Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-29
Maine GOSSIP


Boys at West Lebanon, which We're de-
stroyed by fire early Tuesday, were
erected in 1873 and the property pur-
chased by NJ. Shapleish in 1893 His
wife opened the school in 1910. Nine
boys between the ages Of and Ii We're
in the building when the fire was dis
covered. Two were in bed and as al
most everyone lost all but the clothes
they had on. these lads were taken in
team 10 a neighhor's home. The fur
niture was saved but the school supplies
were lost, as was also about i tons OF
hay in the barn. vehicles, farming tools,
etc. Partial insurance only is reported
on the so 900 loss
Sheriff Pencils liquor deputies found
clever hide" the other day in Portland.
a barrel being buried in the ground un.
der the floor Of a hen house. A portion
of a stave being cut away enabled the
owner to put in or take out the goods.
which in this case consisted Of about
four dozen Of bottled beer. 1t had evil
IDENTIFY been used considerably. for the
hens showed no disturbance at the
that a biddy roasted on the back OF one
Of the deputies as he lay on the floor
reaching for the contraband stuff in the
barrel.
The Bath Times unnaturalist is all
tangled up over the alleged bear reported
to have been seen from time to time in
that vicinity. He alleges that several Per
sons have seen the animal, others have
seen the tracks in the woods and has
found the men who cannot tell the tracks
of a i0O-pound bear from those of a 10
5-4 pound coon, as we'll as the chap who
can't tell the bear from a delicate little
Russian poodle, owned thereabouts. /,
may be that the naturalist was out late,
himself, on business, and while vending
his weary way homewards saw another
'black sheep" which he mistook for
or the bear-huh?
Van Buren, Is watching with great
deal Of pleasure the nearing compile
ton of the new bridge being construct
ed at that place by the Bangor 6
Aroostook. It is expected that it will be
ready for us by the middle of March. 1t
Is a three-span steel structure on con-
crete piers. Some Of the benefits in
prospect are: The opening up of a
chance for shipments from Canadian
points down the B. & A. to the open
port at Stockton, connection being
made at st. Leonards, Can, opposite
Van Buren,. thus giving possibility
of much Western business being
handled through Maine: supplying the
Van Buren, sawmills with logs for run
ming all the year and thus giving en-
ployment for many more men; and a
track OF the B. & A. crossing the river
and extending about a mile on the
Canadian side. connecting with the Ca
madam Pacific, Grand Trunk Pacific
and the Mackenzie & Mann lines. The
bridge opening is set for March Is,
weather permitting.
The students of the Coombs High
school at Bowdoinham most pleasantly
surprised Prin. c. Kendrick Tuesday
evening, Jan. Is, his 9th birthday. He
was invited to an entertainment at the
Town hall, which he found handsomely
decorated In his own honor, with a
great Birthday cake on table on the
stage, bearing the necessary q candles.
A solo, When the Twilight Comes"
was rendered by w. ]. Doe. a reading,
from the Annals Of Ann" by Miss
Hazel Holden. a song by Albert Hen
derson, and piano solo by Miss Alice
Hurley. after which Frank Brown. in
behalf OF the school. presented Mr..
kendrick with a handsome fountain
pen. The Birthday cake was then cut
and passed by Mr.. Kendrick, cocoa and
cake served and q social hour enjoyed.
January rs, 1854 detachment Of
about 70 soldiers went from Augusta
to Camp Berry. near Portland.
The Screw gunboat Daiching ground
ed in the Combahee river and after
hot fight with the rebels was disabled
and abandoned. VIM Will
kinson. 30th Me-. and J. S. Wentworth
were drowned when the steamer North