Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-09

III WAIGIAlE|
vinalhaven is dreaming of water works
and electric lights.
Belfast is considering the advisability
of adopting a partoi system.
Biddeford cotton mills are not parties
to the Fall River agreement to cut down.
Brunswick has too many gossipers for
Il town of her size. says Bath paper.
About 80 nersons are employed in the
manufacture of rims for bicycles at West
Paris
Waldoboro and Warren are marking
their common boundary line with granite
posts.
Sheriff Webbs apple orchard at
Bridgton, was girdled a few nights
since. II
sThree tons of loose hay in one load
was hauled through the streets of
Richmond the other day.
New Sweden voted. Monday on the
petition of the White Mountain Tele-
phone Company to establish lines in that
town.
An aged East Waldoboro citizen is per-
fectly deaf, nevertheess he goes to church
to watch the expression on the minister's
face.
A few houses for rent in Phillips village
would be paying investment for the
owners There are not enough TO meet
the demand.
Friendship has had wheeling the great
er part of the, winter. while at Atlantic
there has not been enough snow to war
rant getting out the SlelghS.
The Seamans reading and recreation
room at 36S Fore street. Portland, are
doing good work among the sailors who
visit that port
The mail route between Caribou and
North Perham. for the next four years.
six times a week. has been bid off by
man in Kentucky for s2Si per annum.
A petition is in circulation at Damaris
appropriation of $1,000. to be expended on
the lIdgecomb and Wiscasset long bridge.
Doubtless the oldest book in Bath is a
l Luther Bible owned by Rev. pr. Hervey.
of the front pages. 1t is printed in Ger
man and was published in 1866.
1t is learned that there are about 40 peo-
pie in Eastport between the ages of so
and 50. This is record that for "a pop
ulation of 5000 will be hard to equal.
One of Washburns successful hunters
secured fine buck deer during open time
and was surprised when he come to eN-
anime the animal to find on one prong of
the horns the perfect picture of a hounds
head, showing ears eyes. etc.
Kingfield proposes to secure a charter
for water works. and she proposes also
to have the water works. If Rangeley
also is;,,i follows the lead d., Of Farmington and
banner counties in this respect.
1t seems very likely that the Catholic
Temperance society will decide upon
site bordering on Lake Cobbossee-
contee as the location of their pro-
posed country club house.
South Paris is likely to have another
industry. Mr.. A. L. Shurtleff having
leased some land of the Grand Trunk Of
building a. mill for grinding corn and
wheat, to be run by electricity.
Mr.; John p. "elch Of Portland, sang at
the Redbury club in Dorchester Mass,
morning he received a flattering offer
from the manager of keth's new theatre
for, six weeks engagement which he
will accept.
The Canadian government has been
asked to grant reduction in rates on
freight for exports from Halifax sent
the to- 81 %c Mt
Portland as shipping point for such
merchandise.
A man in Union is now wearing a coat
and vest made by a Camden tailor. the
cloth of which was manufactured in Il
Camden mill. But the point of the story
is that he has had that coat and vest for
2S years and worn them a good part of
the time since they ceased to be his Sun
day best.
Diphtheria and membraneous Group
which prevailed to. a slight extent at
tirely died out. not one case having been
reported for weeks. Only one of the num-
erOus cases proved fatal the timely APP
rlication of anti-toxine receiving the ere
dit fon the same.
Caribou has found the freshet that
swept out its dam last season. a blessing
lars have been expended in repairing the
damages and the job has given work to
large numbers at fair wages. 1t is be-
lieved that the present structure is
freShet-prOOf.
Last Friday two workmen employed on
the big elevator building engaged in
F On feet om n
held their breath expecting the combat
ants to fall and be dashed to pieces. but
they were separated before any cataS-
trophe occurred
A Foxcroft correspondent tells of de-
voted parent up there who. not owning
horse, has constructed sled and regu-
larry each Sunday morning draws his
three boys three long miles upon it, that
they may not be deprived of the advan-
tages of church and Sunday school at
tendance.
The merchants of Bath lose a pretty
penny every year through the sending to
Boston for their goods by Georgetown
people. but it costs only So cents to get
box of goods from Boston to Georgetown
while it costs SO cents in bridge and ferry
tolls for a Georgetown buyer to get to
Bath and back.
William A. Roberts has sold the Maine
rights for his X-ray machine, and the
price paid is said to have been $500. while
the agent will also have to buy from the
company. all the machines. he sells. Mr..
Roberts Is negotiating with Boston cap
italists who are considering the purchase
of the entire rights in the machine.
Joshua Policy Il member of the St.
stephen fire department. was badly
burned by cinder falling down the back
of his neck at the Maxwell fire Thursday
morning. Policy STOPPING at the
time the cinder fell and when he
Strengthened up it slid so far down that
he could not reach it for some time. In
the interval the troublesome thing was
getting in its deadly work.
There's an estimable lady who lives on
n good sized estate in East Deering, who
is fond of cats. She has eleven. Last
week the feline contingent was enlarged.
-Four of the cats gave birth to kittens.
One had four. one had five, one had three
and one had seven. Mothers. and babes