Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-06-09
sPaRKs FROM MAINE WIRES.

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] Mrs. Alonzo connors of Bar Harbor
was run over by, a carriage. Thursday
night The child was not seriously IN
jured, but was badly bruised.
/ United States fish commission car
! No. 4. in charge Of Car captain Chas.
! W. Burnham, arrived AT BucKspoit'
Thursday. to commence the annual dlS-
| tribution or salmon fry in the mead
waters of the Penobscot. from the East
OrIand hatchery. The ear VIII make
! four or five trips between Bucksport
land noints on the Bangor & Aroostook
n r. and take some 100000 OF the lit
| tie fish.
Among the aids to navigation estab-
Iished on the kennebec by the light
! house board is the Chops buoy, a
black spar, unnumbered, in % feet at
mean low water. Bearings of promi-
nent objects: Tangent NE. end Of
Chops point, NNW.. one-eighth w. one
fourth mile. East tangent of Chops,
SW. three-eighths W. three -sixteenths
mile. Middle of small island on east
shore of Kennebec, Sc. one-fourth f..
The quarterly session of the. York
county conference of Free Baptist
cnufCneS WHICH, DtS'h il ''pi ms Nstit
"Wednesday morning, closed, Thursday
afternoon. The mornings session open
ed with a business meeting, followed by
prayer service and testimony meet
| ing. Morning sermon by Rev. Frank
| lin Blake. In the afternoon. there was
a service of praise and prayer, followed
/ by a sermon by Rev. Thomas II. Stacy.
Congressman Littlefeld has wired
that the summer itinerary of the North
| Atlantic squadron has been arranged
so that the warships New York, Texas
| and Kearsarge have been assigned to
Rockland for three days during Old
Home Week They will arrive. Aug.
| s. and remain until the forenoon of the
| nth. The visit of the New York will
be of especial interest from the fact
that Capt. A. Sidney Snow of Rock
land is her commander.
The third annual concert Of the ELS
| worth Festival chorus was given,
Thursday evening, in Hancock hall.
Ellsworth, before a large audience.
The chorus was assisted by the Was
gait string Quartet of Bangor. F. NJ
Waterhouse of Boston, tenor; Geo. 5
Silsby of Bangor. and Prof. {. z. Har-
rington of Orono, tenors: f. F. Rob
inson and o. w. Tapley Of Ellsworth,
tenors. and A. X. Cushman of Els
worth bass.
The rafters of the Pea Cove boom.
operated by {. NJ. White & Co.. for the
Penobscot laundering Co, of OLD
Town. struck for higher salary, Thurs
day afternoon. Thre are about $50 men
employed at the Pea Cove boom and
about 10 worked as rafters. Because
the other men would not strike the
rafters attacked them with clubs and
rocks. The arrival of Old Town officers
stopped the trouble. 1t is expected that
the rafters will resume work at the
old rate of pay. one dollar per day.
Wednesday morning, after a long
chase, Deputy Sheriffs Alden Gerry OF
! Smyrna Mills, and A. b. Smart Of
Houlton. succeeded in capturing Thorn
as w. Patten. a horse thief. at West
! field. Patten hired team at MedWay
| May 26, drove to kingman and traded
horses and then went to Narney Stones
farm. about six miles from Houlton
where he traded again. The sheriffs
travelled about 500 miles in pursuit Of
the man. Patten was held for the su-
perior court in $500 bail and in default
was committed to jail
Charles Littlefield and Mrs. ]. II.
7 Gibbs were arraigned in the Portland
( municipal court. F idaY a0 tn" charge
Of forgery. Mrs Gibbs crHtcnded that
! the check in her possession was given
! her by Littlefeld ANA int she endors-
! ID a second check. presumably payable
( to her order on his assurance that
( everything was all right and that he
obtained it honestly Littlefield pre-
sented no defense Mrs. Gibbs was dis
charged by Judge Hill and Littlefeld
held under $1,000 bail for the September
superior term. In default of sureties
he was remanded to the county Jail
The body OF Alfred McClain was
found on the rocks at GowellS grove,
on the Woolwich shore, Friday, by
Daniel Hearin and Henry Getchell. The
face was bruised somewhat, but there
is no suspicion of foul play. McClan
and some friends went down river,
about week ago in a small boat, and
We're becalmed and spent the night.
! When his companions awoke in the
morning. they found McClain gone. He
I must have lost his balance and fallen
in. He was So years old and was a ma
tive of Gloucester. Mass, to which
place his body will be taken for burial.
Bath Times.