Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-21
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


| land lime manufacturer. died, Monday.
| after a long illness of pneumonia. He
| was thought to be gaining rapidly and
death came suddenly.
Friday. April "A. is the date set for
| the election of officers for the vacancy
| in the 1st Regiment. The election will
| be held at Portland, in the forenoon
and the regimental school for officers
will occur in the afternoon.
saloon at Rumford Falls was bro
ken into and quantity of cigars.
candy, etc, taken and stock generally
overturned, Saturday night. A man by
the name of Poquett was arrested for
the offence at Dixfield, Monday
| Rev J. D. Waldron. formerly of West
| Buxton, but now of Vermont. who fig
ured in a SANDER suit tried at the jan
uary term of the supreme court and
| had judgment awarded against him to
| the amount of 5000. went to Biddeford.
Monday. and gave himself up. He took
| the poor debtors oath.
| The story and half house on War
rem street. Rockland, owned by Mrs.
| Frances Hurley. and occupied by
| Charles H. Nye and family. was partly
| destroyed by fire. Monday morning.
| The blaze originated around the Chin
ney in the chamber. Nye saved most
of his furniture, but had no insurance
| The house was insured for $1,000.
Levi +. Crocker, one of the leading
| farmers of West Bath. died. Sunday,
at the age of 6S years. s months. Mr..
Croker was native of Woolwich and
had resided in West Bath "A years. He
IL.
William w. Crocker of Bath. and txo
daughters, Mrs. Clara Packard of Bath
and Mrs. Marian Wakefield of Wis
casset.
When the steamer Manhattan. Capt.
Bragg, was passing Trundy's reef on
her way into Portland. Sunday after
noon. Rufus Wood, a sailor, while rails
| ing the port slide fell overheard. He
was seen and the lifeboat was lowered
sent to his rescue, under command of
| the second officer. Mr.. Peterson. The
sea was choppy and it was with diff
Guilty that he was kept in sight. In l.
minutes from the time he went over
board he was back on board. He was
nearly exhausted At the time the
Manhattan was going 1917 knots an
hour.
The remains of John H. Connolly. an
employe at the Lewiston City Farm.
were found floating in the water of
the river in the city field. just below
Strawberry Place, Lewiston. on Mon
day. He was IS years old and had
been employed at the farm as fireman
for four years at So a month He also
received pension. and this money he
was accustomed to spend in Lewiston
with more or less regularity. He went
to the city Saturday. got drunk. was
arrested. and is supposed, on being re-
leased. to have walked overheard while
drunk and was drowned.
There was another big washout on
the Somerset Railroad between Scion
and Bingham. Saturday, caused by an
ice jam in the Kennebec. The water
overlooked the banks of the river.
carrying immense cakes of ice over the
low intervales. and sweeping railroad
tracks and everything else with it,
The washout is about one and a half
miles long, and it will of necessity re-
quire some time to repair it, during
which time Scion will be the terminus
of the road. The ice jam passed over
Carratunk Falls dam. Sunday MORN
ing. without doing any damage. Mails.
express and passengers are being car
ried by private teams through to Bing-
ham.
The famous Cronk fortune which has
been disturbing the good people of
North Head, Grand Manan. for several
years. is at last at an end. and the SEN
satiOnal report of the fortune of many
millions. which was deposited in the
Bank of Amsterdam. and which
awaited the claims of the respective
heir. The hope of the Stanleys, the
Greens. Cronks and Griffins. all resi-
dents of the lonely island washed by the
turbulent waters of the Bay of Fundy
was exploded on the arrival of the mail
from Europe. last week. A communica-
ton was received from the British
Legation at The Hague informing the
anxious heirs that the story was a
myth and the golden vision of expected
fortune vanished like mist before the
sun.
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