Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-02-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

| Petitions in bankruptcy have beer
filed by: Dennis Peltier. Presque Isle
Richard A. Dudley, Portland: Amos A.
johnson, Norridgewock; Fred B. Tay.
lor. Waterville; oliver N. Leavitt, Au.
burn; Joseph Maltain, Jr., Lewiston.
| Donald rockingham of Portland
| Me, was in the police court at Wash
ington, Monday. on the charge of steal
ing four overcoats. He went there some
time ago to secure government job
but was not successful. He told the
| police court judge that he stole the
coats to buy food and reach home, as
lie found he could get no work. In de-
| fault of fine of $12O he was sent to
Jail for $50 days.
The Tuesday morning train from
Portland to Waterville and from Farm
ington to Portland over the Upper
Maine Central, and the train to Wa
terville over the lower road, were de-
layed some time on account of an acci-
dent to a freight train near Greene. The
accident was due to the breaking of a
wheel, throwing one car off the track.
, No one was hurt and the damage is
slight, except for the delay to traffic.
The schooner yacht Puritan, which
defeated the Genesta in the America
cup races, is at the south marine rail-
, way at Rockland, receiving repairs and
improvements, which will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Chief among
these improvements will be a new d,ck
made of selected pine. Relic-seekers
flock about the famous craft and the
oI1 ;., IN
Puritan will go into commission again
about May l and as usual will cruise
from Marbehead to Bar Harbor.
The storm of Sunday was the most
severe that has occurred in Jonesport
for years. The sloop Allena l.. Gray
dragged from her mooring and went
ashore on the rocks near Mansfield's S
wharf. He bottom was badly chafed
and all head gear carried away. includ-
ing the stem. Schooner Forest Oak
dragged ashore near Sawyers wharf
and sustained damages to. about $75.
Schooner Clara Rogers parted chains
and after drifting nearly mile went
ashore near Faulkingham's wharf. 1t
| is believed she is only slightly dam
aged.
| The Madison High school building
caught fire in the basement. Monda Y
noon. the fire being discovered by schol-
ars on the upper floor. The fire caught
around the furnace and had gained
some little Roadway at the time it was
discovered. Quite a portion of the base
ment floor was burned. Besides the fire
ate it's way up between the walls to
tine first floor. blistering the paint and
doing considerable damage between
the walls. The damage is placed at
about $1,000: fully insured. The High
school is a two-story brick building
built only five or six years ago at a
cost of $4,000.
Michael Creamer, a pedler who tray-
els all over northern Maine narrowly
escaped death by drowning on the Pc
nobscot river at Midway, one day last
week. He was crossing the east branch
of the river when the ice gave way and
he disappeared suddenly from the view
of the men who stood on the shore
watching his progress. When he came
to the surface the men managed to get
a rope where he could reach IT and
pulled him out. During his struggle in
the water Creamer lost a pocketbook
containing $685. in cash. notes and
checks. He was in the water Is min
utes and was badly chilled when res
Cued