Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-02

| soap factory.
Passport has Just passed through ;
coal famine.
| There are nearly so secret societie.
in Lewiston and Auburn.
| S. G. Haley Of Phillips. has bougn
nearly 13,000 sheep this fall.
| About million dollars has been ex.
pended in building operations in Port
| land the past year.
| Tho Paris Advertising Company hav,
ust Skipped an order Of 26 guideboards
| 90 the town Of Woodstock.
West Gouldsboro is looking for a big.
ger clam business than ever. The fam.
| e the West Gouldsboro bi.aiy&. hos
/ sene abroad.
Joseph c. Doanc, the man who built
| The first Bar Harbor cottage" cele.
grated his cightieth birthday anniyer-
aary in Bsoc,ton, Mass, recently.
There is a family living in Chester
Vile Of six old people whose united aet
| IS t32 years, ones age being "a years
another q years, the average being Z.
years.
| An Atkinson man will not rest ths
| l,!uzzle Of his gun on one Of his toes
anymore for he did it last week ard be-
| tween the gun and tia doctor the ,oe
is gone
| This has been a week Of weddings. one
| Portland couple WRONG home from then
| wedding Journey said they found III
| Washington. at the hotel where they had
quarters, nineteen other newly married
couples.
| The Bangor Elks are going to live like
kings. in the handsomest suite Of club
ny Christmas the new quarters will 10
occupied and warmed properly.
| Negotiations are pending for the pur-
| base of the William p. Haines estate
IN Adams street Biddefortl. for the site
| # the public hospital under the aus
pieces Of the Sisters Of the Coed Shep-
| herd
| The Ellsworth American makes the
comment that the IL 10 | weai her
! l6 rainy days to one clear one-provcd
| 90 much for a dam al Gouldsboro.
which broke away. But little damage
was done.
| Up TO date the steamer Mt. Desert
which runs between Rackland and Bar
| Harbor. has transported during the
season 500 horses, 300 each way, and has
about 80 rnore to bring Last year
he number reached considerably over
| 100
y man who is down on his luck" II
1 Portland shipmaster who had just
Insured at % per cent. $500 worth Of
tesSel property that he owned only an
sour before news came of the safe ar
rival at n West Indian port of the
overdue schooner
The porcupines in Baileyville are said
20 he very numerous this season. Mr.,
J. b. Bailey has had a large piece of
turnips nearly destroyed by them.
They have shot eight, one Of which his
daughter, Miss Georgia, aged Is. killed
at first shot. with her brothers rifle.
enc afternoon in an apple tree.
The estate of John Gilley Of Sutton !
ISLAND. who was recently drowned has
offered a reward of 500 for recovery OF
Mr.. Gilley's body. The reward has
called out d lot of searchers, who have
been exploding dynamite hoping to
raise the body. 1t is reported thai Mr..
eiilley leaves quite Il large fortune.
Eastport seems to have been partic-
ularly free from fires or even alarms,
The ringing of the alarm on Monday
night is said to have been the first time
it has been runs for fire since last
May. and that Monday nights is the
first Ere since the burning of the Me
Collough factory on September 18th.
10
The city of Rockland has this year
paiG IN cash on called bonds about
Sl2o,Gtlo. OF the bond call of Marcn y.
slh,ooo, there is now but Sso0o out
standing, and on the former calls
5000. AS far back as 1887, there is
ore $io0 bond still ont and ii is thought
it may have been lost. From that
date TO 1894 there are none out.
Mr. ANA Mrs. Andrew Lawson started
ffoHa Camden last week for Texas in
4 covered carry AL drawn ~ one horse
and expect To make the trip in two
.gsof5ths Mr. Lawson took with him a
double harrelled gun ana dog for
hunting purposes While on the way
MIR. Lawson has been in Camden the
past year and claims to be a Texan.
While speaking Of the numerous ac-
cidcnts resulting from the careless
handling of gums. Sheriff Leonard told
us that during his three years service
in the army during the Rebellion he
only knew of two men being accident
ally shot. \ soldier is not supposed to
yGnk mis- gun around by the muzzlc.
ard when hunters learn to keep the
nauZzie of their gun ahead of them
they wont be shot, although we will
not guarantee the safety of the fellow
ahead Of MISUNDERSTANDING Observer.
Supt. Merrill of the Lake Auburn
fish hatchery says that the great
trouble with raising pond lilies at the
hatchery is that people won't let them
alone. They seem to think that pond
lilies are public property. to be con-
verted to their use at any time and
wherever found. This season Mr. Mer-
rill planted some seeds in pals and
boxes and placed them in one of the
new FISH ponds and he succeeded in
raising large number of blue and
white lilies. but the people gathered
more of them than he did
Col w. II. Fogler of Rockland has
an interesting volume, Charters and
General Laws of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony. In this book, under the
date of 1861, is what may be called the