Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-02

There are five vacant stores on Main
street. Brunswick.
A Saco woman reports that dogs have
killed II of her sheep recently.
The study of conversational French has
become quite a fad in Portland ANA sev-
eral clubs under the direction of teachers
have been formed
Maysvile. Presque Isle. has suffered
some S6ooo or $1,000 in fire loss within the
past two weeks. A pretty bad seorching
for one farm neighborhood.
Winterport is much pleased with its
new new water works, which were tested,
| Thursday, and found capable of throwing
water WIN great force many feet above
the place.
Asa j. Termed of Lawrence. Mass. will
put up four more cottages at Mousam
lake Shapleigh, in the spring. He now
has two there. He will also put on It
larger steamer. using the boat he now
mas for tender.
Sixteen of the u towns and cities in
Cumberland county have paid all their
county taxes and ana seven have partially
nothing. These are Baldwin. falmouth.
New Gloucester and Standish.
A wee bit of humanity in New Au-
burn is the little daughter of Gus Am
brose, seven weeks old, weighing only
three pounds. And she has gained a
pound since she was born, too.
Every Old soldier or soldiers widow In
need who could be found in Portland was
looked after by Bosworlh Post on
THANKSGIVING and served with turkey
dinner The post has been doing this for
Il number of years and finds more and
more cases each year needing its atten-
ton.
Bath is one Of the best corn cake
cities in this part of the country
said a salesman last week. The boys
have regular corn cake parties, eat
ing anywhere from dozen to % at a
sitting.
Ninalhaven voter knew whom he
wanted for President, for when the
ballots were counted one there was
which had in big plain letters, writ
across the top thereof the name Mark
Hanna"
A Bath sportsman lias been for two
years mourning the loss of fine gun
Last week b" found II carefully pdckcf in
a trunk whore is has been stored away
with lot of clothing. packed with moth
representatives. by the ladies OF his fam u.s..
He was probably too glad to recover he
gun to Scold about their hiding 1t from
him long
Young ladies Of the Bates street Bap-
tist church. Lewiston. have organized
literary club. the members of which
will study the State Of Maine, which
will embrace all prominent people,
cities and towns and everything per
tanning to the State government
A movement is on foot in Winthrop. 10
secure what apples ii is possible ana send
them in bulk to Portland 10 parties who |
propose TO distribute the same 10 the poor
of that city. Tie Maine Central ma image
ment have agreed 10 trhnsport all such |
free of charge. and il Is thought that |
those sending the apples Will receive |
from IL TO Il cents per buShel, about |
enough to compensate them fer the hand |
ling.
The late Ftben u. Jordan of Boston who |
died millionaire and who WAS native |
of Auburn made an interesting prpvis- |
ion i'll his will. 1t was that his relatives |
should have the income of his property |
during their lives, but none of the pro- |
perty is 10 be divided until the youngest |
heir living At the decease Of the testator |
has been dead twenty years For in |
stance. If Mr.. Jordan had a relative a |
year Old at the time of his deceaSc and |
that relative should live 50 years the |
property could NOT be divided for no years |
20 years after the iea,h MIR Jordan
made no public requests but he made |
reasonably certain that no living rcla-
tiVes should come to want The income |
from ms large estate is III Itself a for /
tune. The widow gets The home mansion I
in Boston and many thousands besides.
Plans are on foot for extensive inn
provements on the picturesque island |
of Grand Manan. a number of the
enterprisins residents of the island /
considering the advisa bility of building |
an electric plant for the Introduction |
of electric lights and system of cleo
trio street lighting to extend around t
the entire island connecting the four
towns. Every year Grand Manan he
comes more famous as a summer re-
sort, the hotels being more or less |
crowded during the summer months |
The building of an electric road would |
add greatly to the attractions of the |
place and he greatly appreciated by |
the three thousand inha bitants
During the progress Of a game of |
Whist the other night at the residence |
Of Mr.. \. y. Sweetsir, Portland. two |
Marlborough hands were dealt. This is |
the most remarkable occurrence of this /
kind Of which we have any authentic |
record. What is known as y Var |
borough hand in whist is one in which |
there is NJ card above the nine spot.
The name given to this hand is derived |
from a certain Lord Marlborough who |
used to offer the attractive but very
safe wager of 600 to Ct that a hand |
of this sort would not be dealt. He |
may have worked out the chances or
he may not. but the fact is, such Il
hand occurs only once in 1927 rounds
1t is said that Marlborough won his
wager many thousand times.
There was a good deal of building done
in PiscataqulS county during the season
now practically closed. despite the bust
ness depression. Sangervillc leads the
county with IS sets of buildings for resi-
dental purposes and one church. besides
quite an amount of repairing and remod- /
cling. Milo has added half dozen resi-
denceS of a high class to its number ana
erected "A butter factory. A fine depot
has been erected by the Il. II A. In
Dover and FoXcroft. half dozen resi- |
denceS have been built the Harvey
block erected and the Universalist church
and Maine Water Co. S office have been
added to the twin towns buildings. a
number of cottages have been erected at
the camp ground and considerable repair
ing done and other improvements made
At Guilford they are finishing the mill for
the manufacture of kindiing wood and
ground will he broken for another resi-
dcnce at Sangerville. Brownvillc hasn't
been idle in this line, but has built three
residences. In the lake region Major
Rigney has built his unique retreat at
Moosehead lake.
Orland probably has the most sue
cessful fox trapper in the State. This
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