Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-12

is at work in Bangor, on the old hose
house recently purchased by r. T.
Smith, and which is on State street
The building is of brick and will be
moved to vacant lot on French street,
where it will probably be fitted up for
a storehouse.
Officer Merrill went to Augusta, this
afternoon, with Jack Mcdonald, better
known as "Bailey's Jack" and VIM.
Ritchie. They were left in the care Of
the Kennebec county Jail. Their com
mitment papers said. two months
Imprisonment for drunkenness. Bath
Times. April II.
Cornelius Gallagher aged IL, who
was arrested. Sunday, for the alleged
larceny of $50 from his mother. was ar
ragned in the Bangor municipal court,
Monday forenoon, and his ease was
continued for a week. 1T seems that
his mother was unable to appear
against him on account of serious in
juries received, Sunday, while driving.
His ease will not Ne heard until she IS
able TO appear in court
At Bath, in the supreme judicial
court. Elmer Partridge of Richmond,
was sentenced TO six months OF hard
abor for assault Nelson Terry and
Henry Parker of Bath were sentenced
to five months in Jail for breaking and
entering Lilly's blacksmith shop. MI
Wcinstein. junk dealer in Bath. was
fined $50 Cor receiving stolen goods.
The clerk OF courts has received
SIlSO.31. fines and costs in liquor cases.
Charles II. Clark, the Nargest coal
dealer in Bar Harbor, has met with
financial difficulties and. pending the
settlement Of claims. his business ~ in
charge Of his heaviest creditors. says
the Bangor Commercial The liabli-
ties ar" about $1,000 with assets Of
about Si5. 900 including $4,000 in bills on
his banks The First National Bank Of
Bar Harbor. John T.. Clark and 4 New
York wholesale coIl dealer are thc
three largest creditors
What came near being connagra-
ton occurred at Mlchiasport. Satur-
day. when IN" roof Of the workshop
owned by j. $. stuart & 40. was dis
covered % h. on fire. The shop Is To-
Gated in the center 0f the town ana
surrounded by a block Of the principal
buildings in the village 4 strong
south wind was blowing at the time
and only the prompt action Of the fire
men subducd the flames ana prevented
the town from being visited by a mos;
destructive blaze.
Representative Victor Macfarlanc of
Greenville. arrived in Bangor. Monday.
from New York. where he has been
staying for a few weeks. ana took the
evening train for home Mr.. Macfar-
lane says the Moosehead lake guides
are fairly well pleased with the new
game laws and will do all they can to
enforce all OF them. Just now Mr.
Nacfarlane is interested in getting
fish hatchery located near Greenville
He says that $500 can be raised by
private subscription which will be
enough to erect a large house. after
which he thinks the State Will be ready
to take hold and carry on the work
Bangor News.
Mayo < Sons. the wooden manufac- |
turers al Foxcroft. are enjoying a spell /
of prosperity. and their goods find |
a ready market. The owners have re- I
Gently advertised for more help and on .
April TO- a second crew Will be put on .
The first crew will 90 in al 4. NJ, and .
work without a stop until l p. NJ,
when the second crew will begin work .
ana work until 10 p. NJ. During the
past winter the mill has been run Il .
hours each day and the new arrange
ment Of IS hours Will probably be con-
tinued throughout the summer. For
the nine hours which the crews will
work per day they will get 10 hours
pay.
Mrs. George II. Cleveland. wife Of
one of Camdens leading merchants
died suddenly in Rockland. Monday
night. She had gone there to meet a
friend on the afternoon train, and was
about to board an electric car at the
Maine Central station, when she be-
came deathly i'll and fell back on the !
platform. She was taken to the office
# a nearby physician. where she died
IN five minutes. The cause of her sud
den death was heart disease. with
which she had been afflicted many !
years. Mrs. Cleveland was the daugh-
ter Of Joseph Andrews of Rockport and
IS years of age. She leaves a daughter,
Lena. teacher Of music in the Camden
schools.
A dispatch from Sharon. Mass. says
that further legal proceedings against
Walter II. Delano, accused of embez-
have been abandoned. the
trustees of the Workingmen's Building
having accepted settle
ment. Delano was arrested in the early
part of February, charged with the
Of about $50 from the
organization of which he had been
treasurer for four years. He waived
and was put under $1,000
bonds. 1t is now stated that no crimi-
nal intent could be proved. and that
the errors in the accounts were more
the result of carelessness than of in
tent to defraud. Delano formerly lived
in Bangor, and has relatives here. For
Is years past he has been n resident
Of Sharon. where he is superintendent
Of n box factory. He has a wife and
two children.