Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-05

for number oi vars and lot ol
money has been made by the fisher
men. The sInoltS and tom-cods have
been shipped t. markets of the cities
and the prevailing price has been from
20 to a cents Il pound. This fishing
came to an end last week.
]. c. StraWbridgc, a wealthy Phila
delphia lumber merchant. died a few
days ago. Mr. Suawbridge owns a
summer home in Camden and built a
stretch of public highway at Camden
at a cost of $4,000. Among his other
benevolenceS towards good roads was
a contribution of several thousand dol
lars towards the construction of IA per-
manent trunk line highway between
Rockport and Rockland.
George Love of southport. - Years
of age, is no mollycoddle, despite his
ting > cords of wood from his large
Woodlot. He has not missed town
meeting for % years and during his
long life has sailed in more than 30
sailing vessels.
Ira Thurston Clough has recently re-
tired from the Belfast fire department
after - years of service. He joined
Washington Hose Co. No. ;, when a
lad and 10 years age was raised from
the rank OF hoseman to that of chief
engineer. He served as chief alike
under Republicans and Democrats. for
regardless of party he was thought to
be the right man in the right place,
When his term of IN years expired,
March 10, he declined To be candidate
for reappointment and retired from
the department. His name has been
placed on the honorary roll
Edward Higgins, Criehaven lobster
fisherman. has been missing since
March 20. when he was last seen going
around the western point of the is
lard to pun lobster traps. 1t was his
announced intention of going to Mar
tinsVille after performing that duty
but he has not been seen there. The
day on which he went to pull his lob
st"r traps WAS a clustering one and
it is thought that his boat may have
capsized. He was 80 years of age and
had been a resident of Crehavcn abor..
Is years.
Police Officer Skilings of Portland
Saturday received congratulations on
the occasion of the 34th anniversary of
his appointment as regular officer
of the police department of that city.
officer Skillines, although 81 years Of
age. is one of the most active patrol
men in the department.
A Bath minister was the victim of
joke on April Fools day which
caused much amusement To his neigh
bors. He took breakfast down street
and when lie returned to his house he
saw Il woman on the back porch. He
approached. doffed his hat politely and
spoke to her. She was back to hlm
but did not answer nor did his voice
cause her to turn round, for she was
not real live one. only dummy.
He took the ''woman'' in out of the
cold
The North Haven Baptist chdrch is
to have a new pastor. The new
conner is Isev. A. Nj. Watts formerly
pastor of the Baptist church in john
son, VT. His resignation of tie Ncr-
mcnt pastorate will take effect April
16.
George 7. Jacobs of Phillips has a
house grown lemon tree of thrifty and
hardy appearance and he pluckcd from
the tree few days ago "A most extra
ordinary lemon. The fruit measures Is
inches in circumference the smaller
way and II inches the other way
While its weight is 1Sa ounces. An
other lemon remains on the tree which
has not yet been harvested.
The Bangor News has discovered
that the postoilice and custom house
building in that city has a slant to
starboard. The exchange states that
to one standing on State street and
sighting along the building there ap-
pears to be a slant of six inches or
so between the cornice and the ground.
Viewed from the Central street end
the slant is somewhat apparent but not
so much SO.
Many improvements are being made
on House Island in Casco bay. A
scheme of reforestation is to be car
rled out on small scale. a 60-foot
flag pole is to be erected and import
ant changes are to be made in the
quarantine offices on the island
The Portland towboat Pejepscot will
have busy spring. Among the work
cut out for the craft is the transport
ing of $4,000 cords of wood from Port
land to Bath. The wood will all be
brought from Salmon River, N. B.,
In barges and the work will necessi-
tate nearly 80 trips of the towboat.
n s.5iak.