Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-10

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For the outfit that l sOid'ered with,
The 18th PIONEERS"
One Of the divorces decreed by
Judge Dunn at the present term of
the supreme court in Hancock county
carries large alimony. and a settle
ment of real estate by an agreement
filed in the case. but nothing like the
the sensational figures. $4.500.oOo.
given in New York press dispatches.
says tho Ellsworth American. The
libellant was Mrs. Ellen B. Kendall Of
Bar Harbor and New York. and the
libelleo was Lyman B. Kendall of
New York. Divorce was decreed for
cruel and abusive treatment. The
alimony named is $4,000 month,
payable the first day Of each month.
beginning May /. BY terms of the
agreement. Mrs. Kendall receives the
home at 500 Park avenue, New York,
valued at about $4,000. The prop
erty at Bar Harbor was already in
her name. The libellee also agrees to
pay all counsel fees and costs. There
may have been other cash settlement
between husband and wife which does
not appear in the case. but nothing TO
warrant the story Of record ali
mony" reported by the New York
papers.
Zelnla NJ Dwinal Of Camden, first
selectman. principal of the High
school, president Of the Beard of
Trade, lawyer. actor and insurance
a gent, finding business a little quiet
in town has gone to Boston. on a
business trip.-knox Messenger.
Sergeant Walter Butler has re-
sumed the practice Of law in Rock
land, having purchased the law Ii
brary, furnishing, interest and good
will in the offices of Gen. j. p. Cilley.
aIr. Butler will occupy these Offices
with Frank A. Tirrell. Jr.. who has
been located there for some time.
Gen. Cilley. for the present, will re-
tain Office and desk room there but
a trip to California
later. Gen. Cilley has been in the
practice Of law since the close Of
Civil War. says the Messenger. and
declares that it gives him great
pleasure in retiring from practice to
turn over his offices to veteran Of
the war with Germany.
The Bethel Busy Men Of Fort Fair
field have adopted a unique way Of
keeping their record of attendance, a
shield bearing a number of brass
hooks on which are hung circular
tags, each with a. number. has been
provided. Each man as he enters
the classroom takes of his number
and deposits it in a box below the
shield. The tags left on the hooks
after the class has assembled an
nounces those who are absent. They
are thus made conspicuous by their
absence.
4 certain Brewer angler. who is a
good deal Of an enthusiast and. poses
more or less as a student of natural
history. is receiving considerable
chatting over the latest catch at one
Of the outlying ponds in this part of
the State, famous for it's big trout
and salmon. relates the Commercial.
1t was on a recent Saturday that he
formed one Of a party Of friends.
taking with them live bait and archer
spinners. At nightfan they came
ashore for supper and this fisherman
neglected to remove the hooked min
now from his troll, but stood his rod
On its butt. in the hallway Of the
house where the party stopped. AS
he sat at the supper table thinking of
the big fish that got away, there was
J shrill scream from his reel. which
had never sung a louder song since
he had it. AS one man, the entire
party leaped to their feet and raced
out Of doors. to see the rod of this
angler sliding off through the grass,
while at the end of the wickedly
hooked and baited line went the fam
ly tabby. having seized the dangling
minnow. and now. tortured by the
hook. forgotten how to let 60. In
lime they caught poor Puss, extract
I'd the barns from her mouth with
difficulty, and wound the lire on the
reel again. But the cat fish is said to
have been the largest trophy the man
taught during his outing.