Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-23


| taking up new town building.
| The muster at Camp Benson. Newport
ten days.
| Buckfield reports one Of the worst
cases of vandalism In the village
| cemetery several fine stones have been
| broken and considerable other damage
| done.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs Ralph
| Bradbury of Portland has the honor
of having one great-grandfather two
great randmothers and two grand
fathers and two grandmothers-
Six thousand salmon fry were recently
brought from the CObboSseecontee hatch
cry and liberated in Sebec lake II is
expected that about l4.0o0 more will b..
brought to this Lake this summer.
a Calais Young lad named Butler has
sire to rob birds nests by an accident
which hefell him recently. lie is nursing
severe scalp wound which was caused
by a sudden drop from tail tree while
he wHS in the act Of removing a nest in
which We're a plumber Of young crows
There was quite an increase in the
number Of animals on Frank Bigelow's
dog farm, F"Ncroft. recently. when q lit
ter Of IL pups arrived. The puus are OF
registered Pointer breed. ana are all
strong ana fine looking This il tht. larc-
est litter Mr. Bigeiow has ever raised on
Ms lar:n and he intends 70 take it to the
state fairs this fail.
Is Ellsworth t. have streets of gold .
That ; tn" rather startling possibility
which now presents itself. The Ledge
y hirh the city has purchased for the mn
pos" Of grinding il mp for the loads turns
ont to be fun of mineral. There's GER
tainly iron ana copper. ana man VINO
claims I" know says there's gold. Moth
ing 700 good for Ellsworth streets. re-
marks the American
y sensation was created in Eaetport
recently. 10y the finding Of portion Of 4
human arm in one ~ the docks. Spccu-
whom il belonged WAS varied ana volum-
nl"uS until thr mystery was solved ~
ON" nt In" physicians who acknowledged
- nave thrown ne useless member.
which mad been in his keeping for several
years. mo the dock. Wucrr il was found
h. surprising the tide would carry it out
10 = watrry grave in the bay.
Paying for a dcid horse" is a com
mon saying yet it seldom happens in
fact. but ". II. Han Of Dover mad to d.
il Monday. saturday he bought good
horse of Charles BcdrCe with the under
standing that ne should pay for it Mon
day Monday morning, before paying for
the horse. he started To drive out of his
stable when in some way the animal fell
and broke its neck. 50 that when MIR
Han carried out his agreement He was
literally paying for I dead horse.
out around Whiting hill. Brewer. it Is
said that deer are getting about as tame
as the domestic animals and even mingle
With the COWS in the pastures Monda.,
| two deer walked into the douryard nf
John Elliott. where they remained for
nearly half an hour when they Stroliel
across the road ana into 4 field ana went
to feeding. While the farmers in that Vi
entity have not had any of their crops
spoiled By the deer as vet they ire fear
| ful of the results before the season is
| over If the animals persist in keeping
around the farms.
Joseph Frances. the well-known
| guide Of Old Town. who has a sport
| ing camp at Debsconeag Deadwaters
says that to him belongs the credit of
sowing wild rice in that vicinity ana
| which if successful is calculated to
make great feeding grounds for wild
| geese and ducks. 1t il the natural
| duck food of the South. and those that
know say they cannot see why il
cannot be successfully grown III Deb
ScOneag.
While Bernard Mayherry was after
the cows in his fathers pasture near
| Pheasant pond. CaScu hc found large
| white headed eagle in the edge of the
water trying t. tly Young Mayberry
said he was 50 excited when he found
| out what it was that he could not hit
| him with stones. 50 ne found u long
stick and after a sharp battle he sue
caeded in killing him. on examination
he found ,hat the eagle had nnn wing
| broken. urobahlv bv a rifle bail. His
wings were siX ana one-half feer from
| tip 10 tip. and he was a strong and
| powerful bird, weighing about twelve
pounds y pair of eagles. years ago.
| built their nest in tall tree on the
| shore Of Pleasant pond. but about
| light or ten years aG7 one 81 them
was shot and since that time only one
has been seen occasionally.
| There was rather a dramatic episode
III the fax collectors office one day
last week. lcpurts the KockIand
| ,,nuri.--tiazettr. when Il delinquent
citizen appcar,.d on the scene with an
| unlocked for desire u square III
arrears II appears that he had been
notified bv constable that morning
ANA addressed TIL. latter with some
! what abusive language While the
| man WAS settling for his 1891 tax TIL.
constable. came in ana mildly sug-
ecstrd that he also settle the 1898 tax.
| This brought forth some more Ian
guage but the constable produced war
| r,p+ NJ . and called in t'itv Marshal