Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-04-28
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Rockport is in a fair way to have a
soldiers monument.

soldiers monument.
These patents have been granted: VIII
liam II. Chapman, electric motor con-
troller trade mark; Aivan N. Phillips,
Old Orchard. peanut molasses candy.
The Wiscasset post office was entered,
Monday night, and n29 In stamps taken.
The safe was not touched. Entrance was
effected by forcing the door. There is no
clue to the burglars.
The April term of the supreme ju-
dicial court opened at Calais, Tuesday,
Judge Haskell on the bench. OF the
223 cases on the docket, AZ are marked
for trial. and the session will last about
three weeks.
At O'Clock Tuesday Tuesday morn
ing. fire destroyed a number of the
cattle sheds and horse stalls on the
grounds Of the Eastern Maine State
Fair Association at Bangor. The fire
was the work of tramps.
fire that started in the cellar of a
double-tenement house on High street
Deering, Tuesday morning. caused slooo
damage. The house Is owned by Dr. =;
A. Baker of Portland and was occuplea
by the families of Arthur }. Dalot ah1
Wallace +. Keller. The loss is covered
by insurance.
Alvin Webster of Deer Isle, was
SNllt -lSCd hNouoS' W eiA'N~
hard labor in the State prison for as
sault and battery on his 15-years -olc
wife, last summer. The trial was be =
fore Chief Justice Peters in Hancock
county court.
Augustus p Coombs of Castine, VINO
was held on six indictments for alleged
larceny of goods in the steamer cas-
tine, of which he was purser, was tfled
in the Hancock county supreme court
at Ellsworth. Monday. He was found
not guilty of first count and the gov
ernment mol pressed the others.
At Rome Friday, an Irishman giving
the name of Jack Wilds, called at
Nathaniel Robinson's house and made
insulting and threatening talk to Mrs.
Robinson. He was intoxicated. IL,
was arrested, and failing to secure S2oo
bonds to keep the peace for one year
was sent to Augusta Jail for six months.
He claims to have known the Robin
sonsons, but they deny all knowledge
of him.
AT the supreme court in Belfast sat
urday, Judge Whitehouse granted the
following divorces: John w. Fish.
libelant, VS.. Nellie f. Fish. both OF
Liberty, custody of child given the
mother; James A. Robertson of Swan
vile, libelant, VS.. Clara j. Robertson
of Orient. custody of children given the
libelant; Annie Mellen, libelant, VS..
James Mellin, both of Belfast.
A man named James McCann had
narrow escape from death on the Maine
Central spur track in the rear of the
Armour beef house in Broad street, Ban
gor. Monday afternoon. He was lying
across the track, asleep, so 1t is reported,
when shifting engine pushed car
down the spur. Mccain was aroused by
the train hands shouts just in time to
save him from being crushed under the
wheels. AS it was he received severe
scalp wound. and was taken to his board
ing house where he was attended py
physician.
Some young men called for team at
j. w. Sawyer's livery stable. Old Town,
Tuesday, saying that they wished it for
a short ride. They departed with the
team and. as they had not returned on
Monday Deputy Sheriff Gould was noti-
fled. Later in the day the team was re-
turned through the efforts of the officers,
though the young men, who live in Hol-
land claim that they were about to bring
it back 1t cost them about $50, how
ever, for the fun of keeping 1t without
previously making their intentions
known.
Fireman Nadeau, the Aroostook man.
who successfully resisted arrest last jan
uary by Deputy United States Marshal
Prescott and who was finally captured
by the officer in February. was taken to
the United States court in Portland, Tues
day. from Alfred Jail by Deputy United
Stats Marshal Emery. He has been serv
ing sentence of 30 days for violation OF
the internal revenue law. His sentence
expires Thursday of this week. He was
arraigned on charge of resisting arrest
by Deputy Marshal Prescott. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to pay fine of
\ ,,,.,. nod II oil ttn
months.
Some one entered the residence of A.
o. Campbell. Sangerville, Saturday. and
carried off $11 in money. The members
of the family We're away and, 1T being
broad daylight and a crew being at work
on the Dermody building, just across the
street, they supposed it would be safe to
leave the doors unlocked The thieves
emptied bureau drawers and scattered
the contents on the floors. They cared
nothing for jewelry, evidently, as none
of those articles We're disturbed. There
seems to be no clue to the thieves. They
must have been amateurs. for they took
a check book belonging to Mrs. Camp
bell
Thomas b. Springer aged 81 years
and unmarried, brother Of c. \.
Springer. proprietor of the Hub factory
in Detroit, met with very sad acct
dent, Monday, while working at a slab
circular saw in the mill. His right hand
came in contact with the swiftly re-
volving saw in such manner as to
mangle the arm nearly TO the elbow.
DR.. HathOrne of Newport was sum
moned and, after an examination of the
wound. found 1t necessary to amputate
the arm just below the elbow
Harden Taylor, a prominent citizen and
real estate owner of Biddeford, died Tues
day morning. aged IS. He was born in
Norridgewock and went from there to
Kennebunk where he engaged in farm
ing. He came to Biddeford in 1865. For
10 years he was engaged in the brick
manufacturing and wholesaling business
He was originally IL Whig and later a
staunch Democrat. He served one var
as councilman. two as alderman, two as
Legislative representative. He was a
prominent member of the Universalist
parish. His widow. daughter of tbt.
late Capt. John p. Wells of Hebron sur
wives him. He also leaves daughter.
wife of eN-City Clerk Edgar A. Hubbard