Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-10


One Of the Kittery Point lobster fish,
ermen reports that he lost 45 traps in
the last storm.
Mrs. Andrew Storer of Waldoboro, has
an English ivy, 10 years old, which is
very handsome.
c. c. Cross of Rockland. has presented
Anderson Camp Sons of Veterans of thai
city, with a fine bugle.
The Hyde Light Guards of Bath re-
Gently received from Gen. Thomas Hyde
large framed portrait of himself.
A Brewer woman is authority for the
statement that cooked turnip is better fol
cats than raw meat, also that they like 1t
There is considerable diphtheria yet
in Portland now but the anti-toxin
treatment is being used with excellent
results.
A West Lowell COW that gorged her
self on sailed cucumber, she found IN
the yard, followed the inconsdderate
act by dying.
The little Bowen child. boy, born
in the almshouse in Bath, year ago,
has been adopted by wealthy FAMILY
in this State.
Thirteen tugs in the harbor, Portland
takes as a sign business Is iIHploNiiiS, III
spite of the ill luck that the number
sometimes tries to stir up.
A young somnambulist in Bath while
cavorting about his room a few nights
since cut himself so badly on the crock
cry he broke that it was necessary to
call a physician.
Rumor has it that Biddeford physi-
clans will not give their business to
the druggists who persist in advertls-
ing the medicine of quack the doc
tors have driven out of town.
Lewiston has one citizen who has
been three times sold in slavery. 1t
was before the war; and the first time
was when he was torn from his mother
and sisters, and carried into distant
part of the land of cotton.
Vanveboro is talking about this: 1t
appears that a New Brunswick man
deserted his wife some years ago and
the latter got divorce and married
a man now living in Vanceboro. Now
husband No 1 is in Vanceboro looking
for husband No. 2 and the fellow WIZ
has the wife is looking for the di-
vorced husband. When they meet
well, what's the use of borrowing
trouble?
The time for spring work is so short
in the Aroostook climate that the fall
must be the chief reliance for the work
of crop preparation in the way OF
blowing. This fall the farmers of
Aroostook have had all the time they
needed for blowing, and the best pos
sible conditions. The result will be a
largely increased crop acreage next
year, and an early start in sowing and
planting.
Charles A. Mann of Bangor, has pat
ented an invention to equip street cars
with nicely contrived gutter which
runs around the edge of the roof and
catches the water. A gutter would be
of no use without conductors and the
inventor has hit upon the clever plan
using brass tubes disguised as hand
les running from the cutters down the
standards and discharging the water
on the ground.
The guns given to w. H. H. Rue post
c. A. r., of Ellsworth and soon to bt
mounted near the soldiers monument
says the American, are 80 Founders, o
$500 pounds each. known to the navy de
partment Nos. 55 and IS. They Wer,
manufactured at Fort Pitt foundry il
1864. At U. S. naval academy, Annapolis
Md. on the Santee in 1867: transferred
to the Wyoming. same station. Decem
Der, 1882; then mounted on the Enter
prise. 1898. and landed at the Boston ma
Wy yard November, 1895. The guns fav
no war history.
Chief Justice Peters, upon whose eye
critical operation was recently per
formed at the Carney hospital in Boston
is apparently fast recovering his sight
although the operation was too long de
ferred. in the opinion of the surgeon. |
is hoped that he may soon be able to b
fitted to glasses. He has left the hospta
and is now staying at the home of hi
sister, Mrs. George NJ. Black on Beacon
street. His many friends hope that hi
Improvement may rapidly continue am
that he may soon be able to return HON
with sight fully restored and in his usua
vigorous health
arraigned before Justice Joel Bean, Fri
day, on charge of forgery Wednes
day afternoon. he appeared at the Ma
tona. Bank in that place and presented
note purporting to be signed by Gus Sa
wage and Alonzo E. Mcclure, and triei
to obtain money on it. He was told t
call the next day, when he was informe
that the signatures were not genuine. II
was placed under arrest and was given
hearing. Friday. He was bound over t.
Houton. and failing to give the required
bail in $1,000, he was committed.
The cattle commission is unable to d.
very aggressive work in stamping on
disease it would seem from the follow
ing remarks of DR.. Bailey to the Lewis
ton Journal: We are doing PRACTICAL.
nothing nowadays. The $4,000 which w
had last March when the Legislature ad
journed lasted us no time at all. Whel
you come to pay the expenses of test
ard then pay for condemned cattle an,
horses beside, there isn't much left t
do two years business on We are tend
ing to only what cares we have to. Whel
we hear of a cow with tuberculosis or
horse with CHAMBERS we go out and xii
it but every care of this sort only make
our deficiency greater. If we could hav
$4,000 there would be a difference in
couple of years. Look at Massachu
sets. They got S250000 there this yeal
Compare that with our $1,000 and see hoy
much work we can do. In the presen
state of our cash box the diseases ar
gaining every day. but we don't wish t
make our deficiency any greater tina
we can help so only attend, as l say. t
what cases are forced upon our notice.
After suffering from dyspepsia TO
three years l decided to try Burdocl
Blood Bitters. Two bottles cured me en-
tirely." Mrs G. c. White, Taberg, Onei
da County, New York.
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