Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

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Thomas Skerritt. who escaped from
the house of correction few dave ooo
made another successful break fo,. in
cray. yesterday. As usual Skerritt vent
to his home. where he was arrested ~,
the police. last neutrality-suspicious. Az
gus, Aug. Z.
AT meeting of the board If direc-
tors of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence
Railway Co.. at Portland wednesd.v
George b. Reeve. vice president ana
general manager of the Grand Trunk
Railroad, was elected president and
George p. Wescott Of Portland ,,;ca
president
Patrick Mulkern. who was shot nv
ms son several days ago. at Portland.
was discharged from the Greedy hos
pitai. tuesday. Mulkern is suffering
no inconvenience from the wound des
pite the fact that the bullet has not
been located, and DR.. Leighton saws he
will be as well as usual in the course
of few days
The 1S-months-Old child of Motorman
Charles III. Moore of Westbrook. met
with a serious accident. Monday night.
at the home of its parents on the New
Gorham road. The child fell from a
second story window upon a cinder
walk. breaking its leg and otherwise
bruising it. 1t is thought, however,
that the child will recover.
The appointment of nom commission
ed officers of Co q. % Regiment, n. G..
:. NJ. of Bangor. has just been made
by Col. Newcomb in special orders No.
70. issued at PASSPORT. the headquar-
ters of the regiment. Corporal NJ NJ.
Day is to be "a sergeant and Privates
Harry r. Stuart. Ernest +. Mcpherson
and James l.. Grant are to be corpor-
ais. Private William II. Gardiner is to
be a corporal and a company cook
Judge Putnam. of the United States
circuit court at Portland, Wednesday
rendered decision in the case of
Mitchell c. Harrison VS.. Hugh Graham
of Montreal. The action came before
the court on an application for a writ
of ne eXeat. The petition was denied
The court ruled that as the defendant
has fixed residence in Montreal there
is no reason for thinking that judg-
ment could not be obtained against
him or his property in the court of
Quebec.
one Of the most exciting events
which F'ryeburg has witnessed for
years was the match race. Tuesday.
for purse of $1,000. between Rose
meath, owned by Melville Eastman of
North Conway. and Alameda. owned
by r. p. Littlefield of Conway. Rose
meath won with little difficulty three
straight heats in 2.3ll3. 2.2S. 2.30h. The
race aroused much enthusiasm among
the summer residents and many coach
ing parties from North Conway. Con
way. Intervale and Fryeburg were in
attendance.
The recent opening of the Hampden
quarters of the Condeskeag Canoe Club
brings to light the fact that the build
ing on Long wharf now used as the
clubs Hampden quarters was standing
AZ early as 1872. and was built pro6a-
DIV 40 or 30 years before that time.
Old grape and canister and l2-pound
shot recently discovered about the old
building would seem to indicate that
the place was fired upon by British
gunboats during the war of 1872 It's
all very interesting. of course. and the
members of the club may be depended
upon to worthily uphold all the histor-
ic traditions of the place.
Mrs. Hannah Childs. the mother of
Mrs. a. Fl. Cooling of Portland. and
grandmother of Mr.. &. w. T. Cooling of
the CaSco Bay Steamship Co., will be
100 years old. Aug. 49, She was born in
1901 in Clinton. where she has always
lived. Mrs Chids is in splendid health
taking into consideration her great
sc. Her sight is as good as ever: but
her hearing is not 50 good. Her facul-
ties are keen and she reads the papers
and magazines 9ssiduously. She is able
to walk with the aid of cane. Mrs.
hlds has recently made some very
handsome rugs from rags. tastefully
designed in every part. n remarkable
feat for one of her advanced years.
The annual reunion of East Corinth
Academy Association and the dedica-
ton Of the new academy building will
occur at East Corinth. Aug. %. The
exercises will begin at 10 A. NJ. with Il
meeting of the alumni at the old aca-
denny grounds. At IL o'clock a bust
ness meeting will be held after which
will come dinner at Il. At > hstori
cal sketch followed by addresses by F.
H. Edmunds. Esq. of New York. and
Hon. W. w. Stetson, remarks by trus
tees. alumni and others. At 4 dedica-
tory exercises at the new academy
building and at s reading by Miss
Agnes o. Hersey and Miss katheryn
shores and vocal and instrumental
music At . a. NJ. reception will be
held by trustees and teachers to the
alumni.
The newly purchased naphtha launch
Of the Canadian fishery protective
cruiser Curlew. capt. John II. Pratt
narrowly ESCAPED being destroyed
Monday. while hauled in at Union
wharf. PASSPORT. by the explosion of
= naphtha pipe on board. which was
followed by fire The launch. valued at
$1,000 was purchased. last Saturday
and was taken to PASSPORT early in the
week on the cruiser Curlew for a few
ropaits which were being made al the
tine of the accident by Machinist Rob
ort Kirnen who. with Capt Pratt and
one of the Canadian seamen. was on
hoard. With the assistance of the sew
oral men who were on the wharf at the
time tte fire was soon under control.
but not before the interior of the neat
little launch was considerably charred.