Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-02
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The funeral of VIII II. Stockbridge,
who was killed, Thursday afternoon, at
F'reeport, by falling under the wheels
of a freight train, will be held from
his late residence in Freeport, Sunday
afternoon.
Francois D. Quay, aged IS, team
stcr was struck by Il train, Saturday,
while crossing the Boston e Maine
Railroad tracks at Saco He was
thrown Is feet He sustained a bad
scalp wound and it is feared his spine
is injured.
The steel bowsprit of the five-masted
steel schooner building at the yard Of
Arthur Sewall & Co. at Bath was
stepped, last week, and it is expected
that the craft will be ready to go over
board in about q month. She will be
commanded by Capt. Frank Patten of
Bath.
Philip bartlett, lumberman. and a
stranger in Portland, was enticed into
l Fore street place, Saturday evening,
knocked down, robbed of $6o and
thrown out into the street. He wan
1ered about. half-unconscious, until
taken to the police station. He can
-lOl describe TIE house OF Ills dSSdii-
ants.
The four-masted schooner Cohasset,
building at the yard of the Kelley,
Spear Co. at Bath for the John S. EN-
cry Co. of Boston. will be launched,
March 10. The craft is to be COM
manded by Capt. Gorham of Round
Pond, and will enter the general car
ryng trade. The official dimensions
are as follows: Length, 1916 feet;
beam. 27.3 feet; depth, 1871 feet; gross
tonnage, 965.46: net, S24.39.
The Thornton Memorial library at
Saco, Me-, was dedicated, Saturday
afternoon In the absence of the dom
ors, the widow and daughter of Col.
Charles c. G. Thornton of Boston, the
formal presentation of the building to
the trustees of Thornton Academy was
made by Vice President Hamden Fair
ield Of the board The address of ac-
ceptance was by the Hon. Joseph w.
Symonds of Portland, president of the
trustees.
The Boston police have been asked to
search for Mrs. Matte Howe of Ban
gor, Me- who has been missing since
Dec. g. When she left Bangor she took
her 1S-months-old baby boy named
Walter with her, and it is supposed he
is with her now. The police have rea-
son to believe that she might seek
work in some restaurant. Mrs. Howe
is u years old, feet, inches in
height. weighs 10 pounds, has black
hair, blue eyes and is rather good
looking.
The municipal court room at Bath
was not large enough to accommodate
the crowd which attended the trial,
Saturday, of John Fiske and William
Wakefield. charged with assault and
battery on Frank Ambrose on the night
of Feb. q. and Judge Fogg had to ad-
journ to City hall. The trial took up
nearly three hours. after which f1ske
was discharged and Wakefield, who
was found guilty, was lined $40 ana
half the costs of prosecution, amount
ing in all to 1854.
DIR. Nathaniel T. Palmer of Bruns-
wick. who is the Oldest physician IN
Maine with only one exception, Dr.
Alonzo A. Garcelon of Lewiston, op-
served his birthday anniversary, FRI
day. Dr. Palmer was born in Gardi-
her. Feb 81 1913, being the son OF John
and Mary Tohey Palmer he WORKED
his way through the common SCHOOLS
and the Medical School of Maine, grad
uating in the class of 1872 he married
Miss Mary NJ Curtis, the daughter or
Capt. William Curtis. DR.. Palmer was
one of the founders of the Maine Med
| ical Association. He has been the pres
ident of the First National Bank for
81 years.