Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-28
State News.
ANDRosCoGGN.

Several members of a French family ir
Lisbon. were poisoned, it is supposed BY the
use of some green tea purchased of a ped
der girl of Is years died, and bay OF
II. was expected to die
Deputy Sheriff s. ii. Marstun. seized nj
the express Office at Turner village. on
"Wednesday. two gallon jug of liquor. also
a bottle of wine.
Saws the Lewiston Journal: Something
resembling a nail key was bounced off the
tail of a vehicis bv the rough road. on Lis
bon street. Wednesday morning. There was
a crash. Something was spilled which could
not be picked up, and for = few minutes
Lisbon street had the odor of a city agency.
ARoosrooK.
Rails are laid to within five miles of Pres
one Isle. The report that the NJ. c. survey
ors have been s.called Off is erroneous. They
now busy, at work and expect3to be for
two months to come. The managers of the
n. B. Railroad are seriously contemplating
locating their machine shops at Fort Fair
field, instead of Woodstock n. b. The
distance from Presque Isle to Newport, on
the NJ C. Railroad by the n. b., road, is 292
miles; Dv way of Houlton. Bancroft and the
E. n. A. 1872 miles; by the proposed
Maine Central route, 10 miles.
CUMBERLAND.
The Press saws that a man named Hersom
fell into the hold of a coal schooner at the
Grand Trunk wharves, Tuesday. His collar
bone was broken, and he had flesh wound
which had to be sewed up.
The Advertiser says that Dresser. Mcclellan
Co., in Portland, have on exhibition at
their store the original centennial register.
This is the largest blank book in the country.
weighing los pounds. At the centennial OF
1876 it was on exhibition and was inscribed
with the autographs of $4,000 persons from
every State in the Union, and almost every
country of the world.
The following is an estimate of the value
of stock that has been sold the part season
from the Rangley country, including the
towns of Rangeley, Greenvale, Rangelev and
Dallas plantations, nearly all of which has
been purchased by ID. NJ. Andrews of the
firm Fof Trafton & Andrews. Neat stock
nearly 50 ZOO, sheep and lambs S. 900. Some
twelve or fifteen hundred dollars have been
received for horses sold from the same terri
tory the past season. Ii is estimated that
the wool clip amounted to something like
$4,000.
HANCOCK.
Work on the mines in Biuehill progresses
much as usual. There are no striking de-
velopments, but persistent, steady work.
which, in the end, will bring good results to
the stockholders. Nearly all the mines in
town have re-organiZed and made their stock
assessable. There is no other way to do, if
success is desired.
KNOX.
Half dozen ''pink-eye" cases are report
ed in Rockland.
The Cobb Company. Rockland, loaded 10
vessels with lime, besides shipping 1900
barrels by rail the past week.
Mr.. Timothy Cronin. who was injured by
the explosion of the boiler at the Rockland
gas works, where he was employed, last
March, has brought suit against TIE gas
company for damages, alleging the amount
of $4,000.
The Democrat says that all kinds of pro-
duce bring remunerative prices at Bethel,
and already plans are being carried out for a
larger breadth of cultivated crops for next
year-It has been quite sickly through this
section, fevers and throat difficulty prevail
ing.-Logging operations promise to he brisk
the coming winter. and the indications are
that larger amount of timber will be put in
to the Androscoggin than for many years.
Wages will run somewhat higher than last
year
PENoBsCoT.
The Commercial says that Tuesday was
the coolest day of the season. at Bangor.
The mercury did not rise above 90 deg. all
day, and a searching wind blew. The first
skim ice on the river formed Monday night
The Bangor Wing says: If the present
cold weather should remain few days long
err. the river will be closed to navigation.
Friday, Mr.. Benjamin Cowan, carpenter
in Bangor, while at work on a building on
Fern street, fell through staging, ten feet
high. to the ground. He received severe
shaking up, but no bones were broken. A
short time ago Cowan removed one of the
brackets that supported the staging, for
some purpose. and neglected to replace it.
which was the cause of the accident.
RESCUED FROM DEATH.
William j. Coughlin of SomervilIe, Mass.
says In the fall of 1876 | was taken with
bleeding of the lungs followed by a severe
cough, lost my appetite and flesh, and was
confined to my bed. In 1877 was admitted
to the Hospital. The doctors said | had a
hole in my left lung as big as a half dollar.
At one time a report went around that was
dead | gave up hope, but friend told me
of DR.. William Halls Balsam for the lungs.
got bottle, when to my surprise, COM
menced to feel better than for three years
past.
81 write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take DIR. William
Halls Balsam and be convinced that Con-
sumption Can be Cured. / can positively
say it has done more good than all the other
medicines have taken since my sickness.
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