Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-27
SPARKS faon MAINE WIRES.

George Webb, clerk in the hardware
store of w. Eoane at Ashland, shot him.
self dead, Tuesday morning. 1t is sun.
posed to have been accidental.
The rs or more Italians at work nm
the Limestone branch that struck be-
cause they were charged 81 rent for
their shanties, were paid off and dis
charged, last week.
The money needed ($SOOO) for thor.
oughly repairing the old shoe factory
at Norway has all been raised by the
citizens and others who have business
interests in the village. a
One hundred and fifty of the narrow
looms in the Laconia No. mill. Ridde-
ford, which have been idle a long time
were started. Monday. There now re.
main but very few idle looms in the
mills.
Israel Shevenell, widower aged
about 20 years, and one of Btddeford,s
Oldest French residents, was married
Monday, at Biddeford. to Miss Selma
Landre, who is about 20 years younger
than he.
Thomas c. Porter, a well-known resi-
dent of birmingham, Mass. and a b,1si.
iitSS Histu VI GOSlou, uleu there, Tuesday.
He was senior man of the firm of Thomas
c. Porter & Co., dealers in dye stuffs and
chemicals. Mr.. Porter was born in Bel
fast, Me-, about 70 years ago.
An attempt was made, at $3.50 Tuesday
morning. to burn the Shaw Cooling shoe
factory at Springvale. A blaze was start
ed outside the door of the engine room
and lively fire was in progress when the
department arrived. BY hard work the
plant was saved. The engine house was
badly damaged.
Tired of life, and evidently sick of fight
ing it out on this line all winter, William
E. Brann of Lewiston shot ~himself
through the head. fell from the box on
which he stood, and was found at 6 A. M.
Tuesday morning. in the shed of his house
at 12S Sabatis street. Lewiston hanging
suspended by the neck, cold and dead
While coupling cars on the six o'clock
freight in Saco, Saturday morning,
Fred Stephens of Portland, a brake
man, met with a painful accident. BY
a sudden jerk of the car his fingers
were caught in the coupling and had he
not made a quick movement to with
draw his hand it would have been bad
ly crushed. AS it was several of his
fingers We're jammed and the little
finger was crushed to jelly. 1t was
amputated.
There came near being a fatal acct
dent on the Portland and Rochester.
Saturday night, at the South Hollis
crossing. During the evening two men
by the name of Bradbury and Haines
were driving toward their homes.
They did not see the approaching train
and in attempting to cross the track
the carriage was hit. Both We're
thrown out and Mr.. Bradbury broke a
leg. Mr.. Haines was more seriously
injured, for he was picked up uncon-
sc.ous and when examined was thought
to be injured internally. Tho carriage
was demolished.
John Hines. a Frenchman who was
serving a IL years sentence at the
prison, Thomaston, died at the prison,
Friday. Wednesday after the prison.
ers had marched to their work, Hines,
Lesseur, who was serving a four years
sentence, and McCormic, who was also
serving a four years sentence, went to
the sink in the paint shop where they
worked and pretended to be after a
drink OF water. Under the sink was
kept shellac. They drew some in dip
pers and hid it and kept drinking after
adding water to separate the alcohol
from the shellac, and became intoXi-
Gated. Hines not being a very rugged
man weakened by heart trouble. died.
but the others will recover. Hines did
the same thing a few years ago. He
had been at the prison since September.
1890