Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-28


Phillips has purchased a safe for town
records.
a Village Improvement Society has been
organized at Southwest Harbor.
A ladaa.s' improvement society haa
been organized at Camp Benson.
The Howiand family will hold its sew
enth annual reunion ut Wilton, Sept. II.
Co l. LIST Maine Cavalry, will hold It's
fourth annual reunion at Biddeford.
Sept. Is.
Elaborate preparations are being made
In Kennebunk for the celebration OF La
Dor day.
There are about 100 prisoners In Penob-
scot jail. 80 of whom are at work break
ing stone.
Midtown Is watching a crew of Italians
put in the pipes for the new and long
needed sewerage system.
The annual reunion of the LIST Maine
Cavalry Association viii be held in Bel
fast. Wednesday. Sept. IT,
The porgy fishermen are reaping 4
harvest. this year. They cook 1000 bar
reds from Harpswell sound, recently
Edward II. Butler Of Portland, passad d
a first class examination before the
State board of pharmacy. Wednesday
9. Il. William. formerly of Hotel Ven
dome, Danforth Ne. has leased the San
gervlie house FOR term Of years OF Z.
| l.. Ray.
The sardine packers are not very busy.
| owing 10 scarcity Of fish. Bui old fisher
| men read in signs known only 10 them
selves that fish VIII be plenty little
/ later In the season-
| on account Of the continued dulne<s
in the STONE business AZ West Franklin
number If men intend to start 70.
| the lumber woods s0on TO fad employ
mel-t.
Gfasshoppers are working destruc-
/ ton on the intervals along the bank.
| ~ the sandy river in Mercer. They
have. worked yad havoc with the grass
/ and other crops and no way has ye;
been found 10 get rid Of the pests.
| A weir owner at Deer Island down
! the bay recently took OUT 80 hogsheads
/ ~ herring frDm his brush fierce and
NJ ss day found aesythcr similar guam
| tity waiting for him. Ills share Of IA
proGfs for the two days was over $500.
Mrs. Eugene Hale is al hcr home in
| who returned with her from Europe
| went 10 Pennsylvania 10 VISIT his
! fiancce. Miss cam ron. MIR Hale has
| fully recovered from his recent indis-
! position. and will shortly return to his
/ past IF secretary OF The American
amhassy a Rome.
\ pole OF the Westbroo6 Eleetriz
! Llg1t CO. fell on Brown street. West
! b-t H. Thurs lay morning, carrying !,
mass ~ wires down with il. The lights
! in Saecarapqa Cumberland Minis and
! Ds.riug were in consequence extin-
/ guir he'd \ crew Of men were at once
/ put to work to repair the damage
4 \ svindlcr who tried operations il
/ ~ land recently Violently thought n.
| had 10 d. al wstR a SIMPLE minded folk
/ Iits scheme was to visit the various
/ tl:. ages ana residences ostensgbly q
/ take orders for silk stockings for future
! delivery He showed a sample pair q
/ SIX stockings Of fine quality. saying h.
! would furnish a dozen pairs for TIVE
! d5llars. He wanted the two dollars
/ down and ne would leave a pairof linen
/ towels for security. In a month h.
| SAID he would call and deliver the
/ stool jugs AMI take away The towels. #
/ nIs a very transparent swndleand no
| body accepted the chance offered M
! fellow was evidently afraid of arres,,
/ for at one house the lady stepped over
! to another house 40 consult her friend
| y hen the man took to his heels, prob
ably tninking she had gone after pa-
| Iceenan.
:, ciety did a good deal for real es-
| tate at Bar Harbor. When the magic
/ boom wand first waved over the resort
| 500 lot assumed a $50. 900 value. Giles
/ Snow was a farmer, and he wanted to
| II his garden for $500. He could not
| FIND a purchaser. The set with the
| magic wand passed his way, ana
| Snow became rich in day He charge 4
1 loan ;. Kennedy Of New York $150,-
| GOO for a strip of his $4,000 tract: he cur
| eff another part of it and let another
| millionaire have it for 5000 and h.
| has about 100000 worth of the $500
| ground left on his hands. This tran
saction stands for all the others. and il
| costs more TOW to buy bare rocks and
| naked hiNsides in Bar Harbor than ii
| docs gold bearing creeks in the klon-
| dikc. All Prices have gone up in pro
| lHifen 1t is no place for the poo,-
man The poor man cannot live in Ii.
a tfinS TIE cottagers are not lament
| ing,