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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
ICE HOUSES WELL CLEANED OUT.
Excellent Prospects Tor Busy Season on the
kenneaac Ice Fields. Next Winter.

! Over five-eighths of the ice in the
house of the American lee a. IN the
Kennebec have already been ebjnned
The greater part of this ice has gone
to Washington, Philadelphia and Bal
timore, although more or less was sent
to New York. More would nroba blv
have been shipped had it not been for
the movement against the Ice Co.
in that place earlier in the wear In
addition to shipping to the above
named places, some has been sent to
New Haven, Newport and Quincy
MASS, ana also to Bridgeport, Conn.
Ali but one of the houses of the com
pany on the Penobscot has been emp
tied. and the Wiscasset houses are all
empty. Shipping is now going on from
the houses at Boothbay. On the Kenne-
bee the only houses which have not
been opened are those at Hallowell and
the Rich house at Farmingdale.
The prices. this year, have been much
higher than those of the year before
This year they have been from 81. so to
$500 a ton. while those of last year
were $1.25 and 81 ton. AS a rule, the
freshts have been low The figures
have been: Forty-five cents to Phila-
delpha, 50 cents to Baltimore and 50
cents to Washington. The ice has been
shipped almost wholly in large vessels.
barges, and the larger schooners hav-
ing been used almost entirely. The
company had 500. 900 on hand at the be-
ginning of the season and about 800. 900
tons have been shipped
The company has made preparations
IN fiji bp l.i
placed in readiness as soon as the ice
is shipped, so that the outlook for
good seasons work is very bright
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
Death OF Mrs. Emiliae p. Mariner.

Mrs. Emiline P. Mariner. aged 7t
years. died at the Webster farm on the
River road, at l F. NJ. Saturday, of
heart trouble. Mrs. Mariner was the
wife Of the late David n. Mariner
and is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Martha Weston Of West Mt. Vernon,
and Mrs. Emma Weston Of st. Paul
Mimi; one son, David. of Augusta, and
two brothers. VIM. G. Keene Of Gar
diner. and John |. Keene of Augusta.
The funeral will be held at II a. NJ.
Monday. conducted by the Rev. Phoebe
Wadsworth. Interment will be at the
family lot in Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
AMUSEM ENrs.
The Christian" Tonioh..

After an extraordinarily prosperous
tour from Maine to California. The
Christian is now in the East again
and it will be seen. this evening. in
the Opera house. Miss Lila Vanc,
one Of the leading emotional actresses
on the English speaking stage, is Glory
Quayle. Henry kolkcr a fine roman
tic, essays John Storm. The critics of
other cites pronounce the work of Miss
Vanc and Mr.. kolkcr to be about as
near perfect as the best artists could
expect, and could possibly accomplish.
The engagement is for one night only.
There viii be a brilliant and very
large audience.
Desirable seats are still to be OBJ
tanned at Partridgc's by making an
early application for them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
Augustus New G, mnasium.

The union Of the gymnasium Of the
Congregational Society and that Of St.
Marks, has resulted in an excellent
gymnasium in Waverly hall on Winth-
rop street. in which Augusta young la
dies and gentlemen may find ample OPP
portunity for exercise and pleasure
during the winter months. "A good
gymnasium is something the city has
been greatly in need Of, and the great
variety Of muscle builders to be found
in this hall will doubtless meet with
favor.
There is every arrangement for class
Or individual work There are travel
ing and flying rings, parallel bars.
chest weights, dumb bells, apparatus
for basket ball. medicine balls hOri-
zontal bar, a compound ladder. boxing
gloves, an intercostal machine, finger
and wrist developers, padding ma
chine breast bars and a piano, the last
being an excellent aid in class drills.
TIE gymnasium is now in complete
running order and members are begin
ming to join the classes which are ex-
pected to be well filled. a convenient
dressing room with lockers is another
Indispensable fixture to be found in the
hall For the reasonable sum Of 81.
young ladies or gentlemen may enjoy
these privileges for three months.
The arrival at Bangor. Saturday. Of
the British steamship Dorset. from
Para. makes a fleet Of four British
steamships now in the port Of Bangor
something that has occurred but once
before in the history Of the port.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
For the Texas Sufferers.

