Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-12-22

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The Lewiston Journal saws that a Young
man riding 4 bicycle on Pine street in that
city accidentally ran into gentleman. Tues
day afternoon. One of tire tEesiers hit his
hand and made bad wound The BIZ yele
was on the sidewalk. The gentleman imme-
diately commenced a prosecution. and the
relative rights of bicycles and pedestrians
will probably be determined in the Toiice
court
ARoosTooK.
The Pioneer fHonlton1 says: Ore wear
from date we expect to hail the arrival of
passenger train frum Pressure Isle direct.
The increase in value of real estate between
here and Pressure I>le during the next twelve
months will be more than the cnst Of a rsil
road.
CUMBERLAND.
The Press SAYS: Monday. child in Port
land, named McCrink pulled cup of scsli-
ing hot tea over on itself. and will probably
die.
While at work on a two story building in
Portland, Monday morning. the boss carpenter
Mr.. Jerry Desmond. slipped and fell from
the roof He died in a shor, time from
severe internal injuries He was about 40
years old and leaves a widow and one child.
HANCOCK.
A large amour. of lumber has been man.
ufactured at Ellsworth during the season just
closed, for which there Is a brisk demand at
remunerative prices. The lumber manufac
tsrers are preparing for extensive opera
tons in the woods this winter. The
stave business is booming. Timber and
wood lands sell readily at good prices
OXFORD.
Two valuable horses owned by Frank
Starbird of South Paris, became frightened
by the breaking of the yoke, ran away and
brought up against a tree with great violence.
forcing a fence picket into the breast of
one. The injury was probably fatal. This
was the same team that handled the Premium
o. X. Plow so well without a driver at the
State Fair, and is probably the best broken
team in the county. The injured horse was
valued at $500.
A good joke is told of an Oxford county
dentist, on whom two ladies recently called,
one to have three teeth extracted, the other
to have all extracted. The dentist etherized
the lady who wanted three teeth pulled, and
when she arose from her trance she found
that the dentist had made a mistake. and that
she was toothless.-Democrat. 1t is not
stated whether the dentist pulled only three
for the other customer.
PESoBscor
Among the men in this county who make
farming pay by using brains with their muscle
is Geo NJ. Fogg of Kingman. His last crop
cost, seed and labor, 1864, and was worth
$lS37.OO. He raised among other things, 80
tons each of hay and straw, 936 bushels of
wheat, oats and peas, $50 bushels Of potatoes.
He keeps stock enough to eat his hay, straw
and grain, thus keeping up the fertility of the
soil.
The Bangor Commercial says The Pc
nobscot is practically open, being obstructed
only at intervals by a weak skim of ice. Any
steamer or tug could easily reach this port,
but there is no object in their doing so, as the
Bar Harbor line has finished its seasons
Office to the station of the b. 4 b. II. X. for
the winter. Then there is nothing in the
towing line, and the tugs are all laid up.
PIsCATAoUIs.
Shirley is very busy place just now.
LAUNDERING operations in this vicinity are to
be carried on upon an extensive scale, and
large squads of men are daily seen upon the
roads en- route for the woods.
YORK.
The York County Evaporating Co. closed
up business in Limington. on Saturday last.
They have purchased and dried 5.s4J bush
els of apples. The largest lot delivered by
any one person was by l.. 7. Thompson.
24Oi bushels. They have put up 553 boxes
of dried apples of so pounds each, equivalent
to IL tons. 1850 pounds. Two girl opera
tives, pared during the last eight weeks, ten
hours a day. 2,257 bushels.
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