Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-16
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

1 lt new ItSIttSIlll, NJ %, buIil DIT TIE
Bath Iron Works, sailed from Bath,
Saturday. for New York. The new boat
will go on the Diamond shoal station,
! Mark f. Jordan of New Gloucester
| died Saturday, at the age of 40 years of
! heart disease. He was a brother of b.
| c. Jordan of Alfred and of Prof. l.. G..
Jordan of Bates collegl
business is brisk at the Bangor boom.
| where William Connor's crews are now
| engaged in rafting out the sixth drive
of steam mill logs received this season.
| This drive contains about 5000, 000 feet
of loge, making the total to date in
/ 81, 30 100000 feet.
The Bath city government held a
! special meeting. Friday evening. and
passed an order to extend for 30 years,
! SIS 900 municipal bonds. that become
due the first of next month. The order
calls for per cent. interest, while the
former bonds We're 5 per cent.
The central girl of the Dirgo Tele-
| phone Co. arrived at Rome and took
! her seat in NJ. H. Blasdell's office. Fri
day forenoon. A low whisper at Rome
can he distinctly heard in Pennington.
The company will soon have their line
| to Augusta via Belgrade Mills
The river races were continued a.
Kennebunkport, Saturday. Peter /.
Loring and John L. Mitchell won the
Indian canoe race, while Mark Good
win. ]. 2. Adams, r. f. Mitchell ami
Nelson Steele took prizes in the eccen-
tiic events. The river sports win close
with a grand illumination on the 25th
|
| Central Railroad and his guests, presi-
| dent K. r. Gable Of The Chicago. Rock
| Island & Pacific Railroad, and family,
arrived in Bangor Saturday forenoon
about 10 o'clock, from Bar Harbor where
! they passed Friday night. They left i'm
mediately for Dover. via Newport and
Dexter. and arrived nj KIneo. Saturday
afternoon. where they passed sunday.
Ed Grady. William Barrett Thomas
| Miller and john Smith, ali tramps. under
| 80 years of age, were held. Saturday. for
| the grand jury. for the alleged burglary
at the house of Mrs, Lila Newbin, four
miles outside of Lewiston, Friday after
noon. The tramps broke into the house
| ana got away with some silVerWare white
| TIE family was out in the field. The men
of he neighborhood gave chase. and kept
| ,he trail until the arrival of officers from
Lewiston
The ordination of Ernest Earle Osgood
| by the New Hampshire yearly meeting of
CURED on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Osgood. the candidate. is the SON OF
Rev. j. c. Ossood Of East Rochester, n.
II. He graduated from Bates College in
| ~, studied al Emerson College of Ora
| tory. Boston, and Taught at Rochester
| High school and Storer College at Har-
per's Ferry, West Virginia. Last June
he WAS elected president of Storer College
and is to be inauSurated in September
Troop United States cavalry. which
|
early start, Saturday morning, and
rode a al easy gait through the towns
of Buxton and Scarboro. arriving 1T
Rigbey park shortly before noon, Sat
urday. They pitched their tents in the
park and Saturday, afternoon were
settled in camp. A committee from the
city government Went out to welcome
them in behalf of the mayor and city
authorities. They have Sc horses With
them all in prime condition and VIII
remain here next week during the New
England Fair.
Friday was the first real pleasant day
/ of the campmeeting at Foxcroft. Every
t train brings several parties for the
grounds and the religious services are be-
irg attended by large congregations.
Rev. W. J.. Brown of East Corlnth.
f preached. Friday morning, and Rev. I.
.
o'clock the annual meeting of the asso-
citation was held at Mr.. Tibbetts cottage
The following officers were chosen for
the ensuing year: President, f. NJ. Tib-
belts, Dexter; vice president, A. S. Far
= rar, Dexter: secretary, Rev. G. G. Wild
den, Dover; treasurer, r. NJ. Tibbetts
: The trustees are f. NJ. Tibbetts A. S
: Farrar, S. c. Shaw. Sanford Richie ant
&. +. Frost. The association voted IL
V hold the campmeeting next year, begin
!, ming the second week in August. Sunday
there Were four excursions.
c. p. Dodge participated in the win
. ming of all the honors in sight at tn
: tennis tournament at Sorrento. Satur
day. He won first prize in singles fror
!, f. II. Marvin and became the chal
=, lenger for the magnificent Sorrent
> challenge cup. Then. after playing
-, series of hard sets. he won with r
,s Hooker first prize in doubles Secon
a. prize in singles went to +. r. Marvin
4 and in doubles to Budlong and Gross
NJ X. Mckittrick ION first prize in TIL
consolation singles. This much was de
cided by the days play There sti
remains the possession for one year q
The challenge bowl and the Maine Stat
le championship to he contested for. Bot
of these depend upon the match to h
" played Gu Monday betweenC r. Dodg,
= the challenger. and J. Parmly Pare
q the holder.
There have been more summer Wis
r. tiers at Cape Porpoise this season tina
there have been for years