Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-13

crete sidewalk.
Portland feels quite confident the
Rickers are to erect a 12-story fire.
proof hotel in that city before long.
Howard Kip has retired from the
management of the Northern Leader
Fort Fairfield and James M. Parker
has assumed the position.
Eight school teachers are members
Of the Bath chorus. During their visit
to the grand festival in Portland they
will fill their places with substitutes.
The parents of little Bath Child
were awakened Thursday night by it's
sharp cries and on going to it found
that big rat had bitten it on it's wrist
and breast.
Lotteries seem to be the craze just
now. At present there are five bicy-
cles, a horse, two wagons, harness,
sleigh. shot guns and several other ar
ticles up in Bucksport.
Mrs Dorothy Scribner, who lives at
Scribner's Mills, is the Oldest person in
Harrison, being in her ninety-eighth
year. Her health is good, her nina Is
clear and she is smart and active.
The Times has been informed that
Bath will probably have, in the near
future, an old ladies' home for needy
and deserving colored people. For
this purpose the Franklyn Reed house
on Washington street, will doubtless
be used.
The town of Bristol was incorporated
in 1765, eight years before Waldoboro,
Bremen was set off in 1925 The popu-
lation of the town is 1921, being the sec
ond town in the county of Lincoln in
population and is only exceeded by
Waldoboro.
A Fort Fairfield Leader correspon-
dent complains that fire insurance
companies in Aroostook are cancelling
their policies on some farm property
and urges that Aroostook farmers or
ganize a mutual company. Such
scheme has, it is understood, gained
considerable Roadway.
Last spring Miss Florence e. Carr
of Brewer, planted German wax bean
with the purpose of seeing how many
beans could be raised from one seed
and in so doing she made a record
which will be hard to beat. After the
beans were shelled they filled five
pound lard pail and in numbers count
ed out 2246 beans.
II was in Fayette yesterday" said a
Lewiston man to the Journal, land saw
peculiar thing at country schoolhouse.
AS we rode along the road there school,
house appeared on a knoll in front of us,
and the national flag f1uttered appropri-
ately from the pole in the yard. But,
strange to say, on one side of it was
pinned heavy black shawl covering the
stripes completely. We had never seen
anything like it before, and so We stopped
to ask what 1t meant. And what do you
suppose? The schoolhouse flag was in
mourning for Gen. Neal Dow No one in
that school had ever heard that it was
the customary thing to put flag at half
mast a sign of mourning; but every
one was sorry that the apostle of temper
ance was dead and at the suggestion of
one of the boys the teachers shawl was
pinned to the flag. The intention was all
right at least
Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian
institution, has appointed Maine scien-
fist to have charge of one of the three
great sections of the national museum in
this CITY,, The appointee is Prof. George
p. Merrill, a graduate of Maine State
college, now the University of Maine, of
the class of 70. Prof. Merrill is a native
of Piscataquis county and, after gradu-
ating at Orono; studied at Johns Hopkins
the degree of PHI. d. He came to Wash
ington in 1880, in connection with the fish
census and has been close student of
science ever since he resided in Wash
ington. In 1890, he was made curator of
geology in the national museum and he is
recognized as great authority in that
department. The new section of the ma
tional museum. of which Prof Merrill
has charge, is that on geology. 1t in
cludes his old department and a great
deal more. There are two other sections,
designated as the section of biology and
the section of anthropOlogy. Each of
these head curators receives a salary of
$500 year. AS curator, Prof. Merrill re-
the present promotion is an acceptable
one. especially from a financial stand
point
The Grand Trunk officials expect the
busiest steamer season the coming
winter they have ever had. Probably
an average of four steamers a week
will arrive here and leave this port for
Europe, including the steamers of fiva
lines. That means any amount CT work
all winter for Portland laborers ana
the building of the new elevator will
thus directly increase the prosperity OF
the people of this city. Down at Hall
fax they have given UP the idea of being
the winter port of the Candall but in
st. John the feeling is bitter against
the Grand Trunk for diverting the
traffic to Portland, when, as St. John
claims, that city has the natural right
to have Canadian products shipped to
Europe through Canadian port But
Portland is now beyond the time when
she used to worry about the possible
loss of the steamers. The large amount
of money laid out in building the new
elevator assures the influence of the
Grand Trunk for Portland for many
years to come.
Charles s. Patten, who during the
summer has been running the Parker
house at Kennebunkport. received a
letter short time ago that has been
nearly around the world and through
no intention cf the writer. The letter
was mailed August second. from Ken
nebunkport and sent to parties in
Rome. 1t seems that the parties were
not in Rome, for then it was forwarded
to Naples. From there it went to Par
is. AT this stage of the game the let
ter was covered with postmarks and
directions for the postal clerks. They
then began to do their writing on the
other side. From Paris the letter went
to Cairo where it was forwarded to the
Parker house at Kennebunk and az
Mr.. Patten was not there it was sent