Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-05

Holden farmer recently captured
two white woodchucks.
A telephone lire between North
Lubec and Eastport is being talked Of
Twins So years old are living In the
western part of the State, one in Port
land, the other in Biddeford.
1t has been long time since there
has been so many building operations
going on in Gardiner, as at the present
time,
The Rangeley Lakes wants 1t under
stood that the report that RangeIey
and Dead River are at swords points
is untrue
\. c. Weber of Lisbon Centre, ha.
in his possession a specimen of hay
cut from the George Rogers farm il
Kittery, in 1749.
Two fingers from an adults hanc
and wrapped in paper parcel were
found in North Bridgton recently. The
mystery has not yet been solved.
Bartholomew Fitzgerald was caugh,
by cavein at a gravel pit in Orono
Wednesday. He died while under
GoinE the amputation Of both legs.
- tiiNi ttGt'l 90 ytdISs iiNltlE az
Fast Bay, Perry. has planted an acre
OF oats and expects to be alive t.
gather In the crop later in the year.
one day last week, there was not {;
vessel in the river or in the yards re
pairing at Ellsworth, something which
hasn't happened before for fifty years.
Every day several men are seen on
the Lewiston falls poking around IL
the eel holes with poles. searching for
the remains OF the late Chief Engineer
Allen.
Thanks 10 the persistent and deter
mined efforts Of Hon Fred Atwood
Winterport is to have water works.
The operations win be rapidly pushed
1t is worth while to have such men a.
Col. Atwood in town-Maine Farmer
The Portland Electric Light Company
has made a tine electric sign TO go "a
the front Of the Southern hotel, ST
Louis. bearing the words Reed Head
quarters" II takes five hundred i
candle-power lights and VIII present
beautiful sight when lighted at night.
James II. Horne. the most prominent
athlete at Bowdoin. who is one of the
greatest hurdlers in the country. has
been engaged TO coach the Bangor High
school athletic team and will arrive
here next Saturday. He will be with
the team a week before the contests al
Waterville.
The committee have decided to build
another cottage at the Reform school
similar to the Harrington cottage. Al
present 30 boys are accommodated al
this cottage, leaving III in the main
building. When the new cottage is
completed this number will in all prob
ability lie reduced to less than 100.
Henry Dexter, the well known Dex
ter architect, has completed plans foi
the new Jniversalist church building
which is 10 be erected by the Dover
ard FoAcroft Uniyersalist society this
sumner. The dimensions of the build
ing are 3Sx5S feet. with a vcstry 19x21
feet. and kitchen l3l2x17 feet 1t i
To cost $4,000.
There are enrolled in the customs
district Of this State. 49, vessels ex-
clusively engaged in fisheries. and il
addition there are more than 5000 fish
ing boats employed in the shore fish
cries. our sea and shore fisheries
represent a cash capital of fully $4,000
600 and give employment to upwards OF
1900 people.
1t is g singular coincidence that Col
+. N. Robinson, commander Of Cush-
man Post, G. y. r.. of Phillips should
be one of six brothers who were in the
Rel elton. ard that his grandfather
'v@s enc of six brothers who were in
the Revolution. Still more remarkable
IL the fact that three Of each genera
tinn were killed in service. 1t is an ex-
ample of hereditary patriotism not
often recorded.
Since the effect of the obnoxious
miscalled Labor Saw" of New York
state, excluding granite for building
purposes" Including paving blocks"
as construed by the courts, from states
and districts outside Of New York
state. the granite quarries at Jones'
horo have been largely abandoned. and
quarry owners and workers who could
nave gone into numbering. while MANY
OF the quarry hands house joiners and
carpenters as well as day laborcrs
have sought work in other places.