Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES,

The End district Republican convention
VIII be held in Lewiston, Tuesday, June
Magic City Tent. No. 80, knights of the
Maecabees, was instituted in Rumford
Falls. Friday. April 25 by State Com.
Ward with so charter members.
In the supreme court in Auburn, Sat
urday, in the $1,000 suit brought by Susan
X. Whitman against the city of Lewiston,
| the jury brought in a verdict for $6S3.5o.
The Kelley, Spear Co. of Bath. an
| nounced, Saturday, that it will launch
the tug building for the Commercial
Towboat Co. of Boston, at $50 p. Nj.
Monday.
Supt. Charles Ii. Moseley of the Insti-
tute for Sailors at Portland. has resigned
the South. During the season the rooms
have been visited by hundreds of sailors.
A dense fog settled over Bath and the
kennebec river. Saturday night. making
| navigation almost impossible. The fer
ries were handicapped. and the steamer
kennebec was unable to leave her wharf
for Boston.
The liquor deputies made a number of
raids at Portland, Saturday evening.
seized considerable liquor and arrested
four persons. The places visited were
kitchen barrooms, the regular saloons be
ing all closed.
The second week of the iron moulders'
u
with the strikers no nearer a settlement
with the officials of the Hyde Windlass
Co. than when the trouble began. Many
of the strikers are leaving the city to
seek employment elsewhere.
The Rev. w. w. Ogier of Calais, for
merly presiding elder of the Rockland
district. will probably be named as pas
tor of Grace church in Bangor, to succeed
| his duties there, Sunday, to begin his
passionate in st. Johnsbury, Vt. Mr. Ogier
| is one of the most prominent Methodist
clergymen in eastern Maine.
Clerk of Courts Sweet of Bangor, re-
ceived from Chief Justice Wiswell, Satur-
appointed by him TO fix the valuation of
| the toll bridge between Bangor and Brew
| er, in accordance with the provisions of
the Hutchings act. Leslie G. Cornish Of
| Edwin ID. Graves of Hartford, CT, are
| named.
| Ninety men belonging to the list and Sd
| Squadrons of the I'd Cavalry. U. S. A.. in
charge of Lieuts. Reaney and Pope for
| merly stationed at Cienfuegos and Matan-
| Zas. Cuba. arrived. Sunday night. at New
York on board the steamer Albis. They
will proceed to Fort Ethan Allen, VT.
after landing. tomorrow morning. There
are also on board $50 horses belonging To
the I'd Cavalry.
Eliza j. Widdecomb. who has been
missing from her home at Rockland since
| last Sunday, was unprecedented in Ports
| mouth, N. H., Saturday, and is now OH
her way home At the request of the
! girls mother City Marshal Fernald noti-
| fled the chief of police in that city, and
| Saturday, Eliza was taken into custody
| She is Is years old and a daughter of Mr..
] and Mrs. Joseph Widdecomb.
| Mervin Whittam. an oiler employed on
the travelling crane at the Bath Iron
Works sustained severe internal Injuries
Saturday. While attending to his duties
| he became jammed between the gear and
| the frame of the yacht shed and was
| bruised about the chest and back, while
| his muscles were also strained. 1t re-
quired the combined efforts of severa,
| men to remove him from the painful po-
Sition.
The steam mill drive, which has beer
| coming down. the past week. from Sunk
haze, issnearing the Bangor boom. Raft
| ing will commence at the Bangor boom,
Monday morning. The drive contains
2,150,000 feet. 2,G0060 of which Is for the
| Eastern Manufacturing Co. and the re-
mainder for +. II. Strickland The Diri-
go mill will start, Monday morning. the
first time for the season, and that of the
| Eastern Manufacturing Co. will COM
mence saving again at the same time.
The handsome new residence of Hart
| ley C. Baxter on College street, Bruins
| wick, was the scene of q brilliant reccp-
| ton. Saturday afternoon, when Mrs.
| Baxter greeted more than go women,
many coming from out of town. MIS-.
| Baxter was assisted in receiving by Mrs.
| Rupert III. Baxter of Bath, Miss Mary
| Gilman and Miss Mary Potter Of Bruins
wick. Mrs. Geo. T. Thompson and Mrs.
Geo T. Little. assisted by Miss Lula
| Woodward and Miss Eleanor Dunlap
served refreshments. and Miss Lizzie Gil
man and Miss Carrie Potter served
punch. The house WAS Handsomely dec
! Grated with ferns, roses, pinks and tu-
/ lips.