Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-07

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III ARoosTooK.
!. They have been enjoying good sleighins
in Aroostook county. surveying part,
numbering fifteen, from the Maine Central
left Fort fairfield last week. on sled drawn
BY six beautiful horses over eight inches OF
snow.
I The Republican SAYS .-Sheep raising will
paw in Aroostook R. W. Lowell. Esq one
of our thrifty farmers wintered last season
"a sheep: has sold wool amounting to $lo0
and $3.50 worth of lambs. and has on hand
30 sheep and lambs for which he has been
offered 81 90 apiece, nice profit, as one will
see at a glance.
CUMBERLAND
I A large dark colored animal was seen one
day last week in Darwin Ingalls, cornfield. in
South Bridgtou by two of his hired men, Mr..
Eugene Martin and Mr.. Albert Trumbull.
As they approached be uttered hideous cries,
and made for the woods. in the vicinity OF
Great Hill" He is described as resembi-
ing somewhat cat, having bushy tail like
a fox. of dark color. size r~o-thirds that of a
large dog. and utterihg at times cry almost
human.
| II appears that the pernicious practice of
hazing has not been stopped in Bowdoin
standing The fashion this term among the
hazers has been to throw Jumps OF coal
| through windows at the students of a lower
class. We have il on the best authority that
already this term two vicfems of this mode
of warfare have left the college, one of whom
is likely to lose the sight of an eye for life.
Such barbarous practices should be stopped
at once, and the students guilty of them
should be punished severely.-Bangor COM
mercidi.
FRANKLIN.
John c. Stewart of Pennington has recent
" sold portions of his wild lands. situated in
the town of Kinefeld and Mt. Abram town
ship. so called. amounting to S6.19s. He
reserves a square mile, $40 acres, as NEST
egg" This property originally cost Mr..
Stewart about eight cents per acre. and dur
ing his ownership he has taken of about
500, 900 NJ Of spruce and pine, and about l.
500 NJ shingles. The sale is 10 Boston par
ties for cash.
| According to the American, an Ellsworth
incorrigible gives this as his record in pub
| lie institutions .Twenty-three times in the
Ellsworth Jail. four times in the Bangor
workhOuse and twice at Thomaston, square
and handsome"
| The Free Press saws that Frank Pease of
Rockland who is IN Jail for shooting his wife,
has written to a friend in Rockland. saving
that if he had never drunk liquor the sad af
fair would never have occurred, and ex-
pressing the hope that his friend, and all in
the house will quit drinking.
! LINCOLN.
| The Damariscotta Herald says: The
long needed repairs on the L. S. Custom
House have been commenced. The building
is to be put in thorough repair under the
superintendence of Mr.. X. L. Fogg of Rock
land, Superintendent of Repairs for New
England. Mr.. George l.. Storer will do
the joiner work. The building has been
built twentv-six wears and less than five
hundred dollars have been expended in re-
pairs. The original cost of the building
was trife more than twenty-five thousand
dollars.
| PENOBsCoT.
The Wing saws that on the farm of Mr.. J.
NJ. Jewell in the town of Lincoln, is ledge
from which vast amounts of granite have
been taken in years past A short time
since party of gentlemen from Bangor paid
visit to the quarry for the purpose of giving
it thorough examination. So convinced
were they of the superiority Of the granite that
a company was at once formed, and the
ledge purchased from Mr.. Jewell. The COM
pany was organized by the choice of Mr..
Charles L. Marston as president. and DIR.
| Harvey L. Jewell as treasurer and secretly
The granite is pronounced very handsome.
PIscATAoUIs.
| An accident is reported as having occurred
recently at the Monson Pond Slate Quarry.
by which workman named Frank Dean
was severely injured. 1t it is strted that
while lighting a scam charge his match went
out and in his haste to light the second quick
enough to get out of the way of another
charge which was being lighted about the
same time Dean dropped the match into the
seam and there was an immediate explosion.
He was knocked over and burned badly but
it is thought he will Bangor Wing.
SAGADAHoC.
The Richmod Bee says: Joseph G. Din
smore. of Dresden. has raised fifteen tons of
cabbages on an acre and a quarter of land
The same farmer has also raised on the a
mount of land ninty- five bushels af oats.
The shoe shipment from Richmond for the
week ending Novemver Sd, were so cases
and pairs. or 1905 pairs.
WASHINGTON.
The Sentinel saws that John Bibber. a
young man belonging in Eastport. met with
1 a serious aCCluent NJ Dung Stltbp>oh i"S-
tory last Thursday. He attempted to carry
case of tin up a flight of stairs, and when
about half way up. he fell backward to the
bottom of the steps. the heavy case striking
him across the stomach.
| YORK.
| The Ventilating Waterproof Company Of
Kennebunk. with capacity for forty to sixty
cases per dav. is now running about l25 hands
and reports business rapidly increasing. and
will soon be in full operation with about 400
hands.
| The Mousam Manufacturing Company at
their leather-board mill, are making over
5000 pairs of counters per day. The pro-
duct of the mill is two and one-half to three
tons per day Seventv-fve to eighty-i FIVE
hands are regularly employed.