Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-07

March.
Brunswick has had three false fire
alarms the past two weeks.
The Biddeford city council is debating
the ACCESSIBILITY of cutting salaries.
At Portland there is even a. greater
boom in the bicycle trade than ever be-
fore.
The official of the S. P. c. A. are in
yestigatng rumors of a cock fight III
Portland.
There were nine alarms of fire IN Port.
land during March, but only one iire OF
consequence.
There is a project on foot TO have the
stars and stripes suspended from the city
hall in Saco.
The Memorial day orator at Gardner
this year, will probably be Hon. Seth l..
Milliken of Belfast.
Portland's mail carrier service Is to be
extended to Stroudwater and boxes nave
been placed at convenient points on ,ns
streets for the reception of such second
and third class mail matter as neWspa-
pers and packages.
w. A. Berry. a Buxton farmer, was in
his stable milking his cows when one
of them fell over and died Immediately.
From all appearance she was as wen as.
any COW in his herd and wishing to as
certain the cause of her death. Mr.. Berry
had her opened and there was found
lady's hat pin four inches long, which
Just touched the heart.
A while ago a travelling advertising
agent thought he would attract the at
tention of summer tourists by naming
tin signs along the water front AT 5ath,
so he hired a youth, who owned boat
10 do the work. That afternoon the
agent was rowed along the piers TO IN
spect the signs, but not trace of them
could be found. The thoughtless fellow
then realized that they all had been
placed on the piers at low water ahc
high tide covered them completely.
Here's the story of a bit of unpleasant
ness that recently occurred in Thorn
aston happy home: Ed Mink was quite
badly hurt Wednesday morning. Hattie.
his daughter and he cannot seem 70
hitch horses very well. and Tuesday night
they had a few words. Early Wednesday
morning. Hattie took for a weapon a
three-pound fat-iron and with it made
an indentation in her fathers mp ana Ut.
Walker was called. Mr.. Mink compliance
against Hattie, saying that she spoleo
his happy home. He is now getting along
finely, as far as his injury is concerned.
over in Lewiston they say is a young
man who when he wishes for a little
spare cash sits down and in twenty or
more minutes invents some wonderiu
device that somebody wants and Is Will
ing to nav for He was born that way re-
port saith. His name is Clarence Rand
He sat down one night with a piece
of brown paper and a stub pencil, ana IN
half an hour had evolved the harmonious
rotary oil can. All that was necessary
was the turning of a little crank and the
oil flowed in a stream from pipe, into
the lamp And this is only one of his
remarkable feats.
1t is to be hoped that something has
yet been left unexplained in the actor
of the town of Hreenfield, whlch Is re-
ported as having repudiated an homes
debt this week, on account of technl
calty, or rather an irregularlty IN tht
issuing of notes by the selectmen. so TAI
nothing has been said to give the impress
sion that the town has not received the
money and applied it to the payment o
preceding notes bearing higher rate o
interest. The only excuse for TINS week
action, far as reported is that tn
selectmen did not consult the town be
fore thus practically reducing the town:
debt by reducing the interest Greentielt
should explan.-Lewiston Journal.
An Aroostook lawyer says that in hi
Judgment more than $500, 900 of ARGOS
took county debts have been settled b,
insolvency proceedings during the pas
year. For the April term of court a
Houlton, Clerk of Courts Clark ha
more than 500 cases on the docket
most of them suits on accounts. Blu
as a result of this wholesale cleanin!
up of debts, the county is in better con
dtion than it has been for ten years
so ex-Attorney General Fred a. Power
says. With the new scheme of raising
barley for Jones brewery and othe
projects now developing, the count,
will no doubt pull out of the none.
stringency now pinching its progress
siyeness.