Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-08
Maine Gossip
The Beacon liaht.

/ '''N P''NN' N'A'i dpOlt lHt RAGGED
The beacon light illumes the storm
| dashed sea,
! The close companion of the wild ,,ind,,
And of the pillows unrelenting roar.
| Tossing their torn crests, Imminent anC
| hoar,
! The surges onward sweep and back
| ward flee.
The foamed surf boils and Kisses cease
lessiy
Far down upon the vexed crag's fissuret
o kindly beam that lights the welterina
| waste
Giving thy cheer in dangers awful houl
When the ship labors in the seethinl
brine;
Thou seemest, above the bare bleak sea
wall placed.
Like some great lofty splendid luminous
Thy purpose human, thy desire divine.
Manson Tucker Schumann, In Boston
Transcript
| Lewiston Journal: a man asleep in
the closet Of your bed chamber IS rath-
| er an unusual find, vet that is what
Wallace L. Allen of Lewiston discov-
cred on returning to his home 1T So
Main street, at $50 O'Clock, Saturday
afternoon. The stranger was promptly
aroused from his peaceful slumbers
and asked for an explanation. He was
dazed and could tell NJ. Allen very
little. No one was heard to enter
the house and how he could have en-
tered is a mystery to the occupants At
the police station, the man, who is
young, gave the name of Paul Han,il-
ton and said he came from Bath. The
police say there We're no signs of LID
uor and they think ii is possible that
Hamilton may have taken too power
full medicine. The young man said
he had been i'll in the hospital.
general meeting of the people Of
Brewer will soon be called to act upon
the question of changing to a commits
sion form of government. The matter
was started nearly year ago, when
a mass meeting was called and a gem
eral committee appointed. The com
mittee named a subcommittee to in
Vestigate the workings of the commits
sion form IN the places in the country
where it is in force. This committee
strongly recommends as model for
Brewer, the form adopted by Gardiner
in this state, city of practically the
same size as Brewer.
A Biddeford dispatch under date of
Jan. says in part: DIR. NJ. II. Fergu-
son of this city is wondering in a mild
Sort of way by what authority or pro.
cess of law the State assumes to sell
Malaga Island of which property he
holds State deed duly signed and de-
lisered by the proper authorities. This
island which is located at the mouth
of New Meadows river near Harps-
well, was purchased by Dr. Ferguson
more than 20 years age the doctors
bid being duly brought before the gov
ernor and his council and accepted
after which the States quit claim
deed to the island was given to the
doctor.
AT that time the island was prac-
tically valueless. being little more than
bunch of rocks located a short dis
lance from the shore and being inhab-
tied by some 20 negroes and half
breeds. OF course its topography has
not changed greatly with the passing
years but the advent of the summer
visitor has greatly enhanced its val
ue, so much so, that Governor Plaist-
ed essayed to sell the property, the
negroes having been previously expell-
ed from its borders because of unde-
|sirable conditions Which prevailed there
as long as they We're allowed to re-
main.
"Persuant to the plan of selling the
island at a meeting of the executive
council Tuesday morning. bids of
would be purchasers of the island were
opened. They were ten iii all: Or. E. y.
Wilson of Belfast was the highest
bidder, his offer being $780,.
DIR. Ferguson is not saying much
about his ownership of the land in
question lit might more properly be-
termed 'rocks'), of which there are
some 10 acres, but VIXEN an actual
transfer of the property is attempted
it would not he surprising if the doe
tor were heard FROM