Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-13
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

There was enough frost on the low
lands in the vicinity of I<ingiicld, Sunday
morning, % Kill crops.
There was a heavy frost In the lowlands
in Pennington. Sunday morning, and in
some localities corn and beans which had
got TO be several inches in height We're
killed.
\ tramp was arrested in Houlton,
last week, charged with stealing $40
from a home in Bridgewater where he
was allowed to stay over night.
The resignation of Rev. Blanche A.
Wright from the pastorate OF the Uni
versalist church of North Jay owing
to i'll health, has been announced.
Peter Clark of Fort Fairfield. who was
married about months ago, committed
suicide by shooting. Tuesday. Ii is stated
that the act was prompted by drink and
domestic trouble. He was 2 years of age
The forward drive Of the East branch
of Old Town. which was brought down
by Cornelius Murphy of Old Town. ar
rived in its boom, Sunday morning.
The drivers reported a voyage devoid
Of any special features.
Nathan f. Goodridge. assistant engi-
neer Of the {. $ $. Raleigh. arrived at
his home in Orono. Sunday. on a 10-days'
Iul lOuSli llt was one VI NIlt- lNp
Maine representatives in the battle Of
Manila bay, the other being a man
named Sanborn of Portland.
While watching a bicycle race on the
Hartland Trotting park. saturday. be-
tween Guy Fuller. Archie Linn and I3urtlS
Linn. Miss E,lva Thompson was run into
by Burtis Linn. The bicycle struck her
fair and she was thrown to the ground.
No fatal injuries resulted although she
DaIlE shaken and her and
body badly bruised. The wheel was a to-
tai wreck and Linn's face was badly dis
figured.
In the United States district court in
Portland. Saturday morning, John Por-
ter Of jay, Fred A. Landers of Ban
gOr Fred A. Day of Augusta, Gilbert
l.. Morrill, of Brooks. Orin Gotta of Port
land. Arthur A. Ferguson Of Jay and
Bion Herbert of Watervlle. filed vol
untary petitions in insolvency.
Frank j. D. Barnium. timber ana pulp
wood agent at Jerusalem township. has
just purchased Crocker township for Bos-
acres and is probably one of the best
spruce tracts in Maine today. 1t is par
ticularly well situated. being handy to
either water or railroad. Mr.. Barnium
will have the handling of this township
as well as the others in which he is in
tercSted.
Joseph L'Heureux. formerly Of Bidde-
ford and at one time a member of the
Biddeford police force, was arrested sew
eral months ago in Upton. Quebec.
charged with arson and attempting to
burn a child in a building. 1t was stated
at the time that there was evidence that
l. HcureuX had been guilty Of a similar
crime since he left Biddeford. He has
been tried and acquitted and now he
brings libel suit against the Montreal
Herald for Sl999.
Much concern is manifested by the
friends of Miss Ethel Hyde of Bath,
who is seriously ill at the home of Miss
Payson, State street in Portland. saws
Il Portland Exchange. Several consul
tations of physicians have been held
and a course decided upon which has
resulted in a turn for the better, and
Miss Hyde has been able to see mem
bers of the family, though she by no
means is considered convalescent.
well-known Exchange street busi-
nes man who has picked the winne;,
in every big fight since the Sullivan
kllrain battle. won $3.50 on the Jeffries-
F1tZsimmonS battle. All of this money
was placed in Bangor. Another EX-
change street man, who is prominently
identified with the lumber industry. Is
also reported as being big winner.
Our old friend, Dick Golden, had $4O0
against $500. he picking Jeffries for a
winner--Bangor News
The first cargo of deals shipped from
Bangor. this season, was taken out in
the British steamship Chicklade, which
sailed, Sunday, for West Hartlepool,
Eng. The cargo consisted of 104O
standards, or about 2,OS0,OO0 feet, and