Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-15

I.ubec is happy with plenty Of sar-
dimes ard a scarcity of rents.
on a total valuation of s13661, 45S at
the rate of $2,75 per 500, Bangor's tax
budget this year will amount to 800
G90
Some NATURALLY cussed" individual
nut acid on the handsome brass slshs
on Lisbon street, Lewiston, the othei
night.
Plenty of herring in Quoddy pay TAT
and sleek and of a size SUFFICIENT loi
either smoking or canning and every
body is busy.
Hon. William Engel of Bangor mas
received an invitation to take 'io
stump in the West This is manu-
some compliment to Senator Ehsei'
Portland man now helpless from d
paralytic shock, was for many yeai
the faithful Waterman OF a pank theie.
His name still remains on the pay ron
of that institution.
South Portland appreciates hs"s
mark if the rest of the world doesh
jnasmuch as the schools were closeo
On a recent afternoon to allow the
teachers to attend a horse trot.
North Deering is agtated by cou-
nile of sensations. Sunday evening as
Dr Austin was coming home from
Portland. a man sprang out ana
grabbed his horse by the head. by US
ing the whip he succeeded in getting
away Last Saturday evening man
dressed in women's clothes was seen
at Aliens Corner, enquiring the way to
Saccarappa. He also hailed teams and
persons on bicycles from Aliens to
Morrills. What his object was in mas
aueradng in that fashion no one could
find out.
Deer are getting to be a nuisance
hereabouts, writes the Randolph cor
respondent of the Gardiner Reporter
Journal. Fields of turnips and such
are being destroyed. One citizen, John
birmingham. makes it his first duty IN
the morning to drive the animals away
from his ungathered crops. 1t would
seem as though a man had a consti-
tutional right to protect his property,
regardless of State law, which intlicts
a fine of $50 for shooting deer in the
counties of Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox,
Washington and Hancock.
Machias is now having a water sup
ply put in that will be when completed
equal to any in Eastern Maine, for bet
ter protection against fires and to sup
ply the houses, stores. etc, with
water This system has long been
needed here, but not until this spring
did work commence. The pipes have
been laid in all the large streets and
connect with the pumping station and
stand pipe, each now well under con-
struction The latter is situated about
one and a half miles west of the bust
ness part of the city on prominent
ground.
1t is quite interesting to note the diff
ference in the amount of coal consumed
in Dexter at the present time as COM
pared with that of a few years ago.
Morse a. Bridges now sell annually
about 700 tons of hard coal and when
they began business about eight years
ago their sales only amounted to about
200 tons annually. 1t is figured that ii
takes two cords of wood at least to
equal one ton of coal, this being a
fact there must have been falling off
in the demand of wood of about 1000
cords per year, making quite differ
ence to the farmers and dealers in
wood. Years ago there was an i'm
mense amount of wood burned in DeX-
ter every year The wooden mills used
very little if any coal and these with
the tannery which was in operation
together with the private families
made a demand for wood that was not
satisfied until thousands of cords We're
hauled into the place. The cordwood
business was one which occupied the
attention of every owner of a wood LOT
located within six or seven miles of the
town and the farmers received large
amount of money from this business
alone.