Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-14

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sued 10 ell in constructing the andre
&c .ggin raurotd. Years ago the Msloe
Cenrrsl X iilroad acquired control OF this
70 ID By purchase snd gusrant' ed the pay
ment of sil outstanding obligations. The
lterest on these bonds we're paid by the
Maine Central until their maturity when
they paid the bonds and they no longer
stood as liability of tie CRY.
At the same me we had a large issue OF
bonds outstanding, which were issued III
aid of consu uctiol of the kncx Lincoln
Railroad The cit, had large interest IN
this road, wbi,h VS. not and could not
properly have boep ken into account and
ytvih The sale OF s'bis road f-w veers
since and is proct eds being held by tn
city as sioking fund TO meet these out
s'sHding hon's, materially changes tie
amount of debt per capita.
Mayor Wakefield a.so brings out the fact
that in 1870, the time of the census returns,
Baths debt was 81 1873 $50 90, all of which
was contracted prior to the five per cent
con .titu i.nal limitation. Today its debt
il but Si0i BOG 90, or only about 500, 900
90 in excess cf the constitutional | m L
At the rate which this debt is being psi !, j.
will he but few wears and We shsl he
within the limit. The valuation of the city
is in round Luabers six million dollars.
Bath has population of 5000. which
makes its debt per capita S4i 81 10. This
makes It compare very favorably with
other cities of the State.
A case is reported at Abbot village
where good dose of the game law Is de-
sirable. A poacher recently chased do er
into one of the principal streets of Abbot
Vi l,ge, where the animal fell down from
sheer exhaustion. Some boys picked it up
and took it to neighboring stable and
placed il in box stall for safety. The
hunter followed and demanded the venison,
which the boys refused to deliver. T1e
stable was ent, red at light and the deer
So rited away.
just now when most towns with opera
houses are in need Of theatre-goers to fill
them, Caribou wants a large new opsra
house to accommodate the crowds wi ic..
overflow its present amusement hall.
Aroostook towns don't care to be side
tracked and are protesting against made
quate mail service.
The 40 days which according to tradition
an so far according 10 fact are under the
spell of the bad weather of Good Friday
are only about half over
If all the towns in Maine had such prac-
teal friends as Northport has found in
Mrs. Henrietta II. White Of Cambridge,
Mass, they would indeed be in luck
Mrs. White has not only expended over
5000 there but has personally supery issd
her requests so as to obtain the greatest
benefit therefrom.
The Belmont man who slipped cbira
egg to Boston in box with others has got
it back and under the old setting hon so
that he feels easy once more.
The name Svanville might by stretch
of the imagination suggest grace and besury
but doesn't even intimate that this town
takes the bun" for fat men, Svanyille
has among its two hundred voters six'een
men who weigh over two hundred pounds
each. Their united weight is 5497 IL lbs.
A Caribou horse jockey snapped for
cord of wood ''to boot" the other day.
When he went for the wood a few days
later he was led to believe that there mis- hit
be shrewder rascsl5 in the world than he
very unpleasant thought for him no doubt.
He was told that he would have to wait
for the wood to grow.
Newport is Willing away those days of
mud and blizzard in talking up new shoe
factory. This is better than trying to tenn
per the nails at the corner store by sit irg
on the keg.
Played policy is what they say of a
youthful embezz'er in Portland. This ex-
cuse is certainly not good one
Portland's superintendent of schools is
doing some effective work in that most
important feature of Observation-Disclosures
" w ~ Ap1A pDOhs-Ss fuAttbi eng eaCU
Grammar school teacher TO hsve from the
public library books for distribution once
week among her scholars.
Ellsworth young ladies are eating more
confectionery than we feari is good for them
and all on account of fad, or rather popu-
lar pas.ime, known as lug ,tine party. Ii
Is contest among the ladies to see who
shsll be the first to draw into the mouth
certain number of feet of string-three or
four I, ct. st the farther end of which i. st.
tsclei confec;ion called nugatine. The
expenses Incl lent TO these parties, the cos,
of yards of string snI the nuga ines at
the ENDS to ssy nothing of prize boxes of
chewing gum for the winners, do not seem
to rencer the game less popular in that
town.
FOR WEAK NERVES
Use uor,fsrd's Acid Phosphate
1t Is particularly useful in IN .kiog weak
nerves strong. az it contains necessary Gle