Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-05
Produce Market
STATE NEWS.

Last Wednesday afternoon, Mr.. Parker
one of the men employed in the shoe factor,
in Dexter, was hosting the gate, the crani
flew back and struck him upon the side of hi.
head, making all ugly looking cash.
Daniel Willard fell from a house in Port
land, on Thursday, distance of 22 feet He
may possibly recover.
The Piscataquis Observer says that the
residence of Hon. j. Is. Mayo, formerly Sem
| ator from Piscataquis county, is completed
and makes a beautiful dwelling. 1t is said to
be most convenient and most costly furnished
OF any house in the country.
AT the East Dxfield- cattle show there was
exhibited calf born without legs, otherwise
perfect, while J. G. Partridge had on exhibit
ton the Oxford twin calves, that came from a
COW owned by Hiram Howe of Rumford.
The County Commissioners of Somers set
county have really decided On location for
the Court House. The town of Skowhegan
has purchased the Bickford lot, corner of
High and Union Streets, with enough from
the Morrison lot to make the Court House
lot l3G l25. Sum paid, S., 800.
The survey of Camden harbor has been
completed, and it will cost about S25, 900 to
remove distractions.
J. II. Folsom of Monticello has demon
strated what can be done in the dairy line in
Aroostook. During the past season, in two
months. from the milk Of l3 cows, he pro
duced 1000 lbs of cheese, besides rearing IL
calves, and feeding G pigs. He will also
from the same dairy this tall, make 1900 lbs.
of excellent butter
Miss Addie Young. aged IL years, was
killed in Newport last week, by falling dow
| stairs, at the residence of VIM. Loekwo God,
where she was stopping at the time. The ac-
cident occurred Friday afternoon, and the
girl died the next morning at about O'clock
The Calais Advertiser says that business in
the shipyards there is quite lively. Several
schOoners and other vessels are building and
carpenters wages range from Sl.75 to 81 90
day.
Mr.. Pickard OF the Transcript acknowl-
edges the receipt of S22 so from various
sources in Portland and from South Thomas
ton, for the relief of Jeremiah Hacker.
An effort is making to raise the debt of the
Waldo Agricultural Society, by increasing the
number of members OF the Society.
DR.. Fitzgerald recently removed blood
cancer from the eye of a little daughter OF
Mr.. Eibridge Gerrish of Ripley.
At the opening of the Supreme Court at
Farmingtcn. Tuesday week, Camp Meeting
John Allen made tn: opening prayer in
characteristic vein. The following is an ex-
trsct Lord, help US to pray for the law
yers, Thou knowest they have abundant need
for prayer. They too often try to make a
good case out of bad one, and bad case
out Of good one. o, Lord, help them to be
honest. And help, too, the witnesses. Thou
knowest, y Lord, that sometimes they stretch
the truth and keep back what ought to be
made known. Help them, o Lord, to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
From May lst to October Isl, seventy nine
| cars CARRYING at their destination without
detention), were received from Houlton, and
these cars brought to Bangor, one hundred
and two tons OF hay, PAS M. of shingles and
| a large amount of general merchandise. From
Woodstock sixty were received which
| brought two hundred and forty five tons OF
hay, six car loads of cattle, general merchan-
disc, etc. One hundred and eight came from
Fredericton, bringing fify-tons of hay, and
99lS M. of shingles.