Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02

| Lewiston needs building inspector,
says one of It's prominent cltizeps.
Rangeley wants electric lights, and
is putting forth every effort to obtain
| them.
| Chords and Dischords-not so very
bad for the designations of the two
ball mines of the Buc<sport band.
John II. Stacey reports that the sea
son at P0pham Beach this year has been
a particularly successful one
| Considerable building is being planned
| IN camden Tor the autumn ana winter,
and a decided boom in real estate has en-
| sued.
| Two botanists who have been exploring
| the fields ana swamps around Pennington
report to the Chronicle the discovery "
! ten plants never before reported 40 far
north as that.
West Bath is the first town in Saga
dahoc county to forward the amount of
| the county tax TO Treasurer Strout. Ihr
amount was $2lo.l7. Tie tax Is not due
| until September LIST.
y number Of young ladies ana gentle
| men of Old Town. have formed stock
| company, ana propose to amuse the Oh
| Town people with comedy and drama a;
| intervals during the winter months.
The new depot at Brunswick. with avn
| ings over the tracks, has becomc 50 far
advanced az to receive the approval OF
the public for It's good appearance, bolA
from an artistic point of view and thIi
Of utility.
Bucksport's selectmen have reminded
| property owners that ID IL their duty to|
keep IN" grass between sidewalk ans
street cut There's a mint here iur other
municipal officers.
4 four year-old phippSbure hoy, ob.
serving occasionally graves being dug iH
the many family cemeteries nn Adjoining
farms. began tnduStriouSiy tp o-E Hn!t- iu
Ills own field. on being asked What .s..
| was doing ne replied that he WAS digs .t.-
a grave for his grandma,
The recent advent Of three new fruit
stores in Rumford FAILS has had a De-
pressing effect upon the price. and the
people there are now able To obtain
that luxury at about city prices.
The superintendent Of the Calais
schools Is determined to enforce -.
vaccination law and says thar ccrtiii-
cate will be requisite for admission %
pupils to the public schools for the fan
term.
Picking blucberrie@ must .havy "A. .fasc.
nations above farming it !s sHi1 tht.
| several families AT Spuih Frr~qut I-l,.
instead uf harvesting th-Ir grain. WHO'D
~ ripe. closed un farming fur d week
even tying the watch Ipgs. ANA hl-3
themselves 10 the hlu-bvr:y Dogs beyond
HIystack.
Camden is not only fr,- from rt.ar..
bur those suffering from uay fewer tni
aStama find speedy relief there a gen
tlemcu from New York says Pc AIS 'n
.irelv free from hay fever during thr wv
| seasons he spent thor" and Hus."#
lawyer who has suffered much from 1>tH
ma. says ne is spending his second sum
mer there and Is free from L.
It was hard lines for the Lewiston
boy who ran shoe-shining stand. II
went up to the recruiting office and
was passed in due form. Then he sold
| t,Fs- ay,l IN
burg. ~ s.. but the surgeon looked
him over and said that ne wouldn't 40.
ana he is now back IN Lewiston look
ing for 4 new opening.
| Rockland cooking inspires some Go
quent compliments. a wrll-kn0wr
city official. whose better half ~ fa-
mouse in this line. tells Of lady who
dined with the family one day ana AT
the conclusion OF the meal remarked
that she didn't see how Mrs. So and 50
managed to infuse so much delicious
ness into 4 fish hash"
There was curious coincidence
about the death OF the late Captain
Edward Johnson OF the lighthouse
steamer Lilac. Portland Hlrbor. H
was aged - years. IL months and 10
days when he died. His father died at
exactly the same age to a day; and
captain Johnson's brother David. who
was an engineer III the lighthouse SER
vice ana on harbur steamers. died at
the age of ~ years. II months and
days.
A family heirloom il treasured in
Sabattus that probably cannot he du-
plicated on this side of the Atlantic
sir. Lincoln Plat. the well-knoWr
manager OF the baseball team. wears
this valuable bit of metal. which is
heavy sigret ring worn on the battle
field OF Waterloo in June. 1915. by his
grand uncle. Radcliffe Plat. This
PIatt was a favorite body servant to
the Duke of Wellington. The ring is
30 carct. and the devise on the signet
is a deeply engraved head of the duke.
Some of the birds seen ana heard in
the neighborhood Of Seal Harbor by
Mrs. Olive Thorn Miller and described
by her in a talk given recently arc
cedar waxwing ana Bohemian wax
wing. hermit thrush and olive-backed
thrush, Junco-American crossbill ana
white winged crossbll, red start.
white-throated sparrow, Maryland vel
low throat. yellow warbler, myrtle,
Nashville. Magnolia black thrnated,
|
lers and the oven bird. Mrs. Miller
has noted over 40 kinds Of birds at Seal
Harbor.
Since his appointment of administra-
tor of the estate of Thomas Mcdonald.
alias Thomas Horton, Hon. George :.
Woodman of Auburn. has received
number of letters of inquiry about the
estate and one or two claimants for
whatever property may be left. Mr..
Woodman doesn't propose to hurry
matters. A peculiar thing is that one
man claims the relationship Of brother
providing the name is Horton. while
another claims TO be a son Of the de-
ceased under the name Of Mcdonald
and each has employed counsel to
prove the claims. Mr.. Woodman |
hopes to see the mystery cleared up.
The moral Of the following incident is |
to read the literature Of the day and prof /,
ii by the experience of others: \ certain |
East Sullivan gentleman lost his glasses |
from his pocket down Il deep well. with !
out the case. He told his misfortune IL
the owner of the well. who remembered |
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