Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-21

A Lewiston inventor is working up the
plans for a new typewriter.
An agent for fertilizers has sold 700
tons. this season, in Aroostook county.
DR. Byron d. Spencer of Union. will SO
TO Europe in the autumn for post grad
uate study.
The Dascomb family holds its seventh
annual reunion at Academy hall, Wilton,
for August 10.
The nth annual reunion of the 9Th
Maine Veteran Association VIII be held
at BluehiH on August II and IS.
Two of East Hebron's young farmers
Eddie LeBarron and Ed Conano, are re-
ported to have suddenly disappeared
A large hackmatack tree in front of
the residence of f. NJ. Clark, Winthrop,
blew down Wednesday. The tree was Sc.
out nearly 40 years ago by Mr.. Clark,
An Illinois man, now visiting in York
county is hurting for the grave of an
ancestor who died there in 1887. AT last
accounts the grave was undiscovered.
The Houghton. MfIlin Publishing Co.
Of Boston, have recently issued an
authors edition of The Great Polar
Current, by Henry Mellen Prentiss of
Bangor.
Mrs Caroline Dame Hall, president of
the Sorosis in New York City, will attend
the annual meeting Of the Maine Fedora
tion of Women's Clubs to be held in Ban
cor, Oct BIB
A Belfast boy stole S25 from his father
and started for Boston to enlist in the
navy. At Rockland he was intercepted
by the police and sent home. lie had
spent but S. of the money.
Deer have been very scarce in Ma
chias and vicinity for the past two or
three years. but several have been seen
of late which would seem to indicate
that they are again returning.
Captain Fred G. Snow. native OF
Sedgwick, and for many years a resident
of Bangor. died on Friday, July O. at
Sailors Snug Harbor, New Brighton,
Staten Island, n. Y. He was 81 years OF
age.
Building operations in Calais are brisk
Just at present Besides the St Croix
Exchange and a new store on Main
street several dwellings are under course
of construction i'll various parts of THE
city.
Sewer construction is going on at Cal
Is, there the street commissioner has de-
yised plow which he uses in digging ont
the trenches and which is said to do more
work in hour than 80 men with picks
will do in the same space OF time.
During a recent thunder shower the
lightning played queer freaks IN a Ber-
wick house One of its tricks was the
melting of the wire by which a bird cage
was hung. the cage and its feathered oc
jured.
There are now four British steamships
loading in the port of Bangor-the Starr,
for England with deals the Ladoga, for
the same destination, the same cargo; the
Nonpareil, for Grecnock, Scotland, with
spool bars. and the Sapphire, for Man
chester, Eng. with ground wood pulp.
During the fiscal year ending, June So
the Norway postofIice issued 2Sa3 money
orders for sums aSgresating SlS ~ ana
fNs lN.ey,a
amounted to Sl66.95 making a total re-
Ceived from that source of S.409.H. Dur
ing the same time 1922 orders were paid
amounting to .722 and averaging $40.
a new council of the knights Of
Columbus was instituted in Bath, July
49, by the State deputy, The grand
knight and other officers and members
of the Portland council, assisted by
members from Rumford Falls Rock
land and Boston.
Mr.. Lewis Maybcrry of Westbrook
is still unable to get any clue as to the
hereabouts of his fourteen -year-old
s,n who ran away from home a week
ago Sunday. The boy was dressed in a
Ii ght colored suit and wore a black
cap The boy is tall and slim.
Lewiston's taxes were committed,
RS, who have been hustlng ever since
the appropriation resolve was passed.
The list shows an increase in valuation
'er last year of $6i 344. The increase
il real estate was almost 100000, but
tl'ere was quite a falling off in the por-
s. nal estates which reduced the net in
crease to $6i 900. The tax rate is 22ta
n ills reduction of one-half mill from
]; st year.
Lawyer G. f. johnson of WatervIle.
vs. in relation to the reported suit
yainst the Maine Central by Vassalboro
ople for damages as the result of the
+ cent fire; There has been no action
h gun through me by Messrs. Dodge <.
Il ussey. and | don't think any action
VIII be begun. | was consulted by them.
bit not retained. | do not think the mat
ter VIII over go ITO court. Messrs. Dodge
and liussey viii present their claims di-
rcctlN to the management OF the Maine
Cntral and I have every reason to be-
Ii We that a satisfactory settlement will
b made Where any such report start
ei | am unable to say but II WAS not
from either the firm or myself"
1t is now reported that deer are ruin
ing the gardens of Northport. A cor
respondent says: The special law
protecting deer in Waldo county has
I'D a marvellous effect So much so,
tiiat seeing three or lOuf AT Il llfbc
feeding near the houses are quite com =
mon. The few pets that for the past
two years have made visits to the
lawns and early gardens have been re-
enforced and are bold as the average
sheep. They are becoming a pest, and
Notwithstanding the high protection
they are quite likely to fall before the
nusketry of the summer visitors"
The directors of the Franklin, Somer-
set and kennebec Railroad Company
had a special meeting, Saturday, al
their office, in Bates College block
Among other business transacted was
the preparation Of bids and contracts
for work on the road to New Sharon
Contracts viii be given { nj as soon as
the haying is done, when farmers aud
teamsters can devote their time to this
work. President Leonard Atwood left
Noieiay morning. for Philadelphia on
business connected with the proposed
road. II. II. Rice, a director of tho
company told q reporter that the con.
struction Of the read was assured.
Miss Ethel Hyde, daughter of Gen
Thomas w, Hyde of Bath, and a cousin