Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-11-25
up the coming season, and engage less exten.
sively in hauling operations.

up the coming season, and engage less exten.
sively in hauling operations.
The Bangor commercial says: Adyices re-
ceived by an extensive timber land owner in
this city state that a tremendous tornado
swept through the valley of the upper St.
John, on the night of Tuesday the Eth inst.
| In some places half the trees were blow n
down. The roads are blocked with fallen
trees, and the numbering business is seriously
interfered with. The storm was accompanied
with snow and rain, and caused much con-
| sternation in the sparcely settled country
! around Fort Kent. If the damage is as great
as represented, the loss to land owners will
amount to thousands of dollars.
The Lewiston Journal says: Our lumber
mills will probably not run longer than next
week. The season has been an excellent
one, and more lumber has been cut in this
city than ever before in ore. Messrs. S. r.
Bearce & CO. have cut fourteen millions of
lumber this year They have four millions
OF logs in their booms and piled up ready for
spring business. 100000 are piled up on
the Auburn shore, and can be used during the
winter if necessary. COO, 900 will be riskcd in
the main boom-a risk which is not usually
run through the uncertainties of a spring
freshet. \ million and half of logs will be
soon as the river opens. Never before have
cur lumber mills worked exclusively on or
ders, but this season orders have constantly
been ahead Of production. Now that the sea-
is about over heavy orders for lumber are
necessarily declined.
The New Portland correspondent of the
Somerset Reporter says that owing to the
high price of fur, hunters are quite numer-
Gus in the northern part of the State. Sew
cral parties have lines Of traps on and near
the Spencer stream. others around Flagstaf
and others extend their lines north and west
from Eusts. With mink worth from FIVE to
ten dollars, sable two dollars and other fur
the same proportion, hunting in some cases
become quite profitable. Norton and Bemis,
two young men who have camp at Eustis
Mills brought in four sable skins, in one days
hunt and while looking at their traps. Some
OF these parties extend their lines of traps
for miles into the woods and are gone for
days together in looking after, setting up and
batting the same, carrying their provisions
upon their backs and shooting patridges,
smaller birds and squirrels for bait for their
traps. Bears have been quite numerous in
New Portland and vicinity. Cornfelds have
been invaded and sheep have been killed by
them. Two boys caught a very large one in
a trap near the Gilman Pond mountain about
two miles from the North Village in New
Portland Il short time ago.
The Bangor Wing understands that Supt.
Angel of the L. & n. A. railway, has sent to
all the employees of the road form of pledge
for them to sign, whereby they agree to alb
stain from using Intoxicating liquors as y bev-
erage, and the use OF protane or ungente-
manly language. Accompanying the blank
pledge is circular informing the employees
that this step is taken in consequence of fire.
quent complaints at the office, and requesting
those declining to sign to give notice of their
intentions, that their places may be filed by
others.
Mr.. A. b. Newman of fremont, has been
appointed Light Keeper at Mt Desert Rock,
il place of Otis w. Kent resigned. Capt.
Mark W. Hodgdon is also appointed first as
sistant to same light. Mr.. Oscar A. Richard
son Of Cranberry Isle, has received the APP
pointment of Inspector of Frenchman Bay
District in place OF Mr.. s. A. Holden who
has resigned.