Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-10-12
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

EnOch Adams Simpson, an esteemed cit
izen of Lewiston, died at his home 20
Chapel street, Monday morning, aged "a.
A telephone line is being put in between
North Leeds and Wayne. 1t is proposed
to extend it to Leeds Center and from
there to the main line in Turner.
George H. Smith, confectioner, manu-
facturer and wholesaler, of Biddeford.
died, Monday forenoon. aged SO years. His
wife and one daughter survive him.
C. D. White, proprietor of the steam
mill at Dead River bridge. Leeds, came
near meeting with fatal accident, Satur-
day. by being thrown under moving ma
chinery. His left hand came in contact
with saw and was severed
The four fishing schooners which
were seized at Lubec, last August, by a
special eGnploye of the government,
w. F. Bann, for smuggling herring into
that pert, were released on payment of
a fine of IS each, Monday.
The farm buildings occupied by Thomas
A. Conroy on Blake hill near Bethel viii
lage, were burned, Saturday afternoon.
The fire caught from sparks from burn
ing chimney flying into the stable and ig-
hitting the hay Some So tons of hay
stored there by different parties was
burned. 1t is rumored that there is no
insurance. Most of the furniture was
saved.
Sunday forenoon, Charles Lapham was
at work with a Maine Central crew get
ting back upon the track a freight car
which had gone party over the edge of
the wharf in the Maine Central yard
Bangor, when the derrick broke and a
heavy piece of the timber struck him
upon the head and shoulders. breaking
his collar bone, it was thought, and bruis-
ing him considerably. He was taken to
his home in Brewer in the police ambu-
lance and received surgical attendance.
A number of the girls employed in the
spinning room of the st. Croix cotton mill
at Calais. went out on a strike, early last
week, refusing to accept a reduction in
their wages. The girls are firm in their
determination not to accept cutdOwn.
AS one young lady puts it: Life is too
ness for IS cents day" Should the
strike continue, the management will be
obliged to procure yarn from some other
mill or else close down part of the looms.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson will soon pre-
sent to the Portland theatre which
bears his name a large medillion of
himself to be placed in the vestibule,
and he will also present beautiful oil
painting of scene in the Catskills to
| be placed in the Empire reception
room. Francis Wilson, who opened the
house, will give an appropriate tablet,
also to be placed in the vestibule.
| In the city court at Bangor, Monday
Charles Whalen, charged with attempting
| to cut and murder his wife, was ar
raigned and tried. His actions had been
SO fierce that the Court asked him If he
was in his right mind. and suggested
| turning him over to the municipal author.
tiles for examination. Whalen said he
| was all right, and, as he could not pay
the costs, he was lectured severely ant
allowed to go under continued sentence
l. IT, 4
j "you send for me,'' as Mrs. Whalen fol
lowed her violent husband out of court.
The game shipment on Monday was q
large one. There were 33 deer and 6
bear on the noon train from over the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. TIL;
forenoon trains brought several deel
and the whole shipment for the day
numbered about 40 deer. A seizur,
was made on the noon train from Bal
Harbor. 1t was a box of partridge e.
from Jonesport, billed to Hyde, Wheel
er & Co., marketmen in Boston.-Ban
gor Commercial.
The wild man of Scarboro still con.
tinues to be a theme of conversation
in the land of the clam. A few night.
ago Tax Collector Fred Moulton en-.
countered the stranger while going u,
Oak Hill near the Johnson Libby place
The moon was shining brightly, ane
Mr.. Moulton saw plainly by the road
side wild, weird looking man, bare
: footed and hatless, his head covered b,
mass of tangled hair. The wild ma,
betook himself to the woods at tn
sight of Mr.. Moulton. It-is reporte.
also that the wild man was seen nea
, Prout's Neck.-Portland Press.