Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-08

tee claim that the towns VIII net 'i'oie
by reducing the price to the puphc' as
they have already done. from the Iaet
that the sales for smoke. curing ana
domestic purposes viii be treble anu as
the price of alcwives for packing pur-
poses Is and always has been coIsluer
able less than IS cents per hundred IL
is evident that the more iish SOFA ior
domestic purposes, the larger the re-
ceipts will be.
\ professional checker player met a
Bath man in a quiet game with the re-
suit that the latter won 20 games to
one for the stranger. The checker sea-
son in Maine is long one
The Portland board of trade Is taking
to itself share in the credit OF getting
that harbor appropriation through the
committee.
A Pressure Isle woman, who was sick
with bronchitis dreamed that salt cured
her. On awaking she called for salt,
took very little % or 80 times day,
and after throwing aside other medi-
cine Immediately got well.
Lewiston will know whether the steel
trust is to take advantage of their
bridge necessity when the bids are
opened. Wednesday. Meanwhile they
are talking about the feasibility of a
wooden bridge In case iron proves too
costly.
The odor from the crude petroleum
being unloaded at Biddeford for the
Laconia corporation so offended the
mayor that he has given orders to have
no more of the stuff unloaded in that
city. Now the corporation is wonder
ing how it is to obtain it's crude petro-
lcum which 1t uses in large quantities.
In three Portland churches last Sun
day evening there wasn't an untitled
seat. And yet about the time of the
spring election there We're those
who expressed the opinion that Port
land might be better
The small town of Cambridge voted
$4,000 for the Sebasticook and Moose
head railroad to be built through that
place. At the town meeting there were
Is men who voted for the road that
were over 20 years Of age. five of them
being over so. The old men of that
town appear to be progressive lot.
Mr.. George Il. Fernald. son of ex-
President NJ. c. Fernald OF the Maine
state college. possesses an interesting
souvenir in the shape of an old book.
which he hopes may become very much
more valuable within the next year.
On the fly leaf Of the volume in rather
a boyish scrawl Is this inscription:
Tom Reed. The City" The book is an
analytical geometry. used by Thomas
L. Reed while student al Bowdoin
and afterwards purchased from him Y
the father of the present owner. Here's
hoping the best man for President will
he selected at St Louis with matne-
NAUTICAL exactness. No one hereabouts
will raise any question as to whom lie
would be-
have to be looking round" said Lew
iston's most famous octogenarian, EN-
Gov. Garceion. today. on being told OF
EN-Prcsident Harrisons wedding.
Deering has sheltered $50 tramps
since Feb. IA. This seems to indicate a
disposition on the part of this pest TO
swarm in Maine as soon as the weather
permits.
Somebody started Il story that the
managers Of the Portland cat show
were short of stock and as a conse-
quence We're offering 50 cents feline
to help til up empty cages. The story
spread like widnre and an organized
band of small boys under the cover Of
darkness. made a number Of raids the
first of the week.
South Portland clamored for new in
dustries but refused to build n side
walk to accommodate the 80 employees
of the new bicycle factory.