Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Frank Estabrook' stable and ell on
Elm street. Bangor, was damaged $500
by fire. Friday. Insured for $1,000.
Gen. Hyde expects to return to Bath
the first of July. At last reports he
was at Pasadena, and improving stead
lily in health
The Holland wooden mill property at
Limerick. has been purchased by
Biddeford syndicate. and will be re-
paired and put into operation.
Granville Lemont of Bath. who was
found unconscious in George Moulton,
Jrs machine shop. with a terrible
wound on his face. caused by being
struck by some wood on which he was
working, is now expected to recover.
Isaac Stern of New York, has named
the yacht building for him at the Bath
Iron Works, the Virginia. The first
ship built in North America was also
named the Virginia. and was built at
Popham by the Popham colony, in
l601S, says the Independent
Perley. the little son of James Edge
comb of Limestone, was caught and
doubled up under a rolling log from the
pile of wood in the door yard, the other
day, and the bones of the neck sup
porting the head We're dislocated. He
| was picked up for dead. but at this
writing still lives, a great sufferer.
with small chance of recovery.
| The c. p. r. is again unable to send
Il train through TO Presque Isle. this
, time on account of high water. the
rails in places between Presque Isle
| and Caribou being feet under water.
In some places in the AroOstook river
| it is reported the water is up to the
| floors of the mills. On Wednesday, 4
raft of railroad ties was carried over
Caribou dam, and the ties scattered for
miles along the river
Mayor Stone Of Biddeford, has refus-
ed to indorse the petition of eX-Deputy
| Sheriff Ober f. Stackpole for reap
pointment as York county agent of the
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals Mr. Stackpole figured
prominently in the recent unsuccessful
attempt to secure the appointment Of
| special constables for the enforcement
of the liquor law in York county.
Never before was there such an in
| terest in real estate in Camden. The
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we'll and Mr.. Amsden Of Boston. are to
build two $4,000 cottages on Belfast
road The Darius Sherman farm, on
| Spring Brook HILL has been sold to
| William d. Lewis of Boston The farm
will be greatly improved. Spring brook
will be damned and miniature lake
will be formed near the shore.
| The following divorces have been
granted in the Lincoln supreme judic-
ial court at Wiscasset: Abbie f.
Hitchcock VS.. John Hitchcock. for
cause of cruel and abusive trea tment
and gross and confirmed habits of in
| toXica ton: Sanford NJ. Place. lbt., VS..
| Jessie Place. for cause of cruel and
| abusive treatment: Carrie +. Clifford,
lbt.. VS.. Sewall Clifford. for utter de-
sertion; Lizzie o. Mank. lbt., VS.. Ir-
vine Mank, desertion.
| The annual meeting of the Maine
Amateur Press Association was held in
SacO City hall, Saturday. Papers were
read by delegates, and discussions of
various topics followed These officers
| were elected: President w. H. Stur-
| tevant, Bangor; vice president, How
| ard Whitehead. Saco; secretary, Miss
| Eta CoWan, Orono: treasurer, Miss
Florence s. Cooling, Sanford; executive
/ committee, Messrs. Dana Of Portland,
Casa of Foxcroft, and Lakin of Water
Vile.
| The regular monthly meeting of the
| Bowdoin Club. which consist of grad
uate of Bowdoin College in Boston and
vicinity. was held, Saturday evening,
in the Copley Square Hotel at Boston.
About 30 members were present Mr..
Geo. NJ. Whitaker of the class of "A,
| presided. The most important busi-
ness after the banquet was as to the
| college seal. AT the last college COM
| mencement the overseers and fellows
| Of the college voted to change the seal.
The alumni was very much opposed
| to this action, and a committee was ap-
pointed, Saturday night, to agitate and
take any steps deemed necessary to eff
feet a restoration of the old time-h hon
ored seal 1t was decided to discon-
tinue the meetings during the summer
months. The next meeting will be held
| in October.