Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-03
Sparks FROM MAINE VINES.

At the meeting Of the Portland Light
Infantry, at Portland. Friday evening,
plans were made for celebrating the
company's oath anniversary, June s,
next.
The old Hamet mill. owned by the Web
ster Paper Co. of Orono, Is being torn
| down and the lumber mill will be used
toward building barking mill near the
paper mill. Work commenced on the
| same, Thursday.
Stedman K Fisher Of the firm Of Fisher
& Mulligan, coal StevedOres OF Bath, died,
Friday noon. after an illness Of IL few
days of paralysis of the brain. He was
20 wears old and for several winters wal
in the employ of the Consolidated Ice Co.
of new York superintendent of ice
cutting ON the Hudson river. He Is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Charles Lin
coin of New York, and Miss l.. C.. Fisher
of Albany.
A party of searchers started out from
Sebago Lake. Thursday afternoon. in
quest Of a 4-years-old son Of G. II. Dole.
the Maine Central station agent. The
rttle fellow had wandered away from
home and got lost in the woods. 1t was
nearly night when he was found. nearly
exhausted. two miles from where he en-
tered the woods. His tracks in the snow
showed that he had walked nearly six
miles, circling about through swamps,
over hills and across brooks.
Notices have been served on the heirs
of the estate of Luther Bryant of Bidde-
ford, asking for 18th of the income col
lected from the real estate since the death
of the millionaire in 1894. The papers
were drawn up by Attorneys Haley and
Bradbury who represented Mrs. Sarah
j. Lumb in her suit against the estate.
tried at the January term OF the supreme
court in which it was proven that she
was one of the heirs. The request Is made
that arrangements be made with the at
torneys for Mrs. Lumb whereby the share
due her shall be paid over to her in the
future as fast as it accumulates. The
alternative, if this is not complied with.
is a series of suits against the tenants OF
the property, about 500 of them. Thls
would entail almost endless expense.
An extremely sad case of restitution
was revealed, Thursday, by the death
of Mrs Charles NJ. Pendleton on
Springs Island. Biddeford. Dr. Davis
OF the board of health was called to
attend the woman, and although he
responded Immediately, she was dead
when he reached the house. The hus-
band. who has not been able to do a
days work all winter, was found quite
sick in bed. and a child three days old
lay in a little crib near the dead
mother. The six other children, the
eldest aged u, were gathered about
the ROOM Overseer of the Poor Con-
Ian and City Missionary David Nelson
are looking after the wants of the
family Pendleton is a veteran of the
war and has been waiting for pension
for years, but has not yet secured 1t.
The city missionary says il is one of
the most destitute homes he ever en-
tered
A lodge of the American Benefit So
ciety was instituted in South Paris.
March 81, by II. c. Reed deputy, with
% signers on the list. The following
officers were elected and installed:
President, W. B. Young; vice president,
c. L. Brett: orator. Mrs. Jennie L.
Brett: junior past president. Benz. p.
Adkins; senior past president. E. l..
Parlin: secretary, Albert d. Park; col
lector. Chandler Garland; treasurer, j.
Hastings Bean; chaplain, Mrs. Nellie
NJ. Young. marshal, Percy II. Walker;
warden, ]. f. Cole, Jr.; sentry. c. L.
Curtis: trustees. ]. 2. Richardson, c.
E. Brett and c. II. Marston: medical
examiner, DIR. Horatio Woodbury.. The
membership of this lodge is made UP
from the business men of the town and
some leading men in the county, three
of the officers are holding positions in
the county. We expect to see a sub
stantial gain before the summer