Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-02

ing. observed their golden wedding, Nov.
-
There are eighty-tive prisoners in the
York county Jail at Alfred, mostly
tramps.
A number of The students in both the
Biddeford high school and Thorntoh
Academy are considering the idea OF ar
ranging Il bowling tournament
George l.. Annis, who has been con
ductor on the Bangor street railway, mas
resigned to take course of study pre-
-paratory to entering the ministry.
Riddeford veterinaries are much puz-
zled by a case of lockjaw from which
horse belonging to Thomas West Oh oaco'
is suffering the symptoms being quite
unusual.
During the past season Jog houses nave
heen constructed in Deering as against 40
in 1897 81 in 1892 So in 1893. 50 in 1884. VI IN
1895. 70 in 1896 and 1903 in 1897. a total OF oo'
for seven years.
Harry Written of Orono. who has been
almost totally blind for some' time mas
made arrangements to enter the Hart,
ford. Conn., school for the blind. anu
will there learn trade
The lively Bath Times is to issue d
shining edition about the middle OF
December. with contributions from
Senators Hale and Frye. Congressman
Dinyley and Gen. Hyde. The Ilmes
always does itself and Bath niue"
credit and it is quite certain 'i'a' '''''
will prove no exception
Carrie Bowden. who recently u,sap-
neared so mysteriously from Caiais' mas
heen discovered i'm ST. John. she foi-
lowed the Lillian Tucker dramatic COM
pany to that place. >lnIatuatioii III ",.s
Of the members of the company leu 10
her flight from home. IL was otlie'e 49,
DIV including =
mother. that mental alteration mao driV-
on her to commit suicide by jumping m
IN the river but the body couid not DC
found.
Maine has eighteen starch factories
the largest number of any one s' .t;.
over 5000 persons are employed IN TINS
industry in the United States anG the an an
nuaI value of the output is SlVNV,VV.
About 9.S24.512 bushels of potatoes are
used yearly to- produce Y.WW.Ww pouHus
of starch the value of which is $S54 .6s.
In the West starch is made chiefly from
wheat and Indian corn IN respect "
the amount of capital represented III
starch works. New York stands away
and beyond all others.
special to the Lewiston Journal from
Milford SAYS: Moses Jordan mas anout
million logs in the Sunkhaze dead water
which have got caught there by the carry
freezing. He has got his mill crew az
work on them and has telegrapheu 70
Greenbush for his old ioggers. ana mo. WI, Win
swing them into the eddy above his mlli
and Clark's eddy. 1t Is considered dah-
gerous undertaking for the anchor ice
gathers around the logs ana SINKS theIIi
deep into the water. 1t takes the very
best men in the log business 10 man
age such an undertaking. These logs
were left, as there didn't seem to be any
place to put them in the lower DOOM.
Mr.. Jordan bought them and mas taken
this big risk. for there is danger OF Inc
- cpntnp s,
If the snubbers fail at Clark's eddH the
river will be filled with logs
Charles Seayey of Orrington had a
narrow escape from bleeding to death IN
the woods near Katahdin Iron works a
few days ago. He was at work ch9p-
slipped, striking him on the left hand ana
seyering the artery. Seaveys cries
brought his fellow workmen TO ms aiu.
and they endeavored to stop the how ny
twisting handkerchiefs tightly around
the mans wrist. but this only partly sue
ceeded, and their path for the whole nve
miles which they had to carry Seavey 10
get to a doctor could be plainly traced D!
the blood. The doctor succeeded IN stop
ming the flow of blood and dressed the
wound. He said that had the bleeding
continued for short time longer SeaVey
would certainly have died. and that as
it was he had lost nearly two,thirds OF
all the blood that was in his body
At Naples. on MoIuaN. the SstSi! VI
the disappearance of Hiram Cannon
was solved after eleven weeks OF uncer-
tainty Mr. Edward Edison. who lives
about two miles from Mr.. Cannon
home was going into the woods near ms
farm when. in crossing a stone wall he
found the body of Mr.. Cannon lying
lust on the other side. The body was
badly decomposcd but there were nc
signs of foul play. Mr.. Cannon was ar
old man. of about seventy years. Eleven
l,a lien
DAYS; the people of Naples turned out and
hunted the woods and fields. but with nc
result There gradually arose suspicious
of foul play. and the all OF the ofilcers OF
the law was invoked. Sheriff Piummel
sent one of his deputies. who invosti
gated the case: but could find nothing tC
indicate murder. 1t now seems evident
that Mr.. Cannon wandered into the
woods and got bewildered Flha!lH. pc
coming exhausted. he apparently lay
down and died. The place where he was
found had not been searched as it was
not thought that he would pass the miir
road without realizing where he was
But a hundred men had searched within
"A stones throw Of where the body lay.
The Bangor board of trade is circulat
ing a petition to the secretary of wal
asking that an army post be established
in that city. The petition. among Other
things. says:
LIST. The State of Maine Is nearly sur
rounded by foreign territory. and is en-
tirely unprotected from invasion ant
capture in case of war.
I'd. The State is pierced through Its
centre and in its western part by two
railways. which are under the control o.
foreigners and foreign capital and M
means have been taken to secure thu
State against invasion by either of thes,
railways or otherwise.
3rd. We respectfully submit that tn,
people of this State are entitled to an as
sured protection from the general gov
eminent. and that steps should be taker
in time of peace for protection In cast
war should occur. and that for the rea
sons stated an Army Post should be es
tablished In this State
4th. Bangor is the last large town OF
our eastern frontier. A trunk line leads
directly through it to the important cen
tiers of st. John and Halifax. The Ban
gor & Aroostook Railroad penetrate
New Brunswick on two other points ant
gives access to the Canadian Pacific
Railway in case that road is to be de
stroyed. A. railway will be built through
Washington county and Bangor will thel
be on another important route to tn
PrCS,inces. 1t Is also at the head of nav
igatfon on the PenObscot, by which l
can be cheaply supplied with coal an,
other necessities, and at the same tim
he safe from an attack by water.