Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-02
SPARKS Faom MAINE WINES.

Stephen Howard o. Stroudwater Deer
ing, while eating lobster. Wednesday,
was chOked to death by a piece OF ehell
lodging IN his throat. He was a currier.
60 years OF age. and had no near relatives.
The house, barn and outbul1danEs
belonging to John Fenwick Of Morrill,.
were destroyed by fire Wednesday
afternoon. In the barn was consider
able live stock. which was destroyed,
also forty tons of hay. A small boy
playing with matches in the hay loft
caused the fire. Loss $1,000. No insur-
ance.
David Decelle, formerly yard freight
conductor for the Grand Trunk, died.
Wednesday. after long illness. Mr..
Decelie. who was brother Of the late
ex-City Marshal J. D. Decelle, was Of
Canadian origin. but has lived in Port
land many years. during which time ne
was employed by the Grand Trunk
corporation.
While the family Of Edward H. Gill
man of Saco, were sOjourning at Porter
their house was broken into and ram
sacked. but nothing was missed. The
thieves were evidently after cash for
the pockets in all the clothing were
turned wrpngslde out The servant
girl had left $50 in her trunk but the
thieves had not thought to look there.
Mr.. Gilman thinks 1t was the work Of
boys.
While s. l.. Porter OF Bangor, was
riding about the fair grounds on horse
back Wednesday, he was seriously in
jured by the kicking OF a horse which
an acquaintance was riding Mr.. Por-
ter rode alongside his friend. near the
|. Nelson stable. and was speaking with
him when the animal ridden by the
other kicked violently hitting Mr.. Por-
ter in the side and badly fracturing
two ribs.
At about Las o'clock Thursday after
noon, smoke was discovered issuing from
the transOm over the door of Craven
barber shop in Pierce block. on Front
street. Bath. Mr.. Craven was at dinner
and the door was forced open, when it
WAS found that a small oil stove which
he had left burning to heat some water.
had exploded and a fire had started. The
blaze was lively one. but owing to its
timely discovery the alarm was rung in
and the fire department soon extinguished
it,. The loss to Mr.. Craven was about
500. which was covered by insurance
Wah Lees Chinese laundry next door in
the same block also got wetting down.
Stephen Howard aged go years.
a much respected citizen of
Stroudwater, choked to death, Wednes-
day night, under particularly dis
tressing circumstances. Mr. Howard
who was about go years of age. lived
alone in a house at Stroudwater viii
lage. Wednesday afternoon he went
to Portland and purchased some lob
sters. He took them home and OPEN
ing one sat down to eat it. He got 4
piece of the meat stuck in his throat
and as there was no one at hand to
help him, he died in short time OF
.strangulation. A coroner was sum-
moned but decided not to hold an in
quest
Civil suits were brought against the
hotel keepers again, Tuesday. for
failure to take out innkeepers' licenses.
Miss EfTie D. Caswell appeared in cour,
and was fined $25 and costs for which
she appealed furnishing sureties. Mrs.
Caswell was arraigned on charge of
keeping hotel, the Penobscot House,
without an innkeepers' license. O Mrs.
Casweil had the sign removed fromthe
hotel later and 1T is understood that
accommodations will not be furnished
in future at the house. There is talk
of again closing the hotels and it is
understood that such course is
recommended by some citizens. 1t is
probable that some action will DE
taken within the next week of de-
cisive charaoter.-Bangor Wing
jeremiah Bassett. a well known resi-
dent of Portland. diets suddenly at
Little Diamond Island, late Wednesday
afternoon, of heart disease. Mr.. Bas-
sett and two young men named Robert
Eagan and william Bell went down to
the island in the afternoon for brief
outing. They went down on the shore
to dig CLAIMS and were engaged in this
occupation when Mr.. Bassett was
seized with a fainting spell and went
to lie down for Il few minutes in a
shady spot. He rapidly grew worse.
however, and died without recovering
consciousness. Mr.. Bassett was a
prominent member of the Portland
Longshoremen's Benevolent Society
and was one of the best known men
alongshore. He was 81 years of age.