Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-10
nAI1y EnNNERFc 1oURNAI. FRIDAY. FEBRuAR ny TO- 1899

this hot enough for your" now reminds
you that 1.-THE wicked stand on slip
perry places" and expects you to think
that 1t is original, remarks the Bucks
port Herald.
The great G. r. r. elevator. Portland.
one d&y recently, took in 100000 bushels
of grain and discharged into the
steamships 800, 900 bushels. thus break
| ing the record of any elevator in the
United States.
| The Narraguagus Times has been
having troubles of it's own, which 1t
| thus records: 1.-The racket began by
the foreman dropping out with an at
tack of lead colic. and the bursting,
Tuesday night, OF the water pipes OF
the steam boiler occasioned by neglect
of the devil. Added to these calam1ties
the old man. while returning from his
beat with budget of news. slipped on
the ice and ought to be in the dry dock
for repairs but has managed thus far
| to keep afioat. Despite these vista
tions and the fact that the grip Is fnav-
ing a run in our family we are enabled
to be on hand with our usual amount
Of news
| Ogunquit's name is it's very own, be-
ing shared by no other village in the
country. That fact undoubtedly ac-
counts for the difficulties that confront
the stranger who attempts to write the
| name for the first time, for that III;
finds il difficult is evident from the
variety of the results obtained. Here
are q few specimens that have come
under the observation of Ogunquit's
postmaster within the past few
months: O Gunquit. Ocunquit. Ogua-
quit, Oguin Quit, Organquft. Old Con-
get Agunqutte. Aguniquit. Ogun Quit,
| IgonQuit. Oginquit. Ongunquit, Olgon-
| quit, AgunQuit. Aguanquit. Egunquit.
Brewer mechanics appear to be hav-
ing severe attack of the fever for in
vention, and new labor saving devices
are being exhibited daily TO admiring
friends. Already this winter these in
ventions have been announced: A re-
winder collar for use I'm paper mills.
brought out by Fred Soucci; an oil
can, the result Of Investigation on the
| part Of II. c. Clapp; a never slip troll
ley wheel. produced by Charles Muir
by A. d. Olmstead.
A report of the divorces decreed by
the supreme judicial court in Waldo
county. during the year 1898. shows
that there were "a divorces. 90 on libel
of the wife and four on libel Of the
husband. The number granted for va
rious causes was as follows: Cruel
| and abusive treatment. IA; gross and
confirmed habits of intoxication, 5;
adultery. 3: utter desertion, 4. One
| couple has been marrieA Is years; l. II
years; 2, l6 years: l. IA years: l. 13
years; /, II years; l. s years; 1. Z
| years: l, years: 4. years; 3, 4 years:
2. 3 years; 2. 2 years; 2. year; and 1,
less than year.
Moses b. Stevens Of Cutler, SO years
of age, is one Of the smaritest old men
| in Washington county. He has been
| actively engaged in business for so
years, and works now every day in and
! about his saw mill. He worked, this
year, on his ice pond driving team all
day with the thermometer II degrees
| below zero. Mr.. Stevens has built 2S
vessels and five saw mills. He has
never missed an election for 81 years.
| A BOwdoinham young lady hast fall
placed a note in a barrel of apples
which was being sold to the apple buy
ers. The other day "a letter was re-
ceived from Lexington. KY, from
gentleman who stated that he had
bought the apples, which were in good
| condition, and that he had found the
note and wrote the young lady, asking
that she write him, giving her age, and
| any other information in regard to
| herself that she would be willing to
send him. The sequel of the cores
pondence thus opened so romanticly
will be awaited with interest.
There is hardly a day passes. but
some serious, If not fatal, accidents to
children are reported, due usually to
l
the fact that the little one were left to
their own devices without an older
person to attend to them. There was
narrow escape from an accident Of
| this kind in Rumford Falls. recently
| The mother of two little girls went out
! for short time. leaving the children
at their play. On her return she found
the elder of the two had wound a
| string around her baby sisters neck
SO tightly that the child was unable to
speak and was nearly strangled. A
| few minutes more and it is doubtful If
the little one could have recovered.
The, act was done in perfect innocence,
and as matter Of play. but should be
a warming to mothers not to leave
little children alone too long.
Along with the development Of Sec
ton rich in resources the new WASH
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