Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Slower of Bath.
recently celebrated their golden we'd
ding.
The steamboat Frank Jones' has
been equipped with searchlight Of
| 10000 candle power.
The Waldo County Veteran Assoca-
ton will hold it's next meeting at
Searsport, December l.
Engineer Elmer o. Eaton. of the L.
| s. s. Vesuvius. is visiting at his home
in Bangor for few weeks.
A Camden man viii soon ship to
Philadelphia 40 Angora cats to psople
who visited Camden this summer
The Womens Reform League of
Lewiston, viii establish soon ma
ternity ward in one of the hospitals
there.
w. H. Conrov, one of the editors of
Bar Harbor Life, is a candidate for
orator of the graduating class at Har-
ward.
Willis Crosby of Dexter, We're admitted
recently to practice in the federal
courts.
Leroy Stanhope of the L. S. navy
and one of the crew of the battlesnip
Iowa is at his home in Lincoln on a
sick furlough.
The engagement is announced of
Rev. William o. Baker. curate of ST.
Saviours Episcopal church, Bar Har-
Dor, and Miss Jackson of New York
Lewis p. True, who has been land
Nd Of r
years, is contemplating retirement and
selling out partially on account of poor
health.
A city bowling league of four teams.
1--WE members to team is being organ
lied in Belfast. The schedule is al
rradyinade out and dates from the first
of December.
One of the happiest memories of Mrs.
Catherine Sargent of Sheepscot, who is
over so years old, is seeing General La
fayette in Boston in 1925 when that
city was doing him honor.
Over in Lewiston, the Women's
Christian Association has paid during
the past year $3.50 on the mortgage of
the homeH reducing it to $1,000. The
association hopes to end the next year
with all bills paid.
Twenty deaths have occurred this
year in Hiram, the average age being
So years, four months. Only three
were under % years. six were over so,
and nine We're over 70 years.
Mrs. ErsEine, 80 years of age. now
living with her son, Roger, at Sprague's |
Mills, had five boys in the Civil War |
Glpe, killed la an
the others were badly used UP, says
the Star Herald.
Granville w. Smith, formerly of Yea |
zie, was recently elected for the third |
time as sheriff of Washington county, |
Minnesota, by a large majority Mr. |
Smith is the only Democrat sheriff |
ever elected in his county.
The records show that during the
first half of November, 1897, there were
81 cases OF diphtheria in Portland.
while during the same period this year.
q cases were reported, a decrease of
20 per cent.
The women of Lubec are starting a
movement toward the formation Of a
Soldiers Monument Society. A promi-
nent member of Post Drawn has al
iCouS d SUIl III lIe vicinity OF yIUO
'aised for this purpose some years ago
by entertainments.
JanitOr James I. McIlwaine, of the
Saco city hail. while rummagine|
around in the upper part of city build
ng, came across a big bees nest near
he roof and he smoked the little fell
ows out and found big lot of honey.
BY noon, he had taken out rs pounds
md hadn't got it all then. The in
ects got in through small hole where
pipe formerly went out and it made
apital place for them but their winter
f comfort and luxury was interrupted
" Confiscator McIlwaine.
Superintendent of the Auburn water {
oard, +. e. Bisbee. possesses a mag c
ificent necktie of braided glass. The :
ecktie is white four-in-hand The
breads are so fine that it is very f1exi-
lie. The article was woven by the
libby Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio.
"A Portland grammar school scholar
eceived a severe cut on. his hand few
avs ago in a singular manner. He
ad reached down to the floor to pick
p something when a companion ac-
dentally dropped his open knife.