The Journal will take charge Of and
forward to the proper parties. all funds
which Augusta citizens may desire to
contribute for the relief of the suffer-
ers from the recent terrible storm in
Texas. All contributions for this noble
cause will be duly acknowledged
through these columns. The list to
date stands as follows:
James w. Bradbury. $lVV.
Bureigh & F'lynt, 30
Working Woman. 81.
Louisa II. Bradbury, so
Mrs Joseph II. Williams. SIG.
Unknown, by mail. Slm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
STATE HOUSE.
Demand for Tax Titles Falls
to Normal.
Excellent indications for Successful
Game Season.
Washington County Shows More Of an In.
crease in Wealth Than AIRY O.hsr.

The sale OF tax titles to wild lands
on which the taxes have not been paid
shows that there is not that interest
or eagerness to gain possession that
there was year ago. Then the tim
berland owners anticipating Il large in
crease in the value of the wild lands
made more than the usual effort to
gain some kind of a title to the lands.
This resulted in the biggest sales OF
tax titles that has been known for
years. The bidders on the lands. Fri
day. We're 5. w. Philbrick, j. and f.
\. Wyman and F. Carey The num-
Der Of bidders this year is about the
same as usual.
Between eight and ten of the public
lots wer" forfeited to the State for
non-payment of taxes under Chapter
3l6 Of the public laws of 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
Banker kouts a Rohber.

J. r. Garrison. cashier Of the bank of
ThornviIlc. Ohio had been robbed OF
health by serious lung trouble until he
tried DE- Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption. Then lie wrote: III is the best
u bad casc III lung trouble. ! always keep
a bottle On hand" Don't sufer with
coughs. colds. or any throat chest or
lung trouble when you can be cured so
easily. Only 800. ana Sl.e. Trial bottles
free at Rowditch < Webster's. Augusta:
ii. H. Reane's Gardiner; S. :. Light
bodv's, WaterVillc. drug stores
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
Mrs. George W. Bruce.

Eleonora. wife of George w. Bruce.
died, Sunday noon, at her home at No
81 Hospital street, after an illness of
many years with dropsy. A husband
and one son Of this city. and a mother
and sister of Sonerville, survive her.
The funeral will be held. at 1880 A. NJ.
Tuesday. Rev. Everett Lesher officia-
ting. The interment will be at Mt
Plea SAINT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
SUPERIOR COURT.
SepIember Ierm-Hnn. o. G. Hall Pre-
siding

w. S. CHoATE. Clerk.
q. u. HEsELroN, County Attorney.
A. l.. MCFADDEN, Sheriff
+. A. SMALL. Stenographer.
Augusta, Sept 29th.
Bush Y. Davies. This case was con-
cluded at O'Clock with verdict IN
favor of the defendant.
The jury were excused until Monday
at 10 O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

The Bishop Of London enjoys the
reputation of being one OF the best
classical scholars in England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

Company X, "a Regiment, n. q. s.
NJ. better known locally as the Iioyt
Cadets. are quite jubilant over the
prospects of their new rifle rang,
which is now under construction. rs
soon as the company was We'll organ-
lZcd and under way the fact was rec
ogn.zcd that a range WAS Indispensable"
and accordingly, Inspector General
Harrington came tO Pennington to do
ternine what could be done in regards
t. meeting range. He met the Sc
lcotner Of the town and tod them
list what was required, and those
gentlemen Immediately took tine mat
ter in charge with the result that sooh
TIE militia boys Will soon have as tll"
a range as any company in TN star
sD1rts. The target house is to be near
thu dumping station on Iiolchor's Br''t
auG the rifle pits across The intervals
a2I across the river. Inspector ~ rl'e
rf;,ctice. Second Lieut.. Matthew Is
planning q company shoot Tor the near
future when it is expected that some
crack men viii show themselves. -
Pennington Correspondence IN Lewis
ton Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

Half the ills that man is heir to come
from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach,
makes indigestion Impossible.
mon wed fri& Wky III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

