Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-17
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Much Of the property is in the doc
'oi fathers name and the old folks
| VIII receive something substantial to
make their last days as enjoyable as
| possible. The handsome residence on
Main street which the doctor built al a
cost Of $4,000 or more, may be sold %
Massachusetts parties, who are al
ready interested in buying it for a
summer residence.
Negotiations are now pending be-
tween the Maine Central Railroad
Company and the Bangor. Hampden
Il Winterport Railroad Company on
the one hand, and the owners of Ger
tain shore properties below high head
4 on the other. which will probably re.
! suit in the construction for the Joint
| use OF these two roads. of a tWo-track
/ line along the river, extending from
| high head wharf to the mill of Hodg-
/ knS x Hall in Bangor. The Bangor.
iiampden Winterport has long de-
sired connection with the Maine
I Central, so that freight from the mills
| along the river might be transferred
with little expense by the trolley to
the steam line, and freight for Hamp-
den and other towns and points along
the line received from the Central
without transfer by trucking.
The discussion on Libraries brought
out the fact that there really is in this
vicinity a strong movement for free
library of some kind, in the near
future, says the Lewiston Sun. 1t ao-
pears that the Daughters of the
American Revolution have really en-
gagged in the work of establishing a
library which they viii call the An
droscoggin Historical Library" and
they are setting to work Systematically.
TO do this. Very soon they are to have
a musicale for this purpose, and other
things are in view which will soor
make the collection of books referring
10 local history. and history in general,
an assured fact. 1t is stated, also.
that one at least of the musical clubs
Of the city is soon to have similar
entertainment for the purchase of
musical hooks that will be given
place in this other library.
George A. Aliens whole family
came very near deaths door at thef
home in Auburn, early Thursday
morning by gas fumes. These escaped
from a break in the city gas main
and burrowed 40 feet under ground.
entering his cellar and filing the
house throughout. The first indica-
tons that there was trouble was when
Mr. Aliens baby began 10 fuss at
about l o'clock in the morning. Said
Mr.. Allen. my head felt just as if the
top of it had suddenly popped right
up about a foot. l knew something
l,a oil nd ly
great effort got to a window, where
| revived little. | rushed down
stairs and there the oppression was
terrible It was beginning 10 gel
light by this time or I probably should
have lighted a lamp. If l had that
would have been the end of us
How many of the diaries started this
month will be as interesting to future
generations, think We. as that kept by
Jonathan Darling, Jr., of Buehill, from
1854 to 1913. extracts from which are
given by this weeks Ellsworth Enter
prise? Here are few of the entries:
1883. May. 2-The regiment lin which
had enlisted) for LouisburS. drawn up
for exercise May Six new companies
embarked. May 24-Went into Louis
burg harbor. May drought IN
prize, a ship of 100 tons. laden with
clothing and warlike stores. Aug. Il
Arrived a packet and brought news that
Ticonderoga had been taken. Oct. "A
sloop came in and brought news that
fused to do duty and about 200 were put
into the black hole. 1860 March-Ail
hands employed in sleighing wood for
the King. April-l00 men employed to
clear the street of snow and ice. May
24--Came in. two as and two CAS-. with
100 miners and orders to demolish LOUIS
burg. Nov S--Fnished blowing up the
walls of Louisburg. Dec. dismissed
and embarked for Boston.
The kneo correspondent of the
Lewiston Journal writes; Probably
nobody ever came so near TO sudden
riches and missed it, as the two men
who last week dug up couple OF ola
safes in the woods near Sand bar.
They We're cutting logs when one
struck a hard object just beneath the
frozen surface of the ground. lie
thought it a rock on observing the
edge Of his axe made remarks appro-
pirate to the occasion. Then some
thing impelled him to investigate ana
in a short time the two had dug out
an old ia shioned, iron key safe. Iheg
sma shed it open and found nothing.
Continuing their investigation. the!
discovered another and larger safe III
the same hole. too large and heavy lof
them to move. \ trip was maue "
Greenville some dynamite securei
and the safe blown open. It, too' was
empty 1t was tough on the men. W'io
while they hadn't actually spent 'he
money that wasn't in the safe, mao
planned just how it was going. me
question now is, who planted TWO oi"
safes on the lonely shores OF Moose-
head lake?