Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-02
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES

1SPAkS fkUM MAINE WIRES
Edwin c. Fletcher of Camden
| Edwin c. Fletcher. q former INST
master Of Camden. died Tuesday at tho
age Of 50 years. He was president q,
the Knox Wooden Co., and had repre>
sented the town in the Legislature.
Woman Register Of Probate
| Miss Annie E. Pierce was appointed
acting register of probate Of Cumber-
land county by Probate Judge Charles
T.. Donahue of Portland Tuesday and
assumed the duties of Register Of Pro.
BATE Henry A. Peabody, who was
called to the Colors with the National
rGuard last July and is now at the Of.
fcers' training camp at Fort oele.
Ithrope. Georgia. Miss Pierce, who was
q clerk in the Office. will turn the sal.
ary of $1,000 over to Sergeant Pea.
body.
Mazie e. Silver, Portland, Missing
Miss Maize f. Silver, II, disappeared
from the boarding house Of Mrs. Jabes
Freeman, IA Smith street. Portland.
week ago and her parents are anxious
to locate her. They are looking also
for Charles Henry Badger. otherwiss
Charles Spooner, who had been escor
for her to considerable extent. H.
has had stables in Rutland. VT, aud
several Massachusetts, cities. The
girl is dark, five feet six inches tai
wore a dark seal coat, belted. crimson
hat with black band and blue serge
dress. She wore her hair cut Dutch
fashion.
Campbell Decrow Wedding Surpris.
The marriage of Elmer w. Campbell
of the U. S. S. Hippocampus and Miss
Marion E. Decrow, organist OF St.
Peters church, was announced Mon.
day at Rockland. Friends were sur.
prised to learn that the ceremony was
performed in Camden, Nov. rs. The
brides parents shared in the surprise
but their blessing was freely given
Mr.. Campbell is a graduate of Colby
College. He enlisted last summer IN
the Naval Reserve Force. The bride
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton W.
Decrow, with whom the couple will re.
side at 1o5 Middle street. Rockfand.
Lieut.. Horatio Staples
Lieut.. Horatio Staples. one of the
best known Maine soldiers of Civil
war days. who Is dead at his home in
Portland, was in the dry goods bust
ness on Main street in Bangor at the
outbreak of the Civil war. He Joined
the Second Maine Volunteer Infantry
tho first regiment to leave the State
for the front. and was second lieu.
tenant of Co. II, of which Capt. f. A.
Garnsey of this city was first Neuten.
A 1So how
tain. Later Lieut.. Staples was ap-
pointed aid on the staff of General
Barnes. commanding the First Brig.
aGc, First Division Fifth army Corps
He served throughout the war and
made an enviable record for bravery
, and efficiency. At the close OF the
struggle Lieut.. Staples went to Port.
:, land where he has since made his
home. He was for years recordr Of
the Maine commandery. Military Or.
der of the Loyal Legion. and resigned
that office because Of Ill health He
was one of the few surviving memters
of the Second Maine Veteran Assoca.
ton and his former comrade in arms
regret the loss Of u brave soldier and
q beloved comrade. -,
A $4,000 Fire at East aurr,1
The farm buildings of NJ. D. Chg
at East Surry We're entirely. destros*
Sunday evening by fire, eogvsiei
with contents. The fire originated
presumably from an over-heated
fue. The buildings were among
the most valuable ON the road.
l. and landmark for travellers Of that
u section. The loss is estimated at up
= wards Of $4,000. with a small insurance.
s Bad Fire at BrownvI'e
: Fire was discovered in the home Of
Philip Legere on Briggs street. Brown
n willie, just before / A. NJ, Friday. Dec
: rs, and an alarm was sounded on TIT
: peg factory whistle. The house, whici
n was a double tenement building, wa
occupied by the Legeres and by Grit
fifth Jones and family, and owned b
the J. w. Davis heirs, was burned D
the ground with the adjoining SHEDS
The large barn erected several yean
ago by the late Judson Briggs and wha
was known as the William BrigE
0 house, also owned by the Briggs heir!
Y and occupied by a family named Page
I were also burned. The barn CONTAINED
Q little of value but was fine structure
, in good condition. The three families
, saved considerable of their furniture
! The loss is estimated at several thous-
q and dollars. The home of the late
Judson Briggs and wife, at present
a closed, and the buildings of Hugh FL
lis and Lewis Gerrish on Church
, street were in considerable danger,
but were saved. 49, ~. .-~~A--~ y
, Bankruptcy Proceedings
i, Sewell J. and Clyde S. Walker OF
, Bethel, doing business under the firm
name of Walker & Son. have flied a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The
liabilities of the partnership are ct at
s1O5037 and the assets at $500. ewaI
j. Walker sets his individual liza Iiaes
at s305.25 and his assets at $5t 81 o.
which 1855 is claimed exempt. llya9
Walkers liabilities are put at am
his assets at S341 OF which % IS
claimed exempt. The principal cred
tors of the firm are J. a. Twaddle g
Bethel and II. =. Dennison Of Anburhl
Ind, the former bill being for horses
and the latter for groceries.
Richard f.. Wing of Jay, a farm Ia
borer, filed a bankruptcy petition Sat
urday placing his liabilities at slS5ssl
and his assets at s65. The bankruptcy
petition of George NJ. Coates of Auburn.