Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-16

An effort is being made to organize
company of home guards at Wiscas.
set.
"A company is being enrolled amonp
the citizens Of Brunswick for home
protection.
Rev. Selden Gilbert, D. D., will de-
llver the Memorial day address at Ma
chias.
John kearns of Biddeford, has en-
listed in the United States navy as a
| frst class machinist.
John Allen, formerly goal tender of
the Portland polo team, has enlisted in
the United States navy.
ID. JeWett Noyes has bought and will
edlt and publish the Deer Isle Gazette
at StoninSton
Second Lieutenant George G. Galley.
son of Richard Galley. of Portland,
has been gazetted first lieutenant 5th
Artillery.
Alfred has responded nobly to the
call Ter volunteers in the United States
army, eight of its young men having
enlisted i'll the service.
Thomas Sherman, son Of A. P. Sher-
man, formerly of Wiscasset, has enlist
cd in the navy for three years and has
joined one of the warshps at the
| Brooklyn navy yard
John A Lord. son sof Samuel C. Lord
OF Bath, has been appointed to the po-
sition of assistant drauehtsman in the
United States navy. He will remain on
duty in Bath.
A Lewiston boy, Fred Robbins. son
| of Mr.. l.. c. Robbins. has enlisted in
| the navy. He went in as coal carrier,
and after two weeks was promoted to
cadet.
The number of prisoners confined in
Alfred jail has now dWindled to TWEEN
| ty. of which number seven are bound
over to the grand jury. Only eight are
| employed in the heel shop which may
| be closed during the summer.
| The Bath G. A. r. post will make a
| pleasing change this year, Memorial
! day exercises. Instead Of having a
! band furnish the musical part of the
/ evenings programme. they will have
a number of school children sing pat
! riotic songs.
| NJ. b. Gilbert of Portland, has been
/ engaged to manage the ballet ana
| minstrel numbers of the grand bures-
| que performance Around the Town
! which is TO be at the attraction at tha
| fremont theatre. Boston, during the
| coming summer.
| Gardeners talented song writers. Miss
| Kate Nannah and Miss Gilmore Cooper
| BARTLETT have written a number of
| songs this spring. and just now Miss
! Eannah has a march and three songs
in press, While Miss Bartlett has a new
| fairy song already out and five more in
/ press.
Everything at Northeast Harbor in
1icates a profitable summer business.
Several cottagers have visited their
cottages and are having them put in
readiness for occupancy. The rooms in
| the hotels at Northeast Harpor. many
orders for which We're cancelled early in
! the season, are again renting well.
| Maine friends of Col Melville Angus
! tus Cochran of the Fifth United States
! Infantry will be interested to learn
! that his command has gone to Tampa,
| Fla Gel. Cochran, is a graduate of
Bowdoin college. class of 81. and vet
Gran of the Civil War. during which he
was brcvettcd major.
| Leonard J. Strout of Limington, re-
| ports that caterrillars are unusually
! plentiful this spring. He states that
| all through northern York county, the
| trees in many districts are loaded With
them and unless something is done at
once, they will do great damage to the
! fruit trees. He said that one morning
/ recently he picked some 500 caterpillar
nests on his orchard.
| The Portland bakery firm Of Cloudy
& Kent Portland, have been awarded a
/ big contract by the United States gov
eminent for furnishing army supplies.
| \ few days since, the firm sent bid
in for the supplies upon which they
were asked, and they have received a
telegram announcing that their bid had
been accepted and ordering from them
loo,o 900 pounds If hard tack, to be de
! livered at the Brooklyn Navy yard as
quickly as possible.
! While excavating for water main
On Miller street. Auburn. the other
day, the Auburn water works crew
ran across a mine Of crystalized mo-
lasses. Several samples We're pre-
served. 1t was found by inquiry of
| some of the older inha bitants that the
molasses was undoubtedly q part OF
the many hogsheads spilled and burned
| in the big Phoenix Block fire in the
| fifties.
Portland is rapidly becoming one Ct
| the foremost cattle shipping ports on
the Atlantic seaboard and exports in
nearly all kinds of live stock this sea
| son. show again over those of last sea
son. Dr. Huntington, who inspectS all
the stock that leaves there. has worked
| hard mis- winter and largely through
| his efforts. has the service been i'm
proved and facilitated. The totals fol
the season of 1878 are as follows
American: Il. 300 cattle, ~ horses, 210t
sheep. Canadian: 1914 cattle, 25S;
horses, 1880 sheep. For 1885, the fol
lowing totals are given for comparison
American: S227 cattle, 1925 sheep. ,.
horses. Canadian: 1868 cattle, 49,:
sheep 1886 horses.
Ensign Carey Of the Salvation Army