Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-15

son Gould, will pass the century mark.
December 23.
Who has lost a carload of bran? One
was set off at Bowdoinham six weeks
ago for a local firm which, however,
had not ordered it. Since then the rail-
road officials have been trying in vain
| to find out to whom it belongs or
| whence it came.
The reason that Jack London and his
| California bride are passing a week
down in Hancock county, is that Mrs
| London is a granddaughter of Maine
Her father. William kittredge. was
native of Eden and went to California
| in '49.
Word has been received in Maine OF
| the birth of a son to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Edmund Cunning in Milan,
Italy, where Mr.. Dunning is American
consul. The boy was born on Nov. "a
and is named James Edmund Dunnng,
Jr. Many friends of Mr.. Cunning in all
parts of Maine will be glad 1" hear Of
ming will receive hearty congratula-
tons. Mr.. Dunning has occupied his
government position for some months
and has showed himself to be as efii
cient an official as he was Il newspaper
man.
Boston architects employed by the
trustees of Fryeburg academy are now
showing a first sketch of new buildings
and landscape effects about them, for
| the academy to grow towards in the
coming years. 1t is expected that
these plans will soon be in the hands of
| regular agent. who will try to secure
| funds for the pressing needs of the
school. A careful canvass of the near
| by towns recently made shows that
| fully 100 more stdents are waiting to
secure school accommodations at Frye
| burg Academy. There were 10 pupils
for the term just closed.
There is great export business from
Portland now, and it is increasing.
| Just now package freight forms the
bulk of every cargo, and wheat is COM
paratively neglected, but that will
| change soon. The wheat reserve is
now about 100000 bushels and is
| rapidly increasing. the receipts exceed
| ing 100000 bushels Il day. The Grand
Trunk is very rapidly placing the ex-
port business from Portland out of all
danger of being interrupted by great
| storms, if such are in reserve for us.
| The export business opened remarka bly,
| strong and well. and there is every
prospect that it will continue so to the
end. Unless all indication fail on both
| sides of the Atlantic. it will be great
season. commercially speaking. for
| Portland
A few nights ago n young lady in
| Machias put her cat in a bag without
| rock or string, carried her to the river
brink and threw her into the dark cold
| stream. 1t was a cruel act, and to get
| away from the scene as quickly as pos
| Sifle she turned and ran for home with
| all her might. Big Scalding tears
| somewhat obscured her sight. but when
| she came near the door stoop she saw
| through the glistening drops, her kitty
| perched thereon, wet and shivering
| with the cold. THE cat came back"
| but how she did it is counted as a
miracle and the reconciliation which
| took place then and there was truly
| touching to those who witnessed it.
| Now the life of that cat is regarded as
safe for the next decade from any con-
templated premeditated or executive
act of hostility on the part of her re-
| pentant mistress
| Bar Harbor is just now interested in
a discussion of the tipping system.
The discussion arose over the rumor
that a cooperative store was to be
| started by the summer residents to
escape the burden put upon them by
| stOrekeepers who paid commissions or
| tips to steward and buffers, and tackled
the expense on the price for goods A
| well-knOwn cottager writing from New
York denies the report that he is inter-
| ested in a cooperative store plan. but
adds the warning, which has been in
terpreted as threat by Bar Harbor
merchants. that if the tipping system
| continues the cooperative store plan
VIII materialize. 3. S. Higgins has
taken up the cudgel in behalf of the
merchants, and says that in all his 10
years of business in Bar Harbor he has
never given a tip to servants. AS a
compromise, the suggestion is made
that Bar Harbor merchants make an
iron-clad agreement not to give tins.
A writer in the Biddeford Journal
shows in a striking manner the growth
of the French Canadian population in
Biddeford. Forty years ago there were
but "a distinctively French names in
the BiddefOrd directory; in 1886 there
were 957: in 1904 the number had in
creased to 2,351. If the number OF
names in the directory be multiplied by
~. which is the multiple usually used
by publishers of directories to ascer-
tain the population of a city. the
French Canadian population would an
pear to be few hundred more than
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