Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

tie DoSton maine Railroad, is engaged
photoSraphing Maine Central engines.
Oliver l.. Hall. city editor of the Rock
land Star Tor several years past. has re-
tired from the paper. He expects to re-
main in the Newspaper profession, but
will take rest. this summer.
The members of the Biddeford Advent
church nave extended Il call to Rev. John
f. Clothey of Westbrook. to become pas
tor of the church. 1t lis expected that
Mr., Clothey will accept, and begin his
duties, next Sunday.
In the United States district court,
Webb. judge, at Portland, "a petition in
bankruptcy has been filed By Cyrus T..
Corson of Athens. John f. Holman Of
Athens, was. Thursday, admitted TO prac-
tice in the United States circuit courts
The Summer school at Lincoln will open.
sunday evening. Aug. d. with a union re-
ligious. educational service at the Metho-
dist church at l.. NJ. when Prof. Rob-
crts of Colby. will lecture. The work OF
the school will begin. Aug. :, not Aug. l,
as has been stated in some papers.
The ruins at Kebo at Bar Harbor are
being cleared away, and plans for an
other building are already drawn and N
the hands of a local architect. The new
building will be a golf house and /, Is
understood that Kebo will be given over
entirely to the golfers in the future.
Harvey Robbins. a stevedore, aged
about 80 and unmarried. met with what
is expected to prove fatal accident at
ing coal from the schooner James l.. Nal
10y when the span gear aloft parted. the
block striking him on the head and Telling
him.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Waldo Agricultural Society, last Satur-
day. it was voted to lease the trotting
park at Belfast, for a term of 10 years
Responsible parties have been found who
think very seriously of taking the lease
and using the park for trotting as in the
past. D.
Alden Mclaughlin of South ,Levant. had
his arm broken a the-elbow. Wednesday,
the result of an accident in Haymar
ket square. at Bangor. He was on the
top of load of hay and in attempting 10
get down his foot caught in the rcins and
he fell headlonS to the ground. He
struck heavily upon his right arm, which
was broken at the elbow.
F. W. Hill of Exeter, owner Of Hotel
Hill, destroyed by fire. Monday, with
other property in that town. will rebuild
the hotel. making much better house
than was there before. 1t will contain 80
sleeping rooms and will be ready for oc-
cupancy by the date of the opening of the
Exeter fair. In addition to the insurance
already stated. there was $3.50 on furni
ture, making the total s5oHo. Later. he
will build dwelling near the hotel
site. to replace one destroyed by the nre.
The Midtown firebus was again at
work. Wednesday morning. when a saw
mill belonging to III. F.. Eaton * Sons and
by fire. There was no business being done
i'll either building this season. Quite a
large amount of machinery was i'll the
axe factory. 1t is understood there WAS
no insurance on either property. There is
apparently no effort being made to dis
cover the party who has been setting 50
many fires on both sides of the river.
The law court at Bangor finally adj
granted a new trial of the suit of Alcl
VS.. Maine Central Railroad Co. thus sus-
tanning defendants motion, filed at the
close of the original trial in Bangor. last
year. This is suit arising from the ac-
cident to a Maine Central train at f.tna.
last summer The law court has rendered
decision in the case of Hayford vs..
Brown, a Bangor case involving the Use
of property on hammond street. opposite
Columbia. In this case the court defaults
the defendant.
Henry Teeman of Bay View. while
walking on the tracks of the Boston *
and his right arm broken at the elbow.
He is deaf. and it is supposed that he
was walking near the end of the ties.
when some part of the locomotive hit
him. After the accident he walked to
Saco and called at the office of a doctor.
but after the physician had made an cx-
animation of The fracture. which was Il
bad one. Teeman refused to have the arm
set. He said that he could not have any
thing done until he had consulted MS
wife. About an hour later he started to
a
miles from Saco. Later he had the arm
set.
A brilliant home wedding was celc-
brated in Biddeford. Wednesday, evening.
when Harry +. Bryant of Saco. principal
of the Sanford high school, and Miss
Harriet Esther Hopping, teacher in
the Biddeford schools. were married. The
wedding took place at the home of the
bride, Myrtle street, at ! O'Clock, Rev.
IL. F. Moulton, pastor of the Unversalist
church, officiating. The house was hand
somely decorated with roses, smilaX,
palms and ferns. The maid of honor was
Miss Myrtle b. Hopping, sister of the
bride, and the bridesmaids were Misses
Elsie Ham. Ethel Grant, Una Hanson
and Maud Moves. The best man was j.
Clair Minot of the Kcnnebec Journal.
who was a college friend of the groom at
Bowdon. Messrs. Edward T. Hyde and
Gilpatric acted as ushers. About
80 friends and relatives of the bride and
groom attended the wedding, and at the
reception which followed 800 people were
present. The bride wore a handsome cos
tune of Irish poplin and chiffon, and car
ried roses. The young women VINO had
charge of the refreshments were Misses
Alice NJ. Hyde. Bertha Robinson, Jose
phine Shaw Mason and G. May Hutchins.
The couple received many handsome
presents. They have gone for a trip to
the Maine lakes. They will be at home
at Sanford after the middle OF Septem-
Der.