Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-18

Orrington Is agitating the question
of a woman for supervisor of schools.
f. L. Bell Of Lowell, has shipped $500
barrels of apples to Boston, this sea-
son.
The first real baby at the Maine
Shaker village in 40 years arrived last
week.
A herd of deer is said to be winter
ing in stretch of woods near South
Paris.
The steamboats, whistle toots "a
howdy" to Machias, Me. The ice has
gone seaward.
One Lewiston lumber firm is getting
out the dimensions for IA new houses
to be built next summer.
The five schooners built by n. T.
Palmer Of Bath, have a. total carrying
capacity of about $4,000 tons.
Senator Hale's residence, 1.-THE
Pines" at Ellsworth, built to replace
his fine house burned last summer, has
just been finished.
The Biddeford Record says that the
raiding of the Saco rum shops is posi-
lively cruel in view of the prevalence
of the grip in the city.
Phillips and Rangeley trainmen
have to keep a weather eye out for
squalls. A blast from old Boreas the
ether day tipped three cars off the
track.
A well known Lewiston teacher is
commencing campaign for the pur-
pose of having the State pension teach
erS after certain number of years
service.
AT the First NJ E. church, Bangor.
Sunday, the pastor, Rev. H. E. Foss.
baptized Sc persons, received IA into
full membership, and about 20 on pro-
baton.
The Bangor & Aroostook Railroads
new book, descriptive of the shooting
and fishing along their line, is very
handsome in appearance and interest
ing in contents.
The grand. sweet song of Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah B. Libbey of East Centre,
Me-, has lasted 81 years, and at the
ages of IS and 81 years they are enjoy
ing life together.
At their duck ranch at Stockton
Springs, the French Bros. have recent
ly set up an incubator with a glass
front, showing the whole process of in
cubation by dry hot air. It is one of
the machines that was on exhibition at
the Worlds fair.
James Duffey of Machiasport. claims
that he has regained the lost art of
tempering copper for edged tools and
ether purposes. He has made a ham
mer and also a chisel so hard that a
file has but little impression upon them,
and yet they stand without breaking.
The issue Of the Phillips Photograph
last week, was largely devoted to ad
vertising summer resorts. Publisher
Bracket says this issue contains more
advertisements Of hotels and camps
than ever appeared before in a single
edition of any Maine paper. 1t is a
highly creditable number.
Anent the East Blaine (Me) reviva!
local correspondent feels called upon
to remark: 1T is hoped these individ-
uals in that locality who have carried
on the business for some time of tear
ing down fences, stealing grain and
robbing hen roOsts will be struck by the
grace of Cod
The citizens of Lubec are to pur-
chase new hearse by voluntary sub
scription. The proposition made is
this: Each subscriber agrees to pay
one dollar, with the proviso that if he
should have use for the same" (thc
hearse, of course) within two years of
this month, he shall be entitled to a
rebate, equal to the sum subscribed.
Considerable amusement was af-
forded by good brother in prayer
meeting gravely announcing that the
Brunswick club had been raided. As
TINS club is run on strictly Sunday
school principles and contains the
principal dignitaries of the town, church
members and clergymen, the good
brother has had considerable explain
ing to do.
One of the Portland tobacconists
says he thinks the agitation over the
anti-cigarette bill has reduced trade
little, but there is one thing he can
not understand. 1t is why 80 many
of our local physicians smoke them
Several physicians are regular Gus
toners of mine, and while they buy a
higher grade than many of the humber
customers they buy as often and in
larger quantities"
e. Plummer of Lisbon Falls, saws
that the days of log driving on the An
droscoggin, or at least the Lewiston
and Auburn end of it, are about over
'Plummers drive is thing of the
PAST. Lumbermen from the Penobscot
and kennebec have recently visited
Mr.. Plummer to look into his system
OF rail transportation of logs and pulp
wood. They got a favorable impress
sion that it was not unlikely that we
shall hear of the extension of the plan
along the rivers above named. Mr..
Plummer is more than pleased with
the change and he wouldn't go back to
the drives for anything.
The case of the Rowland Falls Pulp
Company i'm insolvency came up for
hearing before Judge Peabody in Port
land. Monday, on a peculiar point of
law. Included in the company's actions
was vote Of the directors whereby
the sum Of $4,000 was voted toward a
bridge over the Penobscot river be.
tween the towns of Rowland and En-
field and also on approach on the How
land side. OF this amount S1lOO worth