The PopuIists will not he represented on
the ticket for the November election as
they have failed 70 set the necessary
number Of names on their petition. II
was announced some time ago that the
Socialists and Populists would make their
nominations this year by petition and
work was at once commenced to get the
required number Of names. The Social
lists were successful. The Republicans.
Democrats ana Prohibitionists gained
their right through having east the nee
essary number Of ballots SO that the bal
lot will be sent out this year, with can
didates of four parties on it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

\ new method ri housekeeping will be
tried at the departments in the state
House this fan. Instead Of the carpets
being cleaned when M they will he
cleaned as they lie on the floor This
method has been found to work success
fully i'll some of the hotels about town,
and will be given 2 trial at the State
House
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

The hunting season in Maine opens,
this morning, with a bright indication
for the sp1rtsmen. If all reports are
true Washington county will have the
best record when the season is over.
The guides all state that they have
never seen deer So plenty in that sec
tion as this year. The same reports
come from other sections Of the State.
although the proportional" increase is
i rn1rtcd to be as large as in Wash
ia-t n county.
The sportsmcn have been coming in
to the State for some time that they
may be on hand when the season
opened. The guides too have rushed
in their applications FIR licenses.
From this it is judged that there will
lee more than the usual number Of
sportsmen in Maine, this year.
The game laws relating 10 deer are
as follows:
The open season for hunting deer
is from oct. to Dec. L. inclusive.
Two deer may he killed and taken
home by the hunter. providing he ac-
companies the game. by securing q
special shipping tag at a cost # s. he
can send one deer home unaccom-
panied. Fine for illegal killing, $40
for misrepre sentation Of ownership in
transportation, $40
"A hunter may kill one bull moose.
providing it is not a calf, between oct.
10 and Dec. !. A calf moose is q
moose under two years Old ana not
having two prongs to its horns. The
law regarding transportation Of deer
applies to moose. with the exception
that the special tag costs s.. Penalty
for illegal killing Of moose is a fine NJ
not less than $500 or more than $lo0o.
or imprisonment for not more than
four months Fine for misrepres"uta-
ton Of ownership in transportation,
$40 Penalty for selling or giving
away deer and moose meat for trans
portation out Of the state is, $l00.
There is a close time on caribou Of SIX
years from Oct. IL, 1899"
Regarding moose, q game warden
who was in this city a short time ago
said that he believed the number is in
crcasing in spite Of The fact that not
as many were shot last year. He holds
that the sportsmen who come into tn"
State year after year are becoming 50
we'll acquainted with the game and its
habits that they re now able to tell
the difference between the COW and
bun moose and are becoming more
cautious az to to how they shoot
Many sDoItsmen who have been here
wear after year have in u measure lost
that passionate eageTn"sS fer tn"
moose and deer ana are now turning
their attention toward the bear. Since
Oh ,Ff =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01
CANDY
EscuIetts
CURE PILES

and all rectal disorders: Pleasant, Not
a physic. SOC. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded, at
G. B. MURPHY. Augusta.
n. d, ROBINSON & CO.. Gardiner.
sept1 dit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

Arrangements have been made for the
opening farmers institutes of this fall to
be held the week beginning oct. -, and L
large number have been planned for this
week. They will he held in Somerset and
Waldo counties. The speakers will BE-
Prof. Clas - Woods director Maine
Experiment Station. Prof. q. NJ. Goweu.
r. IT, Rollins VI Chcstervillc, member ot
the Board Of Agriculture for Franklin
county. ana Secretary T.. W. Mckecn.
The subjects To- he treated are The Sc
crets Of crop Production" The Apple
Orchard" Green Manuring and Soil
Renovation" "Thc Experiment station
ana Its Work Drainage and Tillagc, Y
Feeding for Beef and the Dairy" ''Pro-
gresSivc Agriculture" etc.
The dates and places for these meetings
are as follows: Monday, Oct. Is, North
Arson: Tuesday. oct. ~. East Madison
with an evening meeting at Cornvillc;
Wednesday, oct. II. Smithtield. with an
evening meeting at South Norridgewock;
Thursday. oct. Il. Fairfield Center ana
Belfast: Friday. oct II, East Thorndike
ana Cambridge, with an evening meeting
at Harmony. Saturday, Oct ~ Troy and
Detroit with an evening meeting at Pal
mVrd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-01

