Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-12

Kennebcc county is unqucstionably
in the center of the mystery belt.
The health authorities Of Diddeford
are worried over scarlet fever out
| break.
| Had any venison yet? Every train
is bringing down many deer from the
| northern woods.
| The Portland boys do not take to
| playing soldier. Out Of 200 young men
| who have. entered the High school only
a dozen have joined the Cadets.
| A West Franklin farmer has Il
grievance against the muskrats which
have raided his beet patch and
gnawed and "blod" every beet therein.
Some anonymous friend Of Tvpslam
has sent = barrels If flour 10 that
town 10 be distributed among the poor
The -four Was consigned TO Charles
Wheeler. but he refuses to give tic
THE first woman TO shoot Il deer is
being heard from in various sections
| and to her credit be it said that none
of the shooting accidents are due 70
her carelcssness or poor aim.
A whales rib which has stood in
| front OF a Sullivan Harbor store for 80
years disappeared one night. last week,
| and everybody in the village felt they
| had lost friend. The boys rricnted.
however, and put it back in place, the
| following night.
ROckland reIoiccs in the prospect Of
Il new railroad station. 1t is said that
| it will be of stone and will cost about
| $50. 900.
| a notable term of service in onc office
is that of a. p. Cargill. who has just
been installed for the oath consecutive
year as secretary of thu Liberty Lodge
| of MaSonS.
| Editor Ernest G. BOWLER If the T;ethcl
| News gets III about as much travel as
| all the other Maine editors combined.
| He operates IN automobile and has
been to California and back by rail
| twice in the last three months.
| II rathr" looks as if Cupid had been
| pretty busy Of late among the grad
| yates of Colby. The Echo announces
| seven marriages and in five of these
| both parties are either graduates or
| former attendants of the college. All
| of these weddings took place during
! the summer.
| There is much interest i'll Maine rail-
road circles i'll the survey that is being
| made At WiscaSSet. and which is to
| terminate at Harwood's Road. about
two miles below Richmond. where it is
| reported that the kennebec will be
| bridsed. Fifteen surveyors are now at
| work, and Il gentleman who has a keen
ear for railroad rumors says that it
| would not surprise him to see ground
| broken any moment. If the Maine
| Central is seriously considering the
| project Of building bridge. and the
|
| some significance it may be regarded
| as certain that neither five nor ten
| years will be spent in discussing plans
| and theories. The cost Of bridging the
| Kennebec at Bath was estimated at
| about S1,500.0GO it is said that this
work can be done near Richmond for
| about twO-thirds that cost. The river
is practically the same width there as
1 nj "a. lint ha n
utilize the ISLAND in mid-river. The
| Importance to Rockland of this bridge
| project cannot be over-estimated Il
| means night service the year around il
| means the finest of vestibule trains.
and it means three hours to Portland
| where the journey now occupies about
| four. In short Rockland will be made
the terminus Of the finest division the
| great corporation owns. and for the
reason that it is the key to the great
est summer resort locality on the
| Maine coast.
Capt Q. D. Sheldon and daughter
Nina who have been stopping i'll Rich
mond and Dresden since the first of
June. went to their California home
last week. This is the ninth time
| that they have crossed the continent.
They escaped a collision which oc-
CURED just eight miles ahead of them
which detained them seven hours from
Sacramento. The daughter also has
been around the world three times. and
was cnce shipwrecked, being dashed to
the mast Sc hours.
Thomas Bradbury of oxford county
and his two sons are creating quite a
stir in the Machias valley securing
Christmas trees for the New York
and Philadelphia markets. Mr.. Brad
bury has several crews at work and
expects to ship 10000 trees by the close
of TIL, season. The land owners are
receiving from s. to SO per thousand
for the trees standing in the woods.
There is considerable work connected
with the gathering of these trees
| which are mostly fir