Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-01

The employees of the Waterville and
Fairfield Light and Power Company
received notice Wednesday night that
all electricians who were getting more
than $40 per week would have their
wages reduced to that figure from date.
A lIarpswell young man who struck
out to row to an island II miles from
the mainland, to dig up Capt. kidd's
treasure which had been shown him in
a dream. has not been heard of for
three days. He left shore just before
the last storm came up.
Some Auburn ladies who are not go
ing from home for their vacation have
banded themselves together for the
purpose Of providing suitable amuse-
ments for their holidays at home. 1t
has not been named The Summer
Girls Club" but that is about the size
of it. They Will not meet on set dates,
but are subject to the call of the clerk
of the weather.
1t will be a great convention-the
gathering of Maine Universalists in
Auburn in June ?, 3 and 4. Already
the requests for accommodations have
exceeded the capacity of the tniver
salist homes and aid is being solicited
from sister churches. The programme
every day will be attractive and the
evening services will crowd the church.
Lewiston Sun.
y meeting of the old Shore Line Rail
road Co. was held Thursday. Col. J.
n. Greene was elected president. The
directors are Ashley st. Clair, G. Il.
Rounds, Gen. i. b. Murray. Ezra Pat
tangall and Messrs, PeVey and Sargent
of Machias. w. L. Pattansall was
chosen clerk and Gen. y. Il. Murray,
treasurer. 1t was voted to keep the or
ganization n permanent one.
1t is reported that a representative of
the United States Leather Co, of Bos-
ton, was in Nanceboro and vicinity this
week for the purpose of inspecting the
Shaw tanneries, with the view of his
company purchasing the entire prop
erty. Since the failure of the Shaws,
in July, 1883. the business has been
conducted by board of trustees. for
the creditors, of which board Charles
w. Clement Boston lawyer, is the
agent. or active member.
The report circulated that Willis
Adams, who. it appears. belonged in
Houton, Me-, had killed a man in St
Stephen. is untrue. The affair was an
ordinary street fight caused by too
much attention being shown a Saliva
ton Army lassie over whom Adams
had become enamored and who re-
scented the attentions being shown the
young lady by the other fellow. The
result was that Adams inflicted several
severe knife wounds on his rival, and
left Immediately for parts unknown.
His victim, however, did not die as re-
ported, but is alive and WELL
A Lewiston gentleman has brick,
connected with which is this story he
relates: when ] was a young man
lived in Kennebec county, where | be-
came intimately acquainted with a
brilliant young lawyer whose besetting
sin was love of strong drink. He had
little means and his bad habit proven
ted his getting much business. If he
received a few dollars he would so off
on tear and drink it up. He was re-
duced to such low straits that he went
to work in a brick-yard as common
laborer. and laid bricks on the 'zard'
as bare-legged as any ancient Egyp-
tan. ! knew of his working there.
Well, judge of my surprise more than
fifty years later on riding through the
town where the brick yard was, to
come to a house where they We're tear
ing down an old chimney, and the
workmen We're gathered in group GU
riously examining something. I
stopped to see what they had found,
and they showed me this brick and
these letters marked into the clay when
it was soft. They were probably made
with the end of a finger. Well, they