Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-15
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Mrs. Fred X. Buchanan Of Eastpors.
Monday, fell and sustained seri9us m
jrfics to her head aud back.
The port Of Bangor Is now pract cdiiy
closed the last vessel leaving. TUESDAY
morning. The ferry bout has stopped
running.
Byron y. verrill one Of Mainc'5 best
known attorneys died at Portland,
Wednesday morning, his Illness having
been brought about by fall recently r.
ceived while hunting in the Rangeley re-
Sion.
Tuesday afternoon. the dwelling house
and farm buildings of w II. Farnum 81
Locke's Mills. were burned Loss; $i,vo:
hams smoking in the shcd, from which
the fire IL supposed to have caught IN
consequence Of the blowing open Of door
The Bangor News states that at the re-
cent meeting of the stockholders Of ne
Farmers Product Co, at which it was
voted TO wind up the companys anairs.
It was also voted to assess the stock
holders at the rale of $40 per share to pro-
curt the money necessary 10 go OUT 81
business clear Of debt.
The upseiting of a lantern In the stable
of the Phillips hotel. al o45 "Wednesday
morning aused a fire tnat ompletely gut,
ted that building and destroyed several
tons Of hay. harnesses, eight shotes ana
a cow a couple of streams Of water ana
absence of wind saved the MOTEL Loss,
|
Roy Morrison OF Calais. was. Tuesday,
sentenced In the municipal court to spend
the rest of his minority In the reform
school at Portland. The young fellow
has been suspected of stealing packages
OF small ware from the wholesale firm o.
a. /. Teed Co., and the omense for which
he was convicted was the larceny OF TICK
cts and BOX Of tools from st. Groix
Club.
The village Of Lisbon Falls is nightly
interested In the whereabouts of Miss
Lizzie 4. Curtis, mosliste. Miss Curtis icit
town. SATURDAY following Thanksgiving.
telling her landylady she was going 10
Portland. and giving several customers
10 understand that she was going to Bos-
Ton 10 get the latest fashions. Ii Is said
| that 70 other friends 4 different destina-
lion was announced. but this may have
been a misunderstanding
W1lldoboro. Me. Dee. H.-fSpeeiai.)-A
| quiet wedding occurred ct the rIsidence
| az Mr. and Mrs. George Bliss, We1nes-
/ day. the contracting parties being their
| only daughter Louise Gertrude and Mr..
| Albert n. Miller of Portland The mar
| es,iium, pastor OF the congregational
| church. The bride. has until recently,
| been teacher in the Waldoboro schools
and the groom IL dhisd clerk at the Prebls
/ house, Portland. in which city they VIII
make their residence 1t 2. Pine street.
/ William =. Hastings. a veteran deal
er in pianos and organs died al Port
land. Tuesday. his death being hasten
| ed by injuries recently sustained by
fauing down stairs. He was a native
iof Worcester Mass. and Went - Port
and in 1850 beginning in that year the
manufacture Of organs under the firm
name of Hastings & Philbrook- He
continued manufacturing 50 years. He
served one year in the city council. He
leaves a widow.
1 s+sxs
late Haiiett Croweil. died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Kate Pope Of
| Vassalbo.o Sunday evening. Mrs
| Croweli was daughter of the lat@
| Captain Richard and Catherine CAL
Iley) Macy and Was born on Nantucket
island and moved with her parents to
Vassatboro about 20 years ago. She
was the oldest of nine children Mrs.
| Crowell was a great sufferer for sew
erai years. all of which she bore with
Christian patience. A son and
daughter Mrs. Elijah Pope of this
town. and Charles S. CroWell of Lew
ston. survive her. Mrs. Crowell was
about IS years old.
| Ii is reported that the Canadian Pa
cific has railroad surveying party at
| work on the route from Mautawam-
keag to Princeton 70 connect with the
| Washington County Railroad. The
| Canadian Pacific Railroad has 81
| years lease of that portion of the
Maine Central running from Malta
| wamkeag 10 McAdanl, and it is under
stood survey Will also be made from
Tomah station in Washington county,
| to Princeton, distance of u miles,
| while the former route is about 60
miles. The Canadian Pacific has
| wide-open eye on the possibilities of.
the transportation business from the
West in connection with the grain ele-
vaters to be built at Passport.