Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-13
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

| Augustus Day, who was arrested,
Sunday, by Donald White on warrant
for abusing his horse, was before Judge
Tolman in the Westbrook municipal
court, Monday. He was sentenced to
serve 10 days in Jail.
The Bates football team will play its
| first game of the season at Lewiston,
Saturday afternoon, With University of
Maine team. AS Sturgis will be able
| to play at end the Bates team will be
stronger than in the first game. ,,4,
The funeral of the late Hon. John A.
Rowell will be held at the Baptist church.
| instead of at his late residence, as an
nOunced. the charge having been made to
| accommodate the large body of Masons
and many friends that will be in at
tendance. ~
Patents have been granted to Solomon
w. Bates of Portland. on a refrigerator;
Frank NJ Wherein, South Eliot, on a
pinnacle; James c. Googins and G. T..
HOwarth, Fairfield. on. an adjustable
couch: Frank NJ. Hanson and ]. w. KEEL
ley, Portland market Refrigerator. A
trade mark has been granted the Portland
Packing Co. of Portland, on certain
named canned goods.
Harry Wiley of Cherryfield, arraigned
in the Ellsworth municipal court. charged
with stealing goods valued at 50. from the
store of Crabtree & Harvey at West Sui
Ivan. pleaded guilty. The judge sentenced
him to so days in the county Jail. but sus-
pended the sentence on condition that
Wiley keep out of Hancock county. Will
ley was the crack pitcher of the West
Sullivan base ball nine, last summer.
Venison is so cheap in the Bangor
markets that the dealers say that they
won't make the price of the licenses.
which they are now required to hold
before they may sell either deer, moose
or caribou meat. At present every
dealer has more venison than he knows
how to dispose of, and deer are being
received on every train.
Kelley. Spear & Co., the successful Bath
bidders for the building of the new double
track ferry boat for a reserve craft at
the Bath and WoOlwich transfer. expect
to begin work upon the new boat in a few
days. The engines that are in the con-
demned boat, City of Rockland. will be
put into the new boat The Bath Iron
Works will probably build a boiler for the
new craft, which will be completed in
about two months.
Warden smith was in Auburn. Tuesday
and took six prisoners to the Maine State
prison. two from Pennington. and four
from the county Jail in Auburn. The
Pennington men We're HeWey sentenced
to eight years for rape, and Fred A.
Brown, sentenced to four years for break
ing and entering and larceny. The Au-
burn men were James J. Jenking. sem
fenced to three years for assault with in
tent. to kill. Archie Sincere and Joseph
Deschaine. sentenced to is months each
for breaking and entering and larceny,
and Frank A. Libby, sentenced to two
years for breaking, entering and larceny.
Daniel Nickerson. keeper of a saloon on
Front street. Bath, was in the municipal
court, Tuesday, to answer to a complaint
charging him with maintaining liquor
nuisance. The respondent entered plea
of not guilty. but Judge Fogg thought
otherwise and he was held in 800 for the
grand jury. 1t seems that the charge
against Nickerson was lodged by young
formerly been employed at Nickersons
saloon. Several breaks had been made
recently at the Nickerson saloon, and
upon complaint of the proprietor Thomp-
son was arrested and charged with the
offence. He was arraigned in the police
court and held for the grand jury. He
was committed to Augusta Jail.
On Monday night, William McGinnis
we'll known in sporting circles, called
at the Bangor News office and stated
in behalf of Mike Daley that Daley was
anxious to meet Joe Mullins of South
Boston, and to show that he meant
business, made a deposit of $50, which
was to remain up until Tuesday night
McGinnis said that if Mullins wanted
to make the match, all he had to do
was to cover the fifty and a meeting to
make the necessary arrangements
would be held. Mr.. McGinnis said that
Daley would be backed with any sum
from $50 to $780,
There was quintette of Italians be-
fore the Deering municipal court, Mon
day, as the result of a dispute occa-
stoned by the question of who should
pay for quantity of beer drank by
them. Sunday. Antonio VendMti, who
sold the beer to the Italians, was sen
fenced to pay a fine of $50 for the sale.
which he did. Nicholas Sullivan. who
attempted to stab Venditti with 4
knife. it is alleged, was sentenced to
pay $10 for assault, and Joseph Ben
venuto, Frank Merino and Nicholas
Rousseau were each sentenced to nav
50 for intoxication. All paid and were
discharged.
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