Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-08

,,I,yccs of an amount Oh money
aa,,,,I m half the entire year '"''i y
os n bonus at New Years.
pov Hclmer T. Smidt pastor y,
Christ church. Chicago, mas 30
~ appointment from the !,
Tr,ct society as director OF its "''N
,nona The Germans of the CITY.
| Iotcbwor,h Cox. who was a stokcr
an tho first locomotive that ever sol up
.,a.,n, in America. has just celebrated
~, .,st birthday in Jamesburg, n. ..
He was born in Chester county ''
| = Holden, freight traffic manager
| of the Rock Isiapd System. with heao-
| o,,artcrs in Chicago. has resigned 10 ac-
cent the vice presidency of the Midiaiiu
| valley Railroad, with headquarters at
Fort smith, Ark.
! vine Hovcy has acted rs agent 10Y
| the burlington Road ut Forrest 'liy'
| Missouri for 40 years. without ioSi'S
=, single days work, and ill consequence
he has been given tWo-ycarS E'c'
ton with full pay.
Robert Hall Mccormick, Of Chicago
bv tho new, editions to his famous COL
artists is now the possessor of the
finest gallery Of English art outside OF
the British Museum itself.
Winston ChurcEills biography of his
| father is on the eve Of publication. The
greater part Of tn. book will be devoted
| tn The ten wears in which the celebrated
| Epglishman was most conspicuous Ill
| The political affairs of the country.
4 COPY OF John r. Motifs book. "The
Pastcl and Modern Missions. has been
presented to every pastor in the New
England conference. through the gen
crosi;y OF Mrs J. A. WoolSOn, the Hon.
E. H. Dunn and DR.. +. NJ. Taylor.
Cantain William ]. De Grass. recent
Iy a Mexican but formerly of ST. Louis,
is dead For nineteen yrys he W",'
Consul General to Mexico for the Ha-
! waiian Islands. He served with dis
tinction in the Union Army during the
Civil War
Alexander Graham Bell has returned
to Washington highly pleased with the
results of experiments with kite-f1ying
machines at his estate III Nova Scotia.
He is working on new and larger
kite. which he will call Oionos, or
bird of good ornen."
Rev. J. S. &. Hodges one Of the Old
est pastors in Baltimore, and rector for
| the past 50 years of old St. Pauls Pro-
testant Episcopal church i'll that city,
preached his farewell sermon last Sun
day and retires from the pastorate Of
the church as rector emeritus.
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Root are two
i Il, g.,
ily who are we'll verScd III cooking II
is said thai none Of their servants can
gel upa better meal. and that they not
| infrcqucntly look after that part Of
| their household duties personally.
Rev. DR. Henry NJ. Tindall. pastor of
tie Peoples Tabernacle. New York
City. has undertaken to erect a six
story home for working girls, and ev-
cry day puts in several hours shoveling
gravel. mixing mortar and doing other
work at the building. lie dresses in
ovcral!s and jumper.
Tho thrvalirr dc Mariino. marine
painter to King Edward, has comrIet-
cd the ambition of his life. He has
lust completed after II years work
= series of pictures illustrative of The
most striking episodes in the battles of
Trafalgar. the Nile and Cape st. Vim
cent.
Prof William II. Holmes archacnlo-
Eist of the Smithsonian Institution, has
discovered that many of th,. collection
| Of American antiques in the institution
| collection were made III Il present day
| factory III the City of Mexico. They
embrace specimens Of ancient Mexican
pOttrry.