Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-06

| The Ellsworth American wants to know
II Hancock county has a ccntenarian.
There has been an increase In the num-
| Der of rubber tired carriages about town,
| says the Portland Transcript.
| One of the fads which are interesting
Bath girls Is decorating fans with small,
| unmounted pictures taken with a camera.
| A. N. Williams, a native Of Bowdoin-
| ham, formerly Of Bath and now of Bos-
! ton. has been appointed judge Of the mu-
nicpal court of Roxbury.
| Dea. Jeremiah Knox of East Dexter,
who Is 50 years old next December,
| moved this week one and one-fourth
| acres of stout oats in seven and one-half
hours.
There are rumors that a new office will
be asked for in the Blake neighbor-
hood. giving BrownfieId four postoffices
for about 100 inhabitants, a pretty good
supply
"A surprise was sprung on us when or
ders came TO remove the deputy collector
of customs office to Stonington writes
the Brooklin correspondent of the Ellis
worth American.
Mansilfs Almanac says that September
should furnish us with rather Il plea sa mt
month of weather. and the last half Of
1897 appears to point to a more congenial
period OF weather than the first half.
storms may be expected about the 9Th
and 9th 18th TO 18th, 22d to 18th 9th to
30th.
George NJ. Parks, formerly OF Pittsacld,
ana who for several years has filled a
position Of trust in the home office of the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company at Springfield, Mass, has been
appointed general agent of that company
for the state OF Rhode Island and has as
stunned the duties Of the position with
headquarters at Providence.
The latest story about the deer comes
from Embden, this time. One day re-
ttrF
moving machine his horses suddenly
stopped and upon going to see the cause
ne discovered two fawn lying in front of
the horses. AT the sight of Mr.. Witham
they got UP and trotted off apparently as
unconcerned AS a dog would have been.
City Clerk Lucius Mureh OF Belfast. has
complied the following weather report
for the month OF August: Mean temper
allure. G6.S3 degrees. which was one degree
warmer than August of 1886, and one de-
gree lower than the average for the past
~ years. The highest temperature was
~ and the lowest "A degrees. Ram fell
on nine days, with total precipitation
OF 1892 Inches.
At Belfast few days ago. "a lady pas
senger on one of the steamers had a mar
row escape on the wharf. She was re-
turning presumably from long visit. and
as she stepped from the gang plank she
started with outstrciched arms To greet
with kiss the friend who was AT the
=
before the two met a colored porter of
the steamer. hurrying on board, rushed
between the two and the kisses that the
two friends intended for each other came
dangerously near being given to the man
of color. He escaped. however. and a !
new supply of kisses was applied where |
they belonged.
Uncle Sans tars did not cover them |
selves with glory during their recent visit |
to Bar Harbor unless they have heen /
sadly misrepresentcd. The Boston Her. |
aid = correspondent charges many of /
them with taking To the rumshops as q |
duck does TO water while the bar Har- |
Dor Record accuses them of many undig-
nlhcd Tricks. such as smashing crockery
At the restaurants and bombarding with /
table cutlery the policemen who went to
restore order, dancing hornpipes on the
streets, using paper snakes as skipping
ropes and playing the mischief generally |
= corner in the bicycle market was ere
ated by the onslaught OF the tars'' con-
1nues the Record. Those who couldn't |
ride wheel got horse. Others hired
:utunders and filled them to OVERLOOKING
Some handled the reins and the manner
m which they tried to steer the steeds
about the streets was naval in the ex-
Ireme. AT times three and four men
would grasp a rein and endeavor 10 guide
The vehicle over rough places. The |
trouble was averted as the team moved |
along in straight line. II was when
they tried to turn or back that the at
nosphcre became blue One would push |
md the other pull on the reins The oc-
,upants who were not engaged in driving
sontented themselves by shouting at the
poor horse The horses did not appear
10 understand the nautical terms flung at
them and ii will take them a week to get
pack their usual vocabulary