Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-29
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Under the new schedule Of running
trains on the Maine Central Railroad.
there are GO arrivals ana departure At
Bangor on the Eastern division alone
Albert Downs of Ware, Mass. has
been af,rointcd assistant road master
of the Eastern division Of the Maine
Central, TO take the place Of Otis
Weeks, resigned.
Prof. G. A. Perkins, who has for 50
long been principal Of the Presque
Isle High school. has accepted Il posi-
ton in Brookvale. Mass. and will soon
remove his family to that place.
ON Tuesday. 20oo0,00O feet Of the
West Branch logs had been sluiced
through North Twin dam on the waste
water. ana there was head Of II feet
ana inches at the dam. The remain
der Of the drive, about 100000 feet
will be cut away between the Sd and
Sth of July.
President Beal of the Penobscot Cen
trail Railroad. has begun the work of
hauling 1000 cords Of wood to Bangor
from East Corinth. An order has also
been received for the transportation Of
70 cars Of spool wood from Kcndus-
keag to Bangor, where it will DC loaded
in a vessel.
\ letter received day or two ago at
Fort Fairfield, from Miss Grace Hough-
ton, who went from there to Walla
Walll, Wash. few months ago, says
that they hardly dare to 90 out on the
streets for fear Of coming in contact
with smallpox patients, 50 prevalent is
thc disease there.
owen Jones Of London. England, is
visiting his brothcr-in-l law. J. ID. Chip
man. cX-M. p. of St. Stephen. and
is at Calais, in the interests of the
English syndicate who controls the
largest part Of the nickel mines aituat-
ed near st Stephen. lie VIII confer
with the other local capitalists interest
ana it is expected that some definite
work in regard to developing these
mines will be Immediately accom-
plShed.
1t is stated that Frank Burleigh, the
young man who was arrested in Bos-
ton for the alleged theft of coins from
the Lincoln collection at Bowdoin Col
lcge. a short time ago. has been re
leased. The statement is made by the
officers that young Burleigh was not
guilty of the crime alleged against him.
and so the matter had to be dropped
The stolen coins have all been recoV-
cred. and the college authorities are
therefore satisfied.
Sawyer. 90 of Bangor, has been elect
ed captain of the Phillips Exeter Aca-
denny track athletic team. He entered
the academy in his junior year ana
never had had any experience in athle-
tics before. He took up pole vauIting
and easily won first place in the Exc
ter-AndOver meet last year and tied
for first this year. He has vaulted 10
feet, 6 inches in practice and holds the
indoor record. He is II years old, 6 feet
tall and weighs l60 pounds.
About II o'clock. Tuesday night.
Capt. Fahey of the Bangor night police
force received a message from Rock
land asking for the arrest of one James
Kennedy. who is wanted in Rockland
. on the charge of stealing jewelry. The
officers went to work on the case at
once, visiting many places, and finally
located the man wanted and arrested
him at 230 A. NJ. Wednesday. at
Burke's boarding house. on lower I'm
ion street. Kennedy was locked up to
| await the coming of the Rockland Of
ficers.-Whig.