Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-28

One week recently, Mrs. Zelpha Drawn
of East Gulford, knit three pairs of
stockings, four pairs of mittens, did four
large washings, spun, doubled and twisted
two and one half pounds of rolls, besides
doing the work about the house.
A North Perham man concluded that
he had made great find when, in plow-
ing field before the end of the recent
drought, the pillow struck vein of water
only eight inches below the surface The
surface gave no indication of water be
ing SO near. The elevation was sufficient
to bring the water to his buildings.
Malcolm & Ross have finished their
twenty mile contract on the Ashland
branch of the Bangor x Aroostook
W. !. Shaw has row Il crew of men en-
gagged IN cutting out the right of way for
the branch railroad which he is going to
build from the New Limerick station to
his tannery.
While E. S. French of Winthrop. was
leading his horse to the blacksmith 5
shop, Tuesday forenoon, he reared and
with one of his fore feet struck Mr..
French on the head, cutting IL cash about
three and onc-half inches in length A
doctor was Immediately sent for and the
wound was dressed
The great porgy year in Maine was
1890, when four factories alone ON the
Maine coast, valued at S2l, 900, and hav.
ing Il capital of sos, 600, utilized 302, zoo
barrels, equivalent to nearly 90, 600 600
fish. From these We're made 1.O59, 900
gallons of oil, with IA market value of
1894, $50, and 10, $50 tons of wet scrap or
"chum," valued at S131, 100. The fish
We're supplied by nine steamers, carrying
about 200 men, and there We're also 3O6
shore employees, TO whom S3S, $40 was
paid i'll wages. The following wear the
catch fell off over 80 per cent
Speaking of possible changes in the
coast route to Bar Harbor, the Belfast
journal says: Another plan is that OF
the Boston Il Bangor Steamship Com
pany, to build another boat like the CITY
of Bangor and run both as the CITY of
Bangor was run this season, thus making
daily trips with two boats. As this
would bring the arrival in Rockland very
early in the morning, the steamboat
connections to Bar Harbor and other
eastern points could be changed to Bel
last, thus giving passengers more time in
the morning before making the transfer :"
In gathering material for his new book
Probate Law of Maine" Hon. George
A. Wilson has discovered another flaw in
the statute law of the State In 1887 the
Legislature repealed the sections of the
statute declaring the mother heir to the
property of an illegitimatc child. and
passed substitute section. In this sub
SfIfnta tbpN nnulppta1 tn, H., e.,
hoirship, except in certain specified eases.
so that for the last eight years an illcgiti-
mate child, who has died in estate. with
out issue, has left no heirs. and his prop-
erty escheated to the State. except i'm
eases where his parents have intermar-
ried, or bis father has adopted him. or
acknowledged him in accordance with
the statute.
The members of the Psi chapter of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity of the Maine
State College at Orono. take a pride
which is most justiiiable In the new club
house being erected by this chapter. 1t is
three stories high, with parors, large
hall, dining room, kitchen, pantry and
servants room on the first floor The
second has seven study rooms with n sit.
ting room, closets and bath rooms, while
the third floor gives eight sleeping rooms.
Every room is well lighted. has ample
closets and he whole although not vet
completed, is assuming Il mot homelike
aspect. Already the members of this
chapter are rejoicing in the good fortune
which has come to them in being able to
engage Mrs. G. p. Barron, widow of the
late John Wilson Barron. cashier of the
Dexter savings bank as matton 1t is
known that Mrs. Barron has made Orono
her home Instead Of Dexter, since her only
son has entered the State college.