Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-28
State News.
AROosTOOK.

| One of the most important projected enter
prises. for this section. is the new road &c
Fort Kent By building Is miles of road
from New Sweden, a large section of excel
lent farming land will be opened up for set
| Element and the distance from Fort Kent re-
duced from 30 miles to 81 miles
CUMBERLAND.
The Argus says: There is a horse owned
outside of Portland, by milkman. which is
larger than Barnum's big horse and weighs
more.
DR.. VIM. Warren Greene Of Portland. will
sail for London. July 18th, to attend the In
ternational Medical Congress. DIR. Greene
goes not only by invitation of the executive
committee, but also by personal invitation
from several eminent English surgeons.
On Saturday forenoon. Mr.. A. Quinby, a
carpenter at Cumberland Mills, fell from a
staging, distance of Is feet TO the ground
striking on pile of iron. He was taken mp
insensible and carried to his home. where il
was ascertained that no bones were broken,
but that he had sustained very severe in
juries. the full extent of which have not as
yet been determined.
FRANKLIN.
The Phonograph saws The examination
and graduation exercises of the Normal school
will commence tomorrow, Wednesday. and
close Thursday. There will be quite large
graduating class.
PENoBscoT.
The First Parish Congregationalist Sab
bath school of Bangor go on an excursion to
IslesborO to-day on the CITY of Bangor
The Wing saws ''We learn that Messrs
John p. Weber 4 Sons, of Bangor, recent
ly purchased the Milliken property. so called.
situated in the towns of Alton and Hudson.
The property comprises about $1,000 acres
Of timber land, water power saw-mill and
tannery, aud eleven dwelling houses. The
buildings named are all situated in Alton.
SAGADAHoc.
There is said to be haunted house at
Bath. Family after family have moved out
after few days stay, things getting so fear
fully unpleasant that they are unable to stay.
The principal disturbance seems to be three
distinct knocks after everything is quiet at
night The parties awakened from their
sleep by the rapping try in vain to discover
some cause for the disturbance, bnt as vet
with no success. While the parties are
awake nothing is heard, but as soon as they
fall asleep the noises begin again. The mat
ter is to be looked into at once.
WALDO.
The Argus says: Ex-Atty. Gen. Mcclellan
of Belfast. went to Leadville with the in
tention of settling there, but was not favora-
bly, impressed with the city and surround
ings. He is now in Kansas City, Mo-, where
he will remain until October.
A young man named Morris Rhodes left
his home in Northport over twenty-seven
years ago to seek his fortune in the world
Up to within fourteen years he was in cor
respondence with his relatives in this city
and Northport. but at that time news from
him ceased. Last week brother in San
Francisco received call from Morris, who
had long ago been given up as dead. Nor
ris has for several years followed the sea,
mostly between the Australian and East In
dia ports. He is now master of large ship
in the Australian trade.-Belfast Age.
WASHINGTON.
The directors have decided to hold the
Cattle Show and Fair of the West Washing
ton Agricultural Society at Machias on the
Goth and 2lst of September next
The County Commissioners visited East
Machias last Thursday on petition of the
proprietors for an abatement of taxes on the
Fern Extract factory in that place. The
abatement was made.
The public oral examinations of the classes
in Washington Academy will occur Wednes-
day and Thursday of this week, June Doth
and 30th. The graduating exercises will &C.
cur Friday evening, July LIST, at Academy
Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock.
YORK.
The Free Baptist society of Saco are to
build brick church on the Prentiss Lot on
Cults street locating it on the southeast side
of said lot and reserving the remainder of
the lot about fifty feet on the northwest side
for parsonage.
The police are looking for a fellow named
Walter Stone, Il years old, who is wanted
for stealing horse and carriage Sunday
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