Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-14

How these frosty mornings
Make ones fingers sting;
Say. folks, sets me wishing
Winter'd turn to spring!
Grace H. Parmenter.
Weeks Mills. Maine.
Bangor is rejoicing in the good
luck and merit that have brought
to her a place on the honor roll
of the National Chamber OF Com
merce, because of no motor fatali-
ties in that fair town for the month
of November.
Mary Dillingham; Chapter, D. A.
R.. has voted to honor Mrs. Frank
Briggs. formerly Of Lewiston. now of
Washington, D. c., one of its most
prominent members. who is the Sec
rotary general of the National D. A.
R., by naming the first chair which
1t Is to purchase in the new audito-
rum for her.
The recent spell of stormy weather,
including two big gales. has been a
serious setback to the fishermen
along the coast, and for many days
no fishing boats have been out and
the lobstermen have not been able
to tend their traps. Collectively
they have lost thousands of dollars
worth of gear and equipment.-Rock-
land Courier GaZette.
Richard MacDowell, minor, brings
action through his father, Samuel r.
Mcdowell of Portland, against the
81 - ~ ToIn-
! graph Co. to recover for injuries sus-
| tanned August 10, 1925 when he fell
| over a pot of melted wax left by the
defendant company on the sidewalk
on Devon street, and was severity
burned. Az damnum is set at $4,000.
The plucking of blueberries on the
plaintiffs land and the destruction
of BURBERRY bushes are made the &C.
casion for a $4,000 trespass suit en-
tered at the current term of the
Supreme court by Emile ]. HI. Lebel
of Brunswick. Those who assume to
pick blueberries, apples and despoil
! gardens on land not their own should
be brought up with a round turn.
Capt. jeremiah OBrien, intrepid
citizen of Machias before and during
the Revolution, was a leader in the
first successful engagement at sea
in that long drawn out conflict, cap
turing the British armed cutter Mar
garetta and sloops Unity and Polly in
May, IT'S. This achievement is
recorded in the annals of the period
and Rep. Carroll l.. Beedy Is asking
Congress to appropriate $4,000 for
a statue in Washington.
Automobile suits vie with rum
cases in the courts. One of the
former demands damages to the
amount Of $4,000. The plaintiff
claims that because defendants
machine was defective the brakes
were affected and wouldn't work,
and that his car dashed up on the
sidewalk and Knocked her down,
| breaking the thumb of her right
hand, tearing the muscles and liga-
ments of her right arm, fracturing
| her left leg, and inflicting other
injuries of serious character, some of
which she claims will be permanent.
The Wilton correspondent Of the
Franklin Journal writes that bird
lovers are many in and around Will
| ton and they have become much in
terested this week in a bird which
| has been seen in the birches near the
| Bass shoe factory. Careful study OF
the books available and close
watch of the mysterious feathered
| friend has convinced those interested
that the visitor is a hooking bird.
Radio fans have heard talks by
| Thornton Burgess lately in one of
which he stated that two hooking
| birds were wintering in central New
England, and some two or three
years ago newspaper article told of
| one on the Maine Coast. but so fa-
as is known. this is the first time one
| has been seen around here.
st. Dominics, the Oldest Catholic
| Church in Portland, which is soon
to celebrate it's centenary, has been
raised to the rank of an Independent
parish with all the rights and
| privileges of q canonical church, in
accordance with the recent an
nouncement of Right Reverend John
| Gregory Murray, D. D.. fifth bishop
! of the diocese of Portland through
Rev. Matthew w. Reilly, the newly
appointed rector. Bishop David w.
Bacon, first Bishop of Portland,
made st. Dominics his first church,
and in accordance with law, its
status for many years has been that
of succursal, subordinate to the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Con-
ception. The change is one of great
Importance and significance in the
life of ST. Dominics parish, which
today totals approximately $500
members,