Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-30

Cummings alias Nathan Walter Graf
fam who has been making a series Of
breaks in and around the Forest City.
Old Orchard is still debating the
matter of village improvements. a
public mass meeting has been called
for Friday evening by William j.
Newer chairman of the Legislative
committee.
Early next month the buildings now
standing on the lot where Portand's
new Masonic Temple is to be erected,
will be removed and other work pre-
liminary to the erection of the new
structure will be begun.
Crouseville in Aroostook county re-
ports that, The potato crop is not
half dug yet, and there are hundreds
of acres of oats cut and lying on the
ground, and tons of acres to cut yet. >
Hooray for Crousevlle!
The old home of the Cumberland
Rowing Association at Portland is
about to be RACED to make room for 4
old Cumberland ASSOCIATION colors We're
worn by oarsmen who made them ia
nous.
David w. Chapman of Damariscotta,
who is 81 years of age, was for "A
years cashier of the bank at Newcas-
tie He represented his town in the
Legislature in 1869 and was a member
of the first board of directors of the
Knox and Lincoln railroad.
There are 1898 pupils in the public
schools of South Portland and not
places enough for them all. A school
house under process of construction
will alleviate conditions in few
months.
South Portland Correspondent of the
Portland Argus: There was heated
discussion at the city offices yester-
day between the newspaper repre-
sentatives and the assessors and the
Pole controversy. The matter was
finally decided that in order to satisfy
those present another expedition be
fitted out and sent to the north in
quest of
At Monroe fair last week Mrs. A. NJ.
Clark of Winterport showed a platter
$50 years old, a cup and saucer and a
Brittania teapot 100 years old. Miss
Esther Mason of Hampden showed d
Bohemian ware teapot 100 years old
and a cocoa nut shell which was for
merely used as a pepper box 100 years
old
Holman F. Day has dropped the
Major from his name and will here
after be addressed as "Capn." He
has become the owner of the "Davy
JONES' a 40 foot cabin cruiser and
will hereafter spend portion of the,
summer season on the raging main off
New Meadows.
Tho annual convention of the regis
ters Of deeds of Maine will be at Ban
gor at 10 A. M. Oct ) at the court
house. Owen w. Larrabee of Lewis
ton, register for Androscoggin county,
is chairman of the committee on ar
rangements Joseph F. Friend Of
Bangor and Leon O. Tibbetts of Au
gusta are the other members of the
committee.
Somebody will do some tall explain
ing" as the result of the JOY ride of a
Boston and Maine locomotive at Port
land Wednesday morning. SO far as
can be learned the engine started of
it's own accord about 2.30 A. M. and
steamed slowly from the Preble street
yard to Union station, where it was
captured.
After riding 81 of the SO miles be-
tween Lewiston and Portland in safety
Antonio Pollino. aged about so years,
an Italian residing at East Deerng.
was run over Sunday night by a
freight train at the coal pockets at
East Deering, suffering the loss of two
legs and dying later at the Maine Gen
eral hospital. Pollino was section
man and had been working in the
vicinity of Lewiston and had been
granted permission to ride on the
freight train.
Captain Harold E. Cloke of Fort
Williams and Major George Blakelcy
Of Fort Preble have accepted the in
vitation of Capt. Harry P. Carver of
the Auburn National Guard, to deliver
a lecture before the members of the
Lewiston and Auburn companies. The
lecture will be given Tuesday eve
ming, Oct. -. Capt Cloke will take as
his subject, practical Gunnery in
Coast Fortifications, and Major
Blakeley will lecture on Coast De-
fence" Captain Cloke is the author
of several very interesting and in
structive books. Two Of the most i'm
portant ones are 1.-THE Gunners' Elk
aminer," and "The Enlisted Specialist
Examiner"