Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The law school of the University of
Maine, to which extended reference mas
already been made, opened. Wednesday.
about % students registering Thursday.
the students met tne1r instructors, ana,
Friday, the school will, it is expected, be-
gin its sessions.
D. w. Hopkins of Milo. a well-known
guide, returned hcme from the woods.
Monday, i'll with typhoid pneumonia, and
died. Wednesday. He is survived py MS
wife and two children. Hopkins had
many friends among the sportsmen that
come to Maine, who will regret to learn
of his death.
The older legal friends of a young law
yer in a town near Bangor are having
good deal of fun with him. Like most
lawyers, this tyro had a nice green bag.
One sad day he lost it. Wise young man
that he was, he straightway advertised
it, The advertisement began. l1ost-a
green lawyers bag" That is why his
friends are laughing.
Miss Clara G. Boland of Portland,
Me-, was married, Wednesday, to Mr..
Samuel +. Bailey, wealthy manufac-
turer of Philadelphia. Bishop j. A.
Healey and five Catholic priests Off
ciated at the ceremony, which took
place in the parlors of the bishops
palace. A reception in the Congress
Square hotel followed the ceremony.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Goodwin.
widow of the late Daniel Goodwin, took
place at South Berwick, Wednesday,
Rev. Mr.. Brown conducting the ser
vices. Mrs. Goodwin was one of the
oldest inha bitants, being born March
q, 1905, at Emery's Bridge in Berwick.
She was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathaniel Jellison. and belonged to a
family noted for longevity, one sister
dying three years ago aged 95, and two
surviving at the ages of IS and 81.
The Grand Trunk Railway report was
issued, Tuesday afternoon and has Gre
ated a good impression. The net reve-
nue. from receipts for the half year end
ing with June are G130.672. compared with
1895 a year ago. The surplus is thus
alO6.s51 an Improvement of e1o3,943 as
comnared with last year. The full wi
dend will be paid on the per cent guar
anteed, leaving a balance of 92271. In
the closing paragraph the directors re-
cord the failure of the negotiations to
compose the differences with the Cana
diam Pacific Co., though the hope is now
general that the rate war having ended,
local passenger rates, which were reduced
by the Canadian Pacific, will now be re-
stored.
The decomposed body of Frank Trott
was found, Wednesday morning, in
East bay, Perry, seven miles from
PASSPORT. He left home, Sunday even
ing. Sept IS. in a half craZed condition,
and searching parties have been on the
watch since then. Trott was resident
cf Perry, aged so, and attempted sui
eide early in the spring by firing bull
let from a revolver into his mouth. He
was sriously hurt two years ago about
the head by runaway team, and Of
ten threatened to end his life.
The latest reports from the Moose
head region indicate that deer are more
plenty than for several years. large
numbers of them being daily seen IN
the immediate neishborhood of the
Northeast Carry. Several moose have
also been seen in the runaway be-
tween Lobster lake and upper Moose
head, and many bears have been COM
uniting depredations on the Winnie
garrock estates. Great quantities Of
partrides, rabbits, ducks and other
small game are reported at the North
east Carry-the gateway to the wilder
ness of northern Maine.
The York county conference of Free
Baptist churches opened at Hollis
Wednesday morning with devotional
exercises. followed by business meet
ing at which Rev. T. H. Stacy presided
the morning sermon was preached by
Rev. G. Fl. Gray. In the afternoon
there was a missionary meeting, devo-
tional services report Of state associa-
ton, report on mission work by Rev
J. l.. Smith. general conference resolu-
tons by Rev. r. II. Stacy business
meeting of the Womans Missionary
Society. annual report of the secretary
of the society. Mrs. l.. w. Blake: ver-
bal reports from the representatives OF
auxiliaries and an address on Facts
from India by Rev. Franklin Blake
In the evening, meeting of the Young
Peoples League. praise service, bust
ness meeting and an address by. Rev
j. l.. Smith.