Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


Deared Tor the respondent WHO waived n
reading and a hearing. The required sec
eurities were not furnished and Gullford
was committed 10 jail
The 2-ycars-old daughter of j. Press.
Middle street, Portland, merchant.
was run down by a heavy dray, Thurs
lay. The wheels did not go over the
hid, but her clothing was caught and
he was dragged face downward She
vas seriously bruised but will recover.
Two men were before Judge Cornish
Of the Lewiston municipal court,
Thursday, charged with gambling.
One WAS T.. p. Wisweil. who pleaded
guilty and was fined SO and costs. The
other was Arthur Carpenter who
pleaded not guilty and stood trial.
After hearing the evidence, the court
ordered to be discharged
A very severe thunder shower passed
lver Bridgton, Tuesday afternoon, the
rain fell in a perfect deluge. Three
young ladies at the summer hotel Of
Mr.. Trufant on the Highlands Were
Knocked down by the electric fluid ana
Mikman NJ. b. Stone, just across the
AXE from Trufant's had three cows
killed by the same agency.
Samuel Haines of Saco, whose horse
vas frightened by a coil of wire left
by the Electric Light Company on the
ferry road some two weeks ago, has
brought suit against the city for $4,000.
Mr.. Haines was thrown from the car
eiaee and his leg was broken. He
holds the city responsible. inasmuch As
Il allowed the Wire to remain by the
'oadside.
Lawrence Leavitt. l6, son of ]. II.
Leavitt, n merchant of Pine Point, was
geriously injured, late Wednesday.
While unloading hay with a horse
pitehfork, the hook in the top of the
aarn which holds the pulley gave way,
md the pulley came down with great
force, striking young Leayitt a terrible
BLOW on the top OF the head, cutting n
cash some four inches long. Ii IS
'eared that the skull is fractured. The
youth may recover.
Seven steamers from Providence X.
l., arrived in Brooklin bay, Wednes-
lay. and put out their nets for pargies.
they all made big hauls and the ten
lers are loading rapidly, In the bay
he water was rippled and broken into
spray by the hosts of porgies that
7wam everywhere. To one who looked
1t them from a boat they seemed to
III the bay with darling forms of silver
gray. The schools are followed by
seals, Goldfish and other aquatic Great
lres that feed upon porgies.
BY the death of Conductor Fred Nc
EnTire OF the Maine Central, quite
change is caused among the employees
n filing the vacancy. Conductor Mace
has been selected for McIntires train.
Frank Gardiner viii go on Mace's train.
George Richardson of the Rockland-
lewiston Pullman viii take Gardiner :
rain and Frank Keizer. baggage mas
Ter on Conductor Hodgkin's train from
Boekland TO Portland. is promoted To
The position of conductor on the Lew
.ston and Rockland Pullman. Geo
Dudley VIII so on as baggage master
On Hodgkin's trafn.-Bath Times.
The little 6-years-old son of Mrs
Dasher of Savannah Ga. who is sum
mering at Little Diamond island, while
playing on the float at the wharf. Tues
day. in some way foil into the water,
when Master Clifton Chandler, son OF
VIM. f. Chandler, the music dealer
who was the only one on the wharf al
the time, ran down the long steps.
entered a boat pushed out TO the boy
and threw him a rope and dragged the
Dasher boy ashore in an exhausted
condition. Clifton Chandler. who IL
only years of age. displayed great
presence Of mind and bravery.-Port-
land Press,
y man was found lying beside the
Grand Trunk track in Deering, near
the cid ship yard, Wednesday. with
one Of his feet sadly crushed. The
man, who gave his name as James A.
Calvin of Providence, II. l., said thar
he had been stealing a ride on a freight
train and had fallen off and been run
over He was taken to the Greedy hos
pital, Portland, but as he could not be
cared for there he was sent to the
Maine General where his injuries were
attended to. Although Galyin's foot
was badly crushed it did not have to
be amputated ana he was reported as
being quite comfortable.
1t seems that an Auburn young man.
who departed from Auburn few years
ago, leaving behind number of unpaid
bills, has got into further difficulty of
the same sort at the Hub. 1t is as
serted that the young man had sew
eral thousand dollars in trust. the
property of a widow who has been I'M
able to secure its return. She consulted
an attorney who advised prosecution,
but il is understood that no action was
| taken in that direction. Whether the
young man will return and fix matte rs
up is a question that the future must
decide, but his friends believe that he
will do sO.-Lewiston Journal.
In the case of Benjamin ID. Sullivan.
who is charged with the cmbeZzlemcnt of
money amounting to about SIT, from the
r. T. Norton Cigar Co. of Boston. Il. a.
Morey of Lewiston, appeared for Sulli-
van. ut Portland. Wednesday. Mr.. Nor
ton took the stand and testified that sui
Ivan had failed to turn over TO the firm
money which he had collected from par
ties in Portland. Al ore time Sullivan
acknowledged to witness that he had
spent money which he had collected, Mr..
Norton stated that Sullivan had been in
his employ as a commercial traveller
from the first of January to atbolgt the
middle of May. Henry d. Rogers, hook
keeper for the company presented state