Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-29
state News.
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The bicycle fever, epidemical in other
cities Of Maine, has finally reached Lewiston
and several bicycles have been ordered by
Lewiston parties. ea44i...l.sll.rta
A letter of resignation from Rev. J. c.
Snow, pastor of Elm street Universalist
church, at Auburn, was read in that church,
Sunday. No action has been taken in regard
to the nstter by the society. ~
Mr. George Bnbier of Lewiston on Mon
day afternoon while setting on the tongue Of
an OK team and driving up Turner ST., was
thrown OF. The heavy cart passed over his
head and he was severely injured. ~
Saturday afternoon in Lewiston. a horse
and carriage containing three children. two
boys and one girl, ran away. The two boys
were uninjurcl, but the little girl who be-
longed to Mr.. Woodside was seriously in
jured. cash was cut in her head aud she
ives badly dszed. fg 94,afta
ARoosTOoK.
At the starch fifctory at Balls Mills last
week, there we're made ~ casks Of starch
per day, each cask averaging $40 pounds.
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Robert and Andrew Merryman of B0wdOin,
several years ago, went to Michigan and en-.
K8KcU lUuIUcIluk. Ills IHII tUcy sent 10 u
relative in BowdOin to send them One hun
dred young men whom they would pay from
918 to &26 month.
The contract for granite to complete the
new custom house in Chicago has been award
ed to the Collins Granite Company of East
Bluehill.
James Lowe, younger brother of the muir
dered Cumberland man, has thrown himself
upon the town of Cumberland. He is ay0ung
man, willing and anxious to work. No one
will hire him, since the terrible suspicion that
he murdered his own brother was started by
some busy body "i'H ~ tihfHf :
kEHHBBEc.
Sunday night fire was discovered in a half
finished ''fill'' in the main turnout of the
3 Maine Central railroad yard At West Water
vile. fire company went up from Water
vile, and the flames were soon extnguished.
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"a The BOothbay canning factory started up
on CLANS on Monday of last week and up to
Tuesday night 6S7 bushels had been received
for which S205 were paid. They make about
l0pounds to the bushel after being shelletl.
Fourteen men and the same number of girls
and women are employed ut the factory, shell
ling and canning. ~
No: long since young man, stranger,
passing through Waldoboro was attacked
with hemorrhage of the lungs and was found
upon the steps of a church in speechless
condition. He was assisted by the people in
that vicinity and afterw ards taken to the Me-
domack House He gave his name as Somes
and said he had relatives near Oldtown. He
had been in New Orleans, where he had the
yellow fever last year. He went as far as
Damariscotta Mills in the cars, and his funds
being nearly exhausted he walked to thai,
Z village. He was kept at the hotel till Mon
day morning, when he was furnished witt, a
ticket to kockland and a small purse of mon
ey and took his departure. His story was a
little mixed.
PENoBsCoT.
Three powders, one of them weighing nine
tons, have been removed during the past few
days from the channel of Bangor harbor.
They were SO far under water that they have
never been touched by any of the vessels go
ing into the harbor.
The katahdin Encampment /. o. o. +. of
Bangor is in receipt of large and handsome
ly printed document from the First Regiment
Massachusetts Patrarchs.
There is but little hopes Of the recovery of
Mr.. Green, the engineer who was injured in
evening.
SAGADAHOC.
Business in the Bath ship yards looks quite
brisk at the present time; four vessels were
launched during the past week, and ten are
still on the stocks.
A monument to the memory of Hon. John
Holmes is to be erected in the old graveyard
at Alfred, over the graves of his first wife and
son. His place of burial is not known.
Mary Wallis was severely injured in the
Landing mill, South Berwick, Wednesday.
her clothes being caught by pulley which
~as running At a high rate of speed. She
now lies in . critical condition, being unable
70 be moved in the least.
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