Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The United States school ship Enter
prise arrived at Rockland from Bar
l1arbor. Monday, and came To anchor.
The ship is cruising westward.
The following star service in Maine
has been discontinued: Route l3i7
Hampden Corner To Railroad Station
IN. % From September .. 1899
The block AT Mechanic Falls owned
by the Sevens heirs and valued at $3O00
! caught fire. Monday noon. at l.30. The
loss will be about $500; covered by in
surance.
Mrs +. Cook. aged 10 years, an Eng
lish lady lady employed as nurse in the
family Of Charles Millet in Wayne
committed suicide by drowning in
Androscoggin lake, Sunday morning.
Dependency Was the cause.
News was received in Chcrryiield.
Monday. from Jonesboro. that during
the heavy thunder storm, Sunday night.
the farm buildings occupied by T.. &.
Drisco. We're struck by lightning and
burned, together with their contents.
The loss on the building. which wa.
owned by +. l. White ~ MaChias, is
about $4,000. The loss on the contents
was $1,000.
Widow w. SanbOrn's new barn. one
mile from Canaan village. was struck
by lightning at about : T.. NJ. Sunday.
and was burned with about seven tons
of hay and all her grain which was
stored therein. Her dwelling ana an
old house near the burning building
were saved by her neighhors, who were
quickly on the ground with three fire
eXtingushers from the village. The
whole property was insured in the
Grange for $3.50.
The annual meeting Of the Maine
State Board of Trade will be held.
Sept. 26, in Bangor. The following inn
portant topics will be submitted by the
committee on business programme for
discussion: What Natural Resources
of Maine Can Find a Market in Foreign
Countries? What Manufactured Ar
ticies of our Local Industries Can BE
Marketed in Foreign Countries"
What Can BE Done to Place These
Materials in the Markets of the
World?"
a very heavy thunder shower passed
over Athens. Sunday. The lightning
struck two trees in front Of the resi-
dence of Mr.. William Littlefield. fol
lowed the telephone wire To the office.
causing considerable damage. Miss
Ella Littlefield. who was sitting by the
window was prostrated by the shock.
The lightning also struck n large will
low tree on the bank of the rivcr lose
by the residence of Mr.. +. 6. Green.
The bolt tore many deep holes in the
bed of the river, also killing many fish.
The following committee has been
chosen TO prepare the Free Baptist and
Chautauqua Assembly programme for
next year at Ocean Park: Mrs. S. a.
Porter. Peabody, Mass; II. Il. Davis.
Wilbraham, Mass: Rev. w. J. Twort
Lawrence; f. Z. Davis. Augusta; Mrs.
NJ. A. Davis, Ocean Park; Rev. Lewis
Dexter, Whitman, Mass; c. +. Milli-
ken, Augusta. A memorial building
will be erected. next year, in honor of
the late Rev. f. w. Porter of Pea
body, Mass, founder of the Ocean Park
Assembly.
The new Catholic church on High
street in Dover, whichis the first church
of this sect erected in Piscataquis
county, was dedicated Sunday with ap-
propriate exercises i'm the presence of
a large congregation of people. The
dedication services We're performed by
Right Reverend ]. A. Healy, d. D., of
Portland, assisted by Rev. Fathers NJ.
A. Clary of Old Town, and ]. w. Houl-
han of Dexter A quartet from Bangor
furnished excellent music and there
were also several fine solos. This church
which was recently completed at a cost
of about $4,000, is the first edifice of the
kind erected in that county by the
Catholics and is q fine one.