Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-08-11
STATE NEW y.
ARoosTooK.

The +. & N. A. Railway Co. has ordered
40 new freight cars. intended to he used in
moving the products of Aroostook county to
the great markets. Twelve of these new box
cars arrived Saturday. They are lcttered
"E. 4 n. A. Railway, Aroostook Bangor
and Boston. Through Line" The capacity
of each of these cars is fifteen tons, instead
of ten tons, as ia usual on eastern roads.
They are better than any other freight cars
yet in use in this part of the country.
large increase of shipments from the fertile
Aroostook is anticipated the coming Fall,
Winter and Spring.
PENoBscoT.
Miss Olive Morrill, of Bangor, stepped out
of her door as usual one morning, and swept
off the steps, when her broom turned over a
little bunch of dry leaves, under which she
discovered two rolls Of bills, a silver quarter
of dollar and silver pencil. One roll con-
tains $50 in bills, mostly on old State banks
of Massachusetts there are, however, two So
bills on the old Eastern Bangor; one $40 note
of the Confederate Bank of Richmond, Va;
one 25 cent scrip of the corporation Of Win
chester, Va; one So on the Exchange Bank
of Philadelphia; I'm peso el Banco Nacional,
Rio de la Plata. In the other roll there is
scrip as follows Five cents, Veazie; 25 cents,
Salt Lake City; so cents, Monroe, La. and
United States scrip-two cents, two cents
and one 10 cents. Besides this there IL O
half-dollar, 81 and 81 bill of the old CONT
mental money. Then there is good modern
silver quarter, and silver pencil and gold
pen. The finder has no clew whatever as to
the owner of this queer collection, nor as to
how it happened to be left at her door. 1t
seems probable that this is the collection of
| some numismatist; that thief stole it, and,
finding it OF no value, disposed Of it as above.
-Bangoy Commercial
| The mackerel have been SO plentiful in
| Penobscot Bay that they have attracted the
| Gloucester fishermen thither, who take them
in seines, sometimes to the amount of forty
barrels at one haul. It is said by those IA
miliar with the business, that seining by
these large vessels will greatly interfere with
our local small boat fishermen, as frequent
throwing of the seines brighten the fish,
John Mackay, the mining millionaire, who
was here Saturday on his way to Halifax and
Paris, usually walks about Virginia City in a
$50 suit of clothes, goes to work at five
o'clock in the morning, and lives in the plain
est style. He is credited with dispensing
500, 900 a year to the poor, and denying it if
questioned.--Bango1 Commercial.
WAsHISoroS.
Mr.. John l.. Sears has started new paper
at Calais called 1.-THE Sun" IT is republican
| IN politics. The publisher pledges himself
to make it a newspaper. There ought to be
no doubt Of the success Of such a paper in
Calais.
YORK.
Miss Allen Of New York, niece of Ethan
Allen, is staying with friends at the Blsnch-
ard house, Old Orchard. Miss Allen is a fine
soprano singer, and is beautiful and witty
young lady. The name given her in New
York society, "the charming Miss Allen"
has followed her to Maine, where she has
hosts Of friends in spite Of her beauty.