Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-22
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.


A Union man has a fig tree that is
bearing tlAs year
1t is rumored that the white squadron
will touch Rockland while ON It's way 10
Bar Harbor. June %
Cornville shows a falling off OF ioi In
population since 1899 when the census was
taken. The population now Is ISL.
A vanceboro man called his friends In
10 see the II. trout he had caught when
hey discovered that twas sucker.
Mayor Swan Is winning laureis as an
executive for the fine manner In which
he streets IN and about the city are be-
ing improved.
1t Is not an uncommon thing to meet
,ne of Freedoms oldest citizens, ~ years
I'D, driving Il spirited horse aud setting
IS erect as a man of p
The friends of Mr.. John NJ S. Hunter
Will be panied to learn of his critical III
less. II Is not a return of the apaplectc
lttaCks. to which he has been subject
Darlington Chronicle.
\ ne er-do- well Avlng In Clay hill val
ey Farfningtou who beat his wife the
rher day has been notified THAI coat
II tar and feathers awaits him II he re-
beats the pertorm1n2e-
a North Lamoine woman was Knocked
Town. her oldest son fell breaking a
wrist ana another son was badly IN
ured about the head. all II one d.ay ana
Tue to different accidents.
There are no herring in any Of the weirs
II the vicinity of Cranberry Isles, and
he fishing vessels are greatly bothered
or bait Some Of them have not caught
lsh enough 20 defray their expenses.
Ileweilyn Spencer Of Oreno has pur-
haSed a fine three years old colt OF Mr..
,torman of saltwater. The horse Is q
)acer and "A half brother ~ Lucky Strike.
he fast horse formerly owned by MI.
Spencer
There is not Il janitor of public build
ng in Portland, now who III not on the
,Art for the fire-bug and every stranger
&th bundles Is looked upon with suspIc-
an and his movements are closely
watched
A Sunday night break in Portland IS
he ninth time in nine consecutive years
hat burglars have entered this particu-
ar boarding house. eaten a square meal
md helped themselves TO what was with
n reach. II speaks well for the cook
\ Bath north end man claims 10 have
;een TWO deer swim across the kennebec
rom Woolwach early Monday morning.
un up through the Sewall ship yard,
lear the high board fence at a bound
md pass up Pearl street toward the
yestern part of the city.
Moses Abbott of Franklin. who is nine
y-six years of age. speaking recently TO
he Ellsworth Americans correspondents
regarding this springs unreasonable
weather. said that in June. ISIS vegeta-
ion froze. Another authority adds that
birds We're found frozen on the farms.
Ass Carrie Newell and Mrs. VIM.
Seavey of 81. George, while walking
dong the shore the other day discovered
good sized seal lying on the shore
where the receding tide had left 1t. They
,illed IL with stones and had its nose sew
red and bounty of one dollar was
armed for their trouble.
Although there are 49, horses and q
,olts in the town of Paris. and but fifty
PAIRS of oxen the assessors have found an
tveraee value on the horses of only $3.50
lnu say that's plenty high enough. How
you'd it do to raise a few more oxen.
Fney might come in handy If the beef
rust should get altogether too greedy.
A final dividend of ten per cent. making
;ixty per cent in ALL was declared in the
nsolvent estate of Edward s. Goodwin
IF Burnham at the last term of insolvent
sourt, and the same has been paid by
Joseph williamson. Jr. of Augusta, the
,ver PAID on an insovent estate in waldo
.ounty.-Belfast Journal.
F. II. Evans of Fairfield has an older
brother, who has lived in Peru since 1888.
md who recently wrote regrettlng that
history of the Civil war in the United
States he had never seen. The Fairfield
man is just now hunting up a complete
history of the great test conflict of modern
times and proposes that it shall soon
reach the hands of his brother,
Complaint is made that some of the
,oys in the city, who ought to know bet
err. have been engaged in destroying the
nests. eggs and young of birds in and
about the city. If this be so 1t would be
IN excellent plan for the officers to cap
ure one or two of the offenders and
make Wholesome examples of them for
heir companions sake. says the Water
Vile Mail.
A week ago there was a man came to
Madison Center calling himself Capt.
Howard and claiming that he was taking
orders for government work. but in order
20 get work he had got to inspect your sew
ng machine for which he had to have one
lollar and fifty cents. Said he was sent
Dut by the relief corps but after seeing q
number of the members of the corps and
they never heard of it the conclusion is
that he's a fraud
Norway now can find no record to show
that Danforth street. one of the princi-
pal thoroughfares of the village for
twenty or thirty years was ever located
An adjoining land owner has made a
claim for the ownership of part of the
street. Probably there are many such
cases in Maine. A little looking up of
such records occasionally by the town
officers. to see that everything is right
would not be amiss.
o. F. Brigham of Newport, has tur-
tie story that may not be devoid OF IN
terest Two years ago Mr.. Brigham was
in the vicinity of the mill pond one day
and cav a turtle basking in the sun
shine enjoying no doubt that tranquility
of mind which a plenty to eat and no
care superinduces. He caught the rep
tile and discovered traced on his shell
"1S74' which had been carved there ev-
identity with knife. Bringing the turtle
up street he exhibited him to friends
then took him back to the stream and
gave him his liberty. Thursday morning
when Mr. Brighams eye sought the
yard in front of the house he noted tur-
tie crawling across the lawn as though
looking for some one. Going out of doors
he found his turtle of two years ago.
Mr. Brigham thinks 1T trife singular
that the turtle was one-fourth mile from
water, calling ON him.