Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-05

One Bath girl prizes highly a Christ
mas present from Annapolis OF pair
of link sleeve buttons made from U. $.
n. buttons.
Mrs. Davis, mother of DR.. 3. F. Dav-
is of Auburn, aged 104 years.is we'll and
hearty this winter. All the other menu
bers of the family have been i'll.
Franklin's Santa Claus is John Paul
Gordon. Out of his generous pack this
year came 800 worth Of turkeys for his
employees, which is only one item of the
| whole.
During the month of December the
| Phillips postoffice broke its record for
number of money orders issued. More
| orders were issued than in any one
\ month since the office was made
! money order office.
| According to the. records Of city
| Clerk Woodnan of Old Town, the num-
| Der of marriages in 1898 has been Is.
| births l55, deaths 1876. The marriages
number the same as in 81. while the
| births are thirteen more this year and
| deaths ten more.
A West Pittsfeld correspondent
writes: Several coon cats have dis
appeared without their owners con-
sent, very mysteriously in this vicinity
lately. Have cat skins advanced in
price or has there been collector
around filling an order for shipment OF
| coon cats?"
Slippery sidewalks make business
good with accident insurance men. The
other day a Bangor man slipped and
ha when
he picked himself up was an insurance
man who offered him policy on the
spot. He took the paper. and paid his
ten.
Countless numbers of large-sized
gulls have been in Passamaquoduy
bay for several days past. where small
fish have been so plentiful as to attract
the noisy sea birds. The Eastport gun
ners do not bother them as >gulis
feathers are not very valuable down
east-except when purchased to trim
hats.
A Bath lady on an electric the other
day had her three-year-old boy win
her and the youth, like Others in the
car, were curious as to the reason
why the men all had their hands be-
hind them. Finally the infant dis
covered that their hands were IN
bracelets of iron and he SO informed
his mother. who thereupon wished
herself or the prisoners out of the car
They We're prisoners being taken by
deputies down to the court for trial.
/: G.. Weymouth of Saco, drives
ncelind in low. stout pung or sleigh
Which runs over mud and bare spots
where the snow has melted. with no
apparent difference in such service
and that where snow is hardest. IL IS
shod with broad, wooden runners. Tney
are Of hard wood and project on either
side and are so broad that they ride
over mud, drifts and whatever is crdt-.
narily obstructive with comparative
ease.
At the Knox Registry OF Deeds re-,
Gently there was recorded document
on which were revenue stamps to the
value of $40 60. The document in Ques-
ton was a transfer Of Clark Island
with it's valuable granite plant by John
c. Sheehan, John O'Brien. John Z.
Rodgers and Duncan D. Mclean OF
New York to the Clark Island Granite
Works. the revenue stamps indicating
that the consideration was nearly $780,
900. The transaction is merely trans
fer of the property from individual
owners to the corporation. At present
affairs are at a standstill on the island
but hopes are entertained that the out
look will be very much brighter In the
spring.
The Berlin Bridge Combany's experts
have been at Old Orchard and inspected
! ~ ,,lo nc nf tho y,ier NV which the orig.