Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-12
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BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

Charles A. Bridge. aged 80, proprietor
of Bridges printing office, Auburn. died.
MONDAY, Of pneumonia.
II has been decided to have an eight dav
session at the Northport calnpground.
next summer, to begin either Aug. II On.
* The usual excellent arrangements
for the campmecting win be made later.
Rev. f. f. Foss, pastor of Grace church,
Ranger, will give the annual address at
the New England Conference Fpworth
League anniversary in Cadet hall, Salem.
on the opening evening of the annual ses-
sion Of the conference, April 2.
Prof. L. G.. Bateman, late Of Searsmont,
recently the Populist nominee for Cover
nor. with his family left Belfast, sSatlir-
day. for Auburn, where he will reside.
His departure had been delayed two
weeks by illness in his family.
Young Gilman Of Fairfield, arrested for
larceny at Portland, has been released
from custody His parents made good the
losses other persons had sustained at their
sons hands, and he went back home with
them to take fresh start in life.
Fred H. Robinson, formerly of Bangor,
son of j. ID. Robinson, the Broad street
produce merchant at Bangor, has myster-
iously disappeared from his home in
Everett, Mass, leaving wife and child
there. There is no clue to his where
abouts.
Capt NJ. p. Anderson of Bath, informs
the Gossiper that the independents recent
allusion to ship that sailed from Anjier
PIT, mot Japan in LOG days, wasn't such
,,,t-, hi Of oil Ia h
self once sailed a vessel the same distance
in about so days.
The cancelled checks of the Bath Ma
tional Bank, which had been collecting
for the past 20 years, were destroyed,
Saturday There was grist of them. 1t
took one man nearly all the afternoon to
carry them to the furnace room in Sagada-
hoe block and throw them into the fire
The new Portland city government took
possession of things in the city building,
Monday forenoon. Mayor James p. Bay
ters third consecutive inaugural address
was lengthy and able. In it he discussed
the affairs of the various departments
The present city debt is 1896, SS1, de-
crease of 1917 from that of year ago.
Harry A. Hall of Brunswick, has taken
u
pany to furnish an order of 5000 gross of
paper boxes, to be made at Brunswick by
the old box makers at their homes. It's no
us, to talk; Brunswick people have the
flculty for making nice boxes, and they
also have reputation which reaches far
and near.
The college base ball league, this year,
will probably consist Of Colby, Bowdoin
and Maine State. Bates will not be in it
for the reason that finances are at low
ebb at this time and also for the reason
that the Waterville college objects to al
lowing Bowdoin to use players from the
IN ,dical school A schedule OF games has
been arranged
The popular agent, Col. w. A. kimball,
the Maine Central advertising manager
and who gives the people much fer theli
money in summer months excursions,
has opened a fine office in the West End
Hotel block at Portland, and Ii Is now the
Headquarters of the advertising depart
ment Of the Maine Central. 1t is very
lastly fitted lp with a new roller top desks
arm chairs, etc. Pictures ad0rn the wallis,
and on Kimmic's birthday his Eastern
friends prcst med him with beautiful
ebony eight-day clock which adorns the
walls. ii is daisy and the colonel says
he appreciates it moro than anything else
in the room.
The following letter TO Hon. j. T..
Bass of Bangor from Hon Calvin Page,
collector of revenue for the eastern dis
trict is important to owners of timber
lands: COLLECTORS Office, Portsmouth,
N. H., March 7. Hon. j. p Bass, Ban
gor. Nc. Dear Sir: | have been given a
rule for ascertaining what part of the
amount received for stumpage is to be
treated as taxable income under the in
come tax law and the rule is as follows
s'If person sells timber standing, Tho
profits are to be ascertained by taking thu
value of the land after removal of tho
timber and adding thereto the amount
received for the timber. and from the sun
thus obtained deducting the aetualsyalut
of the land at the tim Of the sale of the
timber I" Yours respectfully, Calvin rage
collector
Harry Fl. Andrews of the Lewiston
Journal, in some notes OF his recent tril
to California, has these very interesting
and suggestive statements; Zone cannot
help learning something ina journey iroh
one edge Of this continent to the other; al
ledSU ne can L ncIp gettiHS soii'o '4f
sions-which so often pass for convection
and let your trans-continental traveller
after pilgrimage of 10000 miles through
half the states of the Union, mention Q
few. He believes there is more active
prosperity, there is more real contentmeht
there are fewer foreclosure sales IN Maine
today, than in almost any section OF o.i
country In Southern California, the
land of sunshine, the glories of whose
climate have been told to you all and coulo
not be exaggerated, almost everybody
wants to sell out!'
Owing to the owners changes in the
plans and specifications for the new con
tract, of which the Independent has been
limiting for some weeks past, further dc
lay is unavoidably found necessary beiort
placing the work with any concern. AS
matters now are nothing favorable OF
otherwise will be learned or decided
before two weeks as we are informed.
Meanwhile, no details are allowed
given for obvious reasons. All tha'
can be stated definitely is that Il We
get the contract, Bath will have inc
largest steel steamer to build that she has
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