Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-01

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J. Haley is building four cottages
f.r rho members IF the Oquossoc
AnaIira. Association. Indian Rock.
The repairs which are being made on
lhp ,ur. house It Ellsworth at the
cost uf $40 will be completed De
rcm ,r l, 1899.
TIL. most notable fact shown in tho
state assessors work in oxford county
last week. is that COWS are increasing
IN number and horses decreasing.
simpsons brook. in Brunswick. is the
latest Maine stream to yield pearl-pro-
ducing muss,els. Dr.. c. S. Simpson, Of
Lisbon Falls, found in a mussel pearl
.s large as a pea. and of a beautiful
pink tinEc.
The Boston boats now carry the
mails. making four mails day that
are received at tn" Eockland postofilcc,
This is one of the numerous advan-
tages which Rockland derives from the
opening u the summer season.
A fine new cottage is soon 70 be built
ut Saturday Cove. Belfast. for Mrs. NJ.
/. Swain &C New York, upon the Sec
t;nn w land known as the cliffs.
Tho cottage will hc $1,000 building of
colonial style and some IS feet IN
iau-tH and 26 feet in width.
r ?-,mor in circulation about Port
Ian. Hat the Munsey Magazine plant
7vr, be removed from New York To
Westbrook appears 70 be without
foundation. At any rate it is stated al
tha MunSey Magazine office in New
h1 hppO
considered.
Since the Clark episode in New York
a missing baby is hunted up with more
anxiety than usual. Rockland had
iost child scare last week, but it was
happily ended by the discovery that
he little girls grandmother had taken
her to a neighboring town for an hour
or two.
Miss Bessie Anthoine. the valedicto-
rian II the class Of 90, Biddeford high
school. enjoyed the rare pleasure Of
having in the audience before whom
she delivered her valedictory. three
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. y.
Anthoine Of Biddeford. and Mrs. Eliza
beth G. Seavey Of Providence, r. L.,
who is 81 years Of age and came to at
tend the graduating exercises.
A Houlton man recently took very
good photograph with a simple paste
board box and dry plate. An aper-
ture was cut in the box over which was
pasted a piece of black paper in which
Il small hole was made with the point
If d pin The box was then taken to a
dark room and the plate was securely
fastened inside. The plate was cN tused
I. a,,I a ba1r n a.
suit was very satisfactory.
Bucksport. the other day. had visit
from Mr.. Moreton FreWyn of England
Who was on his way to investigate fish
culture at Craiges brook, which visit
leads the Bucksport Herald to remark:
IF we had known that such a dis
tinguished individual was in our midst
Wc would have got out the band, or
ganzed a dog-fSht and showed him
whore Sarah Ware was murdered"
Maine is pleased to announce that
her clergymcn do not take the same
Ni,W Of their duties as did the minis
tcr in English, Ind, who argued that
ministers ARE the property of the
church and therefore exempt from
taxation the same as other church
property. A former Lewiston clergy
man once went to the authorities and
objected to being taxed merely for a
poll tax. saying he had some personal
property that should be assessed.
TIE 11th annual reunion of the MEM
hers Of 90. Z, 18th Maine Regiment
We held recently at G.. A. r. hall in
Yarmouth. The following officers were
elected: President. Ammi d. Seabury
Yarmouth; vice president, Hollis True.
Cumberland Center; secretary, George
q. -. SOule. Portland: treasurer. Frank
oeabury. Yarmouth; necrologist, An
drew Leighton, Yarmouth. Upon in
vitation of Comrade Doughty it was
unanimously voted to hold the reunion
of 1900 in Yarmouth.
4 small boy who was playing about |
the pond in Deering Oaks, Portland re- |
Gently. had the misfortune to fall into |
the water. He went down out of sight |
uttering heartrending cries as he fell |
One of his party. young girl of a |
dozen summers or so, instantly jumped |
IN after him. and brought him to the |
surface, an act Of self possession and !
bravery in a young girl that attracted |
no small amount of comment from |
be near enough to bring the boy out of |
the water themselves.