Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-02
SPARKS FROM MAINE wlREs.

Chandler Hale, son OF Senator Hal,
and secretary OF the United States EN-
bassy at Rome, took out a license 81
Harrisburg, Pa. Tuesday, to wed Miss
Rachael B. Cameron, daughter OF ex'
United States Senator Cameron. Tht
wedding will be late this month.
Mr.. Horace P. Harrington, son o.
Principal Harrington Of the Westbrool
training school, was elected principa
Of the manual training school in Saco
Tuesday, to succeed Mr.. J. A. Frizzle
who resigned Iast spring. Mr.. Earring.
ton is 30 years Of age, an alumnus o1
the University of Maine, and since his
graduation from college has taught ir
st. Paul and Philadelphia.
Wednesday, just home from Portmouth
N. H. The syndicate has just closed
deal with the Carnegie Steel Works
for 200 tons of steel rails, 6O-pound, 60
feet long-just adapted to electric car
travel. They are similar to those on
the Portsmouth line. Mr.. Gerald thinks
that they make clean gain of about
$4,000 on this trade that was made sew
eral months ago, with option to Sep
tember l.
Alpheus E. Grover, the veteran store
keeper at the custom house, was,
Wednesday, taken to the Maine Eye
and Ear Infirmary, where he will un-
dergo the operation of having his left
leg below the knee amputated. Mr..
Grover served in the war, during which
he received the injuries to his left leg.
The wounds have become more and
more painful very day until at last it
has been found necessary to amputate.
Express.
Patents have been granted William
III. Chapman, Portland, on an electric
regulator for dynamoes; Lyman H.
Cobb. Portland, dust proof ball bearing
for bicycle; Amos G. Fitz. Auburn. ma
chine for shaping heels Of lasts: Charles
c. Freeman. Dixfield, devices for feed
ing blanks, and c. Rosa c. White.
Waldoboro, heater frame for lamps. A
trade mark has been granted N. c.
Cummings & Bro. Portland, on canned
fruits and vegetables.
The work of moving the gun carriages
to Portland Head is progressing rapid
ly. Three of the carriages have been
placed up to the present time, and the
fourth is expected to arrive at Fort
Preble the latter part of next week and
will be moved at once. The guns are
landed on the wharf at Fort
Preble and the work of removing the
first one is now in progress. The gun
was moved. Tuesday above Preble
street, near the fort road in Willard.
The work of moving the guns is a
tedious process as they are so heavy
that but little headway can be made
each day.-Portland Press.
The annual fair of the Buxton and Hol-
lis Agricultural Society commenced at
Tuesday, Aug. 81. and will con-
tinue three days. The society embraces
the towns of Buxton. Hollis. Dayton and
The society has one of the
best half-mile tracks in the State. Tues
day. the weather was fine and there was
a very good attendance for the first day.
There was good display of farm pro-
ducts. etc. The display of cattle and
but what was lacking In quantity was
made up in quality. There We're two
races in the afternoon, the 3-minute class
and the 2& class. and they were both
quite interesting. hOSeledI won ITSt
money in the 3-minute class; Silver Boy.
second; June Wilkes. third: Dan c..
fourth. A. d. A. won first money in the
!, 2,3s class. with Harrison Boy. second.
.Ex-Judge Samuel w. Luques of Bid
deford, whose death was announced,
Tuesday, was one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Biddeford. He
was born in Lyman, Me-, Aug. 3. 1916.
He was educated at the Maine Wes-
leyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. read
law in the Office Of Judge Bourne at
and, after attending a
course at the Harvard law school, was
admitted to the York county bar in
1S41. He went to Biddeford in 1896 and
had since practised at Biddeford. Of late
years. however, devoting much of his
time to his real estate interests in Bid
deford and Saco. In 1876 he was ap-
pointed judge of the Biddeford NUM-.
cipal court, which office he held several
years. He had been a director of the
First National Bank since it's organi-
cation, in 1856. He held the Office of
city solicitor In 1895. He was an old
time Republican. but was active In the
Citizens party movement two years
ago. which resulted In the election of
Mayor Heard. He was q member. of
the Saco Unitarian church. He is sur
vived by his wife and two sons, Ed
ward c. Luques of Saco, and Robert l.. 4
Luques of New York.