Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-03

IL through ard the rivalry bssresn TIE
tro cities - TO which shall become the
terminus will doubtless hasten The buiIding
Of The road. TIE route IL the ssue In both
Instances from Farninsson to Granite Hill
in HaIloseii. Whether Is viii 60 froa.
there up river to Argssss, OF foxr river to
Garsirer remains to be seen, bat Is siii be
Big boom for the city tEas s'esss there"
One Of the most noble charities in Maize
Is tee rossisni Widow Wood Society.
which, strictly csnfnes IL work to fufrish-
ing fnsi fer 3sserying widows From its
annual report JUST Published il appssrs
ihas casing the rasF sisssr the number Of
widows supplied rith fuel by this society,
vas 7cs. seven more Than last year The
amount Of eoas furnished vss 2.g tons;
amount Of wood. SD cords. The sum
exps ndsd for coal, si,9is; for wood,
s51..s3. msking a total expenditure Of
ss.zz3 81. The funds are rsesiyea from
public ccIiset ons taken st the didersn.
churches.
Tbs Whitman Agricultural Works,
Auburn, are 70 be enlarged and new mseiiin-
cry Pat the entire cost Of the improve
merts, s23eC.
vaIsable checks sometimes hare strange
experiences. Ia Portlaod on Friday Mr..
r. " GfeenIssf, in the employ Ct the
Portland 4 Recnesey railroad, found .
$500 check. lie notified all the banks and
payment Was stopped. TIE owner was
found and Mr.. Greenlsaf was we'll rewari-
ed 10 the same eiry one day las. week
g.. ..f
were received by merchant from q Saco
merchant Bu. somehow they got into the
wsste basket, and from ihsre TO the big
dump on one Of the wharves- The loss
vas discovered and four men hunted all
day for them. Finally the checks were
rescued safe and sound.
A. J. Fisher, Esq, of Topsham, is ship
ping about $50 cords OF spruce pulp wood
from Lisbon Falls for the sasqgehanna
Pulp Co. Of Maryland, from Bath.
Massaehusetts has Just formed 4 Estate
Board Of Trade Ste j. behind Maine,
and has In tbi, instance patterned from as.
Bath Times; Said a Wsteryille gentle
man who recently visited this city, why
don't y1u have street cars here" Recsiy-
ing the stsreotyp ped reply that IL wouldn't
pay. he responded, That's just what they
said up at our place and SO kept US cut of
them Tor years. Now they're in and are
paying handsomely. Put them in herei
ana you needn't worry about their support,
for They'll be all right
The old Kennebec steamer Henry Morri
.a,, la. mat gona into triuFpr unarfprA M
sedgvies.
The Sons of Maine and Sons Of New
Hampshire Clubs Of Cambridge. Mass,
Joined 10 a union reception Thursday even
ing at the CT zens' Trade Association hall.
There was large attendance of the mem
bers and their ladies'. President HI ieout
Of the Sons of Maine, presided the first
half of the evening and DIR. Dow, president
o. Sons OF New Hampshire, presided lur-
ing the lsst half. There were able speech
es by Old natives of both States.
The new quarters of The Ellis Torth cleo
tric plant at the waterworks dam are near
iy completed md will soon be in full run
ing order.
How pleasau. 1t is for both gver and re-
cipient 10 have the little town libraries of
Maine remembered in the presentation of
new books, now that the long winter even
i1gs are here. Mrs. L. c. Perry and Mrs.
n. T.. Walker of Massachusetts, have late
ly made gifts Of hooks TO the East Bethel
library and John G.. Whittier of Ames
bury, Mass, and Joseph Cortland of New
burypott, Mass, have made presents of
books to The Eliot library.
Col Clark s. Edwards Of Bethel, while
in the army during the Rebellion, wrote
home to bis wife i57 letters which she
saved and most of them are IN eSistance
now. They give n very good history of
;he war.