Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-11

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Acisrey bill passed ax The safs session 81
] Congress providing for the payment d
French spolisxi5n claims The anoun
awarded % his claim d q. l7s IL
Il fhis iooks Ike spring. The steamer
City Of Ricsmon6 is announced 10 resume
her trips between Portland srd Machias or
Tuesday next, March II.
The contest orer the Fsyerweasher vii
| case IN Nex York. hiss been settled Ia
tie courts by the ;sur.ogate admitting tss
viii sal c5diciis 10 probate Tais decides
the usltef Of the b xdoin College beg ues'
Of enc hasirsd the us sn6 doilsrr.
| The controversy ia Dzx.sr over the
spooiatasns of depu:' shefio which hal
been zoisg DC fer some weeks has bee1
ssssled By the appointment Of George
Drawn, and she resui viii give general
abstraction
Msch.as has fort1i9htl7 club which has
| = iaf2e membership composed Of the meet
Intelligent people Of the village. At =
recent discussion. ,be question; Resolved,
| That the State of Maine effsrs ss great
| sdvantxgss to the young men Of the pres
snt generation as sDy other stSte N the
Union" xss esciisd IN the affirmative.
-Four hundred werkmen are now employed
at the works of The Portland Company.
The company Ia building three locomotives
for the Maine Central, and 3 boiler and
engias for the steamer Hurricane owned at
Eastpgrf.
Mr.. John s. Basrovs Of Boston, son Of
Hon. George 3. Bsrrows Of Fsyeburg, mss
an Interesting article in the March New
England Magazine "In an Old Attic dss.
eripsive Of some old relics belonging to his
family. Several illustrations Of quaint old
household articles. warming pans, foot
stoves, etc.. accompany the Article which
Is very entertaining. A sister Of this
yourg a1thor Miss Anna Bsrfoss, is prin-
cips. Of the Boston Cooking School, ard
aethcr OF several artistic snd delightful
books On domestic economy.
Sesrspars, for town Of its size, has
furnished the ciuatry with some excellent
mea in all branches Of business AID the
professions. The active business men born
.neYe snd now abroad number 1853 disirib-
uted among SO states of the Union. the Dis
tsicg Of Columbia and eight foreign coun-
tries. They have 81 sea captains ploughing
the deep, with 81 st home. EoYty-six sea
captains have died since the census Of 1880.
Ooe hundred and five mariners and
members of their families have died at Sea
and in foreign countries and 81 now living
we're born at sea. One Of their sged cam
msndsrs. Capt. Phiaess Pendls,On. Sen +,
nov eighty six years old, hiss commanded
twenty seven different vessels. Searspori
has sen: out one governor, one admiral, six
preachers, six professors, six doctors, four
lawyers. one railroad commissioner. one
ACTOR, ani one editor.
One of the interesting articles to be seen
at Waldobdro is Manageable silk dress,
one hundred and four years old, the
property of Mrs. Benjamin Ksler. 1t is
made slip fashion, lined about the wais.
With brown linen and has silk belt about
one inch vide. no facing about the bottom,
made to trail. 1t was the property Of Mrs.
Ksltr's grandmother. Mrs. Betsey Shibles,
of Thomaston. Her mother was sister
Of Daniel Webster. This dress was worn
when she went TO Gen. Knox's funeral.
Hundreds of ladies have called to see this
dress from time - time. The same lady
has also a handsome gold ring, marked
r. 3. s., Robert B. Shibles which Is
one hundred and three years old.
On March 9Th, 1871, Christopher Ham
mond and his family. consisting Of his wife
and seven children, the youngest five years
Of age, left Kittegy (Elio. now, and but a
few rods from the present residence Of
Horace Parker, Esq ) on three fogr.ox.
teams and on the 10!h arrived here on the
farm where his grandson J. Il. Hammond
now lives, at Bauneg beg, in Sanford
making century the farm has been in
the Hammond family. They were three
dsys on the road getting abou. twenty
miles. arriving there at 10 O'Clock
?, NJ A small frame for a "two
room house WAS up and about hslf
boarded. Two acres of growth was fellsd
the season before. Three families had
is still in the name Of the original settler
century ago. Christopher Hammond Was
the youngest son Of Joseph Hammoni, 81,
and he grandson Of Judge Joseph Ham
mond, and he sou Of William Hammond
who csme to this country from England in
1880 He WAS born in 1897 and dropped
dead in the road in Wells, Maire, ia 1902,
aged los years, having lived in three
centuries.
The Maine sunshine yesterday, was full
OF inspiration. 1t wss \ genuine spring.
like day in spite OF the weather bureau.
The sunshine was very welcome. for thus
far in March the estly bird has been
catching snovs.orm or cold every
morning instead Of the proverbial worm.
"O1e Bright Spos" is the heading which
the Portland Press gives its telegram con.
taiuiug announcement Of the big Repub-
licsn majority in this city, Monday. Au-
gusta may be depended upon to dispense
just such sunshine every yesr regularly
without any assistance from cold Prob"
Residents Of Woburn, Mass. natives Of
Maine, have formed Pine Tree Club"
which recently celebrated its first anniver-
ssry with large gathering, supper,
spseches, songs and music. Speeches were
made b. several distinguished sons Of
Msine; letters were read from Senators
Hale and FRYE, and Congressman Reed,
Dingley, Hilliken and Bou.elle, aud songs
wers rendered by Mira. Ads Cary Sturei,
Of Durham. VIM NJ Titus, ESQ was
chairman of the committee Of arrange
megts.