Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-26
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

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| the river, Saturday, in the three mast
ed schooner Estelle. capt. Hutchinson.
and consisted of 500 tons. 1t was
1 bound for Curacao.
Henry Lampher, while at work in the
! mill Of COnant * Carr at Old Town.
around a big buzz saw, caught his hand
in the saw and cut and mangled ii
| badly. DR.. Landry was called and
! found it necessary TO amputate the
mans fingers. which the saw had near
! ly severed.
I The following divorces have been
granted in the supreme judicial court
AZ Auburn: Harry l.. Jones from Lula
\. Jones. custody of child given to the
4 father: Lillian 4. Whitney from Au-
gus;us Whitney for habits Of intOxica-
ton: Florida Dostie from Charles Dos
tie For dcsertion.
/ Austin Inglee. aged IS years. son Of
/ Charles Inglee of the firm Of John In
/ glee K Son, Machias. was severely in
| jured, Tuesday. at Machias. While
/ jumping from a passenger to a freight
| train he slipped and both legs were run
/ over by the train. He is just alive and
I probably will not live.
| Preparations are now being made at
| Mr.. VOLTS Sea street sardine factory
at PASSPORT. for an early opening and
| later in the week a crew of seamers
and can-makers will be employed. En-
| gineer James Ray is looking after the
| piping and machinery and the plant
/ will soon he ready for canning sardines.
John Collins is again foreman.
+. II. Ciergue. ESQ. formerly of Ban
gor. and now at Sault ST. Marie. in the
| paper trade. has invited at his own
expense the ontario Legislature to take
| a trip to New Ontario to view the re-
! sources of the place and possibly in
duce the members to grant government
aid to proposed railways and other de-
| VclopmcntS about to he started there.
1t is understood that Prof. A. r. Au-
| bert of the chemical department. Uni
! versity of Maine. will be granted a
| short leave of absence or will take such
during vacation and will go To Boston,
where he will investigate into the
| workings of the department of chemis-
| try in the Massachusetts Institute Of
| Technology and map course at L. of
| NJ. similar to the one in use there.
William Morris. former Eastporter
who returned home from New York,
last Saturday, dangerously ill., died at
noon Sunday, aged "a years. The de-
| ceased had been Il steward for several
years past on large yachts and steam
ers and last year was on the govern
ment transport No. = in Cuban waters
where his health was impaired and
consumption soon followed. Two chill
dren survive him.
After a prolonged investigation. at
Portland, Monday. Mayor Robinson ana
the aldermen decided that Mary Curran.
alleged to be an insane person. is per-
fecily sane ana capable Of looking after
her own affairs and her estate valued n
81. G00. Il was admitted that she is rather
peculiar. but two physicians testified TO
her sanity, and At previous hearing
Judge Symonds and John w. Dana testi-
fed very strongly in her behalf. The
board decided that the charges had not
been sustained and ordered Il return of
the papers to the probate court. at the
same time refusing to permit her TO be
committed to the insane ASYLUM.
Among the sardinc boats being repaired
and enlarged at PASSPORT for the coming
summer, are those Of stephen Harris and
John Wilson, both of which are being
heightened and SO arranged as to he able
to carry much larger loads than before.
Harry u. Oaks. who. last season, was
engineer of the sardine tug Julius Wolff,
Is in Ncwburyport. Mass, from which
steamer Luce Bros. which is one of the
fleet OF Sardinc tugs used ana owned by
the Continental Packing Co.. The Luce
Bros. is of IS tons burden, 81 feet long
ana 20 feet wide. capt. II. G. Oaks will
act in that capacity on the steamer. She
is expected to arrive some time this
week
Harry r. Barnaby, who returned to
his duties as yardmaster of the Maine |
Central at Bangor, after long absence |
n, ,f a,l
turned to his yard duties, last week, |
only to be taken sick again, has again |
become baggage master on the Bucks
port branch. The duties of yardmaster |
We're too much for Mr.. Barnaby, who |
had not yet recovered his former |
health. Ansel Libbey, who has been |
acting as yardmaster and who had re-
turned to his train, is taking Mr.. Barn
aby's place.
Gen. Charles p Mattocks of Port !,
land was. Monday, retained by the |
heirs of Michael ]. Mulkern, who was
killed on the Grand Trunk coal run, re-
Gently, to bring suit against the line.
1t is claimed that he came 10 his death
by reason of negligence on the part Of |
the defendant corporation. Gen. Mat /
tOcks has also been retained by Cole
man Welch to bring suit against the
Bath Iron Works for injury sustained
by him while in the employ OF the com
pany. There was an explosion of dy-
Mantle and Mr. Welch lost the sight of
an eye. ]
There have been two narrow escapes
from destructive fires in the vicinity of
Belfast. in the last week, from fires be-
ing set in the dry stubble. The first
occurred, last Friday. and was near the
farm buildings Of Cant. Turner on Wal