Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-24

IIampden recently enjoyed an old FASH
toned spelling match
Blldeford's Masonic building will be
Dedicated IN September.
An artesian well IGo feet deep, has been
sunk on CushinGs Island
There are four new houses on Holland
street. Lewiston. this year.
A reunion of the Porter family VIII
be held AZ South Paris, July 80.
A moose was killed by a b. & A.
train near Ludlow station. recently.
The corner stone Of the Portland Y. NJ.
G. A. building viii be laid next Tuesday.
President Seth Low Of Columbia college.
New York is At Nj. Deser, whore he will
pass lhe summer.
The catch OF alewives FROM the Medo-
max this season amounted 10 two hun
dred and fifty barrels
MIR. and Mrs. Levi o. Farnham Of
Dover. celebrated the Goth anniversary
of their marriage. June q.
A grand Fourth Of July celebration will
be heid al Phillips Ia which Pennington,
Strong and Rangeiey WIN unite
summer T. Conant of Camden, Is now
engaged collecting data as historian Of
Company +. 2esh Maine Regiment.
The Portland coasting trad. Is lament
ably dull just ~ present and no ops
secms 10 be able 10 give a satisfactory
reason for the falling of.
Hiram Kicker < Sons of Poland. have
been granted trade mark on their Po-
iand mineral spring water and II has been
registered a Washington.
The idea OF building new dam at
Barker mill in Auburn this season has
been abandoned This. nj course. makes
Il possible to run the mill throughout the
entire summer. as usual
one Lewiston literary club Of women
Nil take some summer outings, consbiu-
ing pleasure and study. The first one
VIII De held the first week IN July. Will
the Walker art building. Bowdoin col
icge as an objective point
Charles Dyer Chase. a Boston husincai
m m. Is putting into practice AZ Little Al
leash lake, a scfic me for safe travel
through the wiids Of Maine. For :
months ne has been busy every day with
aX and compass ard scrivener making
~ culiar marks on the hlazed surfaces Of
neslium grown spruce and hard
wood within radius of 70 miles.
When this work Is completed hs
tory, explaining the marks and showing
wlere they viii he found ard the mean
Ing which they shall convey.
The serious results from the late long
coaiiaued rains are not all apparent at
first glance. Many tulip. hyaciDth and
other bulbs that blossomed this spring.
have since rotted in the ground, as well
III. large amount of seeds planted this
year. and the destruction of young birds
and birds eggs is also large. The
srortsmen fear that the number Of
ruffed grouse and woOdcock so killed
will be sadly missed by them next fall.
Graveyard thieves have existed in
Bcwdoinham for sometime but il was
H. until recently that the public be-
came aware of the fact. These mis-
creants do not dig down into the grave
ard rob the inmate of It's vestments.
but sneak about and steal the floral
decorations on the surface. Such hui
man devils. writes correspondents.
should be banished to some desert is
land and be compelled to break stone
the rest of their natural lives. and at
death the earth that covers them should
be decorated with thistles and thorns
Some of the states have passed laws
forhidding the painting of signs on
r. cks. fences and trees on the SUI
burban roads as 1t is claimed that they
in measure detract from the beauty
of the natural scenery along what are
very attractive and popular pleasure
d. ives. The State of Maine has as
many beautiful drives as any state in
The Union and the Owl is not sure hut
what such a law might be of value
hi re. Nature as she is, without any
decorations from the hands
OF the sign painter. is far more charm
ing than she is with them.-Bath En-
terprise.
Pittsfield is proud of its fire depart
ment, and with good reason. too. In all
there are $50 men in the fire department;
the companies are all we'll organized.
have six hose reels. one hand engine. a
heck and ladder truck. and 5000 feet of
the best jacket hose. equipped with the
new patent nozzles. The pressure on
the stand pipe is sufficient to throw
four streams of water $50 feet, and with
a direct pressure from the town pump
can throw 10 streams of water over 800
feet, and on any building in the main
part of the village. The pipes are SO
connected with the mains that in case
of a mishap they can be connected ana