Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-28


Portland has a distinguished visitor
in the person Of Most Rev. Alfred A.
Sinnott, archbishop elect of Winnipeg,
Manitoba. He is a brother of Mrs.
Thomas S. Scully of Sheridan street,
but is a guest of Bishop Walsh. He is
en- route to his native Prince Edward
Island, where his father. aged SO years,
resides. His grace has for number Of
years been private secretary to the
Papal delegate at Ottawa.
A 40-foot whale objected seriously to
the appearance Of Moses Chandler Of
Popham in his fishing boat off Seguin
last week and proceeded to put its OBJ
lection on record by smashing the
boat. The first charge nearly cap
sized the boat and nearly threw Moses
overheard. The whale, evidently
thinking it had accomplished its pur-
pose, went away and Chandler found
that the rudder had been twisted off
and the skeg smashed. Mr.. Whale
soon discovered that the boat was still
afoat and made another charge, again
nearly capsizing the boat, but finally
headed for sea. Moses is rated as g
good fisherman, but says he Is not
seeking any notoriety as a whale fish,
erman from a small boat.
A couple from Skowhegan came to
Bath Saturday last week, reports the
Bath Times of June 26, the woman be-
ing the wife of a Skowhegan man and
the man boarder of the man and his
wife in the upstate city. When the
Skowhegan man found that his wife
had eloped he began sleuthing on his
own account and found that the
other mans tool chest had been shipped
to this city. Therefore he came here
and enlisted the sheriff and police in
the matter. The hunt was rewarded
and the location of the clipping couple
discovered. There was a reunion of
the up river man and his wife and the
married couple returned home on the
5:15 train Saturday afternoon. No ar
rests were made because the visiting
husband did not desire to arrest his
own wife.
! A monument was dedicated Saturday
afternoon, June "a, at Bremen to the
soldiers and sailors who participates
in the Civil War. The shaft is Of
granite and cost $500. The money
was raised by the Patriotic Club Of
Bremen. under the leadership Of Mrs.
F. o. Kent. Alonzo Richards presided
at the exercises. Addresses were de-
livered by Lieut.. George Rhoades
Palmer Of South Portland, the only
one to return Of five brothers who
fought on battlefields of the South:
Hon. Henry H. Chamberlain Of Round
Pond and Bradford c. Redonnett Of
Wiscasset, register of deeds. A com
munication was read from Gen. Ellis
Spear and a recitation was delivered
by Mrs. Grace Keene Weston. The
shaft is crowned with the statue Of a
soldier bought by the State. On JAN
l. 1912. the Patriotic Club was formed
by Mrs. Kent with 20 members. It's
object was to secure fund for a
memorial shaft. Many fairs and en-
tertainments have since been held for
this purpose and several private sub
scriptions have also been received
The monument stands Is feet high.
The names of IS soldiers and SAILORS
are inscribed on three sides and on the
front is the following inscription:
Erected by the Patriotic Club of
Bremen in memory of her sons who on
land and sea fought to preserve the
Union"
Mrs. Lydia Wilson. wife Of the late
James Wilson. who lives on the Cen
ter road, will be 100 years old on Sept.
next. She reads without glasses and
retains her faculties to remarkable
degree. She was recently seen in Au-
gusta doing some shopping. She re-
tains her memory wonderfully and
loves to tell of events of her childhood
days.
A baby boy was born at sea on the
six-masted schooner Ruth E. Merrill
Of Portland. Me. commanded by
Captain ]. H. Porter, which reached
Baltimore Friday laden with a cargo
of manganese ore from Rio de ia
metro, Brazil. A simple entry on the
vessels loo reads as follows. "J,1Oa