Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-18
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

entrance certlncdleS were Sent out ~
over SO prospective Bowdoin College
freshmen. last week. 1t is now expect
ed that the class will be the largest IN
the history of the college
Mayor Seth Low of New York, ar
rived at Bar Harbor, Saturday AFTER
noon. ON the yacht Surprise he VIII
be the guest of John S. Kennedy Oh
New York, at Kenniden lodge.
On the return of Co. G from the
State muster, Saturday evening,
sword. donated by business men OF
Riddeford. was presented to Lieut.. f.
T.. Holt whose election to the Heuten-
ancv occurred while the company was
in camp.
A special meeting of the Lewiston
MAYOR and aldermen was held, Satur-
dav. to act in the case of Joseph Bar
| foot of that city, who is judged insane
nv the physicians. 1t was decided that
| he should be sent to Augusta. He has
| been i'll a month.
The gross receipts of the Sanford &
Cane Porpoise Electric Railroad for the
wear ending June 80 increased $1S,331
over last year. The passenger receipts
| i'm the first six months of this year
were 1896 larger than for the CORE
spending period last year.
Joseph Deschambeault of Lewiston,
was arraigned before Recorder Emer-
son in the Lewiston municipal court,
Saturday, for search, seizure and nul-
sance. He pleaded not guilty, but was
found guilty and bound over to the
next term of the supreme court, under
| $500 bonds.
Saco citizens have petitioned the rail-
road commissioners met to accept the
| work done by the Boston & Maine in
widening its crossing over the Portland
road at Goose Fare. The petitioners
allege that the company did not COM
ply with the conditions embodied in
| the permit.
Between midnight and 8 A. NJ. Satur-
day, two breaks were made in Farm
fington The residence of Mrs. Julia
Butler was entered by forcing open a
| window, and that of Mrs. A. j. Bry-
| ant, by opening a piazza door. Evil
IDENTIFY it was the work of tramps, for
only eatables We're taken.
The two Italians who were arrested
| at Cape Porpoise, Friday, on suspicion
of having stolen two valuable rings
| from the cottage of Mr.. Oliver of st.
| Louis. at Biddeford Pool, were dis
charged in the Biddeford municipal
| court. Saturday, because of lack of
| evidence against them. The missing
rings were worth $1,000.
1t is rumored at Bath that a new
| steamboat company may be organized
| to compete with the Eastern Steam
| ship Co. Since the Bath & Boston line
steamers went into the combination.
| the rate between the two cities was
raised from $1.25 to $3.50. 1t is under
stood the rev company intends to do
business only between Boston and
| Bath.
Mrs. Lembaker of Auburn, who has
been attending the meeting of the
Pythian Sisterhood at San Francisco,
Cal, while returning home had a mar
| row escape from being annihilated by
clcudburst. The water came down
the valley toward the train eight feet
high and 100 feet wide, but fortunately,
the train being at standstill, nothing
but the derailment of the cars resulted.
The annual meeting of the Wooden
Mill Overseers' Association of Eastern
Maine was held, Saturday, at Hartland
with about 120 members present. Elec-
ton of. officers resulted in choice of:
President, James Dodd of Pittsfield;
first vice president, ]. o. Morgrilge
Dexter; second vice president, f. NJ
Moore Old Town; secretary, c. P. Gill
man, Dexter; treasurer, J. T. David
son. Guilford. 1t was voted to meet in
Old Town in 1903.
Having mistaken the new Pollock
Rip lightship for the old one, early
Saturday, in the thick weather, Capt
William Murphy of the two-masted
schooner Irene Meservey of st. George,
Me. from Bangor for New York, ran
ashore on Bearse's shoal. Capt. Ellis
and the crew of the Monomoy life saw
ing station went to the assistance of
the vessel. and succeeded in floating
her by throwing over a small part of
the deckload. The schooner leaked a
little. but was able to proceed to New
York with a fair wind. Capt. Murphy,
who is nearly 20 years of age, reports
this as the first time that he ever went