Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-10

The p. o. & o. street railway is said
10 have already earned $3.50
| A Waterville cane merchant displayed
| them with placard announcing Gains
for sale. passer by added these few
words; Buy one when you are Abel
| Supt. Lee of the South Paris electric
road IS genius. one Of his latest i'm
side of the car for the convenience of aged
people.
| There are now 1874 persons in the State
prison including. those in the insane de-
partment. This is about the usual num-
Der. All are well behaved and the OFF,
Gals have had little trouble.
| That was a clever hit of a Lewiston
pianist ut a wedding. the other evening
| After the knot had been tied she struck
| up, only one girl in the world for me-"
1t is among the probabilities that the
Hon. William Mckinley. the Republic
can nominee for the Presidency, Will
be seen at the New England fair.
At Republican caucus for the class
composed of Dexter and Garland held
| in Garland Monday, the Rev Andrew
p. Andrews of Garland, was nominated
for representative in the Legislature
Mr.. NJ. d. Ryan is in Portland, exhibit
ing the folding military bicycle with the
idea of introducing it into the militia SER
vice in Maine. 1t is being tried by the
second regiment of Massachusetts: and
the French and Dutch governments have
adopted il. The bicycle has Il diamond
frame which folds in the middle The
weight is about a pounds.
Leslie Curtis chief of the Dexter fire
department. was very much surprised to
PACKING Company of Portland, a check
Tor 80. 1t was enclosed in a letter in
which the company stated their apprecia-
ton Of the good work of the Dexter ire
department in extinguishing the recent
fire al the company's plant there.
Holt, the Mechanic Falls murderer.
is able to walk out in the gardens and
fields about the Hospital of Our Lady
of Lourdes. in Lewiston, but is closely
watched by one of the men nurses of
the establishment. They say he is one
of the greatest kickers ever in the in
stitution.
The late Harriet Beecher Stowe is we'll
remembered by the guests who yearly as
semble at the Bay View House. and par
ticulariy by a number of Saco and Bidde-
ford people who were favored with her
acquaintance on occasional visits. The
distinguished authoress was there a num-
Der of seasons, and during her last sum-
mer there. In her leisure moments took
up the fad of shell painting. A number
OF these souvenirs from the hands of the
great writer are warmly cherished in the
two cities.
The. well known teacher of parliament
tary law and usage, Mrs. Edward Sher-
bourne Osgood, has recently been pre-
scented with a gavel that is most curious
to see. The head of the gavel is formed
from the trunk of tree. or rather of a
section about foot thick. and n branch
growing from the side forms a handle
as large as an axe handle. The whole
thing is nicely peeled and polished and as
II weighs only about twenty pounds,
makes dainty little toy with which to
govern an assemblage.
~
Machias on Friday started to take her
two children to ride. While she had
hold of the horse, attempting to turn
the team around, the horse backed
over the bank opposite the house. The
team ana children We're precipitated
tlto the river several feet below Mrs.
Willager rescued her children and inn
mediately fell dead upon the ground.
1t is Thought death was caused by the
breaking of a blood vessel in the head,
In the death ct little Eyelina Mitchell.
there passed away last Friday night. an
unfortunate child, who by reason of her
sickness has never been able to leave her
rrare h IRON the day Of o her re, birth re-
formity that has existed. There has APP
parentiy been no growth in her body. but
her head has kept on growing at an alb
It measured - inches around, while the
rest of the body in size still remained
that of an infant The child is said to
have. suffered with the ricketts, by doctors
who have examined her and the abnormal
growth mentioned was due to water in
he head.
Mr.. Hiram S. Maxim, the Dexter inven-
Tor of the celebrated Maxim gun. who is
now studying the subject of air ships.
writes TO the London Times: 81 think L
I'm safe in asserting that until a very re-
cent date the greater part of the expert
mentors on flying machines have been
little better than charlatans and mounte-
banks. IT is only recently that men of
science have actually taken the matter
m hand, and during the last six years
great deal of valuable information has
been obtained, not based upon theory,
1ut upon actual experiments. | feel sure
hat it is now possible to make a success
Ful and practical flying machine which
will at least be a valuable adjunct to the
offensive and defensive powers of highly
civilized nations who are able to make
md operate delicate and complicated ma
,hinery."