Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-19

of Lewiston, according to the Lewis
ton sun 1t is stated that the edlct
has gone forth from the local police
officers that Lewiston rumsellers and
| all resort keepers must close their
! places of business every night except
Saturday nights at 10 p. Nj, Saturday
nights close at II p NJ. and remain
closed all day sundays.
| Hotel Quillcn 1t Ferry Beach will
| increase its capacity to 40 rooms this
| season. The annex is to be located
| close II the present structure and will
| be devoted to sleeping apartments
| only. \ fire escape is to be installed
on tie main building.
| The towns of Dover and Foxcroft
are looking for new source of water
supply and public sentiment seems 10
| favor Salmon Pond in the town of
| Gulford. This pond lies about six
miles from the pumping station OF the
| Dover anu FOXcroft Water District
1t is located in the hills and is far re-
| moved from any communicating drain
age of any nature The pond lies in
|
| gravity system and allow high pres
sure in any part of either Dover or
Foxcroft. Other possible supplies have
| been carefully considered, but the pond
named seems to look best to invest-
gators at the present time The board
| of trade is pushing the matter.
That Maine lumber jacks are the
best in the world was again proven
Saturday morning when Jack Steele
| Of Tallahassee. Fla. arrived in Ban
gor to pick out 70 of the best men
on logs to go to Tallahassee for crib
work. 1t took Steele but 10 minutes
| at an employment agency in the
Queen City to pick out 25 such men
| as he wanted. He paid the men $3.50
| per day and their railroad fare to
| Tallahassee.
Widespread regret is felt in New
castle and Damarscotta over the fact
| that Rev. Charles II. Johonnet for six
years pastor of the Methodist church
at Damariscotta has left that field OF
| labor. He has been for the past six
years superintendent of schools Of
Damariscotta and has been mulch IL.
| tereSted in town affairs. He is in at
| tendance at the Maine Conference at
| Biddeford this week and leaves his
| new assignment wholly to the confer
| cnce.
The Biddeford Record says that
| while the rain holds off the chances
| of freshet lessen but there is still
snow enough to make a lot of trouble
| if it all comes down the Saco with a
| rush.
Hon Edwin l. Poor of Sebago was
| in Portland a few days ago for the
| first time since his encounter with a
| large buck deer the latter part of
! November. The deer which had been
wounded turned on him as he was
| about to end the animals career with
| hunting knife and the Sebago man
came out of the encounter with
| broken rib, dislocated shoulder and
| many minor bruises. He was con
| fined to the house for four months as
the result of his injuries. His shoul-
der will probably always give him
some trouble.
| Rev Albert II. Stanton, who for the
| past three and one-half years has
been pastor of the First Baptist
| church at Yarmouth. last Sunday read
| his resignation. He has accepted a
| call to "a strong church of the denom-
| ination at Natick, Mass. Yarmouth
was Mr.. Stanton's first pastorate.
| l.. l.. Robbins of Lewiston will have
| papers served at once in the suit
for damages which he claims was done
his property on Bates street by the
oVerfowing of the sewer. He places
| damages at about $500.
| Among the libels for divorce filed
at the April term of the Cumberland
| county supreme court was one on
| which service was made on the l;belee
| i'll Russia. The various returns made
| by the officers cover three pages of
| foolscap paper written with pen and
ink in the Russian language. The
numerous seals and stamps and rib
|
| quite an impressive looking docume Mt.
| The New Meadows river was the
scene of a bloodless conflict Sunday
morning. The near battle arose over
the right of ownership in the engine
of the steamer Bull Rock of the New
| Meadows Steamboat Co. The com
pany which sold the engine held a
mortgage on the boat and foreelosed.
After waiting the usual time they
started in to collect the mortgage by
| seizing the boat. engine and all. The
owners of the Bull Rock claim that the
matter was being adjusted and they
did not look for trouble. The launch
ers had the steamer nearly to the
water when Manager Frye of the New
Meadows Garage Co. acting for the
owners of the boat, cut the tackle and
the boat run down the ways until she
stuck on the flats, it being dead low
water. The representatives of the en-
gine company departed precipitately