Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-14

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AROosTook.
The New Brunswick Railway opened the
broad gauge from Woodstock TO the Tobique.
Fort Fairfield and Caribou. "Wednesday
morning. threby giving through conn-xion
from Fredericton and Woodstock for freight
and passengers without charge
The Pioneer saws: Bedford Hume Of
Bridgewater is running two starch faetaries,
and up to last Tuesday had pu. ,l,n.ngh -
90 bushels of potatoes. He sass tie crop
yields only seven pounds of starch per bush
ell. whereas nine pounds was the average
last year.
CUMBERLAND.
The Argus says: The number of boys now
in the Reform School is one hundred and
eleven This is a smaller number than usu-
al, some years since, and is the result of the
policy OF the Trustees in permitting boys " no
have given proof of reform and Improvements
to return to their homes. conditionally or
binding them out to employers Recently
Mr.. II. A. Hart has organized among the
bows GARFIELD Cold Water Battalion.
which nearly all of them have voluntarily
Joined. Last Friday the first meeting of the
Battalion since the organization, was held in
the chapel. and the exercises of the occasion
partook of the nature of memorial services
over the late President. One of the number
presided. and several delivered recitations
appropriate to the occasion. Brief addresses
were made BY Messrs. f. II. Elwell. VIM. +.
Gould, Albion Little and Mrs. l.. NJ. n. Ste
vens.
LINCOLN.
Ambrose Hall and Edward Bracket. both
of Waldoboro, fell Wednesday from the
stern staging of a vessel being built by Will
liam Fisk, distance of twenty-five feet,
striking on the rocks below. Hall is danger
ously injured, and Bracket is severely
bruised about the hips, but his injuries are
not considered fatal.
PENoBsCor.
The Wing SAYS: "Miss Blanche Willis
Howard arrived in Bangor Wednesday even
ing. accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Marion
L. Smith of Wiscasset. She will make but
a brief visit, intending TO sail from New
York for Germany the last of this month
The Commercial saws: There are scarce
y sufficient potatoes brought into market to
supply the dealers in this city. Farmers are
holding their crops back under the impress
sion that there will not he enough to supply
the demand, and that the prices will go up to
high figure. To-day buyers were paying
from 20 to 80 cents per bushel for early rose.
SOMERsEI-
The leading industry of Fairfield bids fair
to pulp making The foundation of the mill
is now being laid and $50 men are wanted
to aid in its construction. They promise to
reduce to pulp at least | 900 cords of wood
per month when the mill gets in full operation
which will be next June. This will use to
good advantage most of the refuse wood, saw
dnst and shavings from the saw mills. About
.0OO, 900 feet of straight lumber is now cut
per week, by the mills. and this scarcely
supplies the demand.
The Reporter says: Saturday night
Mr.. William Adams and wife, who reside
few miles this side of the Forks, were return
ing home from that place they met with
terrible accident. The horse became I'M
manageable in passing down the hill near
Spaulding's hotel. and started to run. Mrs
Adams was thrown out with great violence
and suffered fracture of one leg besides
several severe bruises. Mr.. Adams was
thrown from his seat and in passing over the
wheel caught his foot in it and had the foot
torn entirely from the leg The accident is
of such a nature as to render amputation of
the leg necessary. nearly up to the body.
He lies in "A very low condition. He is
poor man and the accident comes to him at a
very inopportune time.
The Journal saws Mr.. Hiram f. Pierce.
although he has 5000 tons of ice in his build
ing at the mouth Of Goose RIVER Belfast. left
over from last winter, will go into the busi-
ness more extensively the coming season.
Charles A. Murch, Mr. Pierce's foreman,
was in Bangor last week purchasing lumber
for the erection of additional ice houses. Mr..
p, says he intends to cut and store 9. 900 tons,
which with his present stock will give him
II 900 tons.
@ YORK.
The Press says As Mr.. w. f. Holmes
was on his way to Springvale from Alfred
Wednesday evening he was stopped by three
masked men about two miles from Alfred He
was taken from the wagon and told to keep
quiet, otherwise he would get hurt After
tying him to tree with a rope from the
wagon they searched his pockets, finding
about S35 in money which they took and left
him tied to tree After about an hour and
a half Mr.. Holmes succeeded in freeing him
self. While they were tying him to the tree
the horse took fright but being found some
time in the evening he had done no damage
to the wagon. The rope was knotted so hard
around his wrists that he was unable unaided
to get it off, and the rope was on his wrist
when he arrived home. His wrists were
marked and sore. as was his mouth. from the