yy,ehington county will show more Q.
cain in wealth by this years report %
ANA state assessors than any other c"Uh-
~ in the state This is something q
surprise to the assessors who are not
,hle. IA account for it. Ii was a notable
thing that when the Bangor & Aroosto"k
Railroad opened W Aroostook county lhe
ro,1t4 of the road could easily be traced
NJ INA rcnorts Of the local assessors i"r
the returns from those towns through
which the road passed showed l"'Nc'
increase in value as the farmers had 4
means by which they might get 'heir
farm produce out Of the country. lhat
was because there was no other manner
in which the produce might he snlpped -
tn the outside world with a pr'ht. he!
the was hington county ROAD Was ope"'i
mn il was not believed that there Wouih
he any great increase in value IN the
first place. the county has an extensive
water front so that it is possible to reach
! Boston markets. Again the county Is
/ one of the poorest in the State. consider
ling its area and has been growing poor
nr for several years. That is. the report
made the State assessors showed that
there was a dropping off in wealth. II
was believed. therefore. that there would
be no marked increase in wealth.
Just what causes this increase 1t is I'M
possible to say. unless the credit is CIV
Tn to the Washington county railroad
There is one thing by which the increase
/ in wealth may be accounted for. The for
nation Of the sardine trust seems to have
| given a boom to the value Of property II
towns where the factories are located
! Another thing is the increase in the value
of personal property. During the begin
! ming Of the year the sardne dealers
owing to peculiar circumstances fount
themselves with a large stock of sar
dimes on hand. These they were unable
to dispose of before April |, the tim'
when the state assessors made theil
rounds.
This Is 81 apparent that in towns where
the factories are located there is large
increase in the value of the property. il
1 some towns the valuation being almost
/ double that of the year before. Just how
much Of An increase there is in the valu
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
A Minnesota Farmer Does Well
in Canada.
Virden, Man., Nov. Is, 1899.

Virden, Man, Nov. IS, 1890.
Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister Of the
Interior, Ottawa, Canada:
Sir-Thinking that my experience in
Manitoba might be both useful and in
teresting to my fellow countrymen in
the United States who may be looking
to Manitoba and the Northwest with
the intention Of settling there, | have
much pleasure in stating that through
information received from Mr.. w. f..
McCreary. immigration Commissioners
at Winnipeg, l was induced to visit
Manitoba in February, 1898. When |
called upon Mr.. McCreary he spared no
pains to give me all the information,
etc, in his possession, the result OF
which was that / came here with a
letter OF Introduction from him to the
secretary of the Virden Board of Trad de.
That gentleman provided me with a
competent land guide, and although
there was cOnsidera BILE snow on the
ground, | had no difficulty in selecting
three hOmesteads for myself and sons.
Having made the necessary homestead
entries at the land office in Brandon, |
returned to my home in Lyon County,
Minnesota, and came back here in May
following. accompanied by one of my
boys, bringing with us two teams OF
horses, implements, etc. Our first
work was to erect temporary shanty
and stable, after which we broke and
leveled 70 acres and put up 30 tons Of
hay. | went back to Minnesota about
the Goth of July, leaving my SON here.
! returned in October, bringing my
70. w !,
we had acquired was Of good quality,
being a strong clay loan with clay
subsoil. Last spring | sOwed 100 acres
IN wheat, 90 acres in oats and barley
Go acres Of this grain was sowed on
"goback" plowed last spring.. My crop
was threshed in October, the result
being over 200 bushels of grain in all.
Wheat averaged Is bushels per acre
and graded No. / hard. but that which
was sown on land other than sod ego
back') went 2411a bushels per acre.
TO say that l am well pleased with
the result of my first years farming
operations in Manitoba does not ade
Quately express my feelings and
have no hesitation in advising those
who are living in districts where land
is high in price to come out here, if
they are willing to do a fair amount OF
work. | am ten miles from Virden,
which is q good market town, and nine
miles from Hargrave, where there are
two elevators. This summer | erected
dwelling house of native stone and
bought half-section of land adjoining
our homestead, for which | paid very
moderate price. There are still some
homesteads in this district. and land
OF fine quality can be purchased from
the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. at
$3.50 per acre on liberal terms Good
water is generally found at depth of
from ID to 20 feet. l have 115 acres
ready for crop next year.
The cost Of living here is about the
same as in Southern Minnesota. Some
commodities are higher and others
lower in price, but the average is about
the same. l remain, your obedlent SER
want
(Signed) JACOB REICHERT.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
GREAT SCARCITY OF TERRAPIN
Diamond Backs will be Beyond the
Reach of Ordinary Mortals.

