Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-12
c Thousand Bathites sick with the

One Thousand Bathites sick with the
grippe.
The Lewiston police station was
robbed of three coats the other night.
An increasing number of newspaper
subscribers is reported down Milbridge
way.
Al the Y. NJ. G.. A. fair ut Lewiston
twelve chatting dishes with all the ial-
est receipts will be running afternoon
and evening. every day.
There have been fewer bass caught
in Winnegance creek this winter tnai.
for years. The fishing grows poorer
every year in spite of the so-caiied WEI
lance Of the wardens.
Prof. A, l.. Wood, A. NJ. OF Graito"'
6 D.. class 80, Bates college. has JUST
nnhlished a book entitled civil Gov
nrn,nent of South Dakota" designed
for nse in the public schools OF '"''l
state.
member of the Maine State society
for the protection of animals oesi.ea
tho Portland Argus to officially nouiy
naonle that the sleighing is over anu
that a. man who appears on runners
harnofter will he adjudged guilty Oh
cruelty to animals and dealt with az
cordingly.
Probably there is not an artisan IN
Maine who has followed one nNe ~
manual labor so long as mas "a W.
Marble of the firm of Baker 4 Marole'
Skowhegan. 1t was on March l. io'-'
that Mr.. Marble first picked up the
chisel and mallet and since that uihe
he has cut over 100000 letters.
Tho Jewish women of Auburn ana
lewiston will meet in two weeks 10
form a club. The Bible, the works OF
the Hebrews, Russian. German, Polish
ava I,rench authors will be studied in
the different languages, and the society
win no one of the most progressive OF
women's unions 1t will be united win
,h, oro,t league OF Jewish women's So
cieties of America.
A loafer on the corner OF LISBON anu
Cedar streets, in Lewiston. threw a snow ", :
hoil at Mr. Daniel Shehan on SATURDAY
morning. 1t struck him on the PACK 9? 81.
Inc neck right where the pepper buncn Il
sunnosed to be in a mans phrenoioslcai
make-up. Anyway. Mr.. Shehan,s temper
nncame very spicy and he walked back
10 the corner and gave the man VINO ia. ~.
thrown the SNOWFALL such Il druppi' ,Et az az
nhi;ped the bystanders to interfere lhey
,nni AWAY the punished man in Il sleigh.
with a towel around his heao.
Ronney Big is the Indian name OF a
locality in North Berwick, especially a
hill in the north part and small pond
which takes the name OF the NIL at lts
side. About the shores of this little
sheet of water are Indian relics, and III
the family of Nathan Morrill,. residing
on the edge of the pond. there are
MANY articles of Indian origin that
have from time to time been picked
from the soil of the Morrill, farm ana
vicinity, such as stone axes, AFRO"
heads, etc, and upon the brink OF the
nond are remains of Indian heartns
and various matters indicating the
residence of the natives of the forest
There are interesting tales OF tragedy
cruelty heroism and murder, the au-
thority of which is not doubted, tha'
have come down with generations that
would be good stock for historical re-
search.
Frank A. Reynolds, 81 years old. ne
phew of General Stephen II. Manning
of Lewiston, has invented rotary en-
CINE which, it is claimed, is superior to
that invented by Grant Brambel OF
Sleepy Eye, MINI. The model, which
he has made is as big around as a
small saucer and less than two inches
thick; and yet attached to boiler with
100 pounds of steam to the square inch
and 5000 revolutions to the minute Ii
produces a power of 13 horse. The
piston is three inches in diameter. In
a trial with 100 pounds of steam and
1000 revolutions to the minute the little
machine, which a baby might hold up
in its hands. developed four and
half horse power; with 1900 revolutions
it was and 27-33ds horse power; with
5000 revolutions the power is Is 21-3Oths
with 6O00 revolutions the power is q
horse power. and with 10000 rcvolu-
tons a minute the power is AZ horse
power.