Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
SPARKS FROM. MAINE WIRES.

]. Cook Of Lewiston. has accepted
| the position Of news editor on the Port
land Evening Express.
! Saco river has opened TO navigation.
| The river is rapidly rising. There is
| q great body Of snow in the woods,
and rains might cause q dangerous
| freShet.
The Allan liner Sandman sailed
! from Portland. Saturday night, for
Liverpool, with q fun general cargo
and 444 head Of cattle. Si4 sheep and
| l. horses.
| The directors Of the Portland &
! Yarmouth Railway 10. are 10 erect a
$50. 900 casino at the Pines. Yarmouth.
! The project includes an elaborate piece
of landscape gardening.
Letters received in Lewiston, Satur
| day from the Lake Umbago region.
| state that in the woods the snow is still
I ) or feet deep, and il is feared that
a heavy rain will cause a disastrous
| freshet all along the Androscoggin
I river.
! The Lewiston Journal gave a recep-
| ton 10 its employees in its hall in the
new Journal building, Saturday even
| ing. This hall is one Of the finest in
New England and is fitted with all
the modern conveniences. 1t was the
dedication of the hall.
Col. W. j. Mabury. treasurer Of the
Maine syndicate which sent an expe-
dition into the Klondike country. a
year ago, has received news of the
death of j. w. Smith of Ashland,
Mass. a member Of the party. He
was about 80 years of age.
Work will soon commence on the new
athletic field at Bates college, and it is
hoped that the grounds will be ready
for the first College League base ball
game. A temporary grand stand will
! be erected this spring, and during the
summer it will be replaced with an iron
one
Messrs Greenleaf & Doring. the Au
burn contractors, are to build the new
mill of the Madison paper plant and
| reconstruct the old mill. The plant is
now a part of the Great Northern Pa
per Co. Messrs. Greenleaf & Doring
have begun work on the job and intend
10 have it completed July 4.
Farm buildings at South Biddeford
! owned by Andrew ]. Goldwaite, over
seer of the carpenter shop in the Pep
perell mills We're burned. Friday even
ing. The buildings We're occupied by
the family of Mr.. Goldwaite's son.
George Goldwaite. Nothing was saw
ed. Loss. $500; insurance, $1,000.
In the supreme judicial court at
Bangor, Saturday, the jury in the case
of Edith Waterman VS.. the Boston &
Bangor Steamboat Co, for damages
resulting to a trunk owned by the
plaintiff during trip from Boston to
Bangor, last summer. brought in a
verdict Of sl9O.63 for the plaintiff.
f. H. Bickerton of Auburn, died in
the State Insane hospital in Augusta.
Saturday morning. He was a son of
William Bickerton of Western avenue,
Auburn. and is remembered as a young
man of good habits and excellent prom
Use. He had been in the hospital sew
eral months, and his death was not I'M
expected. He was &c years old. 4
The Portland Civic Club held its an
nual meeting, Saturday afternoon, and
elected these officers: President Mrs.
A. c. Jordan; vice presidents. Mrs.
Philip Brown, Mrs. j. Il. Coyle; re-
cording secretary. Mrs. Paul r. Stew
ems; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Harry Turner; treasurer. Mrs. ]. c.
White; auditor Mrs. E. S. Osgood.
The Rev. c. w. Shattuck has been
settled as pastor of the Advent church
in Auburn, Me. He was licensed as a
preacher in 1894, by the Massachusetts,
Advent conference, and was ordained
at Alton Bay in August, 1895. His first
pastorate was in West Derby, VT. At
the end Of the nine months he accepted
a call to Lakeport, N. H., where he has
since been and where his labors have
been very successful,
The holders Of the mortgage on the
Bangor auditorium, the building
erected by the citizens for the Maine
musical festival has foreclosed and
the building will be sold at auction.
The auditorium is one of the largest
buildings in that section of the coun-
try and was erected three years ago
at cost Of about $4,000. The build
ing will seat 5000 people. 1t was built
by the Bangor Festival Association
and each member held shares Of stock
at par value of SO each. When it
came to make the final payment on the
building not enough money had been
raised by private subscription to do
SO and the directors gave their notes
for $4,000 and are responsible for the
amount due. What effect this will
nave on the festival, this year, is not
known.