Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-17


1t is good time to mend those
broken New Years resolutions.
Alfred Jail has 20 inmates. showing
where a good proportion of tramps are
stopped at Names gateway.
The new Knox County General hospi-
tai proved its usefulness by caring for
al patients in 1908.
SacO hardly held its own last year.
with 176 deaths to 124 births and ~
marriages.
The Eockland Public Library build
ing is taking on it's finishing touches
and within another month ought to be
in full commission.
For a record Of continuous service il
is hard to beat that Of James N.
Chandler OF Bangor who has just com.
pleted So years as bookkeeper of the
Coe estate.
The Parkhurst correspondent tells Of
a man who. when he butchered his
hogs last fall, skinned them, instead
of scalding them. He is having the
hides tanned and will have them made
into fur coat.
Last week was the first time in Il
years that they have been able to drive
from the mainland to Stonington on
the ice.
It transpires that one Of the victims
of the Iroquois theatre disaster was
Arthur Page formerly of Orono and
graduate Of the State College, now the
University, Of Maine. in 'S6. His wife
and child persisted with him.
4 Rockland woman, Mrs. Elliott
Stone. owns Bible which was printed
in 1916. 1t came to her from the family
of Governor Bradford Of whom she is
q .lineal descendent.
'Brunswick's "Srewsome tragedy" so
much advertised by enterprising corre-
spondents in that town. proves to have
been a lot OF rich red blood from a
slaughtered porker. ..
The Winthrop Budget compares those
stray kickers against the Maine game
laws to the old housewife who wanted
the sun blotted out because its beams
faded her carpets.
Former Prison Commissioner Au-
gustus Bailey OF Gardiner has an
nouEced his candidacy for County Com
missioner before the next Republican
County convention.
The Newcastle toll bridge is doomed.
says the Sheepscot Echo. In the
spring it will be unable to withstand
the onslaught Of ice and tides and ere
the river is again clear. the old Wis
casset toll bridge. OH whose old planks
hundreds Of people have walked and
taken refuge from the heat OF hot sum-
mer days and nights and over which
some Of Names brainiest men have
bridge is old and tottering 1t has
stood the fierce attacks Of ice and tides
for 81 years and had vehicles Of every
description. from the old stage coach to
the automobile pass over it, So It isn't
to be wondered at il the old structure
succumbs to the elements this spring
as this winter has been unusually
severe. Should the old bridge be car
ried away. we lose an old familiar
landmark as we'll as one Of the best
promenades in the country.
An interesting feature of the Bidde-
ford municipal campaign is the set of
directions for spelling their ballots
given by the Record to its readers.
Rockland Opinion: The Maine Press
| association, at its recent meeting in
Portland. made ali excellent choice in
selecting Mr.. J. H. Ogier. Of the Cam
| den Herald. rs its president. He is an
able and enterprising newspaper man.
| and has for years been a valuable
working member OF the association.
Though the Opinion has never been
represented in the association. it is
owing to circumstances beyond our
| control and We freely recognize its use
fulness and advantages to the craft
generally. Under Mr.. Ogier's intelli-
gent management, we are sure the
| coming year will be prosperous one
for the association. as was the past
one. when Mr.. c. A. Pillsbury, of the
beifast Republican Journal. performed
the duties of president most ably and
successfully.
There are 100 slate. 81 marble and EOS
clay quarries in this country. and the
value OF their combined products is
s13 OOo. 900.