Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-29
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convention. IT VIII ne neid IN PORT
land City hall. June 3.
The farm buildings of l.. II. Owens,
one mile from Bar Mills, We're burned
Monday night. Loss $500; Insurance.
$780, The fire caught from a defective
chimney in the house
The Dana Sarsaparilla Co, is rapidly
closing up their business at Belfast,
and are shipping all their movable
property to their headquarters in BOs
ton. Last week $4,000 worth were
shipped by rail to that point.
The three ArOostook cantons, !. o. O.
F.. are to unite in May day celebra-
ton at Fort Fairfield, Friday. Canton
Wabasso. No. %. of Fort Fairfield, will
entertain their brethren of Canton Co
|lumbia. No. Is. Pressure Isle. and Can
ton Houlton, No. 2s. Houlton.
William ID. Smith of Bangor. has
closed contract with the directors of
the Bangor, Orono & Old Town Street
Railway to grade the road bed and lay
the track of an extension to the road
from Old Town to Great Works. Work
upon the contract is to begin next
week and il is to be completed early in
June
Henry Sloan Of Portland. Me, was
killed by train on the Boston x Al
bany near Newton. Mass. Monday.
Sloan had just engaged to go To Work
for Walter +. Head. carpenter do
ing work for the railroad company. a
short distance from where he was
killed He was crossing the tracks
and became confused by the approach
Of two trains at the same time.
Monday afternoon. when the en-
p,ovcs of Rodick Bros. Bar Harbor.
visited their fish weir AT that place they
were surprised 10 find monster shark
in IT, The shark was u feet long and
glrted 3L feet The mouth was two
feet vide and contained four rows Of
teeth The shark was killed and dragged
upon the shore where il remained all
day Many people visited the beach q"
get a look a it. II is supposed that II
went into the weir 10 feed.
The Washington supreme judicial
court, Haskell. J.. presiding. convened.
Tuesday. Judge Haskell presiding.
There are about 200 law cases to be
disposed Of. also about 3 equity cases
and the term probably will be of three
III nun hf'RS dAt iIIIpIS Inv
most important cases to lie tried will
be- the john X. Afnes et ais VS.. Col. j.
y. Greene case. an action To recover
money that was advanced for building
the Shore Line Railroad when Col
Morrill, was conducting affairs. An
other case OF considerable Importance
is the action brought by Cornelius Suli-
van against Col j. y. Greene for mat
tors connected with the main Shore
Line road. In each case the statutt
of limitations has been pleaded and
the Strengthening out of the affair will
occupy considerable time.
Ralph. the youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Mcpherson of Calais.
while playing in the barn. Thursday.
fell distance Of 20 feet or more. in
tlicting an injury which resulted fatally
In the Waldo supreme judicial court
Peters. j., presiding. the following
named have been indicted as common
sellers Of intoxicating liquors. all hold
ing United States tax receipts as such:
Druggist Howes. Moody, Poor. Kilgore
and Wilson: also Frank Park, Joseph
A. Gilmore. l.. l.. Gentner, Sherman w.
freeman. David a. Clark and Charles
Ward all OF Belfast J. a. Jewell of |
Northport, Melvin Grant of Frankfort. !
Henry A. Bolan of Winterport, Charlie |
=. Brown of Burnham, Tilton A. Elliot |
of Brooks, Fred c. Atwood of Winter |
port and Williston F. Grinnell OF Sears
port The names of Frank Parks. /
David A. Clark and Charles Ward are
fictitious, no such personss being found
here.
liz, L Il
felt the need of a larger athletic field
than the delta. which has served as
one for many years. and through fhef
efforts of DR.. Whittier it seems that the
need will soon be supplied. A piece of
land adjoining that owned by the col
ege has been purchased and a suftici-
ent amount of money has been sub
scribed to warrant the beginning of
work. The new field is situated be-
tween the cemetery and Bowker street.
about five minutes walk from the coll
ege campus. The ground is level and
the greatest expense in preparing it for
is new use will be to remove the pines
With which part of it is covered. 1t is
to build a quarter-mile run
ming track around the field. and within
his will be the base ball and foot ball
@louiittS. ne utltd VIII SUN Ne uStuI
as a place for practice. and by the class
and substitute teams. One hundred
yards of the track will be completed as
soon as possible and work upon it be-
gan. Monday.This should. therefore be
1 red letter day in the history of Bow
loin athletics.
There seems to be a bad bad boy
in New Hampshire. with
at Nashua, who does not
that Owney. the post office
dog. is rather more than the ordinary
cur of his breed The Argus under
stands that this boy of his malice afore-
thought and with force of arms ON or ;
upon the body of said Owney, did in
|lict a wound; he, the boy aforesaid of
his malice aforesaid being then and I
there armed with deadly weapon. to ,
Wit a pin. and with such weapon afore- .
said. did as aforesaid. the said wound ,
ntiict against the peace and dignity of ,
he dog Owney. aforesaid, and contrary ,
to the rules of polite society. Owney ..
got mad as is not to be wondered at 8
and it is said bit the boy. The Argus ,
Ices not know how badly the boy was :
injured but he told his father and his !
'ather went cunning for Owney. Just E
1t this point some railway mail agent c