Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-15


Its sad to think of the large number Of
people in Maine now missing from their
homes-men, women and even children,
from whom no trace of information has
been or 10 being obtained. What is the
natter
Brunswick Telegraph: Brunswick OBJ
served Arbor day by having Maine street
thoroughly cleaned. Now that i. is done.
will not the citizens unite in trying - keep
| it 50?
Ina list Of deaths copied from newspa-
pers, the Bangor Historical Magazine, under
date Of May "a. 1927, gives this one: Ia
Surry, Samuel Hills. Esquire, aged 6l. He
died a victim Of the Thoms oman practice.
Ellsworth American: Gradually Maine
towns are being divided to give the more
rapid growing portions an opportunity to
develop. The question of dividing the
town of Milbridge, and making the Mar
rsguagus river the dividing line 10 discuss
ed among the residents. The movement is
iracesble to the sllegsd opposition Of the
districts TO certain Improvements asked for
by the village, among which is the water
system and fire department. A large
proportion Of the wealth OF the town is
centered in the village, which is wholly
without means Of protection in case OF fire.
Owing TO this fact insurance is to be had
only at exofbitant rates and risks, and 10
not eagerly sought after at that.
The Maine Central IL TO issue its time
table In the form Of monthly pamphlet.
The pamphlet contains 4 new and complete
let Of all the towns in the State reached by
stage and show the railroad station from
which the stage runs. also the fare. A
department is devoted to special i0f0rms-
lion to travellers; the rules governing mile
age and communication tickets; the transport
txtion Of dogs, baby carriages, bicycles,
etc. 1t also contains information concern
ing Southern and Western roads. with .
directory Of hotels and boarding houses
The work is under the supervision Of
Lyman II Nelson.
Some of the Maine towns Of half = CEN
fury ago have either disappeared altogether
from Maine maps or have made euch evo-
lu,ions in spelling as TO be scarcely recog-
nized. Among these names of towns are
Arundel in York county. Cape and Thomp
son pond plantation In Cumberland. Pat |
FtGhtUWD MIL L utuhh III LhCphus cot'lo
Gore. Gore state land and Metawsseah in
Penobscot. Edwards and Butler in Wash
ington. East Pond, Emden, Bloomfield |
Noit.hill, Warssw and Chsndlerville in
Somerset, Dearborn, Fairfax. Harlem and
Malta in kennebec, and Holmes ard
ketchum in Oxford.
Biddeford Times It is settled Mt last |
f,nc Lon nd he, I'D taaf in "A Ga
of organized opposition, the question of
substituting electricity for horse power now |
rests alone and Internationally with the
street railway company. Having expe
rienced q sudden ard complete change of
hesrt, the Biddeford municipal officers. at
their special meeting Wednesday, evacuat-
ed their position as obstructianists and gave
clean and unrestricted permit for the |
Introduction of the proposed electric road |
Samuel ID. Croker of Old Town. who |
has been running liquor dive in that
place for q long time. is the first person in
Maine to get q sentence Of 500 and costs
with GO days in jail, under the new law.
he was tried before +. J. Whiting, judge
Of the Old Town municipal court. ard
appealed.
The largest lobster ever taken in Marie !
waters was thss caught by Capt John Con-
don of Belfast last week. near Moose |
Point, one mile from that city. In hauling
up one Of his lobster traps the monster was
on top of it, being unable to get in. The
lobster measured more than three feet in |
length aud weighed twenty three pounds.
Capt Bramhall, who is sn old fisherman,
says he never saw anything like it before. |
Belfast pill have a celebration on The
GLORIOUS Fourth"
Two little misses in Belfast hearing the
court bell ringing the other day. reasoned
as TO the cause. One said to the o!ber, |
'ih. church bell is ringing" mo, tbs.
isn't the church bell, tba.'s the tourt bell"
What dees the tour. bell ring for?"
inquired the first When the tourt be
rings men gets their tours to put or. "
The answer wss given with wise gravity
and accepted in the same way.
The Bangor Historical Magazine, this
month, aives a copy Of the census Of Maine
towns for 1890. Lewiston was then part
of Lincoln county, the largest town Of
which was Bath with 3026 Inhabitants. The
second town was Bristol, 1927 inhabitants.
Next to these came Thoms.ton. 1851; Bow
doinham. 2259 Lisbon, 2240; Waidoboro,
224i Wiscasset, 213l; Litcbfield. 2l2o, the
others having les, than 1000 inhabitants
eSch.
A party of fifty ladies and gentlemen
from Kansas City, Missouri, will make an
excursion 10 Maine this summer their
objective point being Bar H,rbor, and one
Of the committee hsviug the management
Of the party has written to Mr.. W. A KIM
places 10 visit. They will prob .bly take in
many other desirable points in Maine
besides Bar Hr5or, including Poland
| Springs and Moosehesi lake.
The B,nasuics Public Library com.
prises total of 46l2 volumes An increase
Of lab surirr the past year. The receipts
~ere $500 g.; Expenditures ss42 So, hav-
! ing bslsnc- or hand of Sss3 25 The
pefmspent fund Of thu library is now
| Sl.6i2 90, to which $1,000 i. pledged by
the Csba. Mfg Co, when .he full am punt
| is pledged. The number % volumes taken
from the library last year was si29 and
| the number of magazines, $40 II the
reading room there are 81 publications. 3
| daily; weekly; forsnightly l2 m ,nthly
which are paid for, and weekly AID 4
monthly sent free.
VII! be Marked with Eiiicisncg.~
| Ellsworth American.