Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-28
rortland's population is estimated

portland's population is estimated"
at 5000.
Observers Of historical landmarks regret
to learn of the havoc OF the recent winn my
storm among the celebrated belcner VIII
lows at Pennington.
The valuation Of the town of Show
hogan this year is $3.17s,O0O; number of
polls, 1850; number of pupils, 1873.
A man who was preparing to take a
trip UP river fishing and not being used
to this part of the world entered grocery
store at SkOwhegan and asked for can
OF angle worms for bait.
The cyclone that struck Canaan. Fri
day did more damage than was at first
known. This village has been nearly
wiped out by fire twice within the ,o past
among the farmers in town by fire.
Hon. l. c. Libby has made the sugges-
ton that Waterville shoulds not build an
instead that the city build a city build
ing and that a syndicate be formed and
an opera house block be built with stores
above.
A Foxcroft gentleman. who recently re,
turned from the region Of Ship Pond
that S ias an run oe
enormous. in some instances being piled
twenty feet high. There. are 1870 drivers
on the stream and dynamite is being used
freely in starting the jams.
One day recently, II. L. Swift of
South Paris, found four of his sheep
badly mangled. and Amasa Swift,
whose sheep run in an adjoining past
ure, found seven of his dead, and
Others badly injured. 1t was evidently
the work of dogs.
f. ]. Lawrence, Geo. c. Weeks and
c. f, Gray, appraisers on the estate OF
G. A. & c. Nj. Phillips of Fairfield.
is understood that the property of the
firm viii realize a handsome sum over
and above all Indebtedness.
A Mrs. Edith Simmons of New York city.
was put under $500 bondsxby a Rockland
trail Justice Il few days ago to answer to
the charge of having enticed away to New
daughters of Mrs. Estelle Davis and Mrs.
Helen Wincapaw both of Friendship; A
father of one of the girls discovered their
them. After that Mrs. simmons had the
audacity to come to Friendship. which
was formerly her home. She was imme-
diately arrested.
factor in river driving, was practically
unheard of on the drive until few years
ago. It is great time saver ana time IS
certainly money when n big crew is draw
ing $50 a day per man whether they re
working or loafins. One log crosswise or
the stream will sometimes key an entire
drive. Formerly it was necessary to wait
lii the water was shut off so that man
could go down and cut the log. which
often necessitated hanging up the dyiye
for many hours. Nowadays few pounds
of dynamite under the key-log will do the
business in less time than it takes to tell
it and the oafing time of the crew is very
materially curtailed.
The Riggs house in Deering, the old
est one in that city, is being torn
down and at present all that remains
is the mammoth chimney, which con-
tains almost enough bricks to build a
small modern house. The mortar used
in the chimney was made in the old
fashioned way of clay and hair. and is
very solid after being in use about $50
years The old hand-hewn timbers
are also in an excellent state of pres
ervation This building was used as a
tavern from liza to 1854.
The Bangor Historical Society has
received lately from Stockholm. Swe~
den, IS volumes of the publication OF
the Swedish Academy of Bellies Let
tres. History and Antiquities, COM
prising the "Manadsblad" or monthly
sheet and THE Antiqvarisk Tidskrift
or Antiquarian Journal. These valu-
able works were accompanied by a
pleasant letter to Professor John 5
nary, from Dr. Anton Blomberg, libra
rian of the academy, expressing the
hope that some of his old countrymen
1.-The Swedes of Maine" may find
pleasure in these works. and contain
ing friendly reference to Mr.. Thomas
the founder Of New Sweden.