Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-01

| The movement to reestabIish regular
steamboat connection between RocklanI
and Tenants iarbor Is meeting with ia
| vor.
William Gillette. the well known actor
with his house boat Aunt Polly" was
among this weeks visitors to Maine
coast towns.
| As a result OF 4 heavy hail storm early
| IN the season, there was hardly a berry
| 70 be found in Freeman Center this sum
| mer. he apple crop VIII also be a fail
| ure.
| The Portland police force has had a
| rather large summers business in the
| way of larcenCies ana small offences. and
| In great majority Of cases has succeed
| ed in capturing the criminals. Recently
| the fashion OF wearing watches pinned
| to the shoulder Of the omnipresent shirt
| waist has returned and several thefts Of
watches thus exposed have been report
| ed in that city.
| 4 man in North Vassalboro. the owner
| of small building which he has rented
| to man who has been doing a thirty
! ing business in ii for the past seven
| years, thinking that the profits might BE-
more evenly divided notified him that he
would raise the rent on given date.
| The merchant at once objected and the
owner notified him that he must vacate
the premises within 10 days. The build
| ing stands upon rented land. The mer-
chant straightway headed for the Land
owner and bought the site where the
bultbllE SIbNuS. ne AItH lOlliltl HIS
landlord of what he had done and ordered
him to remove the building within fifteen
days.
Coal freiGhts are on the up grade and
have already reached the dollar mark.
\ prominent shipping man and coal deal
eT prOphesieS good freightS and plenty of
| business this winter. Rates. he thinks.
will not reach the cxtravagant figure Of
two dollars, which was touched last win
ter. nut expects to see a dollar and half
I 80 and ff.kTa= I'll FIN %
Owing to the coal strikes. now over, the
aboard Is nearly cleaned out of coal
and will take All winter to I'LL up the
pockets.-Bath Times.
Holbrook Man the young man who had
his neck broken at Baiieys island about
two weeks ago. while diving in shallow
water. has recovered consciousness ana is
able to talk. His body is paralyzed be
low the neck and he cannot move his
limbs but he seemed bright and is report
cannot be told Yet whether he Will live or
not In the past three months the Maine
General hospital has had three cases sim
liar to this one Of Mr.. Mann. one Of
those was Of a man who was injured in
exactly the same way as Mr.. Mann while
diving in shallow water. His injuries
proved fatal. The other case was that Of
a man who had his back broken in a rail
road accident. lie is still alive but is
of course a cripple for lie
The present scarcity Of herring IN the
many wcirs Of Passamaquoddy hay, as
also the BAY of Fundy. is viewed with
some alarm by tho packers Of sardinos In
Eastport and vicinity. as it indicates 4
small seasons pack and not much work
for the several thousand employees down
east. There have been several big
schools of large sized herring. more suit
able for stringing ana smoking. and now
comes the other cNtrCme-the small fish
known as britt to the boatmen and weir
owners. The latter are worthless to the
Gamers of sardineS ana the big herring
are in many cases entirely too large. even
for mustard sardncs W nat is needed is
supply Of herring that can be used for
oils although most any kind suitable
for canning would be very welcome. The
signs for fish being plentiful have not
been favorable reccatly and more than
thirteen weeks Of the canning season has
already gone ana The last fish Of the
year can be put up only to Dec. 1st. The
pack in t.dStport has been small mp To
the present time especially in the several
factories owned and conducted by thu
Sea Coast Packing go. and this is caused
principally by the absence Of herring in
the weirs.