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

| Oceanville this fall turned out in can.
54O0 bushels of CLAIMS in six weeks.
PASSPORT is rejoicing over the com
pletion of it's sewer which is $500 feet il
length.
| Camden claims to have more liter
airy clubs than any town of it's size in
the State.
| A West Paris farmer who runs mill
cart into the village hasn't missed 9
trip for seven years.
| Business must be fairly good in some
sections of Oxford county. An average
of six car loads Of freight day is
shipped from the South Paris station
alone.
Said a Rockland sportsman. who has
been over the territory: Two years
| hence, when the law is off deer in Lin
| coin county, there will be from 125 to
$50 deer, waiting hunters in the woods
of Whitefield."
A Biddeford officer who learned that
man had sold horse for 80 cents de-
| cided such a case demanded investiga-
| ton for the animals sake The result
| was the killing of the horse, and by the
owners consent. too.
The large new lumber mill of the
Ashland Manufacturing company at
Ashland, is to be lighted throughout by
electricity. The company will generate
its own electric power by a dynamo of
300 or 400 lights capacity.
A. A. Brown of Liberty. has a num-
Der of pet skunks which play about the
barn and allow themselves to be han
died like kittens. They were caught
when very small and have grown up to
be familiar with the presence of the
men and domestic animals about the
place.
Brunswick's talk of joining Sagada-
hoe county begins to excite apprehen-
sion in the Forest City. Speaking Of
golden eggs. Brunswick is one of Port
lands geese in this respect and no
wonder that our spindle sister town
wants to save money 10y becoming part
of greater Sagdahoc, wherein she log
ically belongs.-l3ath Times.
A prominent Auburn business man
is authority for the following: A
farmer in one of the suburban towns
was digging for the foundation of a
house recently. when few feet under
ground he discovered a tan pit in which
were some calf skins. which had evil
IDENTIFY been forgotten. He used it to
make mittens and other articles, and
found it to be very nicely tanned.
The big sign which has just been
painted on the steel roof Of one of the
buildings at the Bath Iron Works is
the largest sign in this part of the
State. The sign which reads Bath
Iron Works" is nearly 200 feet long.
the letters are % feet in length and 10
in width. The white lettering on the
dark background can be read the
whole length of Baths water front
Capt. Gilbert of the schooner Com
merce. son of Capt. Daniel Gilbert Of
Rockland is but 20 years old, but he
can boast of his maritime record, for
it is one that many an older captain
would not look upon with contempt.
Capt. Gilbert has been in command of
a vessel since he was II years old
which makes him about the youngest
captain that sails on the Atlantic.
The Kings Daughters of Phillips.
are collecting the stray books. maya
every family has more or less. This
literature is sorted and distributed
among the scattered homes in the out
oftown districts, where reading mat
ter is scarce. and well appreciated; the
books and papers often being worn out
in service as they are carried from one
home to another
The frozen herring season is on at
Eastport again, but the big fish are
reported scarce, although they were
plentiful for several weeks during the |
summer, when they We're smoked. The |
former industry was for many winters |
largely entered into, but each season |
seems to diminish the quantity put up, |
and not many barrels of frozen fish are |
shipped west. The annual fleet of large |
vessels of former years. is now a |
thing of the past. much to the regret |
of the merchants and men who found |
handling the herring.
There is still one mystery about the |
robbery part of the Parsonsfield case and |
that IS where part of the money Is that |
was in the possession of Mrs Betsey r. |
Hobbs. the murdered woman. 1t has al |
most been conclusively settled that all |
the money that Palmer and Savage got |
as the result of the murder and robbery
was committed Mrs. Hobbs sold a wood |
lot for something like 5000 and this
money was deposited in the bank at
Not long before the murder
was committed this 5000 was drawn
from the bank. and has not been seen
since as the property of Mrs. Hobbs.
The county attorney has theories on this
matter that he is not yet ready 10 make
public.
Mrs H. l.. Maker of Camden. has in
her possession a plain band ring with
quite a story. Seven years ago, Mr.
Maker, while in a boat in the cove at
Makers island one day, accidently
dropped the ring into the water. The
water of the cove was very deep, so no
search was made for the ring at the
time. A few weeks ago. Miss Flora
Maker, niece of Mr.. Makers. was
along the shore of the cove at
low tide, and noticing a bright object
slistening in the sand, picked it up. 1t
was a ring, and when cleaned, Mrs.
Makers initials were found upon the
inside.
F. w. Wight of Rockland. wears an
historic Mckinley button. In january
asst, when the contest for delegates to
he Republican convention was begin