Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

SPARKS FROM MAINE WlHEo.
William Ferguson aged about so.
loomfixer for many years in the mills
at Springvale. who moved TO Wells,
last fall and engaged in the poultry
business. committed suicide, Thursday
by crtting his threat.
Amos Il. Frost of Newry committed
suicide, Thursday, by shooting with
revolver, while alone in his farmhouse.
His wife was visiting in Paris. Me.
and his two daughters and son We're
away for the day Dependency was
gwen as the cause He was 81 years
OF age.
Al the parsonage Of the First Bap-
tist church at Bath, Wednesday, Geo.
peming OF Bath were married by Rev.
Chddsey of lsreeport and Mrs. G. A.
Charles Raymond chappell The
bridegroom gave his age as 10 That
of the bride is given as DO
Chester Robinson. % years old, a
foreman in the paper mill at Millinock-
ct, was frightfnly injured Wednesday,
by being caught in shaft and whirl-
ed around with great velocity, coming
in contact with circular saw ut ev-
tiS tfNpiuAsDils fiI Nsea ttiioNi etNSt'
when his clothes gave way. Robinson
was still living that night, but was in
critical condition.
Francis Tighe died at Roekland,
Wednesday. of pneumonia, aged 70.
She and her husband celebrated their
51ih wedding anniversary, last Decem-
Der, Mrs. Tighe was daughter of
the late Ephraim Snow, and her death
leaves as the only surviving member
of that family her brother, Rear Adj
MIRA a. Sidney Snow. L. S. N, retired
OF Boston. Mrs Tighe had been a
member of the First Baptist church for
nearly 60 years
According to a statement made at
Bath. Wednesday. by William Griffin
of Malaga Island, the inhabitants of
that peculiar colony have no idea of
moving from the spot that has been
their home for so many years. al
though a plan has been on foot to
break up the community. During the
winter the State purchased Malaga
Island and since that time the people
have felt very secure in the belief
that they would be looked out for by
State authorities.
The first trial of the May term of
the supreme court at Alfred occupied
nearly the entire day, Wednesday. The
case WAS a suit brought by Mrs. Car
RE NJ. Burniam of Old Orchard to
recover $1,000 from Police officer Hen
ny w Kicker for alleged assault, Sep
TENDER . last. Mrs. Barnham alleged
that when she made a complaint to
Lin he kicked her. The officer denied
Using violence in arresting Mrs. Burn
ham The jury returned a verdict for
the defendant.
James III. Pendar, chairman of the
Alfred board of selectmen died,
Wednesday morning, after short ILL
ness of pneumonia. Mr.. Pendar was
born at Newburyport. July 4. ls45, the
son of Nathaniel and Susan Lervy)
Pendar Because of the death of his
mother when he was six years old he
was taken to Alfred where he was
reared by the community of Shakers.
with whom he lived until 1892. In
April. 1892. he Withdrew from the
community, however. and entered the
lumber business. Mr.. Pendar pur
chased a farm in 1896. which he cul-
tivated until his death. He was elect
-Al IL SclttAithi III ioSo tAiid AHN 80 49,
several terms since.
John NORM, son of Napoleon NORM.
of l04 Oak street, Lewiston, commit
ted suicide by shooting, early Wednes-
day evening, in his room ON the third
floor Of his home. He WAS alone IN the.
house at the time, SO that the exact
hour is not known, but il probably
was soon after o'clock. Young NORM
was born in Canada, March IA, 1880
He was a shirtmaker by trade. His
mother died two years ago nd he had
been in i'll health since and had
brooded over his mothers death. For
several weeks also he had appeared
subject to Authorizations. The father
and four sisters survive.
When locomotive No. 4 Of the Wis
casset, Waterville & Pennington Rail-
road left the rails two miles above
White6eld, Wednesday, and toppled
over into a ditch the lives of more than
30 men We're endangered. The Iocomo-
tive was hauling a gravel train to
Coopars Mills and in the caboose,
which, was next to the locomotive, We're
all the laborers. The end of the ca
boose was torn out, but with the ex-
ttpliot VI bIHiScs, NONE vi TIE men
were injured. Engineer Charles Ponce
roy and Fireman Charles Keefe were
obliged to lump FROM the locomotive
and escaped without scratch. The de-
railnient was due to a soft spot in the
roae5cd. The locomotive ran over the
ties for nearly 200 feet. then toppled
completely over and came to rest in a
ditch.