Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-23

Information received on Wednesday
at the office of the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad at Bangor said that potatoes
on Tuesday were selling for SIS per bar
rel in Caribou.
Members of the Suffrage Referen-
dunn League are to have entire charge
of the issue of June IS of the Portland
Argus.
Rev. w. H. Jackson, pastor of the
! Congregational church at Union for
the past four years, has accepted a call
to the Federated Congregational and
Baptist church in Wilmot, N H., and
will enter upon his new duties at once.
John F. Holohan of Brookline, Mass,
and Clarence H. Coughlan of Portland
were ordained to the priesthood by
Bishop Walsh in the cathedral at Port
land The former celebrated his first
mass Friday morning and the latter
will on Sunday morning, FIR. Coughlan
in the cathedral and FIR. Holohan IN
Brookline. Mgr. McDonough of Lew
iston was archdeacon at the exercises
and FIR. Clary and FIR. Houlihan were
assistants.
Rockland's new city directory is out
and as usual the Smiths lead in the mum.
Der represented, 60 Of them being found
The next in number is the Halls, 40 in
number, followed by the As Perrys; the &C
Clarks; IS Simmons 80 Spears; 81 Thomas,
and 30 Davis.
collection Of American scrip owned
by the late VIM. A. Pidgin Of Lewiston Is
an extensive and valuable one. 1t con-
tains among others three 50 cent scrips
bearing the quaint and original auto
graph of Secretary Of the Treasury Spin
ner These were dated in 1862. There were
two three cent pieces of scrip and sew
eral more Of 10 ind 25 cent value. One blu
of 50 was from the old Lewiston Falls
bank with the name Of A. D. Lockwood
and James Danielson as agent and cash
Ter of the Androscoggin mills A 25 cent
script bore the name of P. NJ. McGillicud-
dy and was a part Of the private money
war times. On this script is the state.
ment that it will be redeemed at his groc.
cry store near Main street at the head OF
Lincoln street. The face value Is for 81
cents. Some of this script is for postal
currency and bears the stamps while
many others are fractional A large
amount Of confederate money Is also in
the collection. One bill is on the Globe
bank of Bangor and was issued in 1899
This bill is for s. 1t is understood that
nearly all of this money. except the con.
federate. is now at premium as 1t Is
largely sought after by collectors. The
United States script is still redeemable at
its face value.
With $3.50 in the class treasury to be
spent on graduation, the senior class Of
Pressure Isle High school voted to use
lit for Liberty Loan Bonds and Red
Cross work and the graduation Thurs
day night was on very simple lines,
with no expense whatever. The musi-
cal numbers were by the class musi-
clans. Parts We're taken by Nora c.
| Pettingill, Max Libby. Helen Wessen-
ger, Laura B. Mallett. Eta Silberg. c.
ella McGlauflin and Ivan Craig. Lowell
Hoyt wrote the class ode.
By odd coincidence, two girls known
| in Ellsworth will take the journey alone
to far Japan, to meet there and wed the
men of their choice, says the Ellis
worth American. Miss MarJory
Cousins, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Cousins Of Bangor, formerly of
Lamoine. has already started on her
| S000-mile trip to Kioto, Japan, where
she will be married to Prof. Carl B.
Estabrook. formerly Of Orono, now
head of the English department Of the
Imperial Japanese university. In the
latter part of June. Miss Susanna AL
| lirson Of Providence. r. l., will leave
! for Toxic. Japan. where she will be
| married to Harry c. Emery. son OF
former Chief-Justice l.. A. Emery OF
Ellsworth, who will travel from Petro-
I grad, Russia, where he is now located,
| to meet her.
A blue" lobster was brought into
Eastport the other day by a Canadian
i fisherman, having been caught down
the bay.
Bar Harbor reports that with the call
TO the colors, in both army and navy,
the supply of young men has been SO de.
pIeted that it is becoming a vexatious
question to find the right parties for the
positions in the summer stores, restaur.
Seldom is the opportunity given to
one man to found a church and con-
tinue its pastor for 40 years, but such
has been the privilege Of the Rev.
Boman Nelson Store. who on June 3,
1877, founded the Church of the New
jerusalem at Fryeburg. continuing its
pastor until Sunday. June 3, 1910
years to day, when he preached his
foreweli sermon to a deeply affected
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