Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-26

Nearly all the starch made at the Caribou starch
factory is used by the Lewiston Bleachery. 1t
reaches Lewiston via Boston. The Lewiston
Beachery consumes about twice tue amount put
up at this factory.
More evidence of "hard times two new
newspapers started in Portland within one week.
- Bath Times.
Captain Henry Peakes of the Inflated bark
Sarah, was a native of Maine and for several
years resided at Orono lie leaves a wife. mother
and several sisters in Boston and sister IN Port
land to mourn his untimey loss.
Potatoes have been selling FIR twenty and TWEEN
ty five cents per bushcl in Aroostook county, at
the starch factories. A Miuot farmer is fetching
to this market instruments OF crop OF five humid
red bushels, for which he receives ghfy cents
bushel. 1t is good thing to be near good
MARKET Lewiston journal.
Fred S. Winchester Of Bangor, has raised one
hundred and sixty -four bushels of corn on the ear
to one acre of lsnd this season.
The Douglass copper mine in Bluehill, has been
sold to ii. Gregory, Jr., of Rocklsnd, and Mr.. IL.
Darling OF B.uehill, who have commenced opera
tons.
Mr. Edwin Morse, of South Union, Satur-
day, had one of his hands badly injured with
saw in his steam mill at that place. The lower
part Of the hand cut off the thumb and por-
ton of the fore finger only remaining.
On Sunday morning week ago, the house of
Aonzo Armstrong in East Machas entered
by a chamber window from q low shed, from
whence the sDcaking rascal went down stairs
where Mrs. Armstrong was sleeping, having for
a companion neighboring young girl, her hus-
baud beng absent, and from under her bed took
trunk containing fifty eight dollars 10 bills and
gold, passing out OF the front door aud riing the
trunk in the yard and leaving it there. A bark
book in the trunk which gone. Mrs
Armstrong did not 20 to sleep until past twelve
o'cyck. She also remembers being awake in the
night and thinking she saw some shadow in the
A.s.. anti. a aaal.t -
during the storm aud gale Of that morning Mr..
Armsti ong was gone from home at the time on a
fishing cruise.
Monday evening as Mr. Charles Buchanan was
returning from Yarmouth upper village, his car
rage colided with that Of Mr.. Sumner Setbury,
damaging the carriages somewhat, aud throwing
Mr.. Bucknam out, injurng him 10 the back quite
severely.
The post office at Waldo station has been dis
continued.
Died in West Paris October 10th, Col Jordan
Stacy, sged eighty-two years and seven months.
The deceased was formerly resident OF Porter
and was well known in that section OF Oxford
county for many years as an active business man.
He was deputy sheriff more than fifty years ago
and forty years ago or more he was Colonel In the
Maine Militia. lie has brother living in Porter,
Oliver Stacy, aged eighy-s years, who retains
his strength and abilities to a remarkable degree,
being able to read fine print without glasses. Col
Stacy the father of Sheriff l.. ID. Stacy OF
Paris, and of ex-Secretaiy OF State George G.
Stacy.
Mr.. C. V. Minot will launch 100 ton ship
from his yard at Pbipsburg Centre, on Saturday
next
The Eastern Slate Company of Bangor will be-
gin to build on their quarry 10 about ten days.
The property formerly known as the Brown
Slate Company, and is thought to be the most de-
sirable quarry in VI 1nson, account of its locs-
ton and qusity of the slate. New York parties
are the principle owners, and EXPECT to reap rich
harvest from the investment. Bangor CONNER
cal.
Good, sound, merchantable hard wood can be
delivered at the door for three and half dollars.
just one half the price of war times. Neatly ev-
cry commodity ~ the living line is about the same
proportionate figure. II labor could find employ
all the time, even at low wages, what would him
der all from living comfortably Machias Re-
publican.
There were two dozen tons Of cheese made at
the lIoulton factory during the past season.