Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-11
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


George S. Staples, many years a lead
ing Republican politician and 10 years
street commissioner of Portland, died,
Saturday evening.
Work will soon be commenced on the
new stone pier which the government
is to build at PoDham Beach at the
mouth of the river. There is general
feeling, however, that actual work on
the new fOrtification at Sabine Hill will
not be begun until another season.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hawkes. of
Windham, celebrated their golden we'd
ding, Friday, and amonS the guests
We're Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Dole, who re-
Gently celebrated their golden wedding.
OF the 20 people who attended the we'd
ding 80 years ago, nine are still living.
Two more inmates of the Cody house
on Bartlett street in Lewiston We're
taken to the pest house, Saturday. be-
ing i'll with smallpox. This makes six
cases in all from this house, the last
two to come down with the disease be-
ing James Cody and Katherine Burns,
a boarder.
Bath vessel owners report freight
rates have been a trine more firm the
past week, and it is expected that the
coming summer will be unusually busy
on the Kennebec river. For the first
time for several years Kennebec ice
Will be shipped to New York and South
ern ports, which will make quite a de-
mand for ordinary carrying vessels.
The Kennebec river shad season is at
ite, l,r,t &c l.
failure this year. Many well-known
fishermen who had made extensive
preparations for catching these fish,
for which there is a good demand, have
lost money in purchasing new outfits
and thus far there has been only
small profit. Alewives are running in
large numbers and a good catch of
salmon is expected.
William r. Palmer of Boston, who is
rapidly getting large fleet of coal and
general merchant vessels together, add
ed one more to his list, Saturday, when
he purchased from Percy 81 Small of
Bath. the fivc-masted wooden schooner
this concern has been building. Work
will be hustled so that she may be
launched in August. Percy, e Small
have not decided to replace this vessel
with another one for themselves, but
will probably build a siX-master
Another chapter in the steamboat
war at Bangor, between Capt. William
Bennett and Engineer kerst of the
steamer Mcrryconeag has been opened
by Kerst making a formal offer of $500
for Capt. Benefits share in the boat
This is the result of a decision of the
court that kerst could have until May
ID in which to buy Capt. BENEFITS
share. Capt. Bennett now says he will
refuse the offer, and now it is likely
the courts will again be appealed to.
The Androscoggin Log Driving Co.
was organized, Saturday, at Lewiston,
with the choice of these officers: Presi-
dent. Edwin Riley, Rumford Falls;
treasurer, f. NJ. Simpson, Bangor;
clerk, George d. Bisbee, Rumford
Falls; directors, Charles +, Oak, Ban
COR, Edwin Riley Rumford Falls, r. l..
Melcher, Andover, Frank Thomas, An
lover. c. H. Dunton, Rumford Falls.
The conditions for logging on the An
iroscoggin river will be investigated
from Livermore Falls, Me-, 10 Cor
lam, n. II.
Bath people are now awaiting with
considerable interest the report which
Mai. S. w. Roessler of the engineer
| corps will forward to the war depart
nent regarding Bull Rock bridge rs an
obstruction to navigation on the New
Meadows river. He has announced
| that he will recommend the removal OF
| this bridge and the substitution of an
other at the head of navigation on thu
river, but this is not pleasing to Bruins
wick people. and they announce thai
| they will protest even if a special hear.
| ing has to be obtained before war de-
| partment officials at Washington.
| Capt. Edwin H. Tracy died at hi:
| home in Milbridge, Me-, May 2, aget
about 10 years. Capt. Tracy was borl
| 1T Gouldsboro, Me-, and began his sea
faring life when quite young, maxim;
voyages TO the West Indies, and late
in life engaged in the Mediterranean
trade. and made VOYAGES to the Eas
Indies and to South America wit
marked success, never having lost
vessel. nor met with any serious disas
ter Among the vessels he commando