Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-18

,o was soo0 siding In AroOstook
sprague's Mills, has awakened to the
necessity Of having street lamps.
, Over 1000 books are In the Bowdo,.
college library, the largest library T.,
! the State. :"
Milford's dedication ball at it's neu,
town hall. this week, netted about "a
worth OF new scenery for the same.
Mars Hill. much to the joy of Blaine
mas at last begun work on it's half OF
the plank walk connecting the two viii
lagos.
Roads were never in as bad condi.
ton in Aroostook county during the
fall ashley are this season. Extensive
repairs will have to be made next
lspring.
There seems to, be no end to tho
building boom at Livermore Falls
Hardly week goes by but the founda-
tions for one or more new dwellings
are begun.
Rats have caused the Bangor CITY
workmen considerable trouble during
the summer. The crew has repaired
piece of sidewalk on Broad street sew
eral times and the rats undermine il
just as fast as it is repaired.
Rockland has kept the keys to its
fire alarm boxes in small boxes near
them, but there have been so many
false alarms lately that it has been
found necessary to remove the keys to
private houses in the neighborhood OF
each box.
| Mn, hav Of t.
port harbor each day, catching the
small fish that are now so plentiful in
these waters and considerable sport is
had by many sharpshooters. who find it
not easy to bring down one of these
swift flying sea birds with the rife
Friday there pulled into the Maine
Central yard at Portland the first train
loaded with lumber that has been seen
there for long time. This is an indi-
cation of the starting up of the lumber
trade since election. One of the officials
said that there were probably 5000 cars
loaded with lumber awaiting shipment
at Stewardstown. The freight business
of the Maine Central already shows
decided advance.
The Citizens Debating society of
York county was organized in Bidde-
ford, Friday evening, with So members.
Each person present wrote on slip Of
paper a question and the slips were
then collected in hat and afterward
drawn out again by those present.
each being expected to talk for five
minutes on the question drawn By him
from the hat. One queer feature Of
this part of the programme was that
| Howard Hamilton, who had proposed
! the question, Should the study of the
dead languages be omitted from the
nigh school curriculum" drew his own
question out of the hat and had it to
talk on.
The Portland board of health
have received new disinfect-
ing apparatus, the invention of
Prof. Robinson of Bowdoin col
lege. 1t consists of simple arrange
ment for burning wood alcohol in a
flat dish so that the fumes will pass up
through a sheet iron funnel and pene-
trate every part of the room. Prof
Robinson says that it appears to be a
very powerful means of fumigating.
He enclosed a live diphtheria germ in
the folds of a mattress, and after the
hours in the room the germ was found
to be dead. The board of health will
make use of the apparatus and test its
merits.
Tho law library of the Knox bar as
ISOLATION, Rockland, has been largely
increased of late in the number of vol
umes. a few years ago the bookcase
now in the sheriff's room contained
the entire library. Now there is a well
chosen selection of over 1900 books.
Within the past week 90 volumes Of
Ohio reports, 50 volumes of Ohio state
reports and 81 volumes Of Wisconsin
reports have been received. Formerly
the books We're purchased from the
fees received from the admission or
young lawyers to the bar. Now ac-
cordng to the statutes 20 per cent. OF
the liquor fines up to the limit OF Sow
Is devoted to the purchase of books.
The purchasing committee consists OF
D. n. Mortland, J. H. Montgomery, G.
E. Littlefield. j. E. Moore. True P.
Pierce. and C. F.. Walker. The entire
| bar is. however, consulted before an
| order is given.
Rather forlorn party came to Rock
| land on the Bodwell from Vinalhaven
Frid--. 1t comprised the members OF
| the Fortunes Founding Combination
| which presented Little Lord Fauntle-
roy at Vinalhaven Tuesday night. The
company left Boston * weeks ago and
has lately been playing in the Maine
coast towns. The stormy weather has
proven Jonah to the company ana IS
the receipts could no longer make con-
| nections with the expenditures it was
necessary to disband Friday. The
manager disbursed the contents OF the
treasury to the seven members OF the
company who obtained IA cents each.
The members of the company are IN
Rockland endeavoring to raise enough
cash to take them Ito their respective
homes. The company is a respectable
| one and its hard luck is to be regretted.
| Spruce Head congratulatesi itself upon
| its good roads. The recent rains nave
| just washed the roads enough to make
them smooth as glass and nearly as
hard.
| The Maine Central is experimenting
with cyclometer for its locomotives
with the intention of making it possible
to know just how many miles each ma