Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-26

Unlike many COuHily
Haven may well be proud of her roads.
The old system of a labor tax was done
away with there several years ago anu
the town bought road machine ana has
each year appropriated q fairiy eeneIouss
sum to be expended on the roads. Adueu
"a this Is the fact that we have clayey
soil that once put in good cond1tion MAI
dens until 1t is almost like macadam.
A novel contrivance for raising prleh
and mortar for the upper part OF S ~
building is being used by Bushey q 0v
in the work on the new Ha1nes oiocn, ,,d
Portland. Near the center OF ' h,,;,t and
ing an elevator shaft has been puiie On" -
an elevator about six feet square - ~ ~,
Grated by a small engine outsioS -
building. BY this Arrangement tne ,,,,nY,
and mortar instead of being iueseu hpai.
the shoulders of men are put into M s.pei
harvnr,s fonr Of these wheeled on the Ell.
eyator platform, the engine pulS nayt
,pant and the whole load is on ths h. -
floor level where a man wneels o 90 ha
stuff to the place where II happens
most needed. -, "a
II e hard to tell the cause why ~
-, or;minals are going to State prison
from This section of the state. Duii ms
the present year. 1897 twehty-nNe D..
been sent to Thomaston from the ~
land superior court. Most OF tnese i I'd
been for such offences as dangerous
entering. assault with uansel0e 'n
No, non attempts to murder, larceny @o.
same If these crimes are perhaps due "
tihe prevalence of hard times WIZ
work does not come easily 70 iaoo -
and IN sheer shiftlessness he steals 70 ".
the money he wants; but most oil then
come in the ordinary course OF si my ~
fences being more one year anu iess H. a.,
other why no one can expiaii' iei'- No
the Portland Advertiser. :
Secretary Rich in the Portland poaru %
trade journal summarizes the professor Il
of go delegates alltUuliit
the last semi-annual session OF the State
hoard of trade at Riverton PARK Deer-
ing, as follows: Four mayors three JAIN m
ers. one Judge, four lawyers tnfee eul-
tors one publisher. five manufacturers,
one city treasurer, one postmaster oIe
state assessor one bank officer, Two iuih-
hermen three insurance officers, three
shoe dealers, two journalists, ten llel-
chants, one cotton mill agent, three plis
sicians three railroad managers one
railroad agent one plumber. one foundry
man. three machinists, one civil engineer.
one metal worker. one granite Workei;
two contractors, two commissioners anu
four farmers. altogether representlhs
quite a wide diversity OF interests
throughout the State of Maine.
Mrs. NJ. f. Percy at Winnegance,
lost a needle a few weeks since. She
missed it and hunted for it, but did
not find it. Last Tuesday she had a
feeling like cramp in her hip that pc
came so bad she was in considerapie
distress. Upon examining the place she
found the needle there imbedded almost
its entire length in the flesh, with just
the eye sticking out 1t was only by
good deal of effort that she was apie
to draw it out and it was plackeneo
ara crusted with rust. How it came
there is a mystery to her, as she never
felt it enter and she had experienced no
discomfort from it's presence until the
feeling of cramp came on and led to It's
discovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick and a Mr..
Sturtevant of Bangor, had narrow es-
cane from drowning at Hermon pond
Sunday afternoon. The wind was blow
ing a gale, and the boat in which the
party were cruising around had Just
come from Derry or Tracy pond, 50
called through the narrow thorough
fare into Herman pond, and reached
point in front of the Smith landing.
about six rods out from the thorough
fare. when she capsZed. A man on the
shore at Smiths landing saw the acct
dent, jumped into boat and went 10
the rescue. The men were Keeping
above water, but the woman was going
down for the third time when the res
curer reached the scene and took them
all aboard.
The Bangor News says: Luther
Bridges is a farmer residing at East
BluehiIl with his wife ard family OF nine
children. These children, all under II
years, were taken sick with the measles
n short time ago. After having the
usual run of the disease the children,
with one exception, still remained ILL.,
Their physician said that in addition TO
measles they had become affected WEN
tubercular pneumonia. One Child died
Tuesday, another Wednesday,an three
are now at the point of death. Mr.
Bridges keeps COWS and all the chill
dren except one drank this cows milk.
The child who did not drink the mix
was the one who recovered. Dr. w. T..
West of Ellsworth, was sent for FRIDAY,
TO test the COW. The animal was found
affected with tuberculosis and was con-