Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-09
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

been making Il short trip over the Ban
gor 4 Aroostook railroad, by special
train. in Mr.. Grams private ear.
The First Christian church of Bangor
has called Rev. S. II. Mckeen of Albion
to the pulpit made vacant in December
by The resignation of Rev. J. W. Grindle.
who is now pastor of the church at
Lowell.
\ new draw will be placed IN the high
way bridge between Bangor and Brewer
before the ice leaves the Penobscot. 1t
WAS ordered last summer. and has been
completed at the East Brlin. Ct. Bridge
Works
Patents have been granted William II.
Emery, Auburn, on Il puzzle. A trade
mark has been granted the International
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co. of Port
land on boots and shoes. and the Pope
Manufacturing Co. of Portland. on BIZ
cycles velocipedes and like vehicles.
The mail over the Moosehead lake to
kineo has To he carried by men on snow
shoes at the present time. the stage be
ing unable to run on account of the slush
and snow on the surface of the ice OF the
lake The slush is some two feet or more
deep and then comes the snow, Which i
not "a solid body. Such very bad travelling
on the lake has not been known Tor years
The car of the United States fish com
missioners arrived in Portland. Monday
morning. II came from washington, pu,
had stopped over in Boston for several
DAYS Monday afternoon the car left for
I:ucksport where it will secure lot OF
salmon for the New England Sportsmen
exhibition soon to b" held in Boston IN"
ear will stop at Auburn to get some sal
mon ANA trout The salmon taken VIII he
Of about 81. pounds in weight. The trout
wanted are those that weigh from TO
\ mounds The car is in charge OF capt.
r e Pearcc. who is accompanied by
three or four assistants.
Frank Cochrane, hailins from Boston,
was arrested. early Monday morning.
at the St. James hotel. Bangor. charged
With entering the office of an oil COM
pany on Exchange street, Saturday
night. and stealing various small ar
icles Daniel Sullivan also of Boston,
was arrested while intoxicated and in
formed on Cochrane. In court. Coon
lane pleaded guilty and was given six
months in the county jail Sullivan,
for drunkenness went up for 80 days.
During the recent storm Il large guam
titV of freight collected in the Maine Cen
tral yards at Dover. making ii necessary
to run extra freight trains Sunday noon,
one of these heavily loaded trains. drawn
bv two engines. stopped at Il point about
three miles from Dexter to take some
cars from d siding. As the forward en-
CINE was backing with a portion OF the
train to connect with the rear one. which
WAS also moving toward it. several OF the
cars of the forward train bccan" un-
coupled and ran rapidly down the grade,
crashing into the rear engine" d"nollSh-
ing the ends of tW" cars ANA lnlufinG IN"
engine 50 as !" render il unable to pro-
coed.
Two wagons. one loaded with wood
and driven by John F. Googins and the
other loaded with hay and driven ny
Amos Chase. became stuck on the Al
fred street crossing at Biddeford. Mon
M II from
Boston. came in sight The locomo-
tive struck both, cutting the load OF
wood in two and overturning the load
of hay aud throwing Chase quite dis
tance Chase was bruised about the
head ana chest. but escaped serious in
jury.
The case of Arthur :. Melcher vs..
Mrs. Lu NJ. Hadey, which was tried IL
the September term of court in Auburn.
in 1897. has been settled. II will he re-
membered the verdict was for thu
plaintiff, the total Judgment being
$lSiS36. Mrs. Hadley was cited before
he disclosure commissioner but has
never appeared. The date last appoint
I'd was Friday. March 4th We have il
that since this time the matter has
been definitely adjusted and the iudg
ment satisfied Lewiston Journal
These changes have been mad" in the
runs Of the trainmen of the eastern di-
vision of the Maine Central: Conductor
II. \. Whitney and crew VIII run tn"
trains on the Bar IIarbor branch be
tween Bangor aud Mt. Desert Ferry. and
Conductor Elbridge 6. Chase will run III"
trains between Bangor and Bucksport.
Conductors Tarr. Abbott and Shaw Will
run the trains between Bangor and
N1Dr,hDTn Conductors IIlT and Abbott