Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-24

| Maine Outing. which has been pub
| lshed in Portland for about a year. has
| temporarily suspended it's publication.
II is thought that new management
Will assume control of the magazine.
The fact that s12 900 worth of real
estate has been sold at York beach this
summer is evidence that there is no
lessening of interest in Maine seashore
property. The beaches have all been
popular this summer
Two highwaymen attacked the stage
on the saAd hill between Jonesboro and
Columbia one night recently, but failed
in their attempt to rob it by the pres
ence of mind of the driver and the
swiftness of the horses, which sent the
robbers headlong into the gutter
a dwelling house situated on the
Lamoine road, owned by Mrs. Julia e.
Paine of Salisbury Cove, was destroyed
by fire Monday night. The home was
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Bridges
who We're awakened at II o'clock by
the smell of smoke and cracking of fire
on the roof. Most of the furniture was
lost. No insurance. The fire is thought
to have been incendiary.N
ELECTION oddities still continue to
crop out. Now the Calais Times has
discovered what it calls good one on
Rev. A. S. Ladd. Prohibition candidate
for governor. He was so interested in
the work of the campaign. that he
neglected to have his name put on the
voting list. and in consequence. the
Prohibition vote in this city was prob
ably reduced to the extent of one
ballot.
The employees in one of the smaller fac
tories in PASSPORT. in view of the prob
ability of the speedy closing. from the
low prices at which the goods are sold,
have made a proposition to the proprie
tor that the factory be run the employees
drawing two-thirds of their earnings.
leaving one-third as working capital. the
balance to be paid to them at the close
Of the season, in proportion to the profit
that accrues from the business: or III
other words the men employed in this
factory are willing to accept certainty
of two-thrds of the present prices paid
for labor in preference.
The Baptist meeting house in South
ThomaSton is 100 years old this year.
The exact date of its dedication is not
known. but was sometime in the fall of
1896 The centennial of the organiza-
ton of the church was celebrated some
years since. 1t is now deemed fitting
that as this is the oldest church edtice
in Knox county some special notice
should be taken of its centennial Sew
eral of the ministers of the Lincoln
Baptist association, accordingly, held
conference with some of the members
OF the church at the First Baptist
chapel and arranged for a centennial.
Services will be held on Tuesday, oct.
-. if fair otherwise, on Thursday, Oct.
"a
Judge S. w. G. Putnam of York. was
bound to vote election day The York
Courant says of him: Judge Putnam
had n serious i'll turn on Saturday, and
has since been confined to his bed. Be
ing unwilling to be deprived of the
privilege of voting, on Monday noon,
against the protests of his physicians,
DR.. Cook, and Of his own family and
friends, he bundled out of bed, into
warm garments and a heavy overcoat.
rode to the polls. deposited his ballot.
cordial greetings with
many friends, and in 10 minutes was
snugly ensconced between the blankets
again and has experienced no i'll effects
from his imprudence. Heretofore, the
judge has been on deck all day at all
elections.