Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

No town meeting in Lincoln county
this fall.
One Guilford bicycle dealer has sold
90 wheels this season..
A. Biddaford boy was arrested recent
/ ly for throwing stones.
East Corinth is growing. A barber
shop has been opened there.
The Reed family will hold a reunion
at Boothbay Harbor, August 25.
Work in the Washington county
blueberry factories began in earnest
this week.
1t is said on good authority that one
third of the population of Auburn live
in New Auburn.
Police Edward Skillings of Peak S
Island. has saved two men from drown
ing this summer.
A. K. Wood of Belfast, Recently
picked three bushels of gooseberries
from Is bushes in his garden.
Lubec has purchased $50 feet of
Jonesboro granite to lay cross walks on
some of it's principal streets.
Hen thieves are very prevalent in
Hodsdon lost thirty dollars worth of
poultry. 50,
Several instances have been reported
at Camden of late where apple blossoms
and fruit We're found together on the
same branch
One day recently, David Swerro of
New Limerick was accidently struck
in the eye with a whip, rendering him
entirely blind in one eye.
Miss Hattie B. Rollins of Camden,
has won local fame by coasting down
MT. Battle on a bicycle. She was the
first to attempt such a feat.
p. Fl. Stratton of Ellsworth, has re-
ceived from the government the con-
tract for extensive repairs on the Gus
tom house and pOst-office building
there.
The contract to build the new sewer
in Newport has been let to Charles N.
Taylor of Natick, Mass, whose bid was
1894. The work will commence imme-
diately t. y ~ T. :, ~
~ The Brewer city government will
probably pass an ordinance making it
compulsory to carry lighted lanterns
on bicycles at night Bangor already
has such an ordinance.
Mrs. Rachel Weeks Lnscott sof JEFF
ferson, 80 years old, has a peony plan:
that She took from her girfheott home,
when married 81 years ago and has
since lived at -four. dffefent places. s. :
The house keepers of Deering feel
greatly relieved. at, the arrest and i'm
prisonment of John A. Kelley, a tramp
who has been travelling gsffeln h91se to
house and frightening the woifien.
The sardine factories at :, Mupridgs
and other places which have been
closed on account. Of. scarcity, of fish.
have opened up again and are giving
employment to a large number of peo-
pie. tkte -
The work of building the trestle par
TALLY destroyed by the Hurley-Cobb
lime-kiln fire. is now well under way
and by another week or so the four
kilns will again be receiving the LINER
ick railroad service.
Robert Stanley, the four-years-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George w. StrHut
of Pleasantdale, is suffering severely
| from blood poisoning in the ham
caused by the bite of lobster received
while on a weeks outing.
| Notwithstanding the fact that both
hard and soft wood for fuel is extreme
ly cheap in Machias, a large number
of cargoes have been shipped the past
year. while considerable coal has been
| imported for home consumption.
A change is to be made in the placing
of electric wires in Lewiston. The plan
is to have all high tension wires on
| poles on one side of the street. and all
| low tension wires such as telephone
telegraph and fire alarm wires, on the
| other side.
One of. the prettiest flower gardens
| IN orland is that CT G. NJ. Dorr, who
several years ago planted some pond
| lily roots in the river near his house.
which have flourished and this season
from 80 to so of these beautiful flowers
have been in full bloom there at one
| time.
The openings at Tukey bridge, Port
| land, in July were 237. Three hundred
and forty mine vessels passed through,
| with total tonnage Of 1874. This is
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