Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-08

Tomorrow IS the udy loT tiie '"i'o"
Simpson collection at the Old. Orchard
campground.
Having received the second highest
Office in The r. of p Geo. M. Hanson
of Calais will be more resigned In be-
ing badly beaten for Congress.
A baby who is heir to the modest
sum of $4GOO0,OOO is sojournng9at YORK
IIarbor. The youngster is Maitland AL
exander, Jr., of Pittsburg. aged two
months.
Although the rain has interfered with
the program. the week of the soldier
boys in Camp Cobb has been one OF
hard work and the 1908 tour OF duty
will be remembered as exceptionally
successful The efficiency Of the Maine
Guard was never higher
The wife of a well known Auburn
man came home the other night ana
thrust her hand into the mail box to
see what the postman had left. She
ritv than it went in and emitted some
audible if incoherent remarks. When
hubby came she reported that there
was dead mouse in the mail box.
Hubby unhitched the box and turned II
upside down while the mistress of the
house stood by. The mouse came out
all right but instead of dropping on the
| floor he spread a set OF wings and be-
gan to aap-fiap around the piazza. IL
was a bat. Down in the field are
crCwbar and a stick, eight feet seven
inches apart, which hubby says accur-
ately measure one of his wife's steps
as she put space between her and the
| mouse.
Many interesting facts concerning the
work Of the Maine Seacoast Missionary
Society in it's llbors among the isolat-
ed islands along the coast are con-
tanned in it's annual report just made.
This unique parish is composed of o.
different settlements, in which are 1860
persons, who are cared for by the So
ciety spirit ually and physically. The
| missionaries make their rounds in the
small vessel Morning Star, which goes
|
island, stopping at each of the 81 set
Elements to hold religious services ana
care for the bodily wants OF the inhabi-
tallts once each month. Through the
effort of the society, schools have been
| established on the islands of Malaga,
| Muscongus, Duck and Eagle by the
State, but thus far the education fol
| the 100 children connected with the
In
have been without result. This is the
third year of the society's work.
The steamer North Star of the Main
Steamship Co., Portland, arrived III
port at o'clock. Wednesday evening
from New York and reports that at
80 that morning, when between Point
Judith, r. l., and the Vineyard Haven
lightship, severe electrical shocks were
experienced The officers say that for
an hour and a half the tightening was
sharp and three times the electrical
bolts struck the mainmast and fol-
lowed down into the engine room. put
ting out the electric lights. The Wire
less operator also cut the current and
suspended business because of the
strong electric currents that bothered
the wires The officers of the steamer
say that the electrical display in the
heavens was more severe than any
thing they have ever witnessed. Once
the captain, first pilot and quarterma.-
ter were stunned by the electrical
lsparks from the clouds. There We're
over 400 passengers on board. The trip
was on the whole rather a smooth one,
Iexcept for the terrific tightening.
| With work about to be commenced
on the new dam on the Ossipee River,
it seems as if the time for the electric
railroad through the Ossipee valley Is
not far distant. The power to be har-
messed is one with practically no limit
and would furnish that section with
light electric roads and all kinds of
conveniences. The increase in the
freight being hauled in and out Of town
, makes some sort OF a railroad a necces-
, sity. Then too, the large number of
summer people now coming to the
towns in this valley calls for some
means of travel easier and quicker than
the stage coach. An electric road Will
solve these problems and give us a
thousand other advantages which are
now lacking. Many routes have been
suggested but the most practical one
seems to be from East Waterford
through Limerick to Cornish, making
connections with two lines of steam
road.
, The recent purchase of the old resi-
f dence Of Major General John Mcdonald
$ at Limerick for the purpose of supply
ing hotel and summer resort for this
region has revived interest in the his
tory of its former owner. Majcr Gen
eral Mcdonald was born in Limerick
April IA. 1873, and spent life-residenct
here On April II. 1896 he married; anc
he died March 16, 1926. Such is tn,
i record of his family Bible. now in thu
possession of his great-granddaught
Miss Alice Mcdonald Reed of Waldo
boro. The great-grandfather Of Mato
General Mcdonald (who had previous
ly emigrated from Glencoe. Scotland, t,
the north of IrelanD came to New
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