Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-22

| James ArhlSOn- OF r all RlNeI. GeoTSe
| o. D. Soule of Portland was the old
est letter carrier present in number
/ Of years of service. He went on
route in 1872 and is still on the Port
| land force.
| The Sanford Tribune evidently has
| deep seated grievance, judging by the
/ following: Judging by the manner in
which honors are passed out in the
National Guard of our State, one
would naturally think that the Guard
was all in Portland, so far as the
Coast Artillery Corps is concerned.
About the only time that any recog-
milton is made outside of Portland is
when a subscription is desired
The launching of the torpedo des-
troyer McDougal will take place at
11.2O this morning at the Bath Iron
Works, Bath. The yard gates will be
opened to the public at lilo.
An automobile route is now pro-
posed between Boston and Bangor.
passing through Bath and crossing the
Kennebec at that point.
The deep cut, so called, between
F'reeport and Brunswick now boasts of
piece of State road about five miles
long, that is as nice piece of road as
exists in the State.
1t looked funny to note in Maine
daily of Monday, April 20, the reported
receipt of an invitation for that city's
fire department to attend q fireman's
muster on April 20 in Hallowell The
reporter must have overlooked the no.
tice cancelling the invitation, beside
the receipt of the invitation on the
evening of the day when the muster
was to have been held.
Sheriff Oliver of Bath is somewhat
disguised and sore over treatment
given him by the officials of Bath, N
Y, where he went last week after q
man wanted for crime committed in
Sagadahoc county. He had traced the
man to the New York city and had
telegraphed the officials to hold him.
Our sheriff made rush trip to Bath,
n. Y. only to find that, in spite of his
request to hold the fellow, judge had
released him about two hours before
Sheriff divers arrived. A photograph
taken along was admitted to be of the
man. He had made quick getaway,
leaving part of his possessions in the
room he had occupied and wearing
a ttnn 80 o1a r>t.
has a prison record The sheriff
swears that he will land the man in
time.
Donald W. Bartlett, son of the late
Hon. Joseph w. Bartlett of LitchfieId,
| is now in Washington. He was in the
Philippines a year and half as a
member of the 1st Regular Cavalry
Regiment. He has been on the 18TH
| mus of Panama six months as mem
Der OF the Colombia Lumber Co. and
now expects to go into business in
San Francisco. 1t will be recalled that
his father was the secretary of the
late Congressman Boutelle.
a correspondent of the Mars Hill
"iiS iiSHt up iNC a idoy tHdt
| she has been a little tardy in sending
in items by saying: There has been
no items from here for quite awhile
| and news has been plenty, yet time for
writing has been scarce. Every one
here has had their share of coughs
and colds, sewing circles and visitors,
threshers and hay pressers and last
but not least we have painters and
powdery scab"
A Union st. couple, says the Bath
| Independent, attended an entertain
ment one night and "a young lady friend
stayed at their home to see that the
baby of the house did not run away
or the house catch afire. On their re-
turn home they were surprised when
nearing the door to hear a harmonic
playing. Entering they saw the young
lady sitting in the middle of the dining
room table vigorously blowing on the
instrument. She was nearly out OF
breath. She reached the floor with
bound and said that a mouse had made
his appearance while she was quietly
sewing and since his advent and
departure she has been sitting on
the table and had thrown va
rious articles in direction OF divers
noises, had sung until hoarse and re-
sorted to the harmonica to keep the
mice informed that she was still there
but not STILL