Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-27

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y N ssrsDaD = thinking e lawns week.
Rumofs sometimes are heard. about a
bank to be established at Ashland and
why not? 81.
| The Calais fire department has an
swered IL, e = alarms sirce Che drst Of I
Lagrange: has, ssstsitsd - ~, &
seven disastrous fIrts 20 ~ II. ~.
amounting to more 3haD 90.
Capt. Lemue] soule OF Bah. who has
had a gambler on his tongue had the
whole tongue recently removed q a
Bcston hospital. IN lttas m
have recently BEEN Taken n to tfs s sssg
modore clYfs fish hatchery It MooScs
pond. fromtGreen lake. f,V
Roscoe G. Linscott OF Jefferson, has
his wool clip Of four years. 500 pounds,
as he has been holding it for q higher
price. Two Year, age IT, was - low, a. :
ls cents. Recently he has been offered
10 cents.
The lot efapple shippers this season has.
1een haf Zone one: Early IN the winter an
short time agojhe received the returns on,
m8R0l0CeQt
ting OF four cents for the lot.
Some of the Bowdoin sophomores
have what they call praying band
That is. half dozen or more Of them
occasionally call on freedmen akuieht I
after sunset. undf<Ases them anflf put {
them to bed. then. saying good right, !
leave inem. $ss ~ d;M s.
The committee on the Bath shoe factory
entertained delegation Of shoe manu-
on 2 tour II ihsbection With the New o. :.
factory on Middle street and exprcdsei
themselves much pleased with the plant
and beforetheir departure informed the -
committee they would submit an offer
Menan point If advertised for sale By the
receivers Of the defunct land sc06nt Il {
There is to be = general cicaniAG ont IT. :
company settled up. II is believed thStS
the men who built the roads there WIZ
not not 81 their pay: There y = great deal
adjusted before anything definite can be
learned astDwhat, thu ftallt win be-
The Bangor 4 Aroostook Rafiroad
Company think Of extending their road
from Caribou to Van Buren, via New
Sweden: also Of. building road frDm
Caribou to- Limestone. The county
would have to contribute $ii5:oOb to-
wards the Van Buren, extension, pro-
viding it should be bull. according to
the vote Of the county.-Ex. IS III =
Barry county. Missouri has claimed 3
the distinction Of being the only COUNTY
entire railway system Within With is Sofders. j
But franklin county. Maine. exceeds
Barry county id that particular. having
e eSsr gss saSySsai ans xtS So
ders. the Sandy River Railway. running
from Pennington to Phillips: the PHILLIPS
70 kansse1s frs sanins Zen Ta Ra's
r. running from Strong to Kh3hSfd;
and the Kingfeld & Dead River Railway.
running from kingfield to Carrabasset.
: Rev. Henry B.. Woods. formerly a
yited to visit the Baptist church. in
He will preach, at the Bsptist church IT
remain through the week and preach
again the Sunday following. Mr..
Woods is. graduate of Colby Univer----
versity and Newton Theological Insti-
tute. and for four years has been the
successful pastor Of the Baptist churchsf
lin Rockport.
OF the beginnings OF that smallest.
Maine town-Hurr1cane Isle. thes Deer
Isle Oazette gives ftuiSs AcCOt1H. n JUHlss
1874 to 1913 stone for the United States i. Z!
pOstoffice and court house at st. Louis
were.quarried and cut upon Hurricane
island, giving employment to more
than 1000 men. The island was owned
by Gen. Davis. TillsOn- Of Roclkland. who
conceived the idea Of framing 1t into .
town and laying 1t out into streets like
city. the poll taxes paying. the bills.
It was incorporated In February. 1873. =
Soon after that the government pat
roTiage stopped and the valuation Of
the town fell from $1.o00. 900 to about
$4,000. The population Is now Nab6ut
$50, The men are engaged in cutting
paving stones and fishing. The whole
town consists Of l20 acres, lis Of which
are composed Of granite lodges land
refuse from the abandoned stone
quarries.