Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28

Clerk of Courts JOHN r. knowlton
| of Hancock county finds some consola-
| ton for the general overthrow of the
Republican ticket in that county in
| the fact that of all the candidates on
| the Republican ticket he received the
| largest number of votes, having 1852
| against his opponents 1900, Il plurality
against him Of 613, while the plurality
| against the head of the ticket in the
| county was SS5. Mr.. Knowlton re
| ceived the largest vote on the ticket
| in the election of 1906 and also in the
| election of 1902. He was elected for
| the first time in 1890 and has served
as county clerk for more than 20
years. The Ellsworth American says
| of him: "a more capable, efficient,
accurate, affable gentleman never held
public Office
1t is reported from Calais that the
Great Northern Paper Co. and the ST.
| CroiX Paper Co. at Woodland are both
anxious to acquire the timber lands
| of one of the great Calais lumber con-
Germs and that during the past six
months surveying crews have gone over
the lands thoroughly. Should this deal
be contaminated it would probably
| mean the building of an immense pulp
and paper plant either at Midtown OF
Union and would cause the gradual
change of the Border City from great
lumber center to a strong position in
| the paper making line.
u Do
road man of Jacksonville, Fla, is
building a magnificent summer home
in the town of oxford. The elaborate
| cottage that he is planning for a sum-
| mer home is to be painted yellow, the
same color that he has painted all his
cars and the hotels, which he owns
| in Florida. Mr.. PARROT was born in
the little village of Oxford and after
| graduating from: Yale conceived the
| idea of railroad to connect the Flori-
da Keys with the railroad systems of
the South.
Rev. Edward 3. Henry of the Sacred
Heart church, Portland, has been APP
pointed pastor at Whtefield and the
Evening Express states that his Port
| land friends are pleased with his pro-
motion to this post of responsibility,
which covers all Of Lincoln county,
but there is a feeling of sincere regret
at his departure. FIR. Henry is to take
charge of his new field of labor at
once.
The Bangor w. c. Z. y. Friday ap-
propriated $50 for the purpose of in
vestisating the citys need of q home
for working girls in the Queen City.
A building for young women is con-
templated to serve a similar purpose
as does the Y. NJ. c. A. for men and
| to keep homeless girls in a safe pleas
| ant place during their free hours.
The Temperance Union members be-
lieve that there is a pressing need for
such a home in Bangor.
The new building for the Rumford
| Mechanics Association at Rumford
will be erected from the plans of Mil
| Ter & Mayo of Portland and contracts
have been awarded for the different
branches of the work. The new build
| ing will be located at the corner of
Congress and Exchange streets, Rum
ford, with a frontage of ~. feet on
Congress street and so feet on tx
change street. 1t will be three stories
i'll height and built of brick with stone
trimmings.
Farmers throughout the territory
covered by the Durham & Morrill,
corn factories in this state will be in
terested in the announcement that the
firm is offering 21a cents a quart for
cut corn, raise of quarter of
cent on this seasons price. This will
mean many thousands of dollars to the
farmers as the advance covers all of
the Burnhan & Morrill, shops in the
State. Contracts are now being writ
ten for next seasons crop on this
basis. ;lT&
Wnrkmen engaged in the work of re-
modelling the county jail in Auburn
recently made a gruesome find. This
was the gallows upon which Cox and
Williams We're hanged in 1857 in the
jail yard. The timber was still sound
but just why this gallows has been
preserved all these years is something
of mystery. Cox and Williams, who
expiated their crime upon it. We're mu-
tineers on the brig Albion Cooper of
Portland and killed the captain, two
mates and a sailor.
The Mars Hill correspondent of the
Bangor Daily News says that the town
is full of tramps, ostensibly on hand
to assist in harvesting the potato
crops. but if offered employment they
usually demand so cents more than is
offered They subsist on bakers bread,
cheese, what potatoes they can steal
from nearby farms and what other
articles of diet come their way gratu-
itously.