Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-16
State News.
ANDROsCOGGIN.

The Lewiston Journals Turner cores
pondcnt on Tuesday morning visited the home
of J. Sullivan Hale, Esq, and learned from
Mrs. Hale that her husband ''passed very
comfortable night. She thinks the prospects
of his recovery brighter. He is still uncon-
scious. His son, Eugene. arrived Monday
night. Everything is being done that can be. -
ARoosToOK.
The thrcshing machines are all at work
getting ont the immense amount of grain
raised the past season, and the grist mills are
grinding day and night.
Four thousand bushels of potatoes were
brought to town and sold to shippers during
twoimid days of last week.-Houiton Pioneer
There were made at the Houlton Cheese
Factory this year. by Mr.. Lowell Van Allen
661 cheescs, the total weight of which was
81 .215 pounds
George Edwards now IN Houlton Jail
charged with horse stealing, is coming the
DIR. Tanner on himself. He was committed
in October, and during the last fifteen days
has not partaken of food. and drank nothing
but cold water, of which he requires one
quart a day. He declares his intention of
starving himself to death.
CUMBERLAND.
The bursting of water pipe at George
Stinson x Cos on Middle street. Portland,
during Friday night, damaged over 200
chromos besides other injury to theirs. and to
Shepard 4 Co stocks.
Mr.. Simon Cole of Portland. while on a
a trip to North Stratford Friday. 10th inst.
was seized with paralvtic stroke. One arm
and leg were paralyzed.
The capital of the Portland smelling and
reduction works is to be So, 600 in shares of
800 each, and their capacity will be from 10
to 20 tons daily. Ii is intended to make
them center tor the ore trade of the Eastern
Atlantic coast.
Howard Winslow clerk for John W Deer
ing on Commercial street, Portland. met with
painful accident ON Saturday, llth inst
He had gone to the wharf to survey a load of
lumber, in the absence of the surveyor As
he stepped on the load, the horses attached to
it suddenly started and two of the timbers
came with crushing force against his ankle
Before he could stop the team this was twice
repeated. His leg was not broken, though
badly bruised.
On January lst the Boston 4 Maine rail-
road will reduce the price of limited tickets
between Boston and Portland from So to
$3.50 Tickets will he good only on the train
for which sold.
1t is rumored that Rev. VIM. f. Gibbs con-
templates resigning his position pastor of
Congress Square Univer.alist church. Port
land.
Ex-Goy. Chamberlain who is now i'll New
York, SAYS that Mrs. Amanda Stone of Bos-
ton. has given an additional donation OF So
600 TO Bowdoin College, for repairing the
foundation of the new building. This makes
s75, 900 in all that she has given to the Col
lege. James Mackey. the California
millionaire, has announced his intention of
giving $4,000 to endow a scholarship in
Bowdoin, and a Philadelphia gentleman
who does not desire his name published, will
do the same.
YORK.
The Saco Water Power machine shop is
furnishing three mills in the South with ma
chinery. One at Admission, Ala, one at Cliff
ton, S. c., aud one at Natchez, Miss. The
machinery is set up by men from the shop.