Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-09

! farmers in Maine to make orcharding :,
spec lalt}. More than 40 years aGO he he
| gan TO lay the foundations for the ina2f.i-
| iicont orchards FOR which his farms are
now widely noted and fruit from which IL.
! as famed IN London and other foreign
| markets AS in Boston and New YORK .fr
1 Staples married Miss Philinda Norton
daughter OF the late George w Norton OF
| thrmligton. and sister OF McsSrs Jer,.-
iniah SyiEanus and Richard Norton. His
| Wiie ana two sons survive him. ALTHOUGH
| past ~ years OF age. Mr.. Staples had ex-
| hibited his fruit at the Pennington show
| and talr this fall. and had been an honorc,l
guest at the meeting of the State board
| Or agriculture in the orchards of Mr..
| Whittier al Chcsterviiie. He assisted in
the organization of the Republican party
| at Strong. ard had been prominent i'm il
| councils IN Franklin county up to the
| time of his death. although never an Of
| ice-holder or seeker. Rev. SewalI staples
the wcil-known Maine Free Baptist
| clergyman. until recently pastor Of the
church 1T Monmouth, is a brother Of Nj
Staples.
Nothing has yet been heard of Henry
Nix, OF henduskeag. who left home Sun
day afternoon to 20 hunting \ large
number Of his ucichbors have been hunt
Ing for him but with no success. Some
OF the people in kendGskeag believe that
he has suddenly and of his own accord
left town and will turn up again in
short time. the way he did a few years
ago. Nix came to kenduskeag from the
PROVINCES. lie married Il daughter of
James Thurston. of that town and thcy
have been living there six years or more.
Five wears ago he was missed one day
ana the people hunted for him just rs
they have been doing since Sunday. He
was never found but some time after
wards he turned up at home. He came
TO Bangor as the driver of cream was-
on and passed the night here. The next
morning he left for Massachusetts and
remained there for some time where he
worked MS farm hand. When lie lett
home Sunday afternoon IL WAS 3 O'clock
dressed a af ~ Il
on y slouch hat and a frocE. He Wore
no vest and carried with him double-har
relied shot sur and a revolver. Nix is
about 50 years of age and wears Il mots-
tachc and side whiskers. lie was not
dressed whom he went away for Sunday
visiting but he could easily get new
clothes when he arrived in Bangor. He
leaves wife and four small children al
homc.-Bangor Commercial.
n special dispatch from Washington to
the Boston Herald Is as follows: "A little
army post in Maine. Fort Preble, near
Portland. has the uneniVabfe reputation
OF SURPRISING all othed posts in the record
for alcoholism. while The eastern post OF
Fort Porter. n. Y. among others. shows
no record of alcoholism at all. An army
surgeon who has given much Time To the
consideration OF this subject. says that
alcoholism is decreasing in the service. |
due. mainly to the influences of the post
exchange" the successor of the can
teen He is also in favor of the treatment
Of alcoholism initially as a disease. and
put and kept out of the army" The dis |
patch evadcd tlfe facts III the ease with |
considerable ability. As a matter Of fact !
Fort Prehe is q model temperance post !
and Captain Rogers wouldn't tolerate Il |
man there who was in the ha bit OF drink |
ing. There was one black sheep. but he |
was discharged. He was Il fellow who /
would have 'quecred" any post IN the |
world. He was arrested several times in |
rapid succession. and was then reported |
to the war department and on the recon-
mendation of Capt Rogers was discharged. |
One other soldier was arrested once for |
getting drunk. but the next day gave |
Capt. Rogers his pledge to let liquor alone. |
and kept 1t. Deputy Sterling and Deputy |
iiartnctt said yesterday that only five ar
rests OF fort soldiers have been made this y
year. and one man figured four times in |.
the list. The Herald special was a good /.
deal commented upon yesterday. and its
injustice admitted.-Portland Argus.