Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-16

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The military company Of young ladies' ia
Bangor was organized sx months ago or
more; they take their name (Chilcoihians)
from Captain Chiicot, of the Hamlin Rifles.
who has been their instructor from the
first. They have fine uniform and exc
cute the various military movements and go
the manual in a very prompt and
.kIlfui manner They are to give an exhi
btion at Norombegs Hall on the 23d, and as
they belong to he first families Of the city.
there 10 naturally much interest 10 the com
ing event A good price 10 put upon the
tickets but they are being rapidly taken.
Such organizations are to be encouraged as
their tendency is to promote health and an
upright, graceful carriage.
In the town of Milo last year about
$50. 600 was sXpe nded for new buildings,
the most important Of these being the Odd
Fellows building, which is by far the best
structure IN Piscstaquis county outside of
Dover and Foxcrott. Several foe resi-
dences were built, the most notable among
the On being that Of + W. Hsmlin, Super
intendent of the Merrck Thread Co. = Spool
WOfhs Ou tht thuhbihu h,luS al 'FAHOudit
Lake A good deal of building Is contem-
plated In Milo this season. In the last
dozen years. real estate in this town has
nearly if not quite doubled in valuation.
The Times says tina, Civil Engineer Cor
liss has been surveying for the keels of the
two cruisers to be built in Bath. To meet
the requirements these must be placed on
. definite grade.
People expect good deal of crankiness
on the part of Bath people, but few were
prepared to hear that they had gone back
10 local time, and set the town clock &C.
cordingly. 1t would not surprise US to hear
next that the City Council had taken a
stand In favor Of reviving the pod auger
The Camden Herald. whose editor is Hon.
T. X. Simonton. for many years prominent
ly identified with temperance work in this
State. Is not discouraged by the recent de-
cision of the U. s. Supreme Court and the
Herald says Now let emperance men unite.
while they enforce the common seller. tip
ping shop and other nndispuied provisions
of the Law. We see nothing in this decision
to discourage temperance workers. Under
the decision our prohibitory Law loses but
little Of its strength and power, and under
such legislation a. the Chief Justice univer-
sally recommends. the prohi bitory states
would be able to free themselves from this
great and burning curse.
A prominent horsemsn said to Lewis
ton Journal reporter that among the things
which the State Agricultural Society must
have 10 = horse stable. He says "Over
half of the trotting horses now at the track
have fallen sick during this long series of
rain storms. It is tough on q well-kept,
sensitive anima, to take him from warm
barn and put him into stall or shed where
the air blows through the cracks. A fine
big barn in the quadrangle there with lean to
shed, or stalls built for warmth and com
fort along its sides would be the proper
. stable as is at nearly all
the tracks. 1t wilt come. sometime or an
other. With good cellar under it and
we'll made it would prove good invest
ment for the State Fair Society"
Mr.. w. H. WEIGH. who owns and runs
the lumber mills at Stetson. has an in
genieus arrangement for opening and clos
ing the gate at the reservoir dam, about one
half mile from the mill. When MIR. WEIGH
went there q man had to be sent twice
daily over this distance to attend to the
gates. Nov by . system of chains and
levers attached to posts like the soma
pnores used by railroads this is done at the
mills just as an ordinary gate would be
managed.
Hampton Academy is one Of the schools
of which Maine may be proud. 1t has an
excellent corps of teachers, and sen1s on.
hosts Of fine scholars. The commencement
exercises are announced as follows: Baccs
laureate sermon. Sunday. May 25th; prize
speaking. Wednesday, the 2Sth; graduating
exercises, Thursday. the 29th. 10 this as
in most schools there are some who like to
dance. and it would please this element to
wind up with grand ball; the trustees AMI
the faculty have looked over the ground.
however, an 4 decide that il will be concert
and not ball. This will occur on Friday,
May 80.
Many nice residences ia Bangor have
been built by the aid Of the Loan and Build
ing Association, which was one of the first
to be organized in this State. At its meet.
ing Monday night the Association loaned
$500 ct 25 cents premium. The CONNER
cial says that more money would have been
taken had it been available. These asso
ciAtions have done and are doing a great
thing for the laborins class and those who
receive only small salaries.
An instance OF canine sagxcity is report
ed from Corinna- John Henry Young of
that town has dog (Collie) that one day
crept up behind crow which was
sitting on low fence. gave jump, made
one bite and the crow vas dead, with the
head bitten OF. all ready for the town
treasurer.
The Univefsalists Of Mechanic Falls were
owing money on their church and to pay the
same got up supper for which they charged
q so plate. II va we'll patrouixed, ar ID
pointer for other societies similarly circum-
Ieanced.
An item has been going the rounds,
.tarted BY some careless or malicious writer,
% the eject that the salaFies Of Methodist
ministers in this State averaged only 81 cts.
pen dsew. The facts are that in the Maine
- 10 shown by the annual min
ates for 1889. the l0s pastors received
DS4 us, or an average of little more than
o6S4 for the year. This would be an aver
We for SIS sorkine days Of trife over
y per day. Take ont half dozen places
where the salary vas very small and the
lvefase would be much more. In the
East Maine Conference, including the large
but spaSsely settled Aroostook county, sos
Methodist ministers received in salaries
DSs. $50. q IN average Of e547. A. Eve
pseachefs were on thtir charges bus q part |
u the year The actual svefaee receipts |