Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-07
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

Knox has made an appropriation for
the purchase of a road machine.
Mayor Fairbanks of Quincy.
Mass, has rented the Moody cottage on
Great Diamond for the season.
BY order of City Marshal Wing the
crying of Sunday papers was forbidden
in the streets of Lewiston.
Geo. A. Allen of Auburn, had among
his decorations, Monday, Grant and
Wilson flag that did good service 80
years ago.
In spite of the fact that business is
very dull at Bowdonham ana the out
look not very good for better times, rents
are very scarce, not a desirable one to be
had.
Among the smart old ladies. Mrs. Mer-
cy Hldreth of Milford. may be men,
toned. She is 81 years of age and does
all the work for herself and four men;
TWO sons and two grandsons
What are the pail bearers on a
bicycle?" asked Il Bath small boy of
his mother. The boy was becoming
Interested in wheeling and he had
heard others tell of ball bearings"
The "Quoddy Herald" is the latest
Maine newspaper. 1t is edited at Lu-
bee by Guy f. Brown and Martin r.
Foster, both II years old, and it's a
seller at five cents Il copy.
Thomaston assessors have returned
the number of hens in town as 1894
The most of these were found in focks
from six to % each. The other kinds Of
poultry were insignificant in number
only one turkey. four geese and 20
ducks being counted.
One by one the Maine vessels con-
corning which anxiety was felt are
coming safely into port. Two of the latest
are the four masted schooner Eleazer
w. Clark of Lubec. which has reached
Tampa. Fla. and the Bath schooner
Jennie S. Butler which arrived at Della
ware BreakWater. from Cienfuegos.
F. r. Smith of Houlton. has been
granted patent on corrugated and
perforated oven bottom, which is guar
anteed to keep from burning anything
that may be placed upon it. The pa
tent was granted some time ago. but
Mr.. Smith has just received the ma
chimes necessary for their manufacture.
and push the same at once.
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says there will be a great scarcity OF gen
une Havana cigars in the market as the
supply is already very limited and no
more will come while the blockade is on
at Havana. 1t will give domestic cigars
great impetus however. and the man
ufacturers are comforting themselves
with this thought.
Many of the clubs and other literary
societies have closed for the season. but
Month NaO.rx hos met CT cd 10
society to raise funds for library. The
number Of town and neighborhood
Libraries is steadily growing and no
factor has been more potent than the
women's clubs in this good work.
Frank Z. Nye. formerly of Skowhe
gan, and a graduate of Colby Uniyer-
sity in the class of 1891 is contemplate
ing entering the war and has written
to Washington to learn something
about the opportunities in the naval
service. He now lives in Rhode Island.
He was one of the most popular men of
his day at Colby and a great athlete.
You are reporter. aren't you?' a
man asked a Press reporter Thursday.
and after being assured of this fact he
continued. Here's an item" The re-
porter pulled out his note book and pencil
and prepared to jog down the news. "A
dog was run over by a Grand Trunk
train above Yarmouth this morning "
The reporter was mad What has this
to do with me?" he demanded. II
thought YOU might be interested to know
that bark had been ost.'-Portland
Press.
A Dexter marketman tells how he
sold a couple of cans of salmon few
days ago. He stepped into his refriger-
| ator moment. and as he came out
caught a glimpse of one of two women
who had come in to trade. slipping the
salmon from a shelf under her shawl
| He said nothing but when he came to
reckon up their purchases, he charged
| the salmon in at war rates. He says
| they colored up to the ears, but paid
over the cash without a word
| \ prominent wholesale clothing firm of
Portland. says the clothing business is
| being greatly affected all over the State.
Their travelling men who visit the coast
cities and towns such as Rockland. Ninal-
maven, etc. say the dealers are doing very
little. They are carrying no more stock
than is absolutely necessary ana are adj
verse in placing orders while the present
condition of affairs continues. Even the
inland towns are not buying. the mer-
chants giving as their reason that the
the retail trade Some of these large
wholesale houses are expecting to have
an opportunity of bidding on the govern
ment contracts for clothing which they
nope VIII help them over the hard place.
one of Farmngton's grocerymen has,
IN some unexplained manner incurred
the i'll VIII of the family cat of one of his
customers; and so demonStratiye of her
nate has pussy become that the grocery
man actually does not dare to enter the
mouse. W hen he comes to take an order
the cat seems to know who it is and she
dashes towards the door splitting. yawl-
ing ana scratching at the entrance like a
Wild animal. On one occasion the cat
spranS upon the man scratched his cloth
ing. and it was hard work to get her off
w heh the groceryman goes away the ca
becomes gente as lamb.
An Auburn man says that he looked
out OF ms window the other evening and
saw twenty boys marching up and down
though Perryyille He could not help
thinking what a difference IS years had
made in the prevalence of the drum.
hen the auburn volunteers left in the
% $ drum could not be found in Au-
burn. and as train time was approaching
Dan Lowell jumped astr.ie an old farm
morse ana flew up the river road towards
Turner. where he happened to know of a
man who had one of those double headed
Instruments. He returned in time and
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