Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-27
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

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r.c,,rd. he having caught three 1lsh III
ope day. for which he received So4.
In the Hnife,, States district court at
Portland. before JUICE Webb. luesudy'
petitions in bankruptcy were hieu ny
Charles F.. Thorne. Houiton. nai 100 L.
Burns of Augusta: C. Bernard a'ashe'
Augusta.
The court of claims. on April ~ 1877
rendered a decision by when any po''
office clerk who has heretofore
employed al less GALAXY IMAM = IN
as minimum tar his position e. ii,'u
by the classification act 0. ie's' Si,a'l
be awarded the amocnt thas i'e mas
been deprived of in his service
The case at Belfast. Of amer
Mathews Of Brooks, an acton dS'iA''
the Maine Central Railroad Tor the s"n'
of $4,000 for injuries received 10 M
person. while employed about the pat
form OF the depot az Brooks, IN Decen-
Der. 1897. was non-suited. exceptions
granted and carried to the law court
A two-story building on Crocketts
Point. Rockland. known as The Attic
owned by the Cobb Lime Co, ana USED
as a COOPER shop. was destroyed by
fire. Wednesday morning. There was
very little stock on hand but the eight
men employed there lost all their tools.
The building was one of the OLDEST III
the CITY. Loss about $1,000; no insur-
ance.
Arden Somers foreman at the Sd"
mill of S. w. Collins * Son Ill Sarlpou'
last Saturday, was engaged III hN'hs
the flush pan, when he slipped ana was
carried over the dam. a large Noiuhie
of water is now running over the uahi
and at the bottom the rocks are NciS
sharp and numerous. But ne 'iufiS -
a rock for a while under the water diiu
finally succeeded in swimming 10 .'c
shore He sustained but few IN, litie@'
About 500 operatives Of the fosk
mills in Saco have signed a petition
addressed to the agent of the mills. de-
handing the removal of half dozen
Syrian workmen. who have recently
been employed in the Weave room az
apprentices The signcrs Of the petl-
ton claim that the employment Oh
Syrlans. who are new corners Is the
beginning Of a movement 70 put cheap
or help in the mills. They announce
that they will go out on a strike. Mon
dav. if the Objectionable people are al
lowed 10 remain. The immediate cause
Of the agitation was the arrival OF an
other family of Syrian people IN 9aco'
Wednesday morning.
on Tuesday afternoon three STU
dents Of the University Of Maine were
enjoying a canoeing trip on the Still
water river and had very trying eX-
perience as a result OF an accident.
their canoe being capsized in SOM
manner. They noated down river with
the current and some people OF Shore
who witnessed the accident followed
along on the bank vainly trying some
methods for saving them. There
seemed to be nothing at hand for
time with which to save the young
men. but finally some poles were
thrown out to them and they were
hauled ashore. One student was badly
exhausted but viii probably suffer no
serious consequences.
The family of Henry Parsons OF
Buckfield. had a narrow escape from
fatal case of poisoning. caused by max
ing cheese in a patent antitrust MaSh
boiler. The family ate some OF the
cheese Tuesday noon. and Mrs. Par
sons was the first to feel the effects of
il by being taken suddenly very sick.
Mr.. Parsons started for a physician.
and before he could get back to the
house he. too, was taken suddenly SICK.
Mr. Bert Parsons was also taken
| little later, as was one Of their neigh
bors, to whom they had sent some of
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| danger, Wednesday morning. Two
| physicians in attendance pronounced
it a case of arsenlcal poisoning, proba-
bly, caused by using boiler with
| combination zinc and copper bottom
| in making cheese.
1t VIII be remembered that warrant
was issued, last March, for the arrest
of Aaron B. Snow, prominent business
| man of Jackson, on the ground of for
gerry. Snow could not be found by the
| officers and at the time it was alleged
| that c. Il. Austin, who had the war
| rant sworn out, was not the only per-
son with a case against Snow on this
| charge. The Lewiston Journals
| Thorndike correspondent now writes
| that a case is now reported in that
| town in which it is alleged that note
which Snow held, and which has been
properly endorsed, has been presented
by Snow at the bank and duly paid.
! and that now the note comes UP for
payment minus the endorsements.
which apparently had been torn off,
| they having been written so that this
! could be done without injury to the
note.
Judge Savage opened the April term
of court at Wiscasset, Tuesday. But
few cases are marked for trial The
most interest attached to the POSSIBLE
ity of trying the suit for damages
brought by Civil Engineer Atkinson of
Boston. against Il. d. Lancaster, presi-
| dent of the Sebasticook e. Moosehead
Railroad. Mr.. Atkinson in his wri.
charges President Lancaster with hav-
! ing forged his, the engineers name to
| certlfcates of construction, asserting
that certain sections of railroad were
complete when as a matter of fact they
| We're not Mr.. Atkinson asks for SO
ooo Atty. w. Fred Fogg, who is en-
gagged IN so many of the suits against
the Wlscasset & Quebec Railroad hay-
ing in his hands most of the claims of
the creditors says there will be no ac-
ton at the present term. The credi-
Tors are all in friendly attitude to-