Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-31

tearing it down and moving the lum-
Der TO his home. The building is SO
| years old and has served off and on
| for religious purposes during. this
| time. The communicates are now
dead or have moved away and the
| village church supplies the, need OF
| the present community.
Albert Hathorn, WoOlwich, will be
| arraigned in municipal court some
| day next week on complaint of
Hiram Walker, Brunswick, State
| humane agent. who alleges cruelty
to animals. Walker alleges that
! Hathorn has not sheared his Is sheep
| this season which he claims is an
/ act of cruelty.
The will Of the late Leon F. Higgins
| Of Brewer. candidate for Governor
| and former president of the Maine
Senate, was allowed Wednesday by
Judge Warren. Mrs. Josephine Hig-
! gins, the widow, has been appointed
| executrix. She is the sole beneficiary,
and her son and daughter were not
mentioned in the will except that,
|
| mother should care for them finan-
! cially. The inventory of the will has
not been filed yet, but the estate is
/ believed to be worth about 500, 600.
| Quick work by Mayor Oliver Moses,
| I'd, of Bath, Monday evening, possibly
saved the life of lad named Kenney
| of West Bath. The boy was riding a
L; II, To-, i,,r,
main highway to New Meadows Inn,
when the mayor came along in his
car. The bicycle skidded just before
! the Moses car reached him and the
/ boy fell off in front of the approach
| ing car. Mayor Moses headed his
car for the wooden sidewalk and
went right up on it. This lifted up
! the body of the automobile so that the
| boy was underneath and the car
! passed over him and he was unhurt.
Old timers at Bangor declare the
month now closing to have been the
most dsagreeable August since 1877,
| when there was almost continuous
cold and rainy weather. The temper
ature of late has ranged remarkably
| low. The days have been more like
I
the nights have suggested October.
! Fire places have been the most pop
ular resorts of evenings and many
steam heating plants have been start
| ed. A man who is fond of compiling
statistics declares that this summer,
there have been only seven nights
warm enough to encourage porch
parties. Early morning temperatures
| in Bangor have recently been running
from SO down to as. with the average
| at Z A. NJ. about so.
A great deal has been printed dur
ing the past week about the fact that
the town of Orrington never had a
Jail. 1t is probable that there are a
lot Of towns in Maine which have
never owned one of those buildings.
OF course much will depend upon
what is meant when they say Jail. If
| by the term is included what in town
| parlance is referred TO as the Village
| lookup" or the cooler" MANY towns
| would not be in the Orrington class.
though it is possible that the adjoin-
ing towns to OrrinGton, Dedham and
Holden could say: I'VE, too" II by
Jail is meant the>regulation structure
of stone. or brick and steel and us
ually located in the county seat,
where men are sentenced to serve
terms of Imprisonment the number
would grow rapidly. Practically ev-
ty outside of Bangor would qualify
Bath Times.
In a canvass of the coal situation In
Maine the Lewiston Sun has inter
viewed many of the dealers in the
larger cities who do not seem to view
! with great alarm the threatened ces
sation of anthracite operations. Some
have faith in President Coolidges
ability to prevent a suspension OF
mining. while others hold that gov
eminent intervention would result in
less coal and higher prices" Not
all of the dealers are of the same
opinion as to what the outcome will
be or just what action, If any, should
be taken by the government. Condi-
lions in Lewiston Auburn, Portland
Bangor, Augusta, Bath, Waterville
and Rockland. so far as the anthra
cite supply is concerned, are very
much better than they We're last year
at this time. There has been little
change in prices. Bath claims to be
the only city in New England whose
coal prices this year are cheaper than
they were last year.
Virginia Knight is the youngest
church organist in Maine. She is but
Is years of age, and occupies the po-
sition of organist at the Stevens Ave
nue. Congregational church in Deer
ing. Miss knight is a Deering high
school student, a member of the
sophomore class, and is taking the
classical course. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. knight of
| Allen avenue, and g much interested
in the W. c. 7. L. work, as we'll as in
her general musical work. Miss
knight is modest and retiring, and