Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26

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an understood girl much older Sheriff
F.. o. Silsby and Deputy Brann were
notified and there was talk of an In
| quest but as there Is no clue whatso-
ever, and other remains cannot De
found, there will be nothing done ar
present. It is a great mystery, and
there are not even theories as to how
| It might have come there. The old
Inhabitants say that the section was
not used for burying ground, and the
skull was found too far from shore tn
have been brought in by the waves.
How long it had lain there no one
knows, as the place where 1t was
found would in summer be almost In
accessible from small trees and shrubs,
and Cash's Point is summer rendev-
Gus only, visited seldom If ever in
| winter.
coon cat, belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey B. Goodwin of Skowhegan
was run over and killed by an electric
car last week While the incident
would be regarded as regrettable by
every lover of pets, it would not, per-
haps, be thought of sufficient I'M
portance for a news item, except for
the fact that four little coons, three
weeks old, were left motherless by TINS
accident. Their hapless condition SO
appealed to the Goodwin household
that an attempt to bring them up on
cows milk was determined upon. Thev
have been taught to nurse from
bottle. and have thus far thrived very
nicely. The children of the neighbor-
hood flock to the Goodwin home an"
tease to see them fed and the four
kitten orphans seem to be more m
danger from too frequent and too
liberal feeding than of coming to grler
in another way. Should they survive,
they will doubtless hold the dlstinc-
ton of being the first and only quartet
Of bottle reared kittens.
Director George o. Smith of the Geo
logical survey, and a Skowhegan man.
has just been elected president OF the
Washington Y. Nj. C. A. 1t is a big
Washington institution with large husl-
ness interests and business responsible
ties. The value of its. property runs INTO
the hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
ard it's members are counted by several
thousands. 1t has a very large BUILDING
on &. street, within stones throw al
most of the White House, and gym
nasium, which, in some respects, Is the
best equipped and the finest south OF
New York. The educational work con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the asso-
citation is extensive, more extensive
than many of the minor colleges of the
country The money receipts OF the
institution are annually very large and
it requires the discretion and acumen
of good business heads to plan and eX-
ecute the annual program comprising
many branches. Ever since ne came TO
Washington, a dozen or more years
ago, Mr.. Smith has been active in the
Y. NJ. G. A. work. He has given freely
for the support of the institution, IN
fact has been reckOned among its most
generous contributors. He has been
co-worker along with many prominent
local mon, including S. w. Woodward,
the leading merchant of washington,
formerly of Damariscotta. Me. Mr.
Woodward has been president OF the
Washington y. NJ. c. A. for several
years and has just retired of his own
voltion. He has been active In the
Baptist church here, as Mr.. Smith has
been, the latter having been a member
of that faith while he resided at Show |
hogan and afterward when he attended
Colby college at Waterville. So the
headship Of the Y. NJ. c. A. at the ma
tional capital remains with Baptist,
although the association is conducted
purely on non-sectarian lines. Mr..
Woodward still retains place in the
association and viii serve upon some of
it's important boards but he wished to
turn the mere arduOus work OF the |
president over to a younger man.