Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-12

diphtheria cases have been held
The selectmen of Poland are consid-
ering the question of vault or safe, as
to which will be best and cheapest.
The grasshopper is early this year
One was found in North Arson the
other day, and he was in good condition
for business.
The Maine people living in Nashua,
y. H., have organized a Maine Nashua
Association, with over 200 Maine people
as charter members.
Mr. Edward C. SWEET of Portland, the
we'll known lecturer, has been engaged
by the G. A. r., to deliver the Memo
rial day address at Bar Harbor
John w. Ballou of Bath, after serving
q years a member of the board OF as
SCISSORS, has resigned his position, al
though his term did not expire until
next April.
Augustus Perow, an 11-year-old lad,
son of Benjamin Perow OF Bath, mas d
flock of so hens in which he takes great
interest. He has made them net him
s4S in the past year.
Hotel Shore Acres at Lamoine beach
has been sold by William F. Des1sle to
II. A. Weston, proprietor of Hotel Her
bert. Boston. 1t is hoped that the
hotel will be open the coming season.
The fifth Good Will assembly for boys
and young men will be from July Is to
August 4, at The Pines across the
Kennebec from Good Will Farm. This
year the boys win keep their rooms and
the visitors will be entertained in tents.
Hancock county sardine packers have
their eyes on the man who is talking OF
testing the constitutionaiity OF the sar-
dine law passed by the last Legislature
by opening his factory before May 10, the
time at which the close time ends, ac-
cording 10 the last act.
The shipment of apples from the port
of Portland to the European market
for the season ending last Saturday
reached the enormous total of 1902, $50
barrels, which is unprecedented in the
annals of the apple export business in
this country.
The alewive fishermen at Thomaston,
are putting down their weirs. There will
be about a dozen built this spring in
Georges river. What with running the
gauntlet of the weirs and nets and the
merciless slaughter at the dam in War
rem the poor alewive had hard fight
for existence.
The lighthouse tender Lilac now goes
upon her round of inspection. She Will
carry a greatly increased amount OF
supplies because of the new law. For
merly the tender supplied in April only
the more remote outside lights, such as
Matinicus, Mt. Desert, etc, but under
new regulations the inside lights, like
Seguin, will be also supplied. This
brings the number to be supplied on
this station up to 16.
The Limington committee to investi-
gate the affairs of ex-Treasurer l.. j.
Strout, have struck a snag, according
to reports, and are unable to secure the
stubs of the order book used by the
selectmen, one that is not supposed to
be out of their possession and one that
shows the original record of the orders
drawn and that would doubtless cast
considerable light on the transactions
of the selectmen of that time and show
just what the treasurer was called
upon to pay at different times.
An accurate statement can now be
made of the Maine ice harvest, all the
returns being in. The revised figures are
as follows: kennebec. l,097,000 tons;
Penobscot 600 tons: coast and interior,
15S.500 tons total. 145S,500. The outlook
for business is decidedly better than for
some years past. Only about 60 per cent
of the Hudson house capacity is filled,
and all the ice harvested on that river
and in Maine is barely equal to a full
Hudson crop. The natural consequence
of this is that prices must be higher and
the demand for Maine ice brisk. even UNI
der ordinary weather conditions. In fact
many sales have already been made AT
prices considerably higher than prevailed
mt any time last year, and it is predicted
that within a month the greater part of
the Maine harvest will be sold In Ban
gor several sales are reported at 90 cents
"A ton, while in 1896 the range was 90 to
30 cents.
Representative A. j. Durgin of Orono,
who worked long and hard at the last
Legislature for the passage of the bill
allowing the netting of salmon one day
in the week from the Bangor water
works dam to Midway, is much disap-
pointed in the act rushed through during
the last hours of the Legislature, which
repealed the act allowing the taking of
salmon between the points named. All
who favor the law are still hoping there
may be some way out and that the last
act can be 50 construed as not to relate
to the amendment to the general law
passed five days before. Fish Commits
sioner Carleton who was in sympathy
with the act favorable to up river fisher
men. is also disappointed. Quite a num-
Der of Orono parties had ordered nets for
the purpose of taking advantage of the
law and there is considerable feeling
among them at the outcome. The last
act passed is anything but fair to up
river fishermen.
The car which. as number $50. was so
long the private car of Payson Tucker.
came from the shop last week and
though glistening with gold leaf and var
nish is shorn of its past glory and now
takes its place among the second or per-
haps third grade of the passenger cars of
the road. 1t no 1ongers carries its old
number. 49, which so long characterized
1t as being the private car of the general
manager but is numbered 70 to fill up a
gap made by condemning some antigua
ted truck from the passenger to the con-
struction car department. The ear is
now being used on conductor Vests
train. the Oakland and Skowhegan
'scoot.' but with the coming of the sum-
mer season it will probably be used for
excursion business. To the general pub
lie nothing remains about the car inside
or out. to indicate that it was Mr. Tuck
er's private car except the mahogany fin
ish which is Scared here and there where
the partitions were taken out.
Robert Dunning of Bath, has an old Of
flee chair of Names first governor, VIM
King. 1t was in the old Office of the gov
erpor and when ]. ID. Robinson took pos
session there he gave it to Charles A
Hoker who took it to MIR. Dunnng some
time ago. 1t is now painted white and
gold and will soon adorn the home of a