to go to Newport village
on the ice. They had hardly left the
shore before the ice gave away and the
team and men We're precipitated into
the icy water. Fortunately. however
the water was not SO deep but the
horses could keep their heads out of the
water through the assistance the men
rendered and after the animals had
been in the water for an hour, the men
succeeded in getting them out. In or
der to do so, however, the ice had to be
cut away and the horses led out of the
water.
The most important deal in Maine
timber lands was reported at Boston,
Wednesday. An Ellsworth syndicate,
composed of Mr.. f. H. Greeley and
others. including, it is said, Senator
Hale, has purchased township 4, range
II. situated on the North Branch of the
Penobscot, near where it joins the
South Branch and the Melheudus
stream. Some months ago the syndi-
cate purchased all of the township eX-
cept the interest held by the heirs of
G g. Stems of Boston. Now they have
purchased the Stems interest. This
township contains fine growth of
spruce. There is an operation of 81
O0O0O feet of lumber now going on
f, there, and the lumber can be landed in
either the Kennebec or the Penobscot
, rivers.