Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-29

AxDRoscoeels.
Lewiston will paw OF good slice Of it
municipal debt this year. Lewiston will soor
have additional cotton mills
The Journal says: Ten thousand dollars
have bern subscribed toward the payment OF
the debt of the Bates St Baptist society OF
this city. Three thousand dollars OF this a.
mount is given BY the Maine Baptist Mission
airy Society. The balance of the debt is a.
bout 5000 and viii probably be bonded.
ARoosroeK.
The Times says: Sheep raising is pro-
ftable industry in this county. The annual
export of wool and lambs is reaching a high,
figure. The long wooled breeds of sheep
have proved the u,oet profitable.
The Aroo.took valley is the garden OF
Maine. With soil as fertile as in the valleys
of the Kennebec, the Merrimac. Of the Con-
neeticat, il contains a greater area Of first
class farming land than all the arabic land Of
New Hampshire OF Vermont.
CUMBERLAND
The Press SAYS that the woman who ran
away with Mr. Roberts team in Portland,
has been captured and the team recovered.
Her name is llindle, and she was divorced
from her husband some time ago. She has
been an inmate Of the Aims House, and
escaped from there last Saturday morning.
She is ssid to suffer from insane attacks.
The Press: Mr. Henrique /. Fox. clerk for
the Maine Steamship Company, was presented
BY the employees Of the company, Wednesday
evening. with an elegant gold chain and
charm as q token of their regard.
HANCOCK.
The Noun, Desert Herald says: Mr.. F.
IL n A
large hotel on the site of the one recently burn
ed. ST. Sauveur. The main building is 10 be
l23 by 40 feet. with wing 60 by 10 feet !:
all to be four stories with basement Mr.
John +. Clark is the architect. and will un
doubtedly arrange very convenient house.
Among the details of the plan it will
be mentioned that the music room will be
40 by so feet: the dining room same size
with an additional room connecting by fold
ing doors. and the sleeping rooms II by 10
feet, or larger. The hotel will be finished
with all modern Improvements. Work on
the foundation will commence next week.
OXFORD.
The Democrat saws of the recent suicide
of Mr. VIM Morse of Buckfeld He had been
laboring with his son. cheerful and social
during the day. just after supper his son
went after load of second-crop hay; his lit
tie grandson asked him if he wasn't going,
too and he said, no, he was not needed.
He watered his horse, and when his son en-
tered the barn he was hanging with small
rope around his neck while his knees grazed
the floor.
The Argus SAYS that the New York parties
who lately purchased J. b. Webbs corn fac
tory at Bethel, have settled the claims of
the farmers on the former firm at the rate
of 65 cents on a dollar.
PESoBscor.
There have been exported from Bangor to
foreign ports during the present week 34S,-
900 feet of long lumber, 10000 box shocks
and &c, 900 laths.
The Commercial: A great quantity of
canned HOLSTERS pass through this city in the
course of year on their way from the
Provinces. There is no duty on the Holsters.
but small duty has to be paid on each can
As an indication of the amount of shipments.
we are informed that s., 800 has been paid
into the Custom House on this account dur
ing the present season.
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield journal says: Mr.. Merrill
is now canning apples and pumpkins at the
corn factory. He has about 100 tons Of
pumpkins and 5000 bushels of apples. He
also has at the factory in West Waterville
about 1000 bushels.
Messrs. Lawry & Pratt of Fairfield are
buying large amount of nice applee. They
have already purchased about 1000 barrels,
and have stored 500. The other 200 have
been sold mostly to supply their local trade.
They purchased II barrels of No. l apples
from one man. The apples stored will be
kept for rise in the market
WASHINGTON.
The Pembroke Herald Gays: Mr.. A. II.
Phipps of Charlotte has contracted to furnish
PASSPORT parties with 1000 bushels of char
coal. a. -s- a8--
YORK.
The Argus says: Wilbur Guilbault and
Henry Wittinuham. the young men arrested
in Portsmouth and taken TO Biddeford on
suspicion of their having committed the re-
cent bury laries. have been discharged from
arrest as nothing tending to prove their guilt
could be shown. Kelley was also discharged
for the same reason. His companion could
not be captured.
BURNETr's COCAINE.