Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-16
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

land by Lila a. PettlnSlll of Pressure
Isle and John c. Lander of Gardiner.
All petitioners of the past week are ad-
judged bankrupts.
The house and buildings of Charles
NJ. Covell at East Orrington, were de-
stroyed by fire, Saturday afternoon.
with most of their contents. The
loss is estimated at something over
$4,000 and there is an insurance of $1,000
In the Lincoln supreme judicial court,
Savage j., presiding, Fred II. Lewis,
appt., VS.. Charles +. Bean This action
was previously heard before F. A.
Dreamer, Esq, trial justice. and judg-
ment for costs We're rendered for de-
PENDANT Appeal dismissed.
Maine fire insurance agents have
been invited to enter an association
which il is proposed to organize at an
early day for mutual benefit. The pre-
liminary meeting of the agents inter-
ested will be held in the Falmouth
Hotel, Portland, Thursday, May %.
John Murray. who is wanted by Bos-
ton officers. was arrested, Sunday af-
teTnOon. by Inspector Pickett and Pa
trolman Brown near RiYcrton. The Of
fence for which Murray is wanted in
Boston could not be ascertained. but
he was placed under $500 bail and is
alleged to have skipped.
Dispositions are being taken at Bid
deford in preparation for the trial this
term at Alfred of the suit for $4,000
damages brought by George Demers
against Frank q. Deering. Mr.. Deer
ing is proprietor Of the lumber mill
it which Demers lost a leg in Septem-
Der, 1897. by contact with a circular
saw.
An interesting rumor has been in cir
culation in Portland. to the effect that
Mr.. Frank Munsey. the we'll known
publisher. was to establish a supple
mentary plant in Westbrook and do a
part Of the mechanical portion Of his
business in that city. Mr.. Munsey buys
the paper for his publications Of the
Warren establishment entirely and it is
said that it is this fact that Will in
duce him to move a part or the whole
of his presses to that city. The report
has not. however been confirmed.
Secretary D. W. Heseltine Of the
Maine board of pharmacy is sending to
the holders of certificates a notiffca-
ton that the annual registration fee of
81 for registered apothecaries. and 80
cents for qualified assistants. is now
due and should be paid before July list.
This notification is in accordance with
section of the act passed last winter
by the Legislature The object is To
keep the pharmacy board in touch with
year and enable them Ia prevent fraud,
the transfer Of certificates to those who
are not qualified to hold them. but who
obtain them in order to carry on some
other kind of business
Saturday morning about 8 o'clock,
George Briggs of Topsfeld, met with
serious accident while trying to break a
jam of logs formed just below the Fox
croft bridge. The jam was caught on
d ledge of rocks and had piled UP near
ly as high as mans head. Briggs got
down in front to roll away the under
logs and just at that moment the logs
started and catching him. broke one
bone of his right leg just above the
ankle. also considerably bruising the
ankle. He was extricated and carried
tended by DR.. VIM. Buck He is now
as comfortable as could be expected.
Monday morning he was taken on the
train to Topsfield
An interesting case was opened at the
supreme court in Auburn, Monday
afternoon. Levi NJ. Stewart of Mime
apolis, against Bearce x Clifford. the
Lewiston contractors. The suit relates
to the building. or rather the construc-
ton of the foundation for Corinna town
library, donated the town by Levi NJ.
Stewart of Minneapolis. The work was
done by Bearce & Clifford and pro
crossed until a question arose over
some point or other. White & Carter
for Stewart, Internationally & Morey
for Bearce & Clifford. Mr.. Stewart is
the owner of large blocks of real estate
in Minneapolis and is accounted to be
rich He is brother of d. d. Stewart
Of st. Adams.
Fire was discovered in the millinery
store of Miss Ethel Mcdonnell at the
corner of High and Sawyer streets. in
South Portland. Saturday night. at
1915 O'Clock. The stock in the store
was valued at $4,000. and before the fire
men got control Of the blaze nearly |
two-thirds of the goods We're ruined. |
The rooms upstairs We're occupied by |
the South Portland Loan & Building |
AsSocia ton, and the loss to the assoc |
citation was confined to the Office fur |
niture. The South Portland fire de- |
partment was quickly on the scene, and |
excellent work was done by the men. |
The fire caught near the chimney. and |
the only cause that can be assigned |
for it is that it caught in some way |
from an oil stove which was used dur
ng the afternoon. The millinery stock
was partially insured. and the build
ng. which was owned by F. f. Har-
'ord, was fully covered by insurance
rhe South Portland Loan & Building
\ association was uninsured.
The 21st anniversary of the estab-
ishing of the gospel temperance mis-
ZION was observed in Portland City
TALL. sunday evening. Rev. s. F. Pear
on made his annual report. The total
'ecaipts from all sources was $25i7.
The associate pastor, Rev. Mr. Dexter.
eceived only $175 during the year. and
our years and has mOrtgaged his per-
onal property for $3.50 in order to
eep up the work. AS it was the poor
ould not have been assisted during | ,
he winter had ii not been for J. S.
Kicker, who day after day went 10 the {
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