Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-10-27

Alpea, Mich. the first financially sue
cessful sulphite mill in the United
States. Charles D. Brown, the origina-
tor of the wood pulp board, places be-
fore the reader the beginnings and the
cut reachings of that line of business,
while Frank Whiteside. the well
known straw board manufacturer, does
the same for steam-dried straw boards.
Mr.. Brown, now of Boston, was for
merly of Portland.
Boothbay thinks that things have
come to quite pretty pass when the
night watchman is assaulted and beat
en- when in the discharge of his duty.
1t seems that the hand of justice is
crawn 4 little too mild for public peace
and safety.
Eastern Gazette: The people of Dex-
-er are congratulating themselves now
that almost by a miracle the town es-
capped being duped into a foreign wa
terworks scheme year and half ago.
and if any town in Maine is contem-
plating letting an outside corporation
put in waterwOrks they had better come
to Dexter and see the system owned
by the town, where there Is no hydrant
rent or watered stock or salaried Off
Gals. Some towns in Maine would
have half burned up if they had such
fire start in the heart of their vii.
lage as Dexter had Wednesday morn
ing. In 20 minutes IL streams were
-hr4wn upon the flames and as many
more were available if they had been
needed. Only half of the pumps were
used. When Fairfield had her big fire
three years ago within 10 minutes from
the time the first stream was turned
upon the fire the system failed entirely
water would not run out of the hose 10
feet from the ground. The engine do
all that was done, and had not the
wind been favorable, the whole village
would have gone.
The warm October days make the
snakes come out of the grass and lie
upon the highways to sun themselves.
Bridgton will have a town meeting
this week to see il it will have electric
lights.
The Caledonia Journal of Minnesota,
has this to say of son of Washington
county who has made his mark in that
state: The newspapers are literally
railing over each other to name the
winning candidate for governor in
1893. Many Of those trotted out are ex-
cellent men and any one of them would.
no doubt, make good governor, but if
the Republican party wants a candi-
date for governor whom they can sure
ly elect and a man and governor to
whom the whole State could point
with pride" let them nominate Sena-
tor ]. T. Wyman of Hennepin county.
Honest, intelligent, capable, popular,
city man entirely in touch with the
common people all over the state, MI.
Wyman would not only be a strong
but an ideal governor.
Once in while the lynx-eyed officers
of the law get left. A Gardiner officer
recently carried a woman by order Of
the court to Jail. Arriving at the Jail
the officer told the turnkey that the
woman had revolver concealed il her
dress, and ought to be searched. The
modest turnkey didn't propose to do
anything of the sort, but the officer
thought it should be done, and pro-
ceeded to carry out his idea. The
woman objected very energetically but
duty is duty, and after some strug-
Cling on the part of the prisoner, the
weapon CD was brought forth, when
10! and behold. instead of the deadly
pistol a big. well-used corncob pipe
dropped with dull. sickening thud on