Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-13
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

| News has been received from Chi
cago of the death in that city, Friday,
Of John g. Cook, formerly a leading
druggist in Lewiston, who moved to
Chicago several years ago, death re-
| sulting from pneumonia.
The building on Main street, Bidde-
| ford, owned by the John Q. Adams
| estate. and occupied Ay Isaac Simon
| sky, dry goods dealer. and Hector Gull
| bert. barber, was damaged by fire,
Thursday night. Loss. $500: insured.
George ". Averin before Judge Cleaves
| in Biddeford Thursday waived eXamina-
| zion on iht Warrant charging him with
assault OF the daughter of Charles y.
Whitney. and furnished 500 bonds for his
appearance al the september term OF me
supreme court. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f.
Whitney and daughter also gave bonds
for their appearance at the supreme
court
Lucy. the l4-year-old daughter Of
Rev J. w. Mnbridge OF st. Stephens,
was drowned while bathing near that
place on Tuesday Miss MNlbridge and
a companion. the daughter Of Rev. O.
= NcW1ham, were trying to see ~ho
could wade Qua the fathest, when the
former got into a hole and was drown
ed The body was recovered, Wednes-
day.
At ~ r. NJ Thursday fire was discov-
crcd IN the dry goods store Of L. Simen-
sky on Main street Biddeiord. The
pr0mp; work of the fire department pre-
vented a disastrous blaze Teh stock was
damaged by smoke and water 20 the eX-
ten; OF $50. insured. The barber shop Of .
Victor Guil6ert was damaged sl0a; covered
by insurance. The loss Of Frank Cote.
who lives on the second floor viii amount
4 laHffT linz
reach 500: fully Insured. The origin OF
she fire is unknown.
Mr.. Edwin Weeks. IS years old. a
mason by trade. died suddenly Of heart 4
disease. Thursday afternoon, at his l
home in Somerville, Mass. He was (.
born in jefferson. Me. Mr.. Weeks eel /
eorated MS golden wedding anniyer- /
sary. on Sept 10. 1897. Besides
widow, he leaves two sons. Mr Al \
fred u. Weeks. who is connected with /
the Maine Farmer a Augusta, and |
Mr. James f. Weeks Of Melrose. The !
funeral was held. Friday noon. the /
Roy. Justin y. Fulton, d. D.. ofiiciat- |
ing. The burial viii be at Thomas
ton.
That new system of signalling the !
engineer from the train, now in opera
tion on the Boston 4 Maine. has de- /
veloped peculiar feature during this /
dog-day weather. The rope runs a :
formerly through the car and is at
tached to an air pipe. My pulling this
rope 1t opens a valve and in turn |
blows the engineers whistle. and he
Immediately pulls up. During this /
nasty, sticky weather, the rope has on /
several cars contracted SO much, due /
to dampress. as to give the signal, |
and on more than one occasion trains
have been stopped. The road is rem
edyinE the matter by supniementing
the vine.
Vice President and General Manager
F. w. Cram Of the Il. x A., 6. +.
Snow. general freight agent of the
same road ana J. n. Sutherland. gen
eral freight agent Of the Atlantic
Division Of the c. p. r.. accompanied
by Jno Stewart of the same road. met
the shippers of potatoes at the court
commissioners room in county house
yesterday afternoon to talk on thu
subject of freight rates. We under
stand The representatives of both roads
desire TO make such rates as will on
able Aroostook shippers to compete in
the Boston, Nov York and PhiIe1el-
phia markets with the Western pro.
ducers of potatoes.-Aroostook Pho
neer.
Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Carl Will
icy, living on Tessenden street. Oak
dale. Deering. was swindled ont Of
S'.9o by rough looking stranger whoI
presented what purported to he r.
\; NJ. Railroad freight bill dated Bos- {
ton. Aug. 9TH, for two bales two bun
dies. two boxes, one tub weighin. 400
pounds shipped by S. Il. Moore on
which the advance charges We're s3.74
MIS-. Wiley had only So 80 in the bousa
when the man said he would take ana l
collect the remainder when the goods Z
We're delivered. on Friday. Inyestipa-
tlon at the railroad freight office dis !
closed the fraud. The matter was no, 5
reported to the police until he had t
maze good his escape. He is described
as snort. with rough. red moustache {
ana wearing brown suit of clothes a
re drove black horse and standing y
top phaeton. i