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

The North Lubec Packing @.ss5f whic',
Geo. ii. CumstocS and Edwa14 r.. o. Don
nell are members. has filed petition in
bankruptcy. and q petition ~ also been
filed by Chas. l.. Hussey OF Pft1siield.s
Ralph Chapman. city .electf4eian of Old
Town, met wftn a painful acttdent We'd
nesday afternoon. while endeaNoring 70
start a gasoline engine at the .srist mill
of Sawyer * Mel elan. In some way ne
got his leg caught in the machinery OF
the engine and one bone. was brokcri
just below the knee.
George II. Morey who owned the Will
ley house site and other White. Mountain
property. died at Portland, "Wednesday.
lie was born in Vermont in 1915. and had
been identified with the summer resort
business for many years. lie was mcnl-
Der of the Portland Board of Trade. and
an active business man. y widow ana
family survive him.
Simon bennett was caught in shaft
ing. Tuesday. ut George II. Day silSt
mill at Lyman. Dement'S body was
caught between the upper ioor ana shait-
ing in such way that the machinery
was stopped by the wedge he made. ON,
of his arms was terribly lacerated and
his body fearfully bruised lie was awe
and promises to recover.
The third days session OF the civil term
of the supreme court for PenohscQt coun-
ty at Bangor, was comparatively I'M
important one. and although the two u
rics reported in the morning they Were
soon afterward excused until $50 O'Clock,
Friday morning. Five cases had been
assigned for trial, Thursday, but they
We're all settled out of court
Mrs. Ann Etchells of Biddeford, an aged
inmate of the Wardwell Home for Old
Ladies. made an unsuccessful attempt to
commit suicide. Tuesday night. by turn
ing on the gas in her apartmo nus Sne
was discovered in time by one of the oth
er inmates. Dependency caused by the
loss of her eyesight is supposed to have
been the reason Mrs. Etchells attempted
to take her life.
According to estimates made in Ban
gor. Thursday, by Exchange street lum-
bermen who operate on the East branch.
there are about 100000 feet OF logs hung
up there which will have to remain III
the yards until next spring owing TO the
early departure of the snow which pre-
vented the crews from getting the logs 70
the landings. The total cut on the East
branch during the past winter, according
to figures made by local operators, Is
44.000,e coo.
Another prize fight has been arranged
to take place between Tom Wilson OF
Bar Harbor and Abner Stewart of Wood
stock. New Brunswick, the champioIi
fighter of Carlton county. n. b. 1t IS
said that it will take place on the border
line of the town of Bridgewater and New
Brunswick. near CenterVllie. ~. b.; ,, aoo ~ :
20 miles from Houlton, near the line OF
the b. & A. r. X. at midnight some UNI
the last of this month. for 500 side.
Capt Nathaniel Falker. who in nearly
20 years service never mad a vessei
wrecked, died at his home on the Pool
road, Biddeford. wednesday. after snort
illness of pneumonia. His age was 81.
When years old he saw the first service
before the mast and at the age or - ne
was made captain. For 65 years he COM
manded vessels that sailed all over the
world He was one of the oldest Free
Masons and odd Fellows in this county.
-Four daughters. Mrs. Andrew Gold
thwaite. Mrs. Emery Johnson. Mrs
Washburn Emerson of Biddeford, and
Mrs. j. F. Mckinney of Limington. and
one son. Capt. John Falker of Saco, sus-
yiye him.