Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-29

Fast Machias ladies have formed a class
IN tine needle work
A Bath dealer sold his 10th wheel fol-
this season, last week.
Sangcrvile will enjoy course of lee.
lures, the coming winter.
Members of the Penobscot bar rendered
game dinner to Judge Foster Wednes-
day night.
Since the foundation of st. Joseph's
society in Lewiston Is years ago, only Is
members have died.
There have been several new cases of
diphtheria AT Lisbon Falls, so the schools
nave been postponed two weeks
The Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland. has bought house on Congress
street, and will convert it into a home and
training school for nurses.
A gentleman we'll known in Portland as
postage stamp collector. recently had
In MS possession little book of some So
or ~ foreign stamps valued at over $14OO
North Deerng is one of the fastest
growing sections of Portland. Nearly a
dozen new houses have been recently built
or are being built there at the present
time.
Charles. f. Tefft of Brewer. has been
appointed instructor of modelling at the
Artist Artisan in New York City. This
is one OF the largest art schools in the
Country.
There have been about g new buildings
erected this year in Norway. the most of
which have been dwelling houses. Next
year there promises to be nearly as many
more built.
The soldiers monument at Bar Harbor
Is completed. The last piece. the statue.
has been placed in position and yelled. 1t
VIII rot be uncovered until Thursday,
Nov. 4, when the monument will be for
mally dedicated.
Belfast coon cat dealers report very
poor sales in cats this fall. The sale has
been far behind that of previous years
and the shipments on the boats and trains
are not up to the average of other years
at this season.
II. G. Robinson. formerly instructor at
the University of Maine. from which he
graduated in 50. has gone to Hartford,
CT, where he will be employed under
Civil Engineer f. d. Graves. Sc, of the
bridge and highway commission.
Early Wednesday morning, the resi-
dence of George W. Parker. Bangor, was
entered by a burglar. who secured a num-
Der Of articles. He obtained entrance by
removing screen on a rear window and
prying open the window with chisel
breaking the fastenings.
One day the past week a tailoring es-
tablis hment in Portland had cosmopoli-
tan batch of orders. in succession rs fol-
lows: One for repairs on a suit made in
France. another made in Germany, an
other in England a fourth in Ireland and
finally suit made in Chicago.
The Penobscot river is pretty low at the
present time, owing TO the absence of rain
for some time. and some of the mills
which were TO have been started could not
begin operations on this account. The
iowness OF the water also interferes with
the rafting at the booms. The mill men
would like 10 see some heavy rains.
TIomaStnp'S rparket
Fose. is brisily engaged converting cab
bages into Sauer kraut. He intends to
pack 20 tierces. He, has rugged up a
cutter which is driven by double wheeled
gear hand power with which he has cut
up two hundred and sixty pounds of cab
bage in seven and one-half minutes At
that rate ten barrels a day could easily
be put down.
Thomas Leonard of Bath. one day in
the spring picked up bean in the street
He put it in his pocket and thought moth
ing more about it until while in his gar
den one day CHANGING to put his hand in
his pocket he came across it. He planted
1t. and it grew to be over IA feet high and
yielded from that one bean ESQ. Mr.. Leon
ard does not know the variety having
never seen any like it before.
For some time clerk in one of the gro
Gerry stores at the west end. Portland. has
been purloining goods to the aggregate
value of hundred dollars or more tax
ing at different times cigars. provisions
and household utensils. A few days ago |
he was detected in the act and dis |
His employer refused to prose- |
cute on condition that he leave the State |
which he promised to do Immediately. |
He came from a town in Massachusetts,.
A letter has been received from Mrs
Samuel Mowatt. whose strange disap-
pearance from her home at ST. David's.
near Calais. created such a stir some
weeks ago. announcing her safe arrival
ut her home in Minneapolis, after a hard
struggle against difficulties. Mrs. Mowatt
on leaving home had barely enough
money to pay her way but q short ways
beyond Boston. and was obliged to beg
ler way TO her Western home. She stated
hat she was unable longer to stand the
'ruel treatment she was subjected to and
IN leaving home was attired in an old
house dress with shabby hat and cloak
md presented a pitiful picture when she
arrived at her home which she left five
Years ago a happy bride. In her letter
he unhappy woman announced that she
vas done with her attempt at living the
life of a farmers wife and it is expected
hat divorce proceedings will at once be
instituted.
STATE NEWS.