Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-12
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

| A forest fire started at PhippsburG.
at 10 o'clok Thursday morning, and al
) =. NJ. WAS still raging, much valuable
property being IN imminent danger.
! ]. j. Pooler. vice president from
Maine of the Hotel Mems Association,
left, Wednesday. 10 attend the annual
meeting to be held, this week, in Chi
/ cago.
! Rev. Manley L. Townsend. the pastor
Of the Woodfords Universalist Society,
| has accepted a call to the pastoratc
of the churches of Dixlield and Rum
ford Falls.
The Dev.nc boy who was accidentally
shot at Bath, Wednesday, and WAS taken
to the Maine Central hospital in Lewis
ton for an operation. tn have the bullet
removed, was reported quite comfortable
Thursday. though in a critical state. The
ball was found in the right side at the
inside Of the right rip. IL entered the IcIt
side Of the abdomen ana travelled along
the fatty covering Of the bowels but d.d
not perforatc them.
j. w. Hines. a well-known West
Pennington merchant. assigned to
Messrs. \. f. Cannon and Geo NJ
Currier. This has come about. it is
said through inability to collect debts.
in the aggregate amounting to very
large sum. The liabilities are $1,000.
and il is hoped the assets may be sufli
cient to give from % to SO cents on the
dollar.
DR.. William j. Cruikshank of Brook
Ign. n j., had his daughter Marion
brought into the Cumberland supreme
court. at Portland. Thursday, on a ha-
heas corpus writ to obtain custody of
her. Sometime ago Mrs. Crukshank
filed a divorce libel in the New York
courts and DIR. Cruikshank filed a cross
libel Both were denied and while DR..
Cruikshank was instituting proceedings
to obtain the custody Of the child the
mother and child disappeared. They
were located in Portland and. Wednes-
day night. an officer took the child on
a habeas corpus writ. Judge Webb de-
cided that it was n case for the probate
court. 1t will be brought up as soon as
possible ard in the meantime the
mother has been granted temporary
custody of the child.
The first important action of the
Bricklayers and Masons' Union, No. ,.
Of Maine is the notification to contrac-
tors than on and after May l5 1899.
nine hours shall constitute days work.
the minimum rate of wages for the
same TO he. for bricklayers on old con-
tracts. $40. and on all contracts TAX
en- on or after May l, 1899. SO 1-2 cents
per hour. or So per day; for plasterers.
IS per day. and for stone masons. s.. %
Per day. This is understood to mean
for first-class work, While the union
viii permit special prices for appren-
tices. the union to be the judge Of this
class Of labor. Each contractor will
be entitled to one apprentice for the
first three masons and one to seven
iourneymen masons after Rates of
wages for this class is not fixed. Each
job will have a steward appointed by
the union. All differences are to be
settled by arbitration.
A special session Of probate court
was held. this week, in Bath with
Judge Hall presiding. The hearing in
the case Of Mrs. Fl lnces Pask admin
istrator on the estate Of the late John
w. Pask. who claims that a partner
ship existed between her late husband
at the time of his decease and James
T. Kenney. a stable keeper in Booth
bay, who married Mr.. Pask's daughter.
was postponed for the regular term in
June. The following administrations
were granted: Ellen Il. Warren, adj
minstratrix on estate Of Rebccca II.
Leonard. late of Woolwich: Harriet 7.
Rogers. Administrative on the estate Of
David p. Rogers, late of Phippsburg:
Edward Is. Sprague, administrator on
estate of Thomas H. Sprague, late of
Topsham. The second account of Or
vile d. Baker, administrator on the es-
tate Of Cordelia NJ. Winslow. late of
Bath, was received and allowed. An
inventory of the estate of BERTHE 5.
Mckinney, late of Bath, by Herbert
! w. McKenney, executor, was received
and ordered on file.