Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-07
mrs or mAss NEWS.

There were fourteen deaths in Portland
during the past week.
j Bath now has four mails from Bos.
ton every week day.
| The Bath police will hold their an
nual ball October %.
j In AroostoOk potato growers are talk.
ing OF forming union.
Several Bath young men have already
begun 70 plan snow shoe club.
The Burniiam & Morrill, corn factory nj
Auburn has put up about 100000 cans, this
4 season. Esq
There were 213 arrests made by the
Portland police during the month OF Sep
TENDER.
Over ton Of smclts were shipped from
brunswick to New York by express one
day recently.
Company c. N. G. 8. N. OF Bath. have
qualified four men in rifle practice dur
ing the last week.
j Best cuts OF venison are retailing N
Bangor at 20 cents pound; partridgcs
at 80 cents q pound.
The new Lewiston Trust & Safe De-
post building will be put up this fall
Work upon the excavation for the
foundation was commenced. Saturday
morning.
| North Berwick talks Of holding a spe-
cial town meeting to put In electric lights
| The last annual meeting voted to discon-
| tinue them. and since that time the town
! has been I'm darkness.
The horse stolen three weeks ago
from A. N. Farnsworth Of Milbridge,
has been found in a stable at Brewer,
where it was left by man who said
he wanted to put up his team for
few days when he would call for 1t.
The man has not since been seen in
Brewer.
Ned Snow one of Oronos enthusiastic
wheeimen. made century run Sunday.
He left Orono at A. M. Tor Belfast.
where he made stop Of two and one
half hours for rest and dinner. returning.
and going to Old Town and back to Oro-
no, reaching here at 515 +. NJ The en-
tire distance covered was 10Ik miles. The
first 27iz miles, he rode in exactly two
hours.
The local road record from Bruns-
wick to Mere Point of 90 minutes, 46
seconds. was smashed, Saturday morn
ing. by Il. J. Hayes, who rode the re
miles in 20 minutes. 40 seconds. The
former record was established in 1894
by T.. II. Willis and has withstood tbs
repeated attacks of dozens of riders to
lower it.
Milbridge merchants as well as tho
travelling public. are much gratified nj
the prospect Of having steamboat
communications direct with Boston
The Boston, Bar Harbor and Machias
Steamboat Company place upon this
route the Steamer New Brunswick,
formerly of the International lin.
yy1 nj mo lya fri h.
ginning Oct. 4.
The superintendent of farming fol-
the PenobScot tribe, j. H. Morrison
reports that the crops raised this year
by the members of the Penobscot tribt
are lighter than usual. This is not be
cause the tribe has not taken as much |
interest in agriculture, but becaus, |
their crops have suffered, as have 9TH
ers. the beans and potatoes being un-
usually light. IT,
The Lincoln County Teachers Asso-
citation held its annual convention at
New Harbor, last week. Nearly 100 |
teachers were in attendance The fol-
lowing officers were elected for tn. |
coming year: President, Prof. G. A |
Larrabee, NEWCASTLE; vice presidents
IL. H. Chamberlain, Bristol; G. E. Lin |
scott, jefferson; c. w. Averill, Alma:
John Berry, Damariscotta; secretary,
A. w. Glidden. Newcastle.
The Oldest member Tin years. of the
York county bar is the Hon. Samuel WI
Jones of Lebanon, who was born January
r. 1907. and is now In the 91st year OF his
age. He was practitioner of medicine
for many years and in 1866 was admitted
to the bar of this county. In the years |
1857 and 1858 he was member of the
State Senate. Mr.. Jones retains his men
tai and physical powers to a remarkable
degree and only a few days ago was seen
in his field assisting in the harvesting of
his crops. The Oldest in membership OF |
the York bar is Judge William G. Chad
bourne of Alfred. who was admitted at
the April term in 1S41-rising fifty-six
years ago.
A large number of the overseers o.
the different wooden mills in eastern
Maine met at Newport, Sunday, ana
organized the Wooden Overseers' AS
ISOLATION of Eastern Maine, with tn.
following officers: President, Chas
Stone. Dover; vice president, Edward
Leech, Skowhegan; secretary, L. c |
Sawyer. Dover; treasurer, T. E. +
Knowles, Pittsfield: corresponding sec.
retaries. l.. Coburn. Skowhegan; VIM
Mcfarland. Pittsfeld H. Taylor
DoNCt, 0cOISc SdtuCdTt, Olu lOWn. l
Edward Varney. Hartland; George Il
Davidson, Guilford and Sangerville. i
VIM. Davidson. North Dexter; S. J.
Hall, Dexter; A. D. Mansell. Newport
The next annual meeting win be helt
at Skowhegan.
Amongst all the Maine clubs of women.
there is none which is so vigorous an6
whose fortune in securing heavy metal |
for its entertainment. Is so great, as TIT
Club of Brunswick, whose fame |
has grown far larger than the limits O. |
the town in which it lives. This club wa. |
formed in the winter of 1895. During tho
same winter three public meetings were |
given, consisting of an organ recital. G. |
lecture by Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer |
and another by Prof. Henry L. Chapman |
The object of the club is mutual improve |
ment in literature and science, and thu |
vital interests of the day. Fortnight,
meetings are held from the first SATURDAY. |
in November to the first Saturday : II /.
May. The membership Is 2O2. and urlim.
tied. The Saturday Club has had excel. i
lent public lectures from such well.knowr |
authors as Mrs. Laura E. Richards, Prof
John Fiske. George w. Cable Mrs Juli,
Ward Howe, Mrs. Henry Whitman anf |
others. The programme for the curren |
year includes the names of Poultney Big