Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-04
ALL OVER MAINE.
The important Happenings Of the Day
Briefly Recorded.


formed an organization
n;tol have received a contribution Of
$3.50 from the private coachmen and
rrooms at that summer resort
rho annual reunion of the Fourth
Maine infantry, Second Maine battery,
N,vv veterans and Bcrdan's sharp
sbonters viii be held in Rockland Sept.
l16.
Josepb Pearson of Old Town. ar
vested This week, on the charge of
stealing $40. has been committed to the
state Reform school during the re-
maindcr Of his minority
Misc Sophia Haskell of Cumberland
Centre. While visiting at the home Of a
friend in Portland, Slipped on pol
;sl.d floor and fell, breaking her hip.
| 1,be break is an unusually bad one.
Alden Sawyer, II prominent farmer
of Greene, died, Wednesday, agcc 80
wears. A widow and one son of New
York survive him. Mr.. Sawyer
formerly resided in Smithfield where he
served as postmaster for number of
years.
| a
dollars, was torn from Mrs. clark
while riding on an electric car IN
| Lewiston. Wednesday night. The thlef
| Immediately jumped from the car AFTER
securing the bag, and thus far has not
been apprehended.
Fred Anthony aged Is years, while
| washing windows in Portland ONCE,
+, Wednesday, stepped from the window
| sill to the telephone cable, which broke
| under his weight and he fell to the
sidewalk, a distance of fully Is feet.
| Although badly shaken UP and bruised,
he fortunately escaped breaking any
bones.
| Cedeon Porgon of Biddeford, was at
work. Wednesday, filling cart with
sand, when an enbankment about 20
feet above him caved. He did not
have time to jump and was quickly
buried to the neck in sand. His cries
were heard by Il man who CHANGED to
| be passing, and help was quickly Sc
cured and Porgon was released from
his perilous position. ~
Misses Lizzie Bass and Edna. Das-'
comb, teachers in Wilton Academy,
l
horse was frightened by man with a
| wheelbarroW, and turning quickly,
threw both ladies from the carriage.
| Miss Bass was severely bruised about
the hips and shoulders and confined
to her bed. Miss DascombeF was also
considerably shaken up. 80
Fire was discovered in the loft above
| the engine room of the Hiram Lumber
Co.'S mill at East Hiram, "Wednesday.
A workman, upon opening the door to
| a dry kiln, some little distance away,
noticed smoke within. The fire whistle
| was promptly sounded and a large
| force of Workmen was soon on hand
with fire eXtinguishers and pals of wa
| ter and soon had the blaze under con-
| troll. M
| one of the largest real estate deals
| i'll Franklin county for some time has
just been closed at Kingfield II. 5.
Wing, f. f. Jenkins and T.. L. Tufts
having bought all the land owned by
the Kingfeld Land Co, some 1853
ACRES. This is a valuable purchase the
land being about all heavily wooded
with white birch, poplar, and timber
besides large quantities hard wood of
all kinds. This will insure all the lum-
Der that the mills in kngfield can use
for many years beside large quantities
| of pulp wood to ship.
Last April the schooner Lillian
| Webster" and the steamer Cambria"
We're in collision at Northeast Harbor.
| The owners of the schooner brought
| suit for damages for 81 800 The case
was referred by the United States
district court to Judge John b. Red
| man. of Ellsworth, as assessor. The
| hearing, lasting two days. was held at
| the Hancock court house this week
Judge Redman awarded the owners of
the schooner $52S.S9. Hale e Hamlin
| represented the "Cimbria:" King and
Peters the Lillian Webster
-Four organ grinders have been visit
ing Ellsworth of late, and during their
stay there crossed Sheriff Whitcomb's
path. In hunting for 4 good place to
build their campfire they found three
or four clothes lines up on Cork hill,
well filed with linen. They relieved
the lines Of their burden and at sunrise
started for Bar Harbor. Deputy
Sheriff Fields and City Marshal Silvy
followed them and brought them back
to Ellsworth. AS nobody appeared
against them they were allowed to go
upon payment of costs and for the
articles that We're missing. They paid
and started for Bangor.
Elmer, the youngest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Smith of Palmyra. died,
Tuesday, after an illness of about two
hours. Early in the morning he went
to his parents rooms and complained
of /. severe pain in his head. He grew
worse very rapidly and soon became
unconscious. Two physicians We're
summoned from Newport but they |
were unable to relieve him. in fact, |
were unable to determine the cause of |
the trouble, and he soon passed away. |
Later they held q post-mortem ex-
animation and found that death had
resulted from catarrhal pneumonia,
both lungs being entirely congested.-
Bangor News.
Hiram w. Thompson of WATERFORD,
committed suicide by hanging in his
stable early Wednesday. Mr. Thomp-
son arose about A. M, dressed and
went to his stable and MIXED his cows