Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-28
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The Old Town wooden mill is running
day and night.
Nearly every available boat in Bucks
port harbor was out, Sunday, and the
river and shores from Sandy Point tt
Marsh bay were closely examined fol
traces of the four men drowned, Tuesday
morning., There were no new develop.
ments, whatever.
Detective George w. Hartman of Ban
gor, was in Hudson and Guilford, last
week. in the interests of the Humane So
ciety In the former town he caused 9
morse to be killed and in the latter Il COW
Mr. Hartman expects to go to Exeter
fair, this week. in the interests OF the
society.
The death of David B. Tapley at ths
reform school, was caused by suicide
He had complained Of pain in his head
and this is thought to have been what
led him to commit the deed. He huna
himself in the guard room, Sunday.
There was a very large town meeting,
Saturday afternoon. in Norway to take
action on the proposition to repair the
cid shoe factory. The vote in favor Of
the proposition was about two to one.
It was voted to raise sum not ex-
|ceeding $4,000 for the purpose. There is
talk of contesting in the court the le-
gality of raising this money. Hon. A.
S. Kimball was chosen moderator.
1t was currently reported in Auburn,
Saturday afternoon, that Mr.. c. T..
Nevens had given the Sanford people
the lot on which the corner stone was
laid. The Journal is assured by Mr..
Nevens himself that he sold the lot to
Mr.. Sanford, the consideration being
$500. 1t takes in an occupied slice of
his valuable storehouse lot on the cor
ner cf Summer and Union streets. Il
sold the lot" says Mr.. Nevens, 1.-The
sale being just the same as it would
have been had you been the purchaser,
instead of Rev. Mr.. Sanford. "-Lewis
ton Journal.
There We're y deaths in Portland
during the week which ended, Satur-
day noon. The deaths We're due -
cholera infantum, cholera morbus, diph-
iberia. gastritis, heart disease, carce-
roma of the lungs, marasmus, nephritis.
peritonitis. senility, spina bifida and
uraemia. The police made 40 arrests in
Portland, the past week. from the fol-
lowing causes: Intoxication, 30; sus-
picion of larceny, A.. insanity, 3: break
ing and entering, 2: larceny. 3; vag-
rancy, 2; safe keeping, 2: and one each
for resisting officer, being a suspicious
person and cruelty to animals.
A Bath Times representative in an
interview with Hon. Frank A. Wilson,
the efficient president of the Maine
Central Railroad in Bangor, Saturday,
was informed that the ferry boat, City
nf RnclyIapl NOW living nenr tha Ipnpt
had been recently thoroughly examined
by officials of the road. The hull of the
boat is in poor condition as well as the
boilers, but the engines are serviceable.
The road desires a new ferry boat to
be used whenever the Hercules is un-
dergoing repair and during a part Of
the year when travel is light, thus saw
ing unnecessary expense. The new boat
will be largely than the City of Rock
land and supplied with double tracks.
The boilers,iaof course. Twill be con-
at the Bath ron-Works. but
it has not beef decided Who will build
the beat. 1t is satisfactory to know,
however, that Mr.. Wilson informs the |
Times that one of the Shipping City's |
energetic firms will catch the plum. |
Work on the new ferry boat will COM |
nenee this fall. The contract price will |
be $50, 900. - 'iI- ''h'e
The Argus is in a position to say with
reasonable positivenesss that ground
will be broken in this city within six
months for .palatial hotel to cost $780,
900 or more and which will eclipse
every hotel in New England except the
ma gnificent new Touraine in Boston.
There have been rumors of this afloat
for some time and on Saturday the
Argus was told the whole story again
in detail with the addition that Col.
Wood, the architect of The jefferson.
had been selected as architect. Col.
Wood had very little to say when asked
about it. He said it had been talked
of and that there was more or less
truth in the statements. From another
source, however. it was learned that
the money is in sight already, half Il
million for certainty and hundred |
thousand more for extras. There are
number Of Portland capitalists in the
company. most of them being the same
men who made the building of The
Jefferson possible The Rickers of Po-
land Spring and New York capitalists
are united with the local men, the en-
tire number making combination that |
will put through to success anything
they undertake. The site is kept pro-
found secret for the present, but the
Argus is. informed that when certain
persons are told that their room is
preferable to their company, and fur
Their that their houses are soon to be
torn down over their heads, it may be
that the time is about ripe |
for the planting of the seed. All of the
involved will be raised and
the cellar dug in season to commence
on the foundation as soon as the frost |
is out of the ground next spring. It's
probable that the house will he open |
for business in time for the summer
business of 1S96-Portlard Argus.