Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-10-12
STATE NEWS.

The farmers have commenced shipping their
crop of sugar beets to their refinery in Portland.
The Belfast Journsl says "The sailing season
being about over, the yacht Little Rouge, Of Bel
last, hiss been engaged the past week in carrying
fresh mackerel from the islands down the bsy to
the Castine canning factory. This establishment
has engaged IN a new enterprise that of putting
INTO cans flesh msckerel, in the same manner -
CLANS and other fish are preserved. The fish are
cut into sections. and in the cans resemble picked
cucumbers. Fresh tinker mackerel from Peuoh-
scot Bay is ne~ commodity upon the market,
and may become as famous as Belfast clans"
Mr.. Woodbury.. late proprietor Of the Somerset
Reporter, very busily enl aged in settling up his
business at Skowhegsn. lie has not yet decided
where he Will next engage in business. Mr.. w.
will leave large circle of friends in Skowhegan
who will miss him from tn, ir midst. fairfield
Chronicle.
The Dexter Gazette says "Mr. and Mrs
Nichols, father and mother OF Lemuel Nichols of
Bangor, were driving towards Dexter Village, last
Tuesday, from the farm of Mr.. Elbrdge Nichols,
in Corinns and when near John Martins place,
In this town, the horse became frightened and
overturned the wagon, throwing Mr.. and Mrs.
Nichols and the boy who was with them upon the
ground. Mrs. Nichols, who is quite heavy, was
considerably bruised and shaken up-the Others
were not hurt so badly. There was nothing brok-
en- aud 10 short time the folks got gathered up,
and drove TO MIR. l.. ID Hayes, where they re.
mAinedsuntil the next day, and then went on to
Guford.
The diptberia is making fearful havoc in Water
vile. There were three deaths there Thursday
and Friday.
The schooners Mazurka. James Holmes and
William Tell, were robbed in Belfast harbor, last
week, of q quantity of rigging. The thieves cut
OH the end Of every loose rope they found. A
man who came into the hsrbor in . small vessel is
supposed to be the thief.
Two young ladies attending the Normal School,
on Saturday last walked from Pennington to An
son, distance tf over twenty miles, and without
apparent fatigue.
That was a melon cholly agricultural show at
the trotting park FRIDAY sy-although it was good
as far As it went. A few beets blushed for the
failure Of the fair; q couple of baskets OF onions
held tears enough for a political funeral; some
big potatoes bid their eyes in peck measure; .
string OF corn concealed its ears lest the reproach-
es of the bysanders should be heard; the mann
moth squashes grew red in the face; the Baldwin
apples were green with jealousy Of Monroe; the
the cabhsges wilted with shame the gourds were
goarded to desperation; the package of wool curl
ed up In despair at the impOssibiity of Fleeing .
larger crowd; while the two stations and the
Knox colt kicked vigorously against the whole
show. Progressive Age.
mau last Wednesday drove up to Bangor
from Hampden, with lot of rigging, with the
Intention OF disposng OF 1t at some Of the junk
stores, but before he made the sale he was inter
viewed by an officer Of the law, as to how he came
PoSSSsSNe
quantity of rigging was stolen some time since,
from Messrs j. w. Palmer and Chas. Sterns, and
when these gentlemen called upon they
were able to identify the rigging on the team by
portions of it being painted red and blue, The
man claimed that he had forgotten where he pur-
chased the rigging, and it is quite probable that
immediate steps will be taken TO refresh his mem
oly.
Thursday drove of ten horses passed through
this city fastened together in such way attract
tl...l 10 FE..t t-l
lar and traces to which was attached whiffletree
ard org rope. Eight horses, four on q side, were
attached to this rope, and the other end of it
fastened to horse and carriage in the rear The
man riding the leader guided the other horses
without any Trouble. Whig.
A young man named Edward Dilworth, of Ma
chias, burst blood vessel at 34S Commercial
street, Boston. Saturday evening last, and death
ensued IN twenty minutes. The above served for
nineteen years in the United States navy, serving
all through the Of the rebellion; was
board OF the frgste Congress at the time she
sunk by the reb. ram Merrinac OF Old Point
Comfort
The Oldest nhabitant predicts avery frigid win-
ter.
The Knox sgricultul al aud horticultural fair at
Camden, closed Thursday, after a most successful
run of three days. The gross receipts amount to
about one thousand dollars, large part OF which
is given away in premiums.
Just outside of the fair grounds in Belfast, on
Friday, youth was driving a business wagon,
when he met a crowd of urchins who asked for .
ride. No sooner bad they all got aboard than the
old vehicle went TO pieces like the celebrated one
horse shay. Soon after the youth walked sorrow
fully into town leading his horse. with the latter
dragging quite a bunch of kindnY wood after
him.
The infant daughter Of Augustus and Laura
Fickett, CT Standish, aged ten months, fell from .
high char and ruptured one lobe Of the liver, let
ting the portal blood out into the peritoneus and
causing the child's death in four days.
One thousand cartridges were recently forward
ed to the Jameson Guards. and the other day
Capt Davis tried thirty of them before finding one
that was good for anything.
The Baptist Ministerial Conference of Hancock
County, held its session on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week, in the Rooms Of the Y. NJ. G. A.
in Ellsworth.
Ice, thick as a nonpareil quad, formed at Houl.
ton Sunday night.
On Tuesday, William Crockett of Brunswick,
shot seal weighing 100 pounds, that be saw ly-
ing on a rock. The seal rolled Oft and sunk in IL
feet of water; but the bubbles and blood floating
up, marked his location. Having no othei means
OF getting hls game, crockett Stripped dove TO the
bottom, brought the animal to the surface and in.
TO his boat. Seals may be frequently killed
our shares, but the men who can secure them in
that way are few.
Bears are plenty in Northern Maine. Boston
Post.
And so are G:eenbackers. Bangor CONNER
cial.
We'd Iaher have bear, because his skin is re-
deemable in hve-dollar notes, while n gIeenbscker
lsn redeemable in anything-except bis kiI.-