Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-05-09
MAINE GOSSIP.

! past has been, hat disposition shall be
made of the $1,000 bequeathed lay the late
/ Joseph Walker Of Portland, to No. 3 School
| District" But now the way seems open to
4 it, practical solution, the inhabitants being
/ iIf favor of using il TO buy and put in suit
! aide shape the Cross base ball grounds aud
| erect building thereon, for holding town
/ fairs. As there il no call for funds for
either charitable or educational purposes.
this plan secHs a proper one, and quite
likely will be adopted.
| Star Herald Aud now the next thing in
order is a new National Bank in our com
| ing wide-awakc sister town of Fort Fair
| field. the stock for which we understand is
already all subscribed II i. thing which
| the growth and extensive trade of the town
demand and will not only be credit, but
| big business convenience. BY the way just
consider the forward steps North Aro0stook
has taken in this direction. Five wears ago
not bank IN all this upper region. the
| Presque Isle National just speck on the
| business horizon. Now. or shortly. four
good stanch ones. If this isn't boom il is
certainly big progress
Miss Mae Bailey of Dexter has quite
a
act of cups and saucers which are over 1875
years old, and half dozen wine glasses
that are said TO be over 80 years old.
They have an antique look and are not
much in style with dishes of to-day.
Bangor Wing We were shown yestcr-
day a large English, sparrows nest, con-
tanning several eggs, which was taken from
the hood at the top of an electric light lamp
on French street. 1t was Il queer spot To
select an abiding place and the wonder
is how such u nest could have been built
there. 1t was about foot and a half
across the top.
The market for hay all over the State
has been good this spring; and has sold
high a. sl5 per ton in many nf the local
markets the past week
The Ashland board of health has adopted
an admirable set of rules and regulations
governing the sanitary condition of that
village. They are in fact a model set and
might be adopted by other villages to infinite
advantage. The rules have the legal APP
prevail of Chief Justice Peters
\ fine specimen of the willow ptarmgan
or snow grouse (Lagopus albus was shot in
kenduskeag a few days ago. The bird was
in superb wintcr plumage. and is a most in
tcrcstiug capture for this locality. Its
habitat il the Arctic regions and southwark
to Labrador aud New f0unilaud. This Is
the first authentic record of its being taken
in this State, aud probably the first i'll New
England.
yinalhavcn has SIS 900 worth of prop
erty in small pleasure boats and at its last
town meeting voted to tax them.
The extent to which Maine il catching
FIRE this spring is indicated by the expert
encc of the Maine Central Railroad. Mr.
Drew. the veteran damage agent of the
company. says that over 200 claims for
damages by fire have been filed recently
against the road
Somerset Argus Mr.. q. Il. Bachelor
left on our desk one day last week q copy
of the Somerset journal. which was issued
at Norrdgevock Jan. g. 1850. more than
~ wears ago. 1t Is quite a curiosity COM
pared with the newspapers of this day.
being in size only four columns wide and
four pages. but in typographical appearance
it is credit to the time in which it was
made. Thomas jefferson Copeland was
the publisher. and IL was almost wholly
filed up with arguments in favor of having
the mails move ON Sunday, question which
at that time evoked considerable discussion.
It is printed on the good ol'l-fashioncd rag
paper, which was the standard till Maine
wood pulp came in general Use and dis
placed its better hut higher-priced rival
The Portland milk inspector has been
making investigations and announces that
a large portion of the milk delivered to
Portland customers can't stand examination
with credit. He finds traces of water, pull
verified dandeIion blossom, which is used
to restore the color that the water has ia ken
out. starch. and something that seems ike
beef tallow. 1t is rumored that some of
the dealers will have to explain in court
how these substances got into the milk.