Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-25

SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

1 1ttUfs /. L y lAIllSOil. ISuu Oh Il
| large retail concern. is at the Trull
| hospital, Biddeford. suffering from
injuries sustained in being thrown
from wagon in which he was riding,
The horse ran away and Mr.. Atkinson
was thrown to the paving.
Coal is cheaper in Bangor than In
any other place in New England, the
local dealers claim. Orders for CITY
delivery are filled al the following
prices: Egg, SI.5a: stove and nut, STD.
Whether tho price viii advance de-
Ponds upon the supply On hand when
the river closes. After the closing Of
the river coal is received at Bucks
port. which increases the price 50 cents
ton.
Tie orga nization of the Wiscasset
Progressive Club was completed,
Wednesday. The club has about 10
members. Charles $. Sewall IS presi-
dent and F. S. Perkins. secretary.
The personnel of the new town COM
mittee was announced as follows; c.
e Crowley, Jr.. chairman; F. H..
Gray, secretary; A. II. Gould. treas
uret: F. NJ. Rattall, O.. f. Illsley, A.
d. Grover and 4. G.. French Dr. b A
Bailey is the town menber Of tie la
coin county committee
Hugh MoGilvery. unmarried, ar a
man somewhere between 50 and 50
years old, was fatally injured while
at work i'm the Sutton saw mill at
saltwater, Wednesday evening. about
5 o'clock. by falling across ciTcsisar
saw, which cut off his leg just above
the ankle. He died from loss of blood
and shock. after Icing removed to the
Fourth street hospital although every
thing possible was done to. relieve him
and to save his life.
Devotion to comrade cost the life
of Guy Lermond. It, according to dis
patch from Union received in Rock
land, Wednesday. Lermond and an
other boy named Arthur Cummings
were crossing a slippery dam, when
the latter fell into the Georges river.
Lernond Gived after him and, battling
against the swift current, managed 10
bring his burden to the river bank.
Edward Alden pulled Cummings to a
place of safety, but Lermond, evident
ly overcome by the cold water fell
back and sank. His body was recover
ed TIE Cummings boy has recovered.
semi-annual meeting of the Aroostook
Association of congregational church.
es. in Houfton, Oct. % and "a. Many
delegates from all over the county
were present. The following program
was given for Wednesdays session:
I1.45 z. NJ, devotional service And or
ganization: moderator, S. r. Crabtree;
2. conference sermon. Rev. Nj. Messer
SmySer; 8, topic, 1.-The Kind Of Evan
gelism Aroostook County Needs Rev.
sumner Sargent: 4, discussions: I.So +.
NJ. service of song; s sP. M, address
"The Country Church" Prof. Calvin M.
Clark, D. ID. st F
Wednesday afternoon, Turk, who
gave his name as Tahi Jasup, was ar
rested on Alfred street, Biddeford on
suspicion of having knowledge OF the
break at the Boston & Maine Railroad
station at Kennebunkport, Tuesday
night When searched, one of three
mileage books stolen from the station
was found in his pocket. Another mile
age book was found in Biddeford
paWnshop and a third at a fruit store
on Alfred street. Jasup denied he had
anything to do with the break and i'm
plicsted another man of whom the po-
lice have description.
The home of Harry Scott of Enfield
was burned, about A. M, Tuesday,
Oct. q, with nearly all it's contents.
Mr.. Scott was warming tar to fix the
roof and on taking the tar from t1e
stove, the handle came out of the pan.
emptying the contents on the stove,
when it immediately caught fire. The
flames went through the house so rap
idly that hut few things We're saved
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott We're both burned
very badly on the hands and arms anu
DIR. s. N. Marsh of West Enfield was
called to dress their wounds Mucn
sympathy is felt for Mr.. and Mrs
Scott, also for Mrs. Scott's mother.
who lived with them. They had a neat
little home and were we'll fitted UP
for winter. He had 10 loads of hard
wood in the she'd
Joseph l.. Small, prominent mem
Der of the Grand Army, and active IN
Odd Fellow circles for years, dled,
Tuesday night, at his home in Bid
deford. He was born in kennebunk-
port, Me-, Dec, 4, 1876, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph L. Small. He enlisted
in Co. G., 32d Maine Regiment, when
the war broke out. Sept. &c., 1854, he
was taken prisoner and confined in
Salisbury, N. c., prison. for five
months. He was discharged. in 1865.
In November, 1865, he entered the gro
Gerry business in Biddeford and con-
tinued with a Boston firm as travel
ing salesman. He remained in the en-
phoy of the company till his death. He
was a member of Laconia Lodge, l.
10. o. f., York Encampment and Can
ton j. H. Dearborn, p NJ, and of u
S. Grant Post, G. A. r.. and never
missed q reunion of his regiment. He