Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Frank II. Haggett. master joiner at the
New England yard. Bath. while operat-
| ing Il groove saw. Saturday. lost u part
| of the forefinger or his right hand. and
| the thumb and second finger were badly
mangled.
James j. McCurdy OF Lubec is at the
Portland Eye and Eear lniirmary pom Ter
| ing on the cussedness of inanmate things
red herring included. While hefwas eX-
aiming some herring up In his smoke
| house. a herring fell from one of the sticks
and struck him in the left eye, cutting
the ball entirely i'm two.
Wallace Witham son of Mrs. Jane
William. was found dead in the water
closet mt his home in Mill ctreet. Monta-
que. Saturday morning at 80 o'clock.
THE young man was subject to fits and
the supposition Is that he had a hit at the
place where he was found. and with no
one present to take care of him 1t proved
fatal.
Capt. Walter Weld Wing Il former life
long resident of Livcrmore. died. Monday.
at the residence of his son. Judge Georgc
c. Wing. in Auburn. of pneumonia. Mar.
Wing came with his wife 10 the house OF
his son in November last to spend the
winter. and at the time of his death.
which was sudden. he had reached the
great age OF 81 years. . months and il
days.
A Canadian giving his name as +. l..
iioughton was in Lewiston. Monday
morning. and claimed to be looking for
his wife. who has. he says. run away
WIN an ATcduidtl llldu UstIfltQ DiOHHt. vi
John. Mr. lIoughton is a well-dresscd.
quiet man, Is years old. who owns a farm
near the town of Richmond. Canada. and
his wife Is tail. fair. and about 10 years
old They have been married 2i2 years.
and the man who has run off with her is
younger than she is.
Friday evening the frame dwelling
house of Mrs. Timothy Harkins at Hall
The fire caught upstairs around the
chimney and when discovered the roof
was ali ablaze. The greater part of the
furniture ana cioaning was ,os.f 4 S,ops
four rods distant. wts saved by. great
effort, The loss to the building Is $soo
Mrs. Harkins keeps store and had
cash in the house and that was destroyed.
The farm, buildings OF AL NORM. on the
WaShburn road Pressure Isle. were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday afternoon. The
blaze originated near the roof of the
chimney. and while Mr.. NORM and his
family were endeavoring to subdue them:
fire broke out in the main building. and
had gained such Roadway when discov-
cred that it was impossible to subduc 1t,
or even save the household goods. In
fact nothing was saved. and u large
quantity of potatoes winch had been
stored in the cellar were also DESTROYED. =
Rev. Walter NJ. S. Lowell. who. last fall
hastily abandoned his Baptist parish at
AIowive where he had less than "A year
before made such a struggle to get in
stalled. and against whom a warming was
sent out to the Baptists of New England
by Ofilcers of the Maine Association. was
lately burned out Of his home at Con-
cord Mass. He has since been working
In a restaurant in Boston. II has latcft
becii reported to prominent Maine Bap-
fists that Mr.. Lowell is endeavoring to
get back into ministerial work. and had
ELECTED the sympathy of Ii prominent
Boston divine. The latter has been writ.
ten to in reference to the matter. and
been given the inside history of the Ken
eEebunk church trouble.
John Gamble of Montague. will have a
thrilling story to tell his great-grand-
children OF an experience that befell him.
Saturday AT 3 o'clock that forenoon.
Gamble was at the bottom of Mr.. Clapp's
we'll. cleansing it out. when without
warning the walls caved in. A force Of
men at once rushed to the spot and began
digging. No one expected to ever see
Gamble alive again. yet each man worked
forts. Along through the darkness of the
night they toiled. and one by one the
rocks and spadefuls of earth were lifted
from above CANDLES resting PLACE. At
with the digging when the man at the
bottom of the excavation was astonished
to hear grooming from beneath his feet.
With a shout the men renewed their eff
forts and tore the stones away. Gamble
was found in crouching position against
the lower stones of the well. The falling
walls had formed a low arch Just above
him, thus saving him from being
81 thing. He was alive and conscious,
hut very weak. and was taken tenderly
up and restoratives applied. In a short
time he recovered and was placed in~bed.
The bruises on his body Mil disable him
so awfully worked up. and many wept
with JOY when Gamble was found to be
living.