Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-29

Prof. Daniel r. Hodgdon. Jr., who
has been principal of Corinna Union
academy for the past two years, has
been elected to the position of princi-
pal of Gorham Normal school,
Twenty-Five members of Co. B, LIST
Mass, Regiment, United Boys Brigade
of America, in command of Maj. Gen.
Percy A. Brigham, have arrived for
a two weeks outing on the Thwing
farm West Woolwich. The boys re-
side in Somerville, Mass.
Isaac COOmbS of West Bath recent
ly found rock in his pasture which in
dicates a large deposit Of iron. 1t is
we'll known that there is a great deal
of iron in that region but it has never
been found in quantities which war
ranted the installation of machinery
will be investigated.
The Caribou correspondent Of the
Aroostook Republican delivers himself
of the following: I'VE have seen boys
play baseball far into the shadows of
night, but we never witnessed the
sport played at three o'clock in the
| ing home from the fire at G. W..
SCOTS residence, we observed several
boys enjoying themselves playing the
great national game"
DR.. ]. NJ. Eager of Washington, D. c.,
will succeed DIR. Parker c. kallock
as quarantine doctor at Portland DR..
| Kallock has been stationed there for
several years and has given good ser
vice in the quarantine department, and
through his efforts the new buildings
at House Island and the boarding
steamer Petrol We're secured for this
port. DR.. Kallock has received no Of
| fetal orders as yet, whether he would
be transferred or not.
The U. s. fish commission steamer
| Gannett, arrived in Portland Saturday
| from a trip to the westward, having
! liberated 100000 lobster fry at Little
Harbor, N. H., 100000 at Kittery
| Point, N. H., and also gathered 1Gt
seed Holsters, which We're taken tC
| the hatchery at Boothbay Harbor
On the eastern trip several days age
| Is, 000 900 lobster fry were liberated be-
| tween Mount Desert and Eastport, Me
| The +. 3. Higgins Lobster Co OF
Boothbay have begun shipping live
Holsters to the West in especially pre-
pared pots which are proving most sat
| isfactory. They make shipments tC
| Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and other
places and the report comes back that
| only one per cent. of the Holsters are
| dead on arrival, which is remarkable
considering the distance and time
Monday they shipped $50 pounds to the
westward.
| An enthusiastic meeting was held al
Popham Beach last week to make ar
rangements for the proper observance
| of the 3G2d anniversary of the Pophan
Colony on August 80. This date comes
| on Sunday this year, SO the event vii
| be held on Saturday. The following
We're elected an executive committee tC
plan and have charge of the celebra
| ton: E. S. Mari, John H. Stacy
| Charles Haley, Sergt. Carswell, Charlie:
Elliott, Judge Hardy and c. F. Hatha
| way.
Portland Express.-If plans which ar.
being formulated by prominent tim
berland owners in Brownville are car
ried out, one of the hottest fights a
the next session of the Maine Legisla
ture will be over a bill to compel al
railroads running through heavily tim
bered sections of the State to use OF
burning locomotives during the sum
mer months when danger from fOres
fires is greatest.
Bath Observation-Disclosures somethin,
goes wrong Bath is very likely to get :
new industry within n very short tim
and our people will not be asked 70
any great concessions to get it either
The industry in question is the build
ing Of new style harrow which ha
not yet been placed on the market
Tie harrow is the idea of Freeman
Hanson of Buxton brought into actua
working shape
Boothbay Register.-Mr. Stephel
Thompson of Southport has recovered
from his late illness,-at least, we al
think so. when we investigate and fin
that he il high line in the whole Sheep
scott River since April 10, this year u
to the present time in catching on hi
trawi S,333 lbs of fish and made a stoc
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
Mr.. Thompson will be eighty years oil
his next birthday, near at hand. Baa
| this if you can
Caterpillars have been seriously in
terfering with the movement of Cana
dian Pacific trains near Fredericton
Junction and the locomotives running
ever that section of the big railroa
} system have been equipped with steam
jets SO that the pests can be removed
from the rails as the trains proceed
; Caterpillars infesting railroad tracks