Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-04
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

TIL" will Of the late Mary Shannon
Of Newton. Mass. gives $1,000 to the
Free Library at Bar Harbor and an
area Of land. TO he added to the Glen
Mary park. previously given Bar Har-
Dor by Miss shannon.
Ey Z fire. Thursday noon. the FRS,
building on First street. Patten. was
considerably damaged and only by
lively work on the part of the citizens
who formed a bucket brigade was the
danger to other buildings of the viii
lagc aTerted
Amos Gerald, the head of the new
Brunswick & Portland Street Railroad
Co. was in Freepurt with engineers.
Tuesday. looking over the route recent
~ granted the company by vote Of the
town. Mr.. Gerald stated that the iron
fof the road had been purchased and
that construction would commence this
season.
The SaCo & Pettee Machine shops at
Saco have further reduced their work
ing force by laying off $50 mea for an
indefinite ~ riod. This makes the third
t.duc ton in the force of employees
within the last month or 50. Tfere are
now LEFT in the shops betweEif 500 and
$40 employees but there viii probably
he a still further slight reduC tion in a
week. according to one of the officials.
as il is the intention cf the company
to get down to 4 working basis of be
tween $50 ard 500.
The Bangor s: Ar0ostook Railroads
potato shipmentst are still ahead OF
last years figures and more bushels
are being sent over the road now than
ever before At this SeaSon OF the year.
In APRIL. 1900. 355.1.i bushels We're
shipped ana this year in April the ship
mCnts amounted To $40. 066 bushels.
Starch shipments also show an in
crease. In April. 1900. 52i 055 pounds
were shipped. and in April 1901. there
were I0G.s93 pounds. The price of pc
tatoes still holds up Well. Ar IloultCu
they are worth S1.i0. and at points
above. $3.50 per barrel
There was n brisk fire. Friday morn
ing. in the Damascus Bazaar. 80 Con-
hige. proprietor. The entire stock was
wet down ana considerably damaged.
The loss is partially covered by insur-
ance. The building is owned by Col
F. y. Dow ana is insured. one of the
rooms in the second story is occupied
by Miss l.. Z. Dag. and she had n
narraw escape from suffocation. officer
William Merrill ran up the stairs and
awoke her and assisted her to the side
walk. For the remainder of the night
she was cared for by some of the
ncighbors. The fire started in close,
in some way unknown.
John Garland. painter employed
On Carroll street. Portland. had mar
row escape from serious injury or
death. Thursday. He was standing on
Il ladder painting the peak Of a house.
The ends of the ladder rested on the
house and in the branches of neigh
boring tree. 4 second ladder was dis
lodged by the wind in such 4 manner
that it brushed Gaftland'S support
away and threw him into space With
the pavement 40 feet below. AS he fell
he mechanically threw out his right
hand and caught limb about s feet
from the ground. where he held on
long enough to break the force Of his
fall. He escaped with spraincd wrist
and few bruises.
The board of bishops Of the Mctho-
ii church Of the United States is in
session in Portland and. Thursday
even ne. Trey were rendered q reception
TT the Chestnut street Methodist
{ hurch. The affair was largely attended,
70: only by Portland people but by
Others from out of the city who came
10 noct the bishops of the American
, huroh The bishops. j. in number were
Fr1ted on the platform Rev. f. o.
Th7yer. the presiding elder Of the
r"' tiand district. presided. and after
II" customary opening exercises he in
tr decd Rev. Luther Freeman of the
Chestnut street church. who welcomed
the bishops to Portland and to Maine.
E'cnp Andrews of New York, replied
20 Ia" address of welcome in behalf of
& board. He was followed by Bishop
! ow.cr of New York.