Ihere is great scarcity Of the Chesa-
peake bay diamond black terrapin. This
luxury promises TO be more expensive
this season than ever. The receipts and
shipments for the opening week are not
up to the average. Prices range about as
follows: Five-lncb. So to $1S a dozen:
6-inch, S36 to $40; finch, $50 to SIS.
Ihese are expected to remain the ruling
prices for the season, and it is thought
that few will come to market.
Receipts Of Chesapeake terrapin GROW
smaller each year. This season it is es-
nmated that not Onefourth as many will
De received as were a few years ago.
The stock is practically depleted. One
large dealer, who formerly handled about
$4,000 worth each season. last year
handled only $4,000 worth. The law pro-
vldes that no terrapin shall be marketed
which measures less than five inches in
length Oh the under shell
Dealers state that a singular fact about
the Chesapeake bay terrapin is that
these on the western shore grow much
faster than these On the other side. West
ern shore tcrrapin, it is stated, will grow
about two inches Il year. while those
found on the eastern shore will grow ONLY
threc-quartcrs Of an inch in the same
time. The generally accepted theory is
that the water on the western shore of
the bay is less salt than on the other
side and is more conducive to the rapid
growth of terrapin.-New York Tribune
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
LETTERS PROM PRESIDENTS.
Discovery of Valuable Collection in
an Old New ENGLAND Town.


There has lately been found in town
near Bridgeport, Conn, valuable collec
tion OF old letters of nearly a century ago,
among them several of George Washing
ton, Andrew Jackson. Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay, James Monroe and John
quincy Adams. The letters were found
among some old papers and books belong
ing to one of the oldest families in the
state and are in the best condition, al
though they have been stored away for
nearly 100 years. The Washington letter
was written to u Connecticut member of
the family when the general was with the
army on the Hudson river, and pertain
TO the probable movement Of his and the
enemy's troops.
Inc letters of John Quincy Adams
ana Andrew Jackson are peculiarly inter-
esting as they are both written to the
same same friend. on the same day in March,
1874, and each asks the common friend
TO say what he thinks the chances of
each are for president. This was in the
Gays when the vice-president was elect
ca III the same count as the President
the one receiving the greatest number Of
votes being chosen president. Each asks
MS correspondent what he should do
Wnen elected and how he should act to-
ward ms friend apd rival. The Jackson
ietter is also very valuable and is one of
the most characteristic letters in exist
ence written by the general. The find
mas made quite stir among antiquaries
IN the state and all the old trunks and
hbrares are being overhauled to find
others OF the same kind.-Boston Tran
ScriDt
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
King solomon's Mines.

English and American engineers have
discovered important gold fields near Os-
MARI, in Abyssinia. Three separate and
distinct veins have been discovered, and
all reported as rich. 1t has long been
suspected that the so-called King Solo
mons mines, from which that wise and
rich Israelitish King procured his gold in
such an abundance, We're located in
Abyssinia, and it is not improbable that
these discoveries viii lead to their redis-
rY-Philadelnhia Record
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
JACOB REICHER'rr
A New Gas,

The township of Humanity, village
between Scarborough and Bridlington, in
England. will in future be lighted with
electroid gas. Electroid gas is acetyiene
with the admixture of inert matter and
proportion of oxygen. Its manufac
ture is simple, and the gas can be deliv-
cred through any ordinary gas main pipes
at the ordinary pressure. 1t can be
measured by means of gas meters and
charged for in the same way as is the
custom where ordinary coal gas is used.
1t is light of great purity and bril-
liancy.- Scottish American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-01-24
HOW'S This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO, Props. Toledo. Q.
We. the undersigned. have known r. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
lcdo, O.
Walding Kinnan & Marvin Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials