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

cufate record Of Maine weather lot y
years says the month Of June jus
closed was the coolest In all that period
The mean temperature Of the month
was 59.26', or 5.4e colder than tn
average for SS years and AZ colde
than the coolest previous June, 1881
The average for 80 years was 64.G69; fo
June, 1881, 1857. The highest temper
ature in June this year was "a the 80
day: lowest, At the second day. Rail-
fell en- II days. with total rainfall 81
3.0S inches.
About six years ago a young woman
in Belfast was making sale vests and
put her name and address on the back
of one Of the tickets. Last week Sin,
received letter from man in one OF
the Western states saying he had just
bought the vest and inquired in regard
to the time and circumstance in which
it was made. The strange part q tn.
affair was that he did not propose sr
ask for photograph. He may do this
later. however
Bangor bicyclist with large palm
that promises to be popular
Here is an opening for Waldo farm
ers A Belfast boy possesses a fully
matured and ripened cotton ball. from
plant he raised from the seed. and
still has growing. The cotton IL as soft
and perfect as If raised in the South.
The small boy and the thrifty house
wife have their eyes upon the unusual
ly full bloom of blackberry blossoms
along the roadsides.
A veteran fisherman Of West Kenne-
bee tells good fish story and says II
is true. He claims to have caught
three fish at one time On small trawl
hook; first hake took the bait and
was caught. then a skate came and
swallowed the hake. then came large
monk fish and swallowed both hake
and skate.
The question OF the existence Of mer-
maids has now been settled. A boot
buttoner in perfect shape and good
condition was taken from the stomach
OF Washington county Goldfish a few
days since.
The inmates Of the State prison have
wholesome respect for the physician
OF the prison, DR.. A. r. Smith. and one
reason for this is because he fired the
shot that hrnka he -
OF Christie Warden. This re-
suited in the capture of The famous
fugitive. The doctor possesses the
weapon now and is man OF much
nerve and a crack marksman.
Sebec lake in Piscataquis county is
one of the loveliest sheets of water in
Maine, but it seems to be fated of late.
For several seasons the water in the
upper part of the lake has been SO low
that the steamer was obliged to anchor |
far from the wharf and send it's pas
sengers on in row boats and even then
these were obliged to land some dis |
lance below the village. Now, accord
ing to correspondent. a new trouble
has arisen and one wholly unexplain-
Wilson river. above the narrows, the
water has taken on a greenish hue and !
gives out an offensive odor. In places
in the lake there is what appears like
a crust about six inches below the sur
face. Nothing similar has ever been
observed about this magnificent sheet
OF water. hitherto of the very purest |
and most transparent quality. Every
traveller to this region. as well as the
residents along the lakes banks, will
hope the trouble may be but transitory.
Poker playing and dabbling in stocks
were responsible for the SIS, 900 shortage
of Cashier Kent of Ellsworth, who was
sentenced in 1893 to 10 years in the
State prison, and who, on account of
i'll health, has just been restored to lib
erty by President Mckinley.
1t was Biddeford man who had to
pay Go cents for a sandwich and glass
of beer in Portland while attending the
celebration, and he solemnly airs his
grievance in local paper. 1t is diff
cult to understand what a Biddeford
man could want of a glass of beer, or
how that beverage could be secured in
Portland.
How to make personal property own
ers tell the truth, the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth, has long been
the great unsolved problem for tax
assessors. Alderman Murphy of Bid
deford proposes a plan which hiss city
is considering. His idea is that the
assessors should be instructed to doom
those known to possess large blocks of
personal property for a certain amount
and in this way compel them to dis
close. For instance, if they are rea-
sonably certain that a man possesses
$4,000 worth of personal property they |
should doom him for that amount. In
this way the wealthy men who never
make a return Of personal property |
may be forced to show what they have
got and the city will be just so much
the gamer in the matter of taxes.
1t is now LivermOre Falls that boasts |
of a highwayman. If this keeps on
Maine will soon have as bad a reputa- |
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