Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-12-20
state News.
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Lake Auburn is a great pickerel ground
Fishermen at North Auburn are pulling out
% or 30 day.
Mrs. c. E. Beals of Auburn, distances all
competitors on quilts. She has one quilt con-
tanning 1908 pieces, and two quilts In each
of which are 1903 pieces.
CUMBERLAND.
The Press says Friday morning, brother
of Mr. Christian Fries went to the latter's
house on Danforth street, Portland. to get
his breakfast. He found the brothers room
closed and full of coal gas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fries. with their child, almost suffocated.
Frank T. Lombard of Casco. who competed
for the Allen prizes. raised this year on one
eighth acre of land 1850 lbs. of yellow corn
DR.. S. b. Thombs, graduate of the last
class of the Maine Medical School, is located
at knightyille, Cape Elizabeth.
FRANKLIN.
The Pennington Herald says there are four
1912 pensioners in Industry, namely: Henry
B. Rackliff, James Oliver, Mrs. Eunice Eve
leth and Mrs. Sarah Smith. These are the
oldest persons in town.
The Herald SAYS that Eben Ladd & Co. of
Industry, have bought over l,500 sheep the
present season.
kENNEBEC.
The Winthrop cheese factory made over
5000 pounds of cheese the past season.
KNOX.
The aggregate tonnage of the shipping
owned in Camden is 20,o4G.43, comprising 2
ships. TO barks, 8 brigs, > steamers, and Sc
schooners.
LINCOLN
Mrs Church Trowant of Bremen, was
severely injured by fall last week.
movement is on foot looking to the erec-
ton of monuments at Pemaquid and Monhe-
gan.
OXFORD.
The Bridgton News reports several cases of
scarlet fever in Waterford.
PENoBsCOT.
Hon. Asa Smith of Mattawamkeag died
at ten minutes of ten Thursday morning, aged
80 years and 1 months.
PIscATAQUIs.
The Observer says that X. ID. Gilman of
Foxcroft, has contracted to cut $4,000 feet of
scrubbv, tough elm to be used for brush
heads. He will also get out large quantities
of maple and other hard wood boards for the
markets in Massachusetts.
Messrs. Dyer & Hughes of Dover, are
doing a large business at their organ fac
tory. Last month they shipped 100 cases to
another place.
SOMERSET.
John +. Cotton of Fairfield, is making s.
900 toy-sleds, and 1000 carts, painted in col
ors and lettered.
WALDO.
Diphtheria is raging at Burnham.
Moses w. Rich, boots and shoes, Belfast,
has failed. lie will effect his settlement in
insolvency.
Chandler Lane, a former hotel keeper of
Baldwin and Portland, and lately proprietor
of a hotel at Old Orchard, died suddenly in
Biddeford, Friday.
The new academy building at Limerick is
nearly completed and the first term of school
in it will begin about Feb. Goth. The build
ing cost about $4,000.
STATE AT LARGE.
The colored population of Maine is 2,O42,
and the number of foreign born $3.50
Two car loads OF steel rails for the Bangor
& Piscataguis Railroad, arrived Wednesday
They are the first and only steel rails used on
this road
The Eastern Railroad Company is making
preparations for increasing its summer bust
ness. Three Rhode Island engines will be
added to the rolling stock of the road the
last of this month.
The freight business on the Maine Central
still continues lively, and it is difficult to sup
ply shippers with a sufficient number of cars
Ben Runker, the recent publisher of the
'sPue Tree State" has formed a partnership
with the publishing house of Swain & CO.,
Boston, and engaged in publishing an illus
trated magazine