Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-05

zoe a box, 6 for $3.50. trial size CSC.
At dealers or from FRUIT.A-TIVES
Limited. OGDENSBURG. N. Y.
from a man who says that he wants
to be known only as a friend" and
whom the trustees say is an entire
stranger and unknown to them. In
a letter accompanying the gift, the
donor says: I'm consequence Of such
data as / have obtained. / feel that
the work of this hospital is well
worth sustaining and I take pleasure
in enclosing my check for $4,000
intended for the purpose of such re-
construction as may enable the hos
pital to be conducted more econom-
ically to the extent of saving of
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually"
The Rockland company of the
Coast Artillery Corps is to have in
the near future a dummy ten inch
gun which will enable firing drills
with dummy ammunition in the
armory upon the installation of this
new equipment. Plans for this new
gun can be attributed to the. persis-
tency and mechanical ingenuity Of
Lieutenant "Patchy" Saville, who has
been working on them for soma time
after being endorsed by Lieut.. Col.
Walter H. Butler, these plans were
sent for appreciation to Captain
George w. Hovey. a regular army
senior instructor in Portland. When
they have been approved they will be
adopted in all probability by all the
units of the country.
James ]. Fitzpatrick, Jr. former
Boston College football and baseball
star. whose drop kicks were chief
factors in two defeats for Yale on
successive years. was married Friday
to Miss Margaret M. Hackett, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. Hackett Of
South Portland, after romance
which began when the groom was
appointed athletic director at Port
land High School in the fall of 1921.
The wedding ceremony, at Calvary
Chapel. South Portland, solemnized
by Father Johnson, was attended by
many local folk. Miss Mary Lynch
of Boston was maid of honor and
Edward H. Hackett Of Boston best
man. The bride is a graduate Of
South Portland High School,
James Dele, who escaped from the
State Prison at Thomaston last Sum-
mer, has been apprehended in Roth
say, Mimi, according to wire from
a deputy in that city to Sheriff Frank
A. Littlefaeld of Waldo County. Dele
escaped from Belfast Jail, but was
recaptured at Vanceboro, where he
was Dragging of his exploits. He
was sentenced to Thomaston in the
Waldo County Court, later making a
get away. 1t is believed that he
made talk in Rothsay about his Bel
fast experience, thus giving the Of
ficials there the information which
led to their wire to Sheriff Littlefeld.
The crime of which he was convicted
in Waldo county was breaking and
entering and larceny at cottage at
Northport.
Mrs. Eliza Greenleaf, the oldest
woman in the vicinityAsf Otisfeld, a
resident Of that town for half cen
tury, died recently at the home Of
her son, Calvin P. Greenleaf, at the
age of 100 years. She reached the
century mark last July. She was
unable to eat for a week before her
death. Previous to her brief illness,
Mrs. Greenleaf had enjoyed perfect
health and she was free from physi-
cal disabilities other than deafness.
She was born of Mr.. and Mrs. Zebu-
Ion Davis. at West Minot. July 10,
1922. Revolutionary ancestors were on
both her mothers and fathers sides.
She was married to Samuel Greeleaf
in 1914 by the Rev. Elijah Jones and
she had 81 living descendants. Five
of her children survive her. IS grand
children, IS great grandchildren and
one great great grandchild, Parker
Russell of Alfred, six years old. Many
Of her descendants are now living in
Auburn and vicinity.
According to the report Of the Har-
Dor Master, Bangor has recei- ed &c.
$50 tons of anthracite, with cargoes
on the way to bring the figures up to
$4,000 tons, if no more comes. This
is about 70 per cent of the normal
supply of the city. Included in the
anthracite is a much larger proper
ton of pea and nut sizes than usual,
and the supply is considerably short
to fill the normal orders of large sizes.
Last Fall at this time, about 10000
tons of anthracite had been received,
but this included a supply for many
upstate towns. The receipts of soft
coal have been about $4,000 tons,
much of which is for trans shipment
to upriver towns. One of the largest
local consumers of soft coal has
changed to fuel oil. anthracite sells
at S16.25, the Spring price. Gas
house coke demand for which is
about 10 days ahead Of the supply.
is selling at s14 ton. Hard wood
in ample supply. brings from sA to
SIG a cord, fitted and delivered.
"A Biddeford parrot lived to the
ripe old age of "A years." remarks
the Kennebec Journal. WhadIa We
mean ripe old age? Take the testi-
mony of Long John Silver in re las
the lawyers say) that the greatest of
all parrots (not even excepting r =
inson Crusoes) Captain Flint of