Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-30


farms for sale.
Four runaways made matters lively at
Belfast one day, this week.
About 15S. 900 00o feet of logs have passed
through Pcnobscot boom this season.
Horse back ritiing Is the fayo,,te
amusement of Freedom young ladies'.
Among the relics left by a Brooks lady
to her family was the lace cap worn Inv
her when an infant 50 years ago.
The citizens OF the hustling town of
Patten view with pride the many houses
built there within the past two years
Ex-Governor Perham,s house at Paris
has been closed for the season. The fam
lily will spend the winter In Washington
Sullivan Harbor believes that the es-
Establishment of u reading room for young
ton.
A Portland man bought last week in
New Hampshire and Vermont, car
load of apples at the low price of 10
cents barrel.
One little lewiston girl who made a
practice of getting these buttons with
sentiments expressed on them has gath
cred togethe 200 of tncm UP to date.
AndoNcr, Me-. takes the championship
! belt for hot-blooded base BAH town.
/ They're playing bah up there Yet and the
"Andover stars have Just wailoped the
| high school comets.
! George T. Mayhem. a member of Bel
J fasts city council. exhibits ii branch OF
apple tree 9la inches in length and bear
ing eight apples. the smallest of which
measures "a inches in circumference.
| NJ. A. Sinclair. inspector of the Bangor
water works. has laid 1926 feet of new
main this year. 1t was mostly six inch
| PIPE and a new main Of six inch pipe is.
at the present time. being placed in posi-
ton,
| Seals. which frequent the Maine rocks,
fare regarded as the most timid OF erea-
10. k,., hi
Sasanoa river fisherman reports that
they seized his oar blades and fought him
| when he attempted to drive them out
Iof his Weir. Fishermen begrudge the
seals every fish they eat.
William l. Mayo of Cranberry Isles,
who has been in the fish weir business
some fifteen years says that the pres
ent year has been the best in three years
and that the talk about that part OF
the Maine coast being played out for
! fishing is false.
One day the past season drummer
| stopping on Peaks Island was seen at
| the steamer landing busily FASTING upon
his trunk IA number Of the foreign labels
which returned tourists often allow to re-
main indefinitely upon their luggage
The drummer explained that these imita-
ton labels We're obtainable in the large
cities, and that he was putting them on
merely as q. joke.
The amount of crops still unharvested.
surprised a Traveller through northern
! oxford county last week. Corn pota-
toes and pumpkins were in the field" he
says. land any quantity of apples on the
| trees. And last. but not least. the grass
| on one large meadow was yet standing
except few cocks of hay left where they
| were put up. No wonder the French say
we are wasteful
| The Maine Farmers Almanac for 1897 is
already at hand-but its predictions read
ing Signs of Storm" for about half of
January, Some rain may be expected
about this time, from February list to
nth, and Cold winds with snow and
sleet'' for the whole of March from Alpha
to Omega, are not very promising. How
ever some pleasant weather is fore
told for the % days beginning April eth. so
let US take courage.
Game Warden Davis of Machias, has
gone to the Maine General hospital in
PORTLAND, where he will have an opera
ton performed on one of his eyes. MIR.
Davis was presented a few weeks ago
with a muzzle loading shot gun one
day he tried it and when the hammer
shut down upon the cap. piece of the
latter flew and struck him in the eye.
tie held up his hand and the eycball
dropped out of the socket into il.
a peculiar case is reported at Pen
obscot. Mrs. Nan Lowe of Kng1lan
Who is visiting her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Leach oG renohscot. has
been in a comatose state since Satur-
day of last week. She fell asleep Sat
friday forenoon and despite all efforts
In awaken her has remained 50 since
She was not in good health, having
suffered for some time with a spinal
trouble. She lies with the muscles OF
her arms contracted and while her
heart beats regularly one cannot dis
cover that she is breathing.