Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-30

nor lost a man overheard. Seafaring
men claim that the craft will hardly
find a rival In these days. and she must
have had series Of careful shippers.
Commissioner Oak makes some sug-
gestions for improvements in the laws
which he thinks would be wise. He
would have a change so that it would
be lawful to spear and net suckers.
These fish are very destructive to trout
and salmon spawn. swimming about on
the beds and sucking it in for food.
Many of the northern lakes are tenn
ing with white fish. They will not
take bait or fly to any extent, and
under our laws it is illegal to use a
net. 1t would be wise. he thinks, to
have law allowing the netting of the
fish at certain times out of certain
places under the direct inspection of
wardens. This is an excellent food fish,
and such a law would be a boon to
many people in northern Maine. In
Mud lake and Black river the fish are
very abundant
James Blake of West Brownville. has
been doing some wholesale gathering
in Of articles belonging to Others ac-
cording to reports. A lot of furniture
was found stored in the scaffolding of
an old barn. While he was peddling
fruits and garden truck in North Con-
way last summer he hired q little attic
room in which he lived. After each
trip through the mountain hamlets in
the vicinity Of North Conway. he al
ways carried a big box up to his little
room. The door was always locked
and he never allowed any one to go in
to his apartment. Since his arrest the
room has been broken into and found
to be filled with articles of every con-
ceivable kind that he had stolen from
dwelling houses and hotels while ped
ding his wares. 1t was a verita bic
curiosity shop. and there's was stuff
enough to stock combination store
Although Blake has stolen many hun
dred dollars worth of stuff, he has al
ways stored it away, and as far as the
officers can learn. he, never realized a
cent on any of the contraband goods !
That such a simple minded fellow
should make so many breaks and never
get caught is something to surprise the
officers
dent of the PASSPORT Sentinel had been
more explicit but here is what he |
says: 1T is with reluctance that the
correspondent takes up his pen to re-
cord alleged occurrences that have
been rumored in regard to the public |
schools of Edmunds. However, as ii |
is the duty Of a newspaper man to |
record Iumors, when the continuance |
of the same justify the fact that where |
there is smoke there may be fire. I |
hesitate no longer. For the past month |
or more, members of one of the |
churches in the region are supposed to |
have been holding a series of religious |
services that are of prolonged nature, |
and, during the said services. it is al |
so rumored that there occurs what is
known in that particular denomina- |
ton as a Holy Crawl" The particu-
lar features of the Holy Crawl are not
known to the writer but. if hearsay is
to be believed, they are of a nature
to excite the nervous system to the
highest state of extreme sensibility
and even to hysteria. The writer is
also uniformed as to what special |
spiritual benefit the Holy Crawl is to
but. if report is true these |
religious meetings have had such an
effect upon the nervous systems of Ed
munds teachers that they have been
forced to strange proceedings in the
presence of their pupils Taking all in
all. l trust that the rumors are
for, if they are not it rem
lers the duty of our present school
supervisor more than unpleasant,
creates disorder and trouble in the
schools. and furthermore. causes the
of the scholars, who are tax
payers and support the schools, to lose
antire interest in the same.