Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-21
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

There are at present 173 prisoners at
the Portland Jail.
The Bowdoin Alumni Association of
Bangor, will hold it's annual meeting
and banquet at the Bangor House,
April "a.
The foreign steamship arrivals at
Portland during the winter season just
clised were 172. over twice the number
recorded last season, when Is arrived.
| During the past year there were 10S
persons arrested in Westbrook. The
| Westbrook police department during
the same period lodged and fed 22S
tramps.
Miss Ellen +. Snow. preceptress of
North Yarmouth Academy, while pre-
| pairing an experiment, last week. for
the class of chemistry, was badly
burned about the face. BY wrapping
her head quickly in a portiere more
serious injuries were avoided.
Hugh Gilmore, for the past five years
an inmate of the Westbrook poor
| farm. died last week, aged As years. AT
| one time Gilmore was one of the
wealthiest men in that section, being
worth between $4,000 and $4,000, but
LOST part of it by bad investments and
sGCandered the remainder.
Samuel Cobb. a well-known former
resident of Brewer, will be chief en-
gineer of the Minnesota, the largest
freight steamship afloat, just launched
at New London. Mr.. Cobb was once
engineer of the Bon Ton and later on
the Lewiston and Penobscot of the
| @
1t is announced that the Grand
Trunk Railroad has contracted with
the Dominion Iron and Coal Co. to
furnish the road with between $4,000 to
5.000 tons of coal during the summer.
All this coal will be brought to Port
land by steamer, which will mean con-
siderable additional work for Portland
longshoremen the coming season.
The Portland Civic Club, whose MEM
bership includes the leading women of
that city, held its annual banquet at
the Falmouth Hotel, last week. At the
business meeting preceding, the chair
men of the several departments into
which the club is divided were elected
as follows: Streets Mrs. Seth L. Lar
rabee: trees and parks, Mrs. Geo. C.
Frye; public baths, Miss Sarah L. Col
burn; public health, Mrs. W. S. Denny;
tenement houses Mrs. J. II. Fitzger-
| ald schools and play Srounds-Mrs. j.
@. Rice.
BY the cautionary advice of his ply
| stefan, Justice Emery, accompanied by
| Mrs. Emery, will spend some weeks
| this summer for rest end regeneration
/ in Gasten, Austria and RagatZ, Swift
| zeriand two of the most famous
heoith resorts in the Alps. The judge
is assured by his medical adviser that
he is not i'll, but only a little worn and
that the vacation and the baths will
strengthen him for future years of
| labor. He sails July on the Dominion
Line steamer Commonwealth and ex-
poets to return early in September.
Justice Spear kindly takes over Judge
Emcry's work during his absence.
The dinner given to Joseph A. Mo-
Gowan by his friends in Portland, was
| Il pleasant occasion. The large dining
room of the Lafayette was filled with a
representative gathering of business
and professional men of Portland,
friends of Mr.. MCGOWAN for many
years and sincere WellWisherS for his
future success. Mr.. MCGOWAN leaves
an important position With the Grand
Trunk railroad. in Portland, to accept
a position with an electric railroad
company in the West Mayor Booth
by presided at the post-prandial eXer-
cises those responding to toasts includ-
ing Rev. FIR. Hurley, vicar general J.
| Il. Clancy, agent of the Allan line of
| steamships; Darius H. Ingraham:
| Mayor Sidney w. ThaXter: f. j. Nc
Clure, representing the Thompson line
of steamers; Leroy L. Hight, counsel
of the Grand Trunk; r. w. Scott, agent
Of the Grand Trunk: Hon. Charles II.
Randall: James Cunningham; Father
O Brion. j. +. Liscomb, and T. M. Bart
| lett, agent of the Maine s. S. Com
pany. Mayor Boothby presented to
Mr. MCGOWAN, as q gift from those