Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-24

fell from a maple tree Monday morn
ing in Saco, struck on his head and was
feared to be seriously injured, was able
to be down town Tuesday, and appar-
emily had recovered from the shock of
) the fall He called at the N. E. Tele-
j., phone office and expects to resume
work in a few days.
Mrs. Wallace H. White, Jr., of Lew
iston reported to the police of that
city recently that her pocketbook had
been snatched from her hand while she
was standing at the corner of Lisbon
and Maine streets in that city. Lew
iston is getting real metropolitan.
Word has been received that Miss
Sarah Osgood, formerly librarian at
the Lewiston Public library. is to be
married in August to Benjamin Tai
hot Brooks, chemist in the Library of
Science at Manila. Miss Osgood left
Lewiston three years ago next August,
going to Washington. d. c. Later she
went to Manila where she has been
employed in the library.
| Besides his generous donation for the
fire sufferers, Hon. A. E. Irving gave
his check for $50 for books for the
Presque Isle Free library. His public
spirit and generosity is much appre-
ciated.
Hereafter South Berwick will be
known as Cummings, Wells as Wells
Depot, and Wells Branch as Chicks,
on the Boston d Maine. orders have
been received announcing the fact that
the names of these stations would be
Ichanged Monday.
The contract for laying the founda-
ton of the new house of worship fol
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, on
Neal street, Portland has been awarded
to John CULVER. and ground was brok-
en- for the new structure this morning.
The foundation is to be of concrete
and the building will be fire proof
structure 1t is understood that the
plans adopted look to the erection of a
handsome edifice, well-suited to the
fine surroundings.
| flcNeu VI Vic 20 81 tuutllSS VI tHS
, Deering High school will go to col
| lege and fitting schools next fall
Henry Body, Charles Houghton anG
Douglas McMurtie will go to Bow
doin; Harriet Rumery will be the only
girl graduate to go to college, having
chosen Mt. Holyoke; Olivia Bagley
Evelyn Cobb, Marjorie Grey, Marion
Lamont, Isabel Mcdonald, Alice Nc
Donald and Elizabeth Walton have ap-
5 Piled for positions at the training
school In case all of these are moi
elected, those who are not will enter
2 Gorham Normal School.
The contract for the dredging of thu
Union River has been awarded to z
III. Doyen of Portland. The contract
calls for the removal of 1880 yard:
of material at the mouth of the river
and ASSOC yards at Ellsworth. WORK
has already been started on the build
ing Of dredge to be placed on the
contract and dredging operations vii
begin in a short time. The company
has placed an order with the Portland
I Company for the construction of {
new upright boiler for the towboat p
H. Doyen, and the work of building i
E will be rushed to completion SO she vii
be ready to go to Ellsworth in shor
| time to tow the mud scows to sea ant
back to the dredge.
Capt. A. l.. Turner of Deering ave
nue., Portland, went to the Union sta
ton Monday noon with a somewha
difficult errand to perform. He wa:
20 meet and pick out from the rest o
the crowd his sister whom he has no
seen since 1874, who was coming from
the West to make him visit. He tool
lup his position near the door of tn,
waiting room when the people cam'
, from the train and stood cycling cacl
lone carefully in search of his sister
trying to fit upon the various faces h
, saw, traces of her looks as he remem
bered them. Finally a well dressed
and prepossessing lady, who wore :
brown linen suit and carried a wicke
suit case, came along and walked
straight up to him and held out he
hand. For a moment the Captain
, studied her face in doubt and then H.
, reached out his hand and took he
suit case and they walked into TIN
station together.
Mrs. William Holbrook, of Harpswell
an ardent nature student, was mucl
: amused at a fight between her cat ant
some robins. The cat came rushing
into the house pursued by two robins
screaming with rage. He ran through
the house intending to escape by TIN
front door, but was met on the porcl
nv four more robins very much rufflet
in plumage and temper. Jim Blain
tied up the front stairs and was no
seen for hours. Upon investigation
some young robins were found on tn
l ground in the orchard where they ha,
fallen from their nest and the parents
had evidently called in their neighbor
. to repel the enemy. On the othe
t hand, Mrs. Tom Welsh, of the sam
town, has a cat that allows some de
serted chickens to nestle in her fu
to keep warm.