Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Maine Battery Will have their reunion
az Unity, Me, on Sept. Is and l6.
The York mills in Saco resumed
operations in full. Tuesday morning af-
ter a shutdown of six weeks The
mills employ about 1900 hands.
Dogs got into the pasture of w. S.
Maxwell of Webster last week. and
slaughtered Is sheep. The chairman of
the SeleCtmen was at once notified and
began investigating. and is trying to get
on the track of the dogs.
The Reuben Sherer barn, on North
Main street. Rockland. was burned
early Monday, and the residence mar
rowly escaped. Cause unknown. Loss
$1500: partially insured.
Andrew BIethen of Lisbon Falls who
together with his wife, has been at Etna
campground for several days, discovered,
Saturday. that he was minus his wallet
containing $3.50 and number of notes.
The money has not yet been recovered
1t appears that the several hundred
dollars reported to have been stolen from
Mrs. Rebecca Parker from her house on
Treat and Webster island, Old Town was
not stolen at all. Sunday, Mrs. Parker
found the money in the coal bin. but how
it came there is not known.
At the fair grounds. last week, Mr.
Herbert A. Fogg of Bangor, son of H.
Fl. Fogg. was relieved of a wallet con-
tanning 800, by daring pickpocket
There is no clue to the identity Of the
thief.
The Union campmeeting at China
will continue over Sunday. The inter
est is increasing and the association
has been obliged to extend the services
bn TDo 6
Waterville, is expected to preach, Sun
day al $50 \. NJ ~
Mr.. Racklffe of / Pleasant Beach.
went out to haul his fish nets. Sunday,
and found two large sharks which
measured about 10 feet, had been
tangled up in the net. The nets Were
toWed to the shore and the sharks
we're taken out.-Rockland Star
DR.. John Allen of ,Saco, died. Satur-
day, at the age of So years. He was
one of the oldest practising physicians
IN this part of the State. During the
late war he served in the army hospi-
tails and for many years has been pen
sion examiner at Saco. He leaves two
daughters.
One of the largest and most impor-
tant purchases of Alamoosook shore
property at Bucksport. was closed Sat
urday, when Prof. William S. Keener
of Columbia college, New York, pur-
chased II acres on what is known as
Birch point. The erection of at least
three large cottages will begin at once
Burglars broke into the post Office at
Carrabassett, Wednesday night, but
not finding anything they climbed on
the roof of the piazza and made an en-
trance to the sleeping room of the pro-
prietor of the Carrabassetth house where
they secured about $500. They made
their escape and are still at large. Of
ficers arc looking for them.
William S. Oliver, who has been a clerk
in the lighthouse inspectors office for the
first district since 1884, died at Phipps-
burg. early Monday morning. aged about
40 years. He had been ill since the first
of last January, but he was thought to
be regaining his health when he left
Portland for Phippsburg to recuperate-
A wife and four children survive him.
The deceased was a brother to Capt. Oil
Yer of the steamer Salacia.
Mrs. Lizzie A. Herbert of Chealsea,
Mass, through her attorneys. has
served notice on Town Clerk Z. r.
Cashier of Damariscotta, of her inten-
tion to recover damages to the extent
of $25OO for injury sustained from
defect in the sidewalk on Wine street,
October 5, 1885, The case is to come
before the october term Of court to be
holden at Wiscasset.
A new council of the knights of Co.
lumbus will be instituted at Old Orchard
$40 T1,.. ~ Ill
will be in Biddeford. but for various rea-
sons it was deemed best to have the ex-
ercises take place at Old Orchard. The
occasion will be a notable one and many
prominent knights from all parts of New
England will be in attendance The fam
Gus Robbery Council of Boston will
come to Old Orchard in a body and every
council in Maine will be represented at
the exercises.
Mrs. Capt. Hooper OF Calais, has
brought suit against the Calais & st.
Stephen Electric Street Railway Co. to
recover $4,000 damages fer injuries re-
ceived by her while passenger on one
OF the company's cars. some two weeks
ago. Mrs. Hooper claims to have re-
ce.ved a severe shock on the date
named in the writ from the effects Of
which she has continued to suffer. The
railway people will contest the case
The very first actual work on the ex-
tension Of the Mousam River Electric
Railway from Sanford to Cape Por-
poise, began, Monday, when a large
crew of men were set at work at the
Old Falls, point seven miles below
Sanford, making preparations for the
erection of the power station and the
power station dam The engineers
survey Of the road, its entire length of
Il naiies, was completed, Saturday
night