Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-31

Swanville had five births in Il days.
Women are taking the place Of men In
the Auburn shoe shops.
st. George chuckies over two mails a
day. all but the postmaster.
1t is reported that gold has been discov-
cred at the ''Ryefieid'' district in Frank
lin.
A tortoise cat has a bun, maltese and
black kitten. All this in East Sanger
vile.
The selectmen Of Mars Hill are putting
new bridge across the stream in the
| village. sz
The selectmen OF roxcroft have forbid
den bicycle riding on the sidewalks of
/ that town.
1 Norway Is primping its shade trees in
| the section where the fire OF three years
| ago did so much damage.
| Wedding bells are soon to sound for
| three happy ones in one Winthrop house,
hold and for another in Hailowell.
| A Biddeford harness maker has had or
| ders this summer to build harnesses for
an elephant and a pair of donkeys.
Seven thousand feet of sods were used
| in sodding the terraces In front Of the
South Paris courthouse. The cost was
| $125.25
| Frank II. DolOn has been appointed adj
vertising manager of the Portland sun
| day Telegram, in place of the late Henry
| A. Nickerson.
A Bucks Mills little girl. last week. got
| over four years sickness of what the
| physicians have called catarrh. by just
| sneezing button out of her nose.
| v. NJ. C. Silva of New York, has been
| appointed general manager of the Blue
| hill Steamboat Company, which operates
a line between Ellsworth and Rockland.
| As a result of Mr.. Crittentons appeal
| n NJ b,r Ri hu dn ~
| evening, 1t is possible that Florence
Crittenton home may be established in
| Portland.
Mr.. Newton Perry of River street, Au-
burn. is more fortunate than the most of
US. having two uncles and three aunts all
| of whom were children of Revolution
airy soldier,-William Bracket.
Mr. John Venue of North Pennington,
| found a spotted snake over three feet in
length. She showed fight and he killed
| her. Upon opening he found 63 small
ones about three inches in length.
"A man fishing at Kennebago the other
day, spied woodchuck on the land and
cast his fly and as luck would have it, it
caught the fellow by the hind leg. He
made for the water but was finally cap
tured.
The outlook for our coastwise sailing
vessels is extremely favorable. Freights
from the coal ports took sudden jump
| last week, and owing to a scarcity OF
tonnage Southern rates have advanced
all at once.
Oscar Starrett, who are in Alaska, are
| said to own gold claims at Mary's Island;
Weston having opened one and sent Spec
| linens home to his brother John {. of
| Waldoboro.
'Incompatibility of temper caused so
4 much trouble between two sisters in
Moscow, that the husband Of the. one get
| ting the worst of 1t, interfered to such an
| extent that he has been arrested and
committed to Jail.
! The pack of cards recently found on
| the window frame of the Deacon Buzzeii
| house in East Skowhegan, was seen by
| him when lathing AMI he said at the
time he thought 1t was a good place and
let them stay there, being found 81 years
| afterwards.
group photograph made at Sedgwick
the other day included Capt Wyer q.
Sargent. aged 81 years, his son, Hon. H.
w. Sargent, aged 50, his grandson, Ar
thur H. Sargent, aged q, and great
granddaughter, Ruth Frances Sargent,
| aged one year.
Mr.. Frank Purington Moore, formerly of
brunswick. graduate of Bowdoin, and
Miss Mary Elizabeth Mitchell, for the
past ten years first assistant teacher in
the Freeport high school, were unitedjn
marriage at the home of the bride at
Freeport. Wednesday, Aug Is. Mr..
Moore is principal of the Bradford. Mass,
! high school.
| Alfred Small of Lubec, has curious
specimen of rock. gathered by fishermen
off Georges Banks" the ocean ceme-
| terry. They are found in no other local.
| ity. The rocks are dark eolored, smooth,
with small aperture on one side. out of
which comes tuft Of hair, resembling
human hair. When combed ,outs or
Strengthened by the fingers, 1t is from two
and one-haH to three inches long When
4 examined under the microscope it cannot
be distinguished from human hair.
| A middle aged lady living at Brunswick
was bitten quite severely by q dog be-
longing to a neighbor and seems TO be
suffering considerably. The owners of
| the dog refuse to have him killed and be-
| ing properly licensed the authorities have
no power in the matter. 1t Is moreover
alleged that the parties owning the dog
| ostentatiousy parade up and down be-
| fore the house leading the dog by a
string. If that dog should meet violent
end some dark night no one would be at
all surprised.
The Boston Globe, in a recent article
about WaldObOro. says the town was coll
onixed from Holland, and that 30 per cent
of its people are now Dutch. AS matter
of fact. it is doubtful If Dutchman ever
set foot in Waldoboro. The early settlers
Old customs and traditions there is
nothing left to show the German blood
| The people are apparently -blooded
and typical Yankees. We're 1t not for the
German names, one would imagine them
! to be the manor born and bred for many
generations. Rockland Opinion.
| A bright Dexter boy appears to have
been well named, for 1t Is Thoreau-
Thoreau Thatcher-and he is, for young