Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-09

AROOsTOOK.

State News.
ARoosTOOK.
Two thousand bushels of potatoes per day
are being hauled to the lIoulton starch fac
tory.
CUMBERLAND.
Many of the people of Knghtville are
much interested in dispute between two
neighbors about the ownership of squash
One planted vine which ran through the
fence and bore a large specimen OF the veg
etable on the neighbours land. The latter
now claims the squash, and the former is
quite indignant thereat. The result is that
twelve men have been chosen as jury, and
two of the most ready speakers of the village
As lawyers. The case is to be left to this
jury, by whose decision the parties agree to
abide.
DIR. c. S. ID. Fessenden the surgeon at the
Marine hospital in Portland, has been or
dered to New York to assume the position of
head surgeon Of the hospital there.
The Pensioners of Rev. w. +. Gibbs of
the Congress Square church, Portland, wish
ing TO make some recognition of the tenth
anniversary of the settlement of their pastor,
gathered at his residence Tuesday evening,
taking him and Mrs. Gibbs by complete sur
in brief speech presented Mr.. Gibbs with
Rogers Council of War;" mounted on a
beautifully ornamented pedestal, and Mrs.
Gibbs with an elegant silver ice cream knife,
dozen silver teaspoons, a half-dOzen silver
dessert spoons and other pieces of solid sill
yer. Mr.. Gibbs appropriately responded. A
delightful social evening was then enjoyed.
N. b. Noble & Co., wholesale flour Dealers
Portland, have failed. The liabilities are re-
ported to be some 81, 900 and the firm think
they can pay from 20 to % cents on 81.
FRANKLIN.
Mr.. Daniel B0wley of New Sharon, died
quite suddenly Saturday forenoon. He was
loading corn and fell from the load and was
injured by the wheel.
Prof Hitchcock, the gcologist is soon to
make further examinations among the mines
Of Hancock county.
A hermit is now living on Mount Desert
Island who is said TO be 100 years old, and
who has not been off the island for 30 years
PENoBscoT.
The ship Great Admiral, Capt BENJAMIN
Thompson, Of Bangor, arrived in San Fran
cisco Tuesday having been only one hundred
and ten days from New York
Michael Mahaney, recently pardoned from
the State Prison, died in Bangor Monday
night.
Workmen now repairing the road at Veaze
recently unearthed parts of several skeletons
and some other articles that caused them to
think the spot might have been an old Indian
burying ground.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The new Matching house at Moosehead
Lake is situated mile and half distant
from kineO House. The house is thirty feet
In length by sixteen feet in width 1t con-
tains eight trOughs which are eighteen feet in
length and sixteen inches in width. Ii has a
capacity OF Matching five hundred thousand
eggs. If wire trays were introduced twice
that number could be hatched A Matching
house at Moosehead Lake has long been
needed. The Lake is the source of the Ken
nebec river and sea salmon can be Matched
there and the kennebec~-filus stocked with
salmon.
SAGADAHoc.
The Ocean View House at Popham was re-
Gently broken into and a fire parlor organ
was stolen.
s-.a-ssssa..as SOMERSET
The Somerset Battalion viii muster at
Hartland, October 18th and 18th.
Fred Fellows, who was engaged in the re.
moval Of the dead in the cemetery, at Fair
neld, Saturday, took up the remains of two
children who died with diphtheria some time
ago. Sunday he complained of choking
feeling, grew rapidly worse during SUNDAY
and died Sunday evening
Monday evening poor debtor, confined in
the Belfast Jail, flung his lighted kerosene
lamp down the stairs leading to the debtors
and wOmens rooms. The stairway caught
fire, but the flames were son extinguished.
WAsHiSGToS
II is reported that work on large scale is
about to be resumed at the Pembroke Iron
Works.
YORK.
ID. +. Littlefeld of Saco has received an
order from Latham, the great London packer,
for thirty tons Of eyaporated apples. Mr..
Littleheld's is the only establishment of the
kind in the world. and he is doing large and
constantly increasing business.
Daniel j. Tyler, . member of Co. of