Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-02
State News.
ANpROSCOGGIN.

4 dNDkOsCoOGIS
The four banks in Lewiston and Auburn
have a total surplus above all liabilities of
SIC, 726-7l. The Androscoggin County Saw
Peoples, IS, $50. So; the Auburn Savings
Bank, s.. s67.60; the Mechanics. sll ,6s6 %
This showing must be as gratifying to the de-
positors as it is to the managers.
The Market-mens Association of Lewiston
| and Auburn at a meeting W ednesday evening
voted to make an excursion to Cushing's Is
land, in Portland Harbor, Wednesday, Aug
10th.
The Journal SAYS: Extensive changes and
improvements are in progress in the Lewis
ton Mills. The new picker house is ready
for the machinery, and the plan of the ma
chinery in the whole mill is being remodeled,
in order to increase the carding capacity of
the mill. Carpenters are now building an
which will increase its capacity about so per
cent.
ARoOsToOK.
Commissioner John f. Anderson, reports
that the New Brunswick & Canada Railway
Company have decided to build road On the
extension of the charter of the Aroostook
railroad, from Caribou to Presque Isle.
distance of about ii miles. This foreign
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capital in improving the railroad system of
our State that speaks we'll for the growing
business interests between this State and the
neighboring Province. 1t is said this COM
pany will spend fully million dollars in ex-
tending and improving their road and
branches this year.-Bangor Wing.
CUMBERLAND.
Bishop Healy has purchased the F. o. J.
Smith in naariDU Of his bairs and
will use it for an orphanage and chapel.
The horse, harness and beach wagon of
Jeremiah Walker, of Yarmouth. were stolen
from his stable Sunday night. The horse is
of dark brown color, weighing about 975
pounds. There is no clue to the thief.
The Portland Company are putting the
machinery into new steam dredge for the
Eastern Dredging Company. \ thirty-ton
locomotive, No. Is, was delivered by the
company Saturday to the Midland Railway
of Canada.
The number of deaths in Portland for the
week ending July 30th was fourteen. from
the following causes: Consumption, 3; diph-
iberia, 9; disease of the brain. 3; typhoid
fever, senile gangrene, Bright's disease,
dropsy, Group, cholera infantum, one each.
FRANKLIN.
The Photograph, says: Last Sunday, in
Freeman, while Mr.. and Mrs. Knowles, of
that place. and Miss Lizzie McKeen. of
Strong, were out riding, the horse ran down
Scales hill, throwing them all out. Mr. and
Mrs. Knowles were not much injured, but
Miss Mckeen fractured one leg badly and an
arm.
HANCOCK.
At a meeting of the Parish of the Congre-
gational Society of Ellsworth, held at the
/ Al.
last, Judge John B. Redman was chosen
Moderator and Mr.. A. w. Greedy, Clerk.
Hon. Eugene Hale and Erastus Redman,
Esq, were chosen a committee to unite with
committee of the church in extending a
call to the Rev. Mr.. Huntington of Andoyer,
Mass, to become pastor of the Church and
society in place of Rev. Mr.. Ropes, resigned.
KENNEBEC.
The Mail says: The gas machine having
been taken away from the Elmwood hotel
through legal process, few days ago, by the
party who put it in on Mr.. Seaveys order,
the house is now lighted by kerosene; but
the electric lights will soon be in place, and
gas may be had from the Lockwood Mill.
The two fountains are completed and in
operation.
The Gazette saws: The Lewis Brothers
put up about 90, 900 cans of mackerel at their
factory in New Haven last week. Arthur A.
Brown is their Agent in charge of the factory.
He employs from 80 to 40 hands has lately
put on steamer, the Helen NJ. Pierce, Capt.
Henry Calderwood, to supply the factory
with mackerel.
The Herald says that Detective Wiggin of
Boston, was in Camden, Wednesday. for the
purpose of investigating the cause of the dis
appearance of Willie Cain. After viewing
the premises and consulting with J. II.
Montgomery, Esq, he expressed himself as
satisfied that the facts in relation to the af-
fair have been thoroughly ascertained by him
and agreed with Mr.. Montgomery in the con-
clusion that the body of the missing boy is
in the pond. He conversed with Richards
and Crosse in the Jail at Wiscasset, and, at
Camden, examined the parents of Grose and
some other people. and has no doubt that the
Cain boy was thrown overheard by Richards
Just beyond the illy-pads, where he now be-
lieves the body can be found, and strongly
urges the wisdom of more careful submarine
searching in that locality.
OXFORD.
The celebration of the settlement of the
town of Bethel, Oxford county, is to be held
at Bethel Hill, on Wednesday, August Sd.
procession, an Grafton by DIR. n. +. True.
a poem by Hon. \. s. Twitchell, and mock
attack by Indians, are included in the pro-
gramme.
PENOBsCOT.
The Wing SAYS Thieves have been strip
ping the lead and zinc from the roofs of
buildings in this city. They prove to be
bows two of whom are almost ii years old,
named McCarty and the third 9 years old is
named Burk.
SOMERSET.
The Commercial says: With one excep-
ton there is a complete change in the corps
of teachers at NJ. c. Institute. The board of
instruction for the coming year is as follows :
J. II. Parsons, Principal, Latin and Greek;
o. II. Drake, Principal of Normal Depart
ment Didactcs. Mental and Moral Science:
Miss l.. Maria Simons Preceptress, German
and Normal Glasses Miss Ellen n. Parsons,
Mathe mates Mrs. DIR. Taylor, Music; Miss
Kate |. Manson. French.