Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-24
state News.
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There are two Russians residing in Lew
iston, one of whom has become an American
citizen,
The First Maine Battery has parade,
promenade concert and ball tonight (Dec.
24th.) at Lewiston. The Portland Cadets
have acceptedan invitation to be present, and
will give an exhibition drill
The obseouies of Mayor Russell of Lew
iston. were attended at Pine street Congrega-
tional church Wednesday afternoon. The
large church was filed with relatives, friends
and citizens, who gathered to pay a tribute to
the memory of one whom they held in so high
honor. Rev Mr.. Dickerman. pastor of the
Pine street Congregational church, OF which
the deceased was member, conducted the
services The pail bearers were Mayor Day,
ex-Mavors Ham, Cowan and Dickey, and
Chas. Clark, +. F. Packard and j. Y. Scru-
ton. Esq After an earnest and feeling
PRAYER, the large audience viewed the remains
which were then borne to the receiving tomb
in Riverside cemetery.
The Lewiston Mills will bnid their new
mill the coming spring and will commence
work early. They will extend the front of
their mill No. !, ninety feet, and will run
back an ell one hundred and eighteen feet.
The building will be brick, four stories in
height. Two iron bridges will connect the
upper stories with mill No. 2. The addition
will increase the capacity of the mills about
% per cent. The mills are now behind their
orders, and must have increased accommoda-
tions-Leriston Journal.
CUMBERLAND.
Monday night, Goth inst, Mr.. True OF
Portland, left his sittingroom carpet hang
in his yard, to air, and before ten O'Clock it
was stolen.
The school house in the Dixie district in
Sebago was burned Tuesday night, 2lst inst.
The scholars lost their books.
Winnie Pierce. nine years old son OF
WIN. Pierce, (agent of the Bowdoin Paper
CO., Brunswick broke his leg while sliding
down i'll, Friday IL inst.
A Portland woman over forty-fve years
old, has lately given birth to her 2lst child.
The new iron bridge across the Andres
coggin, between Topham and Brunswick is
almost finished. The first team crossed
Thursday, Dec. 9th. Ii is about 445 feet
long, not including the wooden reach at the
Brunswick end. 1t is one of the finest bridges
in the State.
HANCOCK.
A little boy of Mr.. John Maloney, of Els
worth, about two years of age, was very bad
ly poisoned on Friday of last week. by acct
dentally taking a large quantity of quinine,
which had been left for its mother.
The Wing says: ''The little steamer now
building at Cakes yard, to run between Bar
Harbor and Hancock, in connection with the
other steamers of the Bangor & Bar Harbor
Line, is nearly ready for her machinery. She
will accommodate about one hundred passen
gers.
KENSEBEc.
Revival services during the past two weeks
have been held at Union church, Branch
Mills, by a minister of the Advent church.
The Maine State Grange was in session
this week at Waterville.
Saturday evening South China Lodge, 1
O. G. T., celebrated their anniversary.
general good time was enjoyed by the mem
bers.
OXFORD
Hon. George d. Bisbee has returned t.
Buckfield from the Maine General Hospita
and the operation performed on his arm by
Dr. Green of Portland, appears to have beer
entirely successful.
PENOBsCor.
Some hundreds of cords of bark purchased
north of the Piscataquis by Hon. Charlie.
Shaw for his Dexter tannery, are being
hauled in.
The Bangor Wing tells of a Penobsco
man over seventy-eight years old, who ha'
cut twenty five cords of wood within the las
thirty days.
PIsCATAoUis.
The matter OF building railroad from
Skowhegan to Monson, by the way of Athens
is now being agitated.
SAGADAHOC.
Bath has five National Banks.
Forty-one years ago the 10th of this montl
occurred the memorable gale in which seven
teen vessels out of fleet of eighteen tina
sailed from Bath day or two previous, wen
ashore on Cape Cod and were totally wrecked
and quite n number of lives lost.
YORK.
A young girl was found on the streets o
Biddeford, Wednesday night in a state of in
toxication. She was taken to the police sta
ton and allowed to depart when sober.
The manufacture of cigars i'm Saco is al
important industry. There are in that cit,
six factories. and in ali thirty-one hands EN-
ployed. turning out in year something nea
twelve hundred and fifty thousand cigars.