Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-25

mouth Falls, was broken into sometime We'd
nesday night, and quantity of jack knives
and silver ware stolen.
Capt. James Rackleff of Portland will, on
Nov. 9th, reach the age of one hundred years,
having been born at Bristol Maine, Nov.
9th, 1893. He was initiated in Ancient
Landmark Lodge, Portland, Oct. 4th, 1928,
at the age of twenty mine, being then in the
ship chandlery business. He is not the old
est Mason in the United States, as there are
five who were initiated before him, having
taken the degrees at an earlier age, but he is
an older Mason than any recorded in Eng
land, and is getting near the head in this
country. He remembers being initiated in
the hall on India street, and likewise recalls
the night when Ex-Governor Albion X Paris
was initiated, month after him. Gov. Par
ris joined at the age of 81, Cor at 20 if Willis
record of his birth is correct) and died an
old man in February, 1927, nearly 23 years
ago but our old veteran recollects him as
youngster, and says laughingly, she was
fat little fellow" which strikes one as a new
light in which to regard the venerable ex-gov-
ernor.
FRANKLIN.
Warren Voter, of West Pennington lost a
horse in a peculiar manner, recently. He
| reached his head through the spread of cart
tongue after an ear of corn; drew his head
back into the small part, and was choked to
death.
PENOBsCoT.
The buildings belonging to T. S. Lang in
Enfield were destroyed by fire Wednesday
night.
The starch mill at Patten, has already
ground up 10000 bushels of potatoes. This
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the whole season. but as the potatoes con-
tinued to come in the mill will keep in oper-
alton rs long as the weather will permit.
The capacity of the mill is from 800 to 1000
bushels per day.
A number of the ladies in Bangor, have
formed an organization to be known as the
Bangor Amateur Art Club. They have taken
room where they propose to meet every
Wednesday and Saturday, and work in oil,
water colors, charcoal and crayon, each as
sisting and criticising the others work, thus
proving mutual benefit.
VIM. Burrill of Bangor. had the end of
his middle finger taken off Thursday while
using a sole cutter in Bucks shirt factory.
Mr.. Elijah X. Cleaveland of Bangor, dur
ing the war was wounded in the left wrist by a
musket ball at Spottsylvania Court House
| Va, and although the surgeons probed the
wound e, they were unable to find the ball and
concluded it must have dropped out The
arm has been lame and was badly swollen
for time and within the past year the bull
| let, after having remained in his arm for
fourteen years, has made its appearance
under the left shoulder blade, where there
is now quite large bunch.
WALDO.
| Richard Quincy, who runs Touring mill
at Belfast. says that last year he ground into
-four 5000 bushels of wheat, all raised in the
city of Belfast. He says that this year, in
the same territory, the estimate is 10000
bushels.
Rev. Calvin Monroe died at Belfast last
Tuesday, aged So years. He studied for the
ministry with the late Paul Dean i'm Boston,
and preached his first sermon in the old Uni
versalist church in Salem, Mass. He was
ordained in Chatham and preached seven
years upon Cape Cod, was afterwards Or
dained a Baptist preacher and preached in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
The dwelling house of William Keith of
Jackson village, and the dwelling of Mrs.
Goodwin, were burned last Sunday night.
Origin of the FIRE unknown. Keith's loss
about $1,000. Goodwin's $1,000.
WASHINGTON.
A few days ago at Machiasport, Mr.. Mat
thias Phinney, in his SOth year, was shing-
ling the roof of his house. Lewis SanbOrn
in his 18th year, was doing similar work on
the roof of his house. Mr.. John &. Jewett
in his S0th year was at work alone building
himself house. Mr.. Christopher Chandler,
in his S5th year, was at work shingling on
the roof of a building.
Mr.. George Wingate, a well known and
highly esteemed citizen of Cherryfeld, died
suddenly on the wharf at Millbridge, after
leaving the steamer Lewiston, Wednesday.
AT LARGE.
Probably the oldest of the carly American
statesmen now alive is Peleg Sprague of
Maine. He is IS years of age and entirely
blind. He was member of the United
States Senate from 1929 to 1885, when Web
ster, Clay, Calhoun and Benton were the
leaders of that body, and he was
a member of the National
House of Representatives from 1926
to 1927. He was Judge Of the United States
District Court of Massachusetts from ls4l to
1861.
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