Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-19

Spragues were the original owners Oh Inc
water power and cotton mill at Augusta
and were power in Maine manufactur-
ing and political circles generation ago.
Mrs. Chase, as she has commonly peen
known, was, when in her prime, one OF
the most fascinating women in American
public life and was a recognized social
and political force in two continents. her
rather morose husband was much In
debted to his brilliant wife for his ao-
yancement-also for his unhapplnesS-
What with weather, whiteweed land
short crop the haymaker's thoughts do
not always run in pleasant grooves these
days.
A Bath boy who had INDUCED In too
much circus the day before, attempted to
vault his bed while asleep, and broke an
arm, one night this week.
Last year there were 387 deaths, 29i
births and a7O marriages in Bangor. If
this sort of record is kept up Bangor will
have to look to immigration to keep up
its population.
Lower salaries don't deter applicants it
seems. There have been already 80 appli-
cations for the principalship of Bidde-
ford's high school and more coming.
Washington county cans about forty
thousand bushels of blueberries in sea-
son. This means activity on the hillsides
and amid the pastures and the merry
chink of coin in pockets, that otherwise
would feel empty.
Those Lewiston people who saw Buffalo
Bills Turks at supper will hereafter be-
lieve all reports concerning Turkish
cruelty. They had a half pailful of live
frogs and occasionally Turk would take
out frog and cut off its hind legs, leav-
ing the mutilated amphibian to hobble
away as best it could. The hind legs were
devoured raw. One of the onlookers in
formed the hook -nosed Moslems that they
would be punished unless they first killed
the frogs and after that they took pains
to knock the animals on the head before
cutting off the legs.
Maine isn't rocky old State" Far
from it though her rocks have helped
to hold down many skyrocket enterprise
of the West until ballast was thrown
overheard. She is now keeping that sort of
rocks" at home and is sending another
kind out into the world The past year the
value of the total granite product for the
State was 81, 551, 036 - $4,000 more
than In 1898, one-half of which was used
for paving the thoroughfares of muncipali
ties, some Of which are far to the West and
the South. The total value of stone pro-
ducts in the State for 1894 is So, 507, 963.
This is according to the statistics in the
forthcoming report of the United States
geological survey
The illness of a young lady In Bath
from tuberculosis, supposed to have been
contracted through drinking infected
milk, leads the Bath Independent to re-
mark that lin Massachusetts, the state
looks sharply after It's milk producers;
the COWS are inspected by state officials
and diseased animals, when and wherever
found are killed. We think the COM
phlloOll Will 4hdSsdCu uScbUS Is us
creditable, not to Maine but to Massachu-
sets. The history of the efforts in the
two states for stamping out tuberculosis
shows that in Maine they have been unu-
sually etfectual whereas in Massachusetts
the opposite Is VIGOROUSLY true. But
with the Independents plea for better su.
pervision over the milk supplies of our
large cities we are in sympathy
The opposition to bicycles upon the
Brunswick sidewalks eliminated the
other day when wheelman ran into and
broke down tree. Such awful examples
as this seem necessary to bring about re-
form.
They have fish register at the Kineo
house. Upon this register the angler rec
ords the date number and weight of his
catch. As this Is not done under oath no