Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-27
state News.


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I The wife of Capt. j. s. Garcelon Of Souti
Lewiston. while standing on 4 chair, in hel
house. about some work. fell and broke her
collar bone, Tuesday forenoon.
/ The Journal SAYS: The Webster ~oolen
mill is about TO put in q large and powerful
steam engine, for overcoming a contingent
drouth.
The Pioneer says: W. II. Cummings OF
Fort Fairfield, one of the progressive farm
trs of Aroostook, has a good farm of leo
acres. the income IF which this year is about
81. 500, including IS head of cattle and -
lambs. recently sold. Mr.. Cummings has
now 20 head horned cattle and % sheep and
) horses. He reports his crops all good ex-
/ cept potatoes.
CUMBERLAND.
! During the past season Aessrs Perry &
| Flint Of Portland. put up at their factory in
/ Baldwin. about 900 cans of green corn.
! They are now running thirty hands at their
apple driving establishment at the same place
and intend during the winter TO put up some
10000 bushels of apples.
FRANKLIx.
The body of the man killed on the Lowell
road. Sunday, has been fully identified a.
Frederick Lombard who worked for the
NJ rrimac WOODEN mills in Drscut, Mass.
He was unmarried and his parents reside in
| Wilton, Maine.
KExxEBEc.
The Wing says: All the scythe shops az
West Waterville are now running in full
blast, End the repairs of the ID. Z. L. Co,
completed. They have one of the best ham,
mer shops to be found. The new axe shop
of Hubbard Blake Manufacturing Company
is covered, or one three story wing. Four
water wheels will De required 10 run the ex-
tensive machinery to be placed in this shop.
Many new buildings have been erected there
during the past season, and the prospect is
very encouraging that next season will bring
= great demand for rent.
OXFORD.
The Argus says: The corn shop Of j.
Winslow Jones at Hiram, is again in full
blast, canning apples and pumpkins. Thou
sands of apples hitherto worthless. or worse
than worthless material for cider, bring 90
cents per bushel; pumpkins sell for three
dollars per ton.
PENoBsCoT.
From three to ten boats have been en-
ployed in dragging for the body Of Charley
Grant. who was drowned last Friday, at
Hampden but without success.
The Commercial says: THE Bangor &
Piscataquis Railroad shows a continued in
crease of business over last year. From the
first of the present year to Oct lst the
Company has paid into the City Treasury the
sum of S2s, 900; last year. during the
same time. the sum amounted to 1913, 800.
The Commercial: Mr.. Joab w. Palmer
ia pnu1ncf;nu avfepeiva m bo
operations in the vicinity of the Katahdin
Iron Works. At present the logs are being
cut on the shore of White Brook and are
then foated into Pleasant River. Mr.. Pal
mer is at present employing about l25 men
and % horses. During the winter the force
will be increased to - men and the number
of horses will be largely increased. Its ex-
pected that about ten million feet of lumber
will be cut by spring.
PIscArAoUIs.
The Lewiston Journal Mr.. Jonathan Rob
bins was found dead, Saturday, Oct. 22d, on
Freeze Bog in Orneville. He was an old
man and lived alone. 1t was not known that
he was not at home until the day he was found
when it was discovered that he evidently had
not been at home for some days. Search was
Immediately begun. Some days before he had
asked neighbor ifthere were any cranberries
on the bog and said he was going down to try
to get some. 1t was thought from this that
he might be lost there and party went and
soon found him. 1t was judged that he had
not been dead more than 10 or IL hours. He
has not been seen since Monday it is sup
posed that he was taken sick on the bog that
day, but ifso he must have been out during
the very cold storm of Tuesday night of last
week and his sufferings must have been great.
He had cut few little jumpers and tried to
make shelter for himself
YORK.
The coroner's verdict on the death of
Eleazer Il Smith, who was run over and
fatally injured by the cars at Old Orchard,
on the 10th inst, has been made public. The
engineer and conductor are severely ceusured
and the railroad company is also blamed for
not giving men who ran this train more
definite instructions.
The Biddrford Times saws: There have
been manv fIving reports of new of
small pox. Tuesday morning it was stated
that there was a case at No. 10 on the Pepperell
Block, and another on Sullivan street: but
upon investigation it was proved that these
stories were false. One more case has proved
fatal in the Rose family, but otherwise there
is no new development in regard to the
disease.
The breaking into the house of p s. Chap
man in Saco was the work Of boys. They
have been captured.