Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-30

Ellsworth is TO have Rebekah lodge
Mr.. H. NJ. Lord of Rocklan5 TIE ea,,o,
VI the Courier-Gazette, has been appoint
ca chie1 clerk of the ways and means
committee OF the National House 1t i,
an excellent selection. :
| There IS one man in North Haven. who
mas 20 hens, that are producing about SO
eggs day, with corn 80 cents per busbel.
ana eggs 2s cents a dozep. That flock OF
mems must be paying something
| The American Express Company will
| oegln business on the Ashland branch of
the bangor Il Aroostook Railroad on Jan
| o. W. n. .Hellenbrand of uldtown. will
oe the messenger there and his run he
tween Bangor and Oldtown will be taken
by +, S. Fling.
The Lewiston and Auburn Electric
Light 20, has leased the valuable water
power on the Little Androscogein river
known as the Gay power, situated near
ilttlefield's Corner, formerly occupied hy
the American Light and Power Co. This
water privilege has IA fall of "a se. {, and
is estimated to furnish at least 400 horse
power
During the year of 1895 over 5000, 600
nave been expended in Rumforl Falls for
mills, business blocks. streets. water.
WORKS, sewers, bridges private residences
anu railroads. The paper company's
sulphits mill was completed last April mt
cost of about 100000. Later in the sea
son this company expended about $4,000
for fhe protection
Five horses have all died in West GRAY
the VnpE Of
The symptoms have been "a sudden inabil
ity TO swallow anything, even water or
medicine. and then death within twenty
Tour hours The theory has been that it
was case OF poisoning dine to lead pipes,
put Dr Bailey has another theory in re-
gard to 1t.
The queerest failure in Maine for wears.
was that of b. B. Douglas Of Bowdoin
ham, who lives four miles from a village
on country road, and yet managed TO 90
up for $50, 000 The unique NJ, rcbant's
stock in trade ranged from farms to
Johnson's anodyne liniment. and from
pins to moving machines, dry goods. |
clothing, boots and shoes, grain. flour,
groceries, erdckery, cigars and tobacco.
harness aud in fact anything and every
thing which can be sold and bartered
He sold for very small profit and eradu-
ally he worked up very large trade,
people coming from far and near to trade |
with him.
On big farm in the eastern part of |
Maine lives man who has just cele- |
DRAFTED his 95th birthday anniversary, but |
who IN all that long time has never gone |
more than 30 miles aWay from the room |
in which he was born. Neither has he |
ever seen train Of cars, ridden in n stage |
COACH or been on board steamboat or |
eaten "A meal at hotel and never swore |
an oath. The unique character is H. |
Thatcher Leighton of Columbia. Wash
ington county, who is known in regions |
far beyond those he has penetrated by the
title of Uncle Thatcher. Today his form |
is as straight as an arrow. he is as smart |
as whip, and is in as full possession of |
all his faculties as he was at %
The photography of the State of
Maine, a book which was written by |
Joseph Williamson of Belfast, is in the
hands of the publishers, and is now
nearing completion. The book will date
frun the earliest period up to 1891, and
viii be published bv the Maine Historical
Society. 1t will contain over 600 pages
and will be issued aboat the middle OF
February. This book will contain the
full title of every book, pamphlet and
article of which Maine citizens
are authors. about $500 authors, with
brief notices of each, and l0,ea0 titles
will he given. The book can be had at
a ccst of five dollars, at its completion
The work will be u great help to the
people OF Maine, who should highly up
preciate the labor Mr.. Williamson has
spent upon it. $50