Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-16

| terrible Tragedy was perpetfaltu thefe.
There are some who are bound u
have a rest" if they have to work
hard for it during their vacation. Such
family was seen among Portland's
summer visitors one hot day last week.
There were the father and mother and
three children, each mounted on his
or her bicycle to which were strapped
countless bundles and boxes They
were tired and dusty family.
| The Swans Island natives" are
having a good laugh at the city chap
who went fishing one hot day recently
and thought an iceburg was coming on
to them and said it was whale the
other an iceburg and after rowing for
the shore and watching ii awhile they
discovered it was a heavy sea rolling
on white ledge.
Il tell You that Job would have lost
his patience if he was captain of this
boat" said the we'll known skipper Of
an island steamer. recently. to news
| paper reporter after he had answered
| the foolish question of a venerable
party who had nothing to do but kill
| time. There isn't a day but We have
| to answer hundreds Of questions asked
! simply through idle curiosity and If
there is anything provoking it is to
| have some one standing in front of the
| pilot house window asking for infor
nation which a -year-od boy
! - l-,.A MI,
| a landing. We have to stand it, how
ever, said the captain with a sigh, but
| often wish that the fool killer would
| come along sometimes and help me
out
/ One woman became so excited with
| orchard the other day. that she gave
! in her cushion which she brought
along with her, thinking the seats
would he hard.
! One day last week the freight clerk
of the steamer, City of Bangor got left
at Winthrop. and for a moment looked
dazed as he contemplated the boat
! steaming away without him. But de-
! termination and modern improvements
came to his aid. He hired bicycle
and overlook the boat at Searsport.
For the month ending August Z, only
| five cases of contagious diseases were
reported in Portland The way that
town is advertising itself for summer
resort is amazing.
A war between pop corn vendors is
on at Old Orchard. But the popping
of the question peacefully luxuriates
amid the seductive influences Of that
resort.
A family trying to live on the 81
week the consumptive father is able to
earn enlisted the philanthrophy of
Lewiston's police matron the other
day.
| A trained kitten belonging to a Port
land family greets the carrier every
morning and carries the paper into the
| family.
"Only words of praise for the State
muster" means something this year.
The land on which the old Jail at
| Norridgewock stands was donated by
the late John Ware with the provision
in the deed that when the Jail buildings
ceased to be occupied by the county
the land and buildings should revert to
him or his heirs. Though the county
seat seat was moved from Norridge-
wock to Skowhegan nearly 25 years
ago. court house only was built in the
latter place and all the county prison.
ers We're confined in the old Jail at
Norridgewock and taken back and
forth to Skowhegan for trial.
Two years ago the county erected a
new Jail at Skowhegan and all the
| prisoners We're removed to it. The
! question of allowing the Norridgewock
Jail to cease to be a county building and
revert to the Ware heirs was consid-
cred and objected to by many and a
deputy sheriff was kept residing in the
| old building in charge of one or two $50
day DRINKS and other similar Offend
| ers for some six or more months after
the new Jail was completed and the for
NAL transfer of prisoners made. This
| plan was finally abandoned and the
title to the property given over to the
| Ware heirs.
During all the years that the county
| Jail was maintained at Norridgewock
the officers of that town made the iaiI
serve as temporary lookup for
drunks, tramDs, etc, when arrests
were made, but now since it has be-
come private property the town has no
place for the officers to confine persons
to await hearing and as no satisfactory
arrangement can be made for it's lease
1t remains for the town to build a new
! lookup.