Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The summer office Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at the
Maine Central station in Bangor was
opened Tuesday, for the season. 1t is
in charge of Miss Pratt of Bangor.
Frederick S. Farris. who was found
concealed in a house last week was be-
fore the municipal court yesterday
morning. charged with breaking and
entering with intent to commit lar
ceny. 1t was ascertained that the boy
is not mentally responsible and on mo-
ton of the city marshal the case
against him was observation-disclosures
land Argus.
OF the 20 applicants who took out pa
pers for the civil service examination
of candidates for the position OF uhl,eo
States shipping commissioner OF tLe
Waldcboro district, II came to time d.
Rockland, Wednesday, as folIo"s'
Capt w. p. Hurley, William M. Mun-
roe, Capt. charles f. Hall, Daniei w
Titus, George o. Coombs, WllilaIh r
Tibbetts, Edwin l.. LoveJoy' .. r.
Sprague Capt. o. G. Hunt, lsrael onoM'
Charles E. Burpee, Capt. ADDISON on
yer. William Thomas and b. e. Catuei
wood, Rockland; Rev. W. y. Holiiiah'
South Thomaston; Capt. l.. n. MorsE
and Gershan l.. Burgess OF Rockport
This second examination is salu 10
have been of much more hlooiiieu
character and practical questiohs' IL 10
believed, will cut very important ns
ure in the ranking. the once ol snip
ping commissioner for this district pays
$1,000 a year, and much curiosity IS ieit
as to which one of the II candidates
will win.
Twenty-six years ago Saturday, says
the Bath Times, the first train was
run on the Knox & Lincoln railroad.
The paper had the following account
of the trip: 1.-THE first regular passen-
ger train on the Knox & Lincoln rail-
road was run this morning to Wlscas-
set and having made the journey We
can affirm that the road is in good Or
der and right men appear 10 be IN
right places, and this first day of May
is radiant with promise to both east
and west. A goodly party made the
trip over and on the return standing
room was at premium Inc Terry
system works to perfection and Bath
and Wiscasset at least have shaken
hands with an iron grip" DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENT w. L. White of the
X. & L. Division was conductor OF the
train, Geo E. Woodbury., baggage
master and Edward Hamlin was engl-
neer. The running time for the trip
was about twenty-five minutes. Two
of the old engines in service when the
road first started are now in use on
the Somerset road
DR.. L. d. Sullivan was brought be-
fore the municipal court, Wednesday
morning, on a complaint made by the
board of health for failing to report
cases of diphtheria that came within
his knowledge According to the COM
plant two of the Doctors children
were afflicted with diphtheria. The
law requires that in cases OF contagious
disease the physician shall report them
to proper authorities within "a hours.
This. it was claimed, DR.. Sullivan
failed to do. DR.. Sullivan claimed that
the reason for his failure to report the
cases within the specified time was not
from any desire for concealment but
that in the early stages of the disease
it is often difficult to distinguish be-
tween certain forms of tonsilitis and
diphtheria. The board, however, thought
in this case the signs of diphtheria were
so marked that they should have been
noted. The doctor pleaded nolo con-
tendere and was fined $40 and costs,
which he paid. Carroll w. Morrill,,
city solicitor, appeared for the prose
cutors, and there was no appearance
for the defendant The board of health
is determined to see that every safe
guard is provided against the spread
of contagious disease. Portland Argus
There is soon to be special town
meeting at Island Falls, to consider
among other things the matter of
abating the 1896 tax on the tannery
property of F. w. Hpnt & Co. Before
the tannery was built the town voted
to exempt the tannery buildings, ma
chinery and bark from taxation for
term of ten years. This was done for
two years but this year the town voted
not to abate the 1896 tax. The pleas
ent proprietors say they will surely
move the entire plant to another place
unless the town rescinds the latter
vote. The people claim that the own
ers of the tannery have not fulfilled
their agreements made at the first
town meeting and hence consider it
fair that they dhe owners) should pay
their taxes. There is a great deal of
feeling about the matter and a lively
meeting may be expected The other
day a resident of Island Falls while
looking over the records in Houlton,
for the purpose of proving the title of
a piece of property he wished to pur-
chase discovered an old mortgage
given 81 years ago, covering not only
that particular piece of land but one
fourth of the whole town of Island
Falls. This mortgage, although it has
undoubtedly been paid, has never been
discharged and both parties to the
transaction are dead. AS conse-
quence the present holders of the prop
erty find themselves in a pretty pickle.
pay Nyr, Stout Wharton was