Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-25

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| There was some talk Saturday abou
the recent election in Deering being
| Illegal. because in the printed copies o.
the warrant, which We're posted up, tn.
date was 1884" instead 1886" 1t |.
true there was such a misprnt in tht
posted copies. but City Clerk Jones say.
that the original warrant which the al.
dermengave to him was correct in every
particular. and that therefore there car
be no question as to the legality Of the
election.
There is damask rose bush at Mil
| bridge, that has had more than three
quarters OF "a century of vigorous life -
says II gentleman who has been spending
ms vacation beside Narragauglis bay'
| The bush is a wonder for its thrift hnt
that is only part of the story. Time and
again efforts have been made to trans
plant portions of this to other grounds. or
at4, 10 rsproduce h IL by means of slips. Every
be limited to that particular spot and to
mike IL y peculiar example of plant life
clinglng TO home, sweet home 1t is
probably as Old as any rose bush in New
England
Rev. ID. V. Gwilym, formerly an Epis
| copal rector laboring in Houlton and
Lewiston. is now much talked about in
New York. Rev. Mr.. Gwilym. not long
ago, changed his religious views and is
now pastor of the McDougal street Ban
tist church in New York In that capac-
ity,h has begun to give away Ioaves of
Dfead, a1ter the evening service, to all
men VINO apply. He says he got the
idea from seeing the crowd of men
waiting on Broadway at night to get a
loaf of bread at Fleischman's bakery
In all about 200 loaves of bread wer,
given away after the service on Sun
day evening.
Dale, the Freeport burglar, has not as
yet been committed to Augusta to be
examined as to his insanity, but it is
expected that he soon will be, says the
Portland Press. a prisoner recently
released from jail states that Dale is
either crazy or capital actor. He re-
fuses to dress himself and at times be-
comes very violent, so much so that
one day it was found necessary to put
him in a straight jacket 1t took three
men to do it. and then after struggle.
Dale. as he calls himself, is powerful
athlete. From conversation that he has
made with fellow prisoners it is plain
that he has something of a history ANA
has travelled extensively
Down at the West End hotel-a hos
telry now right up in the front of the
procession in the matter of 'conven-
iences-they have a handy way of call
ing the guests in the morning at such
times as they may specify, says the
Portland Express. 1t appears that
wires run from the Office to all of the
rooms where at the latter place there
are alarms attached, and when the
hour arrives they touch a button down
IN the Office. and the alarm goes of
with loud noise in the room, and
What more, continues going until the
occupant jumps out of bed and shuts it
OF. showing to the office that the signal
had the desired effect. There is no
yawning. twisting, turning over in bed
two or three times, and running the
risk of again being embraced in the
arms of Morpheus. It's plain gut
to get up. In this connection an anus
ing incident happened awhile ago.
when by mistake the alarm was set off
one there TO shut it off. the metallic
burr-r-r continued uninterrupted for
some time, until the guests on either
side of the room. and all along the cor
ridor. began to make remarks that
would not look well in the internation-
al Sunday school lesson. The clerk.
finally apprised of the difficulty, came
to the rescue
Frank Fogg whose farm is just over
the jackson town line. was forcibly |
reminded Friday morning that it is |
not safe to trust bull no matter how |
Kind he may seem to be- The animal |
which was a highly bred and valuable
one had been exhibited at the Monroe
falr and Mr. Fogg was leading him
nome. Mr.. Fogg's left hand was hold
iIg the ring chain and his right on the
Dulis shoulder and they We're trudging
along towards home the bull apparent
~ IN the best of humor, when suddenly
the Dull. strong four-year- old faced
him. Nh Fogg slipped his hand down
to the nose ring but could not control
the animal which threw him down and
with his head held him there After
time Mr. Fosg partially regained his
feet where then the animal tore his
clothes with his horns and again threw
him down. When the bull let up n
ittle, Mr.. Fogg who had. strange to
say. escaped being Sored, ran for a
'mall spruce short distance away, the
quiz following. Here Fogg got a turn
around the tree with the nose chain
ana the rampage of Mr.. Bull was at
an end. No one dared to touch him
out we'll directed shot did the busi-
ness and the enraged animal was
stretched lifeless. If Mr.. Fogg had not
acted with the greatest coolness he
would have doubtless been killed. 1t
vas fortunate, too, that Mr. Fogg got
he animal fastened to a tree for with
he road filled with teams some one
night have been killed by the savage
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