Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

/ ferred from other terms to that at Port
land and the chief justice thinks that i
will require u month"; to transact all bust
ness.
a new office that of cashier, has been
created on the international steamers
which relieves the pursers Of part Of thei
labor. Oliver -. Smith. occupies the pc
sition on the Cumberland, and ]. L. Hun
on the State Of Maine. Both arc mem
hers of Howdom az.
II is reported that tho great packin,
house OF Armour OF Chicago has bough
large lot OF land on Commercial street
Portland and Will erect very larg
manufacturing and distributing plan
thereon. The building will be of brick
with granite trimmings, and will be thrts
stored. and cost between one and two
hupdred thousand dollars.
The biggest lobster seen IN that vicinity
for some time was captured at Bldde-
ford Pool recently by Is. T.. Fowle. Thf
lobster measured two feet and inches
from tip to tip and weighed 10 pounds. Ii
was too big to go into the lobster trap
but in some way got entangled In tn,
meshes and was unable TO get away
The first annual reunion of the Porter
family was held ut Paris. THURSDAY TherS
was large local attendance. also repre-
sentatives AHl Massachusetts. califor-
mia and The occasion was also
intended 1Rebrirte the fifth marriage
of one of Viie Porter family who was lirst
named Lucy Porter ard at the age OF
sevenly-seven has just married for her
nth husband Daniel +. LUfkins of Cali
foruia. The bridegroom is seVenty-nine
TneX were the guests of the day.
Much inconvenience to business in the
central part of the State Is said 10 re-
suit from the way in which the mails are
now carried between Dexter, Corinnd and
Newport and points on the b. &sfA. road
between Foxcroft and the lake. Letter.
between Dexter and Guilford or Sanger
vile or Monson for instance cannDt b.
sent and answered the same day ne6i1her
direction. In previous years the maiF "a
1ilities have been good. \ protest to the
department Is talked Of.
V. b. Paul OF Morrill,. closed his Goth
year last Sunday. During the previous
week he drove a loaded team seveA trips
from his farm TO Belfast. sla mile and
one TO Searsmont six miles This, Mr..
of his years. ON one Of the trips he cam
near breaking his leg, and he does no, say
whether or not he broke the Sabbath III
making or getting ready for either Of the
trips.
The Cape Porpoise Land Company has
been organized at Sanford with II. VI.
sfoodall as president. The company has
purchased large property at Sanford
and also Trot island, one of the prrttiest
stands on the Maine coast. and will at
once begin the work of improving it. A
landscape gardener will be put 10 work
IN the island and n hreakwater will he
built to make tine island an entering port
ana safe harbor for vessels of any
drdught.
Ferdinand Rodlff. who il well known in
Dexter, wheer his SON Alvin Rodlff of
Boston. Mass, has been a frequent sum-
mer visitor for years, recently celebrated
his 10Th anniversary Us an employee of
he Hamilton mills, Lowell Mass. OF
which he Is superintendent. The corpora
zion employs 20D0 hands. When he had
been employed 80 years he was presented
with a gold watch and $1,000 bond AS d
goken of appreciation Of valued service.
MIR. Rodiff was born IN Seekonk Mass.
Feb. s. 1906
y novel exhibition Of minerals for Po-
land Spring has been arranged by +. r.
Chaibuurn of Lewiston and will be
opened in the Maine State building in Il
few days. In addition to valuable Maine
sems-tourmallne. beryl. topaz aud am
1thySt. there will be SNOWY cabinet spec
linens of Maine mineral and a handsome
display Of choice specimens from many
distant parts of the world. DIR. A. G..
Hamlin of Bangor, Loren h Merrill of
Paris Thomas II. Lamb Of Portland and
pr. y. L. ifoote of Philadelphia have
aided In making UP this Interesting col
lection.
Mr.. Edwin y. Norton. formerly Of
Portland. and the founder of the great
commission house Of Norton, Chapman
4 Co., of Portland, died at Brooklne.
Mass, last week in his seth year. Nj.
Norton was formerly a large ship
owner and owned q great deal of real
estate in Portland. including part Of the
Gait block warehouse. He formerly
lived on State street. A man of singu-
larry quiz disposition, he was one of
the greatesf merchants that Portland
ever had,
Bangor dealers say that they have been
notified of the coming rise ana that they
are getting in what coal they can in or
der to be prepared for it, Fly thus IN
Greasing stock at present prices they may
be able to hold back a rise III local prices
for some time. OF late there has been
forming in Bangor q very powerful coal
syndicate, with tincks & DO. Bacon x
Robinson and the Stickney q BabcoclS
Coal Company, as Its center. Small con-
Germs have been bought out right and loft
and overtnres have been made TO several
others. The syndicate - gfowir- III
strength monthly, and is said to be plan
ming he conquest of other coal establish
nents IN that vicinity.
The other day crew of steycdores en-
gagged in discharging a cargo Of coal at
the yards of the Stickney & Babcock
-'oal Company. found a physicians case
II the coal When the tub was dumped
nto the bin, the wharf man saw the case
md it looked like 4 great fat pocket
book. He lodged between the dropping
2teces of coal and grabbed 1t. There Wern
% or more little bottles in the case and |
zone of them was broken. There was no
ame on the case. 70 SHOW to whom il |
belonged The case was probably left on |
he railroad or at the mines by some ply |
.jciap who had been called there on ac-
cunt of an accident II had been rail- |
'oaded to New York and shot down |
trough a coal shute 30 feet into the YES
eel. and found its way to Bangor. What |
prevented the case from being smashed
o atoms is a mystery
AT the regular annual meeting of the
of the Monsoon railroad held |
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