Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-13
STATE HOUSE.
Another Maine Boy Died, Wednes-
day, at Chickamauga.
alderman Rounds Resignation as candi
date for Legislature Not Received

~sS W. @S9sSs0tutC NOt HeCe1v@d
a telegram received in Portland
thursday noon. stating that Carl w
Libby had died from fever weapesa,,
night in the hospital at Chic,an,,ug,
ana the news of his sudden death. as
he had been i'll but a few days. will he
great shock to his MANY friends
Mr.. Libby. who was only q years OF
age. was a young man Of exemplary
habits and will be greatly missed bv
al ms friends. He lived with his
mother, who is a widow, at No. 3la
Cumberland street. and the afflicted
mother. and his brothers and sistars
nave the sincere sympathy of all.
For a number of years young Libby
has been clerk at l.. A. Mercier,s
market on Congress street, until he left
with the First Maine Regiment for the
South. Previously he was with the
Union Mutual Insurance Company.
lie was a corporal in Company A..
Portland Light Infantry, and was
greatly respected by his comrades.
His remains will be forwarded at once
to Portland for interment. He is the
eighth member of the regiment to die.
all from typhoid fever
General Richards received a letter.
Friday afternoon, from Chickamauga
stating that the illness OF Lieut.. Saw
age of Co. +, lst Maine Volunteers, was
not of dangerous nature, which will
be great relief to his friends in this
city
General Richards has taken a step
for which he will be thanked by every
one who has a relative or friend in the
ranks of the Maine regiment. He tel
esraphed to the war department, Fri
day evening, asking that the regi-
ment be sent to some place in the
North, where the climate is more
healthy, until they are needed for ser
vice. This was done by him only after
he had closely inquired into the real
condition of affairs at Chickamauga.
and finds that they are by far more un-
healthy than they should be-
The Portland papers Of Friday morn
ing. announced that Alderman Rounds
of that city. who was nominated as
candidate to the Legislature, had prob
ably resigned, and one paper said he
had resigned. Perhaps they We're
little premature in their announce
ment. as no notice has yet been given
to the secretary of state of the resig-
nation, which would surely be done
had the resignation taken place.
Secretary Mckeen returned Friday
morning to this city. after "A week
passed in the demonstration of the
Babcock milk test. His last meeting
was held, Thursday, at a resort known
as the Pines" on the line Of the
:skowhegan and Norridsewock Electric
ridgewock. A large number We're pres
cnt at the meeting from all the sur
rounding towns, and busy meeting
was held.
Mr. Mckeen was remarking, Friday
morning, upon the resorts in the state
that have been established by the lines
of railroads. ana more especially by the
electric lines. A few years ago the
resorts of the sort We're hardly thought
Of, and now every Little line in the
State has one OF more of them on its
line of road. that are considered almost
Indispensable by the people as place
where they can run for a day or few
hours. possibly to pass the evening al
one of the theaters attached. The ran
roads have thus created demand for
the places Perhaps the most striking
examples of the upbuilding of these
places lis Riverton on the line OF the
Portland Railroad. and Riverside III
the suburbs IF Bangor.
Miss Lottie Fowler is passing few
days at Bangor
The two following corporations illed
| certificates of incorporation Friday:
Centrifugal Roller Coaster Company
! has been organized at Portland for the
purpose of carrying on the business ol
| roller coasting with $500,000 capital
stock of which $l00 is pad IN Ths
| officers are: President, Edwin Pres
| colt of Arlington. Mass; treasurer