Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-09
Maine Gossip

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| The editors and mana gers of the
Maine Law Review for next year were
elected Wednesday morning at a meet
! ing Of the students of the University
| of Maine College of Law, as follows:
| Editor in chief. Franz U, Burkett, I'm
| ion; assistant editor in chief, Earl l..
Wing, Kingfield; associate editors,
Raymond T. Woolsoon, Lisbon, n. H.
and w. H. Rogers, New HAMPSHIRE
business manager, Clark b. Frost,
Mexico; assistant business managers,
Charles F. Harlow, Gorham, and James
p. Quine, Bangor, Frank E. Southland
| of Lewiston, the present editor in chief,
presided at the meeting.
Stanley Ernest King, the 93 pound
son who was born May 4 to the wife
of Henry Ernest King of Lewiston, is
especially blessed with grandparents.
He has four great grandmothers and
great grandfathers living and living
under the same roof on Russell street
are four generations. One of Master
Stanley's great grandfathers is the
well known Moses King, Jr.
The little steamer recently built and
launched at Bath by Perkins & Blais-
dell, for the Brooklin Canning Com
pany, is said to be a perfect beauty.
The hull is 81 feet long: breadth, II
feet; depth, 5b feet. The Bath Iron
Works, of which Gen. T. w. Hyde is
manager built the machinery. The
engine is of an improved style. The
boiler is steel, 61s feet high and So
inches in diameter. The engine is 8
in. bore, II in. stroke and rs horse
power Her name is the Stella Pick
EFT, and on her trial trip last week
with part of SO persons, including
some prominent men of Bath, steamed
II knots an hour. The builders re-
ceived an order for duplicate of her
as soon as she had made her trial trip.
The Bangor & Aroostook Z, X. co.
is again showing some remarkable
earnings, says the Boston News Bu-
reau of Wednesday, Following two
months of enormous snowfall and con-
sequent interruption of service ana
traffic, revenues aggregated S42s,0oo IN
March, as against $S26,549 IN the cor
responding 1918 month. On top or this
a saving of $4,000 was made in ex-
penses, leaving s211 900 net, IS con-
trasted with $50, 954 in 1918. After in
terest and other fixed charges, net in
come for the month was s127,o0o,
against Sl9,906 deficit for March, 1913.
George r. Howe of Norway has de-
eided to have a genuine fire proof
house and will build on Pixies hill in
that town. The building will be con-
structed entirely of concrete, steel ana
glass. The floors and stairways are TO
be glass, letting in an abundance OF
sunlight. The dishes will be alumni
mum so far as the kitchen is con-
eerned, and the house will be electri-
cally lighted. The plans call for
model house-almost dream for
cleanliness, great windows and other
cofmorts known to modern science. he
plans to use a fireless cooker and have
the heating proposition down to
science.
peculiar case and one thought to
be without parallel in the State is now
puzzling the Portland municipal court
A quantity of liquor consigned to j..
Weinstein was recently seized and al
ter the usual time was condemned.
Weinstein now comes forward ana
asks for the return of part of the
liquors, to which the States attorney
objects. claiming the court has no au-
thority TO reopen the case. The mat
ter was taken under Amusement by
Judge Merrill, who will give his de-
cision saturday.
The lakes and ponds around East
mort are open for fishing, having be-
come free of ice about week earlier
than last year.
H. L. Adams and his father-in-la law,
Charles Gilman of Dryden, are going
into the milk business on large
scale. A barn 40x72 is being erected
by Mr.. Adams, which will be fitted
with all modern appliances for dairy
work and Mr.. Gilrnan's barn will be
equipped in the same manner. The
stock will be Guernseys, Jerseys ano
Holsteins.
The program for Friday of Clean UP
week is: Fly and Dandelion day
Screen garbage cans, put oil on stag
nant water and get rid of flies and
mosquitoes. Remove dandelions from
lawns.
An action in trover was heard
Tuesday by Judge Merrill of the
Portland court to determine the
ownership Of a rooster. Della Nc
Gonagle was plaintiff and A. w
Grant defendant. The rooster was
taken to the City building and dis
| appeared The search for the miss
ing bird continued for more than
two hours, and at last it was locat-
ed in small room back of the place
| where 1t had been left. 1t was
taken into the courtroom and again
| effectually interrupted the proceedings
| by continued Growing. Judge Mer-
rill, after listening to all of the evil
dence possible under the circum-
stances, ordered the discharge Of the