Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

fire recently consumed an isolated barn
partly filled with hay owned by Stephen
Foster of South Lagrange; insured for
$500
reported to have been killed by fail
from n staging at Fort Preble Wednes-
day, is alive, and although severely in
jured, will recover.
II. Orville Rideout, arrested in Bangor
recently, for beating a board bill. former
ly resided in Calais, where he left a num-
Der of persons to mourn the loss of small
sums loaned and bills which remain in an
unsettled condition.
Dennis Crowley of Bangor, while eating
dinner in Patten, Wednesday. suddenly
threw up his arms, fell from his chair
his face turning black. He died before
a doctor could reach him. His death was
due to StranSulation.
In Topsham. Wednesday evening. in the
First Congregational church. Rev. Nor
man McKinnon of FoXcroft, and Miss Ell
ia A. Whitehouse of TOpsham, Were mar
ried. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Philip II. Moore of Saco.
Winslow Whitman, for several years
the manager in Portland for the New
England Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, has resigned to accept a more re-
munerative position in Boston. where he
is to have charge of a large estate.
Notices have been posted in the facto-
ries of the Goodall Worsted Co. at San
ford. announcing a general advance in
wages. The firm employs 100 hands, run
ming day and night. 1t has also been de-
cided to give the operatives a Saturday
half holiday all the year round.
A telegram received in Bangor Wednes-
day afternoon from Patten, announced
the death in that town of Dennis Crowley
of Bangor, aged 50 years. who had ar
rived at noon in company with other men
bound for the woods. Death was due to
StronpnlatjOn caused nv a piece of beef
while eating dinner.
The expected trial of John Stearns, in
dicted for assault with intent to kill his
wife, Martha Stearns. did not come to
pass at Rockland. When the criminal
docket was taken up, Wednesday. the
Stearns indictment was one of the first
to be considered. Stearns' attorney stated
at the outset that the plea of insanity
would be entered. After quite lengthy
discussion, Judge Wiswell ordered Stearns
into the custody of the superintendent of
the insane hospital for observation.
Should no signs of insanity develop. he
will be subject to trial at the next term
of court.
Wednesday afternoon, the Bangor
| police searched the slums of Hancock
street for "Packy' Dunroe, whose right
name is Patrick, being anxious to in
| terview him on the subject of rob-
berry, last summer. in which he is sup
posed to have been concerned. This
was the larceny from the person of
Joseph Mitchell, an Old Town Indian,
of $165-wages on the Connecticut river
| drive. 1t was a barefaced robbery
engineered in board daylight, and four
| persons were concerned in it, all OF
whom skipped at once. Wednesday,
Dunroe. who Is one of those suspected,
| returned to town, and he had not been
| here 10 minutes before the police heard
of it and began to look for him. But
| he faded out of sight.
| Wednesday at the supreme court at
| Auburn, was devoted to the criminal
| docket. Three women, Florida Dostie
Emily Murray and Celina Pichette We're
| sent to Jail for violation of the liquor
| law and several cases were fixed up
with cash, $407.92 being paid into the
| county treasury. The features of the
days proceedings was the arrangement
of James ]. Jenkins, who pleaded
guilty to the charge of assault with in
tent to kill his wife last May. Hon. ID.
j. McGillicuddy appeared for jenkins
and pleaded for light sentence. Sew
eral witnesses were called, who testl-
fled to his good character before this
assault upon his wife. and his wife her
self appeared and begged for leniency
of the court. Judge Emery took the
case under advisement.
A contest is to be made over the will
of Capt. Richard F. C. Hartley. who
recently died during a voyage in n
schooner bearing his name: The helfs
have no serious objection to the pro-
visions of the will as it stands, and the
contest is a preliminary step toward
he disposed of during the last year OF
his life. Their claim is that he was OF
unsound mind during the period In
which his estate underwent a heavy
shrinkage The petition for admins
tration, presented in the probate court
at Alfred, contains an estimate which
places the value of the estate at s60.o0o.
Some of the heirs claim that two years
ago he was worth fully twice that
amount. Certain transactions are
mentioned in which he is said to have
given away valuable property.
On Tuesday afternoon G. F. Lull OF
Great Works, was at Ga Town, TO
summon a physician for his wife VINO
was i'll. During his absence Mrs. Luli
heard some one enter the house, ana
smoke to different members OF the
family but received no reply, and on
listening she was convinced she heard
some one down stairs and went down,
and saw a man fleeing from the mouse.
Bureau drawers had been opened anc
the house ransacked. Complaint was
made to City Marshal Gates, VINO ar
rested Edward Corey. alias Eo"aro
Craig of Calais, who Mrs. Luli recog-
nized as the man. The accused was
brought before w. H. Powell, ESQ., IN
the Old Town municipal court and or
dered to recognize in the sum OF $looo
for his appearance at the February
term of court. In default OF bail ne
was taken to jail.