Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-01
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A.. Desert Ferry Il on IVY Iookou. for
a hghWaNmdu.
Cherryhcld citizens arc active.y al wor.
rnd"aNurinS ;o secure some Industries iyr
that town
Bucksport .sn.t ready wv buNd s.rcl
bridges. The town SO voted AT a roct MI
special meeting ana decided III patch up
the Oh wooden bridge.
PiScalaqu.s county has been flrnre /
This season With much more rain ihan
any other section N IN, S.ate unless ic
il .hrOoStoOk.
Blackboard rides are becoming very
popular among the Belfast people. II /,
very pleasant way of taking ~ tHc
many beautiful drives near town.
There IL sorrow among th. Bangor
women'S clubs. They have been us.n,
the common council chamber iur thc!r
meetings, rent Tree. ami now MaNpr Cha
pin mas ordered The jauitpr W. close tp
everything. excepting municipal purpnS =
al! the rooms pi the city hdl.. The clubs
however. Will hc allowed ~ uac The COM
mlttcr room.
Real estate tS w the boom .n Portland
50 many new houses are going M thar
tho owners NJ uId houses nave found III
d.fflcuIt to keep tenants iu their property
The ftat houses which are being trrrtt. i
arr dcpreciat.nG the Investment value ~
othcr classes ny tenement houses dN uvcl
tbs city. There has been "A biz adVan ~.
IN thn price ~ laHd AN over TIL, cIIy. cs-
pecIalIy Al the eastern end where prop
N'i''''''' ''H''A't't al N'R4ht Il t.4'
past few months
5. II. Coggins Of Eastport. is The owue-
"i two rare specimens OF Artluuity. III TIN,
shape of two bills issued b:- the Oil Pas
other in l>2i. The bills arg ;hc uSu.i
promisSory notes by which thr ..presl-
dent. directors and company promise 80
pas III some spec. .ically named person 1.u
The latter caseD &. Scott. live dollars On
demand. ana ~ signed IN Jonathan
Hartley a. president. and l. Woodmaa.
cashier; on the other specimen appears
the name Of }. M"wrN aS president. AM
IS dated Eastport. Massachusetts. Bota
biiis are in a perfect state Of preSerVa-
tion, save that on the latter the sigma
lures nave become some what faded -
thdt the name uf the cashier can not DC
decirhered without The use Of a glass.
Lubec is rapidly coming to the from;
as one OF the leading towns down east
Tor the manufacture of the American
sardincs and smoked herring ana the rc..-
ldents are also striving 10 catch UP To the
big cities in the number OF b!cyclcs
owned. During the month of May the
express company had - bicycles for Lu-
bee residents. 70 say nothing of the large
collection that came here through other
sources until nearly all the young people
now own wheels. Water street rNtensio,
new riders and the name bicycle av-
enue is HttinglY applied TO this locality
where the road is excellent for the biker-.
An Auburn man Il very fond OF wild
iit'AANt ~ I" b'l itS anu iit StN some III
a store the other day that made his
mouth water. He bought box ana took
them home. When they We're turned oui
of the box he found that only a few lay
underneath these We're cultivated berries
and green at that. lie went back to the
They looked over several boxes which
they had bought Of the same man. ana
found that they were all prepared in the
same way. They are now waiting fOl
thai man to bring some more berries to
their store. They have something to say
to him.