Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-27

EREGIE8
Ogunquit is working on its sixteenth
house erected this season.
strathberry, 204a4, holds the worlds
record for hoppled PAGERS.
A wheelmen's club, with member
ship of Is, has been organized at Bidde-
ford. s.,
Bradbury Post, G.. A. R., Machias,
recently observed it's 25th anniversary
by flag raising.
The young people of Cherryfield, have
organized society to be known as the
Imperial Debating Club.
Esperanza will be turned out until
the last of January, when he will be
taken up and logged on the road. His
owner thinks him good 2.04 prospect.
A friend of the Thornton academy
foot ball team of Saco has offered
handsome silver loving cup to be given
to the boy making the best score IN
practice.
It is reported that the only Maine
man who succeeded in shaking the mana
of the rescued Cuban maiden, Evan
gelina Cisneros, at her reception III
New York the other night. was Mr. Fred
S. Crosby o. Bangor.
Mrs. Mary Mccain has served
notice on the city of Rockland of her
intention to apply for damages on ac-
count of the injuries received by her
ovv-in co
corner of Grove and Lincoln streets
week ago. s. H. Doe has also served
notice of his intention to ask the city
to settle for the damages to his team in
the same accident
The Maine horses made rather good
showing at Rochester, N. H., when one
looks over the summaries. Mildred II.
carried off second money in the 2.3l
trot. Maceo and Fred c.. third and
fourth moneys in the 2.40 pace. They
were all Maine steeds in the ladies'
y race. Pilot Wilkes, Ola Westland and
4. Lillian Oddmark LIST, I'd and Sd moneys
Sin the FPS trot; Maud H. second IN the
2.19 trot; Arthur Cleveland third money
'tin the 2.28 trot.
y b rad. has teen rather unfortunate
in the matter of fires the past year.
One vear ago last spring Ferdinand
HiIton's barns and all his stock were
burned at midday, and the origin of
the fire was never known. A short
time before, James Tibbett's barns
we're burned, with two years hay
crops. some 60 tons. Sem after the
burning of Hilton's barns all the farm
buildings of Hartwell Damren wede de-
stroyed by fire which were but lightly
insured. And now Mr.. Hilton has been
visited by fire again, all of his build
ings together with this seasons crop,
and part of the household goods having
been burned, Saturday.
Prices will be good when times are
what we call good" remarks The Horse
Review, land vice versa, so far as the
home market is concerned, but the for
eigner will not want our horses when
prices are beyond what he can afford
to pay. The American breeder needs
no scolding on the subject. He is just
as wise in his day and age as any edi-
tor of any turf paper or any secretary
of agriculture, hence he is not so fool
ish as to believe that he can make
money breeding up export chunks at
$50 to $50, nor that there is an unlimit-
ed demand for horses for export at
$500 and upwards per head. During
these past five years of adversely he
has been bumped against hard facts,
and he needs no further education"
Parker S., 2061z, by Temple Bar. was
bought at auction last spring for $3.50.
In nine races this season he has won
five and secured money in all of them.
The good bay mare Maud H., has
been quite successful as money winner
on New England tracks. She is owned by
c. H. Sampson of Waterville and is
driven by her owner She is by Gener-
al Withers, Jr., the stallion formerly
owned by Hon. J. p. Bass of Bangor,
got by Gen. Withers and out of Ouch
ess Fearnaught, the we'll known brood
mare of Charles B. Dore of Levant
which produced among others Berdan
"a 2.30A, by Action. son Of Onward
225A. Maud H. was out of a daugh-
ter of Champion. I first saw Maud H
at the fair of the Hancock Agricultural
society at Bluehill, where she was driv-
en- by her then owner. Mr.. Hasten
Her record is 2.19A.
A letter from the customs officer OF
Salmon river, Digby county, Nova
Scotia was received Monday by Post
master c. c. Homer of Bucksport, stat
ing that an odd-shaped barrel like con-
trivance had come ashore at that place
that on the inside We're a number OF
articles of clothing, papers, etc. and
from the latter it was gathered tina:
the one time occupant of the strange
craft was Peter Beckman of Bucksport
Me. The writer wished to know what
disposition to make of the articles
The queens official had evidently heard
nothing about Peter and his stranGs
boat and evidently thought that the
occupant had been lost out Of it. Peter
is supposed to be with friends in New
York, where he was taken after being
picked up by the steamer Pentagoet Of
Schoodic point and his barrel SCI
adrift The barrel floated many hun
dreds of miles and no doubt created
much excitement when it landed ir
that out of the way place in Nova
Scotia.
A level headed and well Informed
steamboat man saws that the Kennebet