Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The vessel reported ashore on Monhe-
gan. is the schooner Jonn Somes. from
Bayonne. N. j.. for PASSPORT. with 1W0
| barrels of petroleum. The vessel is to-
tai loss. The crew was saved. -
Stephen Travers of Biddeford, will box
Dick OBrien of Lewiston, next Tuesday
night. Travers has tried for long time
to get on "A match with o. Brien. The con-
test will be for eight rounds, and win or
lose. Travers will get $25 and expenses.
The will of Augustus. d. Manson of
Bangor who died at Boston, Monday.
a building. and the Children's Home and
Home for Aged Women 5000 each. The
estate apparently exceeds $3.50 600 IN
value. Several relatives get $4,000 each.
For three years there has been a steady
decrease in the quantity of lumber sur
veyed at Bangor. the exact figures as just
compiled by the surveyor general being
as follows: 1894, 161214;024 feet; 1895, IA
marked decrease is in spruce and green
pine. and the figures mean much to the
city in an industrial way.
The salary resolve adopted by the Lew
iston city council for next year raises the
salary of the auditor to $3.50 year. and
of the. assessors from $3.50 to $500. The
pay of the tax collector is reduced from
one-half of l per cent. on the real estate
and 10 per cent of the polls. to 4-10ths of
/ per cent. and 5 per cent. respectively.
bluueIOTu ) Il TcIlCH SduduIiH OTSdIiIAd-
ton. which has for one of its objects the
naturalization of residents of that ma
tionality. held mock election, Tuesday
between John 3. Forth. grocer. and ex-
Alderman William Roussin. but Forth
got the most votes. There is strong talk
of nominating a Canadian candidate for
mayor.
Mcdonald died at his home on Washing
ton street. He had been very i'll with
pneumonia for several days. and Tues
day. it was believed that he was getting
better. but he died suddenly. as stated.
He was one of our best-known shipbuild-
ers. his yard being at the South end.
His age was "a years. and he is survived
by wife. a daughter. Miss Alice. and
two sons Harry and Charles.-Bath En-
terprise.
There is a strange condition of things
at Portland. 1t is said that there isn't
on the average more than two inches of
been taken out for weeks, and I'm fact
but once this season. and then only for
a few hours, and. Tuesday, heavy rain
transformed the roads into so many mud
beds. while the day suggested the early
spring rather than January. Old skip
pers there claim that this sort of weather
will continue through the winter.
The Bangor Historical Society met.
Tuesday, and discussed the work Of the
past year and plans for 1897. Officers
were chosen as follows: l.. b. Nealley.
pres; Henry Lord. vice pres: Prof John
S. Sewall. cor. Sec: T.. f. Duren. rec.
sec: Thos W. Coe. treas: n. S. Harlow.
librarian: A. w. Paine. DIR. w. c. Mason.
Geo. F.. Godfrey. Fl. N. Fairbanks. DIR.
A. c. Hamlin Col. j. w. Porter, cxecu-
tive committee.
Tuesday, many of our citizens who are
or have been interested in the ice BUSH
ness were discussing the prospects for
the up-river crop. A week ago, all was
favorable. and big harvest was looked
for. but the warm weather and rain have
changed things greatly and now they
fear that the ice will come down. and IL
shell ice is very likely to be formed. dam
aging the fields to a great extent. Our
business men and vessel owners say
long cold spell may save the crop. but
short crop means the loss of hundreds
of dollars in this part of the State.-Bath
Enterprise.