Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

| a young boy named Bert Weilen was
carried to the reform school from Bel
fast. Monday. by City Marshal Ham
mond.
The dedicatory exercises of the new
ISccond Christian church AT kittery, were
held Thursday evening. In the presence
| of a large congregation.
Schooner Fair Wind of Plymouth
| Hoston. for Ellsworth. is ashore at
| Ellsworth and fun Of water The
cargo of molasses. flour. tea, etc. is
badly damaged.
The annual banquet Of the survivors
of the company who sailed from Bel
fast. in the bark w. .. Alden for CAL
| iforna in 1919 was given by Mr. and
| Mrs. Benjamin p Hazeltine. at their
home on Court street, Tuesday even
ing.
4 party consisting Of Mrs. Richard
Chenery. Mrs Margaret Burdett. Miss
Louise Hazel,ine and Miss Anne Cross
| n.y. all from Belfast. sailed from New
| York. Wednesday. on the steamer
| Werra for Italy. They will be gone
2 bout four months.
| As Philip Eon was returning home
! at Saco. Wednesday evening, a man
| jumped out from the side OF the road
and ordered him to give up his money.
| lie started to run and eluded his as
sailant. After arriving home Eon
armed himself with an ak and re-
| turned TO the spot where he had been
acid up. but the highwayman had fled.
The Eowdoin Paper Mfg Co, at
| Topsham is rushed with orders, about
| one-third of which are from foreign
| countries. This company has a pro-
| duct of about 30 tons per day, mostly
news paper and employs about 20
men. The sulphite pulp used comes
| from their mill at Lisbon Falls. The
company eontemplates putting in new
machinery. next spring.
| The Brunswick & Topsham Electric
| Railway is finishing its new car stable
at Topsham. This company has two
new vestihule cars and two open ones,
all up to date Its track extends from
the NJ. C. Railroad station in Topsham
| to the junction in Brunswick, with
| loop around Bowdoin college-the
| whole track being about three miles
| long. There are no turnouts. The trip
is made in 30minutes. only one car be
| ing used.
| Schooner Fairwind, 80 tons, owned
| by the +. =. Reed estate of Ellsworth.
and commanded by Capt. John keefe
| drifted from her wharf at Ellsworth.
| Wednesday. and grounded on Union
river bottom and filled. She arrived
! Thursday night, with full cargo of
merchandise from Boston and Port
land The cargo will probably be a
| total loss; insured. Attempts are be-
| ing made to right the schooner with
| no success.
Peter Beckman. the man who expected
Ito revolutionize navigation with his bar
rel boat, drifted away from Bucksport
in his strange. craft. hoping TO reach
| stranded at Morse's cove, in Penobscot
bay. where it was beached Now Beck
man is back in Bucksport and thinks he
! will settle down once more to work at
his trade of basket making. which he
has about decided will be more profitable
than experimenting. He still has sublime
faith in his boat. but has not money
enough to develop it properly: His boat
has already cost him $1,000. it is reported.
1t will be remembered that the boat was
made in Bangor.-Bangor Wing.
A quantity of herring was received
At the sardine factories at work. Tues
day, at PASSPORT, and the noise of the
shrill whistles brought out the small
boys with their knives, who We're soon
at work cutting. This week will wind
up the sardine business, but fish con-
tinue plentiful and help is easy to Sc
cure since most of the buildings have
completed their seasons pack. Large
behring's for smoking are being secured
by the boatnen and at the approach
: of cold weather the frozen herring
business will begin again.
George F. Wiley, the Bddeford
laundryman, who until few days ago
was a member of the firm of Wiley 4
Bean, created considerable excitement
in Biddeford. Wednesday. by moving
shed which stood on Main street to
his residence in Saco. Mrs. Bean, who
/ is at present running the laundry
, claimed that the building belonged to
. her and was very indignant at the al
, legged larceny of her property. The
) question of ownership will probably
be settled out of the courts.
A tale of domestic infelicity was un-
folded in the Auburn municipal court
before Clerk of Courts Nerrin. Wednes-
day, and as result Fred Foye anC
Mrs. Alice Maude Nickerson are hello
in default of $500 bonds to answer to {
+ charge of adultery at the January
! term of the superior court. Thomas E
= Nickerson. the complainant. occupies
&. d tenement at So Union street, but ha.
: not lived with his wife for a fortnight
5 past. Fred Foye. up to the time OF
| his arrest, has been employed at Hote
: Atwood. He has lived in Auburn bu
r one month. yet in that short time ha:
5 formed friendship with the co
e respondent that resulted in Wednes
. days trouble. Mr.. Nickerson ha.
l known of this intimacy and on severa
Y occasions warned Foye. On returning
!. home late Tuesday night. Nickersor
1 heard voices in his wife's room. ant
| being refused admittance, forced in the
, door and found Foye in the room to-
gether with his (Nickerson's) wife. AT
E ter vigorously pummelling Foye, Nick
Y erson turned him over to Officer Sinai
! on charge Of trespass. In the morn
e ing he swore out a warrant charging
4 the couple with adultery.-Lewistor
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