Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-09

NOW Bdtn dnte EOckldnu want fnOnl-
tors, and are anxious to furnish III"
naval brigade to man them.
Now we hear that the Boston & Maine
proposes to consolidate the trolley lines.
as far as these lines interest this road,
with its great network of steam lines,
and get practically the whole of eastern
New England land transportation un-
der one control
Down in Phippsburg an enterprising
farmer ploughed March -. and planted
his potatoes the following day. Since
then he has been shovelling snow of
the potato plot.
A we'll known Belfast man who is
sometimes little absent minded was
seen on his way to work one morning
recently with a coal hod in his hand
When his attention was called to the
fact. very Disguised look overspread
his face as he turned homeWard to get
the dinner pail which had been left in
place of the coal hod OF course all
promised to say nothing about it.
The increase of the appropriation for
the pauper department from $4,000 to
$4,000 has caused a good deal of talk
among Saco citizens regarding the I'M
usually heavy drafts which have been
made upon the overseers of the poor,
since the strike began.
Watervine Mail: The talk of erect
ing breaStWorks of earth and stone on
the beach al Fort Popham near the
skating rink. suggests that the summer
season on the Maine coast the coming
summer may be more interesting than
it ordinarily is. The thought of holi-
day visitors having an opportunity -
vary the usual monotony of the long
days by watching a Spanish war yes
sci sail in and open fire. and the at
tempts of the home guard-whatever
that might be--to fight the vessel off
from behind their iInprovised fortitica
tons, is all very interesting, However.
this programme is likely to be inter
fered with on tive counts. In the first
place there may be no war: and in the
Sttflii Ilfttt II might HOl last loIit~
enough. should it be declared, to allow
the summer visitors to be on the scene
of the conflict Then. of course, there
is also the third, and not unlikely prob
ability. that no Spanish vessels would
be sent as far north as the coast of
Maine anyway.
Several towns having boosted of hay
ing very young selectmen. Northport
now speaks up. OF the three men on
her board the oldest is 81. the youngest
% and the other y. None of them use
Intoxicating liquors or tobacco in any
form. How many towns can produce
the same?
Here is the Courier Gazette's report
of recent Rockland affair: The
Ladies Relief Corps recently advertised
to wear boomers at one of their sup
pers and entertainments, and also to
sell boomers. 1t is needless to adj
that there was a large attendance.
More men suddenly realized that they
needed a good supper and wanted col
help out the corps. than one would
the whole city The supper and enter
tainnyent. as already described in the
columns of the Courier-Gazette, proved
a bowling success. but the men looked
in vain for any trace of that wearing
apparel known to the bicycling frater-
nifty as boomers. one mans curiosity
(this time it wasn't woman who was
curo.us) got the better of him and he
inquired in Whisp II of one of the
corps members where the boomers
WERE why here she replied, pointing
to fragrant carnation, and we have
lots of 'em for sale. won't you buy one,
only five cents What could the poor
man do?"
General Lees right hand man at Ha-
vana these days is Vice Consul General
Springer. a Portland man. who has
served this government at Havana
since 1870. He was appointed u. S.
consular clerk by Gen. Grant in 1870,
was promoted to vice consul general