Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05

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Dixiield will soon have system OF wa
| ter works.
Jesse Daniels of Greenwood is said to
be the tallest man in oxford county. He
| = siX feet SIX inches in height In his
| stocking feet but is quite snare In flesh
SO there are heavier men in the county
| Daughters OF the American Revolution
| in Maine are endeavoring 10 collect rev.
| oiutionary arms which Massachusetts
gave TO Maine when she became a State
| m is2o ana We're sold by the State in the
sixties
Some notable improvements have re-
Gently been made at the Eastern Maine
General hospital. Fhe pond in front OF
| the hospital has been filed, the place lev
eiie 5 ai hr. II VIII h9w be sown with grass
drawn plans for ward to be built at
{ ne hospital, probably next year. He has
also made plans for a set of hospital
buildings, to accommodate about 800 pa
tients.
Notice has been served on the York
Manufacturing Company that suit Of
$ipu30 VIII he brought to recover dam
ages done TO Lewis. the i7-year-old son
OF Alexander Greenwood, While working
on the York. The boy was injured bv the
dropping OF piece of iron on his head
ana ever since the accident happened the
boy has been troubled with headaches
md falnting spells and 1t is feared that
the injury may result seriously The suit
VIII be entered at the next term of the
supreme court.
The new steamer Lincoln built at Bath
sor the kennebec and Boston Steamboat
Company was given her first preliminary
run Monday afternoon. The steamer
went to Parker's Flats returning to her
dock AT o'clock. She covered about Ii
miles in - minutes, and was not pushed
% her steam limit. The Lincoln, it is be-
.ieVed. Will cover easily Ii or II miles an
aour when her machinery gets worked
down. The steamer was in command of
capt Mari of the steamer Nahanada
Next Friday the Lincoln Will make her
irst trip out of Boston to Boothbay har-
Dor.
President Burleigh OF the Bangor &
Aroostook in speaking. the other day, OF
he future of Ashland and of that sec
ZION of Aroostook county, said that all
other parts Of this rich section of Maine
lad had, until recently. better transport
tdtiou facilities; but that no other sec
ton had more extensive natural advan-
taGeS ana certainly none had such re-
sources still remaining undeveloped.
Considering the matter along this line,
he saw no reason why the prospects for
ihe future of that section We're not the
most favorable Mr.. Burieigh referred 10
ldNices showing an unusually light po-
tato crop in New York and other potato
Sr0wins states. and predicted that better
ilized this year.
y meeting of the directors of the
Moosehead Protective Association was
aeld AT GreenVilie, Saturday. According
o the newly-adopted bylaws. every
lame proposed for membership shall be
endorsed by a two-thrds vote of the d.
fectors therefore 1t was the duty of the
Board 10 pass upon every name offered
'ince the society was organized. This
hey did and failed TO endorse but one
hat al Charles q NfghAlz nf TnNPrnfs
he game warden. This action on the
laTt OF the directors does not indicate
any personal feeling against Warden
Nichols but the directors felt that with a
lirect representative Of the game com
nissioners present at their meetings the
members would be deprived of their free
lom Of speech in a great measure at
taSt
One Of the choicest productions Of
Maine is it's tourmalines These were
irst discovered in 1920 the year Maine
became State. Elijah l.. Hamlin. an
'lder brother of Vice President Hamin.
was returning with Ezekiel Holmes from
4 meteorological trip. when the former
vas attracted to a CLEAN of light at q
reefs root. and picked up a beautiful
green crystal, Since then the locality
Mount Mica in Pars-has become every
here famous for its rare tourmalincs.
The ledge at Mount Mica has been sys-
ON atically mined. with some Interrupt
ions, since 1881, when the operations of
he Mount Mica company began The
ourmalne IS essentially q horosilicate OF
tluminum, culored by varying proper
ions of lthium, manganese iron and
other elements. and it is in several re-
poets the most wonderful of all miner
lis.
There was great hue and cry on Peak
Sland on Monday, over the mysterious
disappearance of three children belonging
to some people from Vermont who are at
the Peak Island house Their parents
aunted high and low for them to no pur-
rose for some time. Then they called III
he aid of some OF the young men on the
island, still to no purpose. Then after the
ost ones had been lost for nearly two
hours the police We're notified. The prop
rlY constituted authorities had no better
luck for a loEg time and were about
-eady To give the job up when boat was
sighted over near Trotts rock with sew
aral children and a man in it, y marine
glass WAS brought into play and the lost
)nes were discovered They seemed to be
crying and acting as if they We're not en-
oying life at ali, For this reason an
other boat was procured and reseuing
,arty sent out. 1t then appeared that
Young man who is not endowed with a
urplus of brains had taken the children
iut in the boat and would not take them
lshore when they wanted to go.
The W. c. T. I. petition, appealing to
he court for enforcement of the prohib-
tory law in Dexter, was exhibited to the
public al a temperance rally held Sunday
venins, August /. The canvass is prac-
ically ended the petition having been
presented TO 1875 persons Of whom 1887
nave signed and 90 refused. The Of
icers of the town, the clergymen. six
doctors, six lawyers. and more than two
birds of the business men are included
IN this enrolment. Seventy-fve per eat
If the signers are voters. The petition is
nineteen feet long, double-columned.
That temperance sentiment is rising in
Dexter was demonstrated at this meeting
by a large attendance and a large collec-
lion. Al the close of the meeting, names
were added to the membership roll and
also to the petition Father John w.
Ioulihan whose stirring temperance adj
iress a. town hal was so well received
said he represented 100000 young Catholic
men who have taken the pledge of, total
abstinence. He is doing good work III
This direction in his Dexter and Hender-
son missions.