Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-08-27
State News.
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| ARoosfooK.
y. Z. +. Stetson of Hodgdon Is now sur
seying and lotting = township on the ARGOS
'ook river for Haywood Brothers of Ashland
Inc Republican says: The new steam saw
ana grist mill has been rented 10 ]. W. GARY
ESQ.,, Of Caribou, who will soon set il in on.
GRAFTON. Under the management of Mr.
gary, this excellent mill will undoubtedly dc
a large and thriving business.
Fresque Isle voted on Wednesday to accep,
Ine gift OF a town clock from Mr. John Allen
The clock is to be placed on the spire of the
r. BAPTIST church and to be kept in repai,
and insured by the town.
| CUMBERLAND.
| The Argus says: Thursday morning abou,
three o'clock the house of Dr. Ripley in Eas,
| Deering. was burned to the ground An
engine went out from this city and succeeded
IN saving much valuable property. The
loss an insuranced was not ascerfained.
The work on Memorial Hall. at Brunswick
Is rapidly going on. The low er half is wholly
lathed and the pipes for heating by steam are
being put in.
The Telegraph says: We learn from Mr..
flerce that the paper mill will probably shut
down on Saturday, for two weeks. for the
purpose OF putting in a larger water wheel
and making some necessary repairs on ma
chinery.
The Bar Harbor Post Office has recently
been made money order Office The first
order sent from that Office was sent by a
PassamaquOddy Indian to Passport
The fall term of the Eastern State Normal
and Training School, at Castine, will COM
mence Aug. 23, and will continue thirteen
WQQke Nv WnnIhurv -:
pal.
Five hundred thousand bricks will be re-
quired in the construction Of the Bangor
opera house.
The Wing says Rev. Alvah Strout of
Bradford, died very suddenly, about o'clock
Wednesday evening. Only a few minutes
before his death he was apparently we'll, at
tending to his business. Mr.. Strout was
chairman of the Board of Selectmen and vas
highly respected by the entire community.
The Commercial saws A hostler employed
in one of the stables in this city, while suf-
fering from the effects of too free indul-
gence in liquor, sought to initiate Sam Patch
by leaping from one of the windows in the
toll bridge into the river. He succeeded in
max ing successful jump but if it had not
been for the prompt assistance of parties who
witnessed the Scene and went his rescue he
would have drowned.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The Observer says that Miss Adela W
Adams of Castine. graduate of Bridgewater
Mass Normal School, takes the place of
Miss Clark as preceptress of Foxcroft
Academy this Fall.
Rev. ID. A. Morehouse, who received a call
from the Congregational society of Foxcroft
and Dover to become their pastor, has accep-
ted the same and will commence his labors
with the church some time next month. We
believe he is to receive a salary of $1,000 a
year with parsonage.
The work of grading the Bangor 4 Katah-
din Iron Works Railway is being pushed as
rapidly as the weather will permit. Work
men are engaged at seven or eight points be-
low the Bangor & Piscataquis r. r. and Mer-
rlrs Quarry, and the bridge across the Sc
bee is well under way.
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield Journal SAYS About o'clock
Thursday morning fire broke out in the ell of
the house of Mr.. c. f. Chase between this
village aad Waterville. and in about an hour
the house and outbuildings were burned to
the ground. The buildings were insured for
$1,000 which will not cover the loss.
WAsHINGTON.
A correspondent of the Eastport Sentinel
affirms that the small herring taken in Passa-
maquoddy bay are identically the same as the
small fish caught on the coast of the island of
Sardinia and so called ''sardines." He also
saws that the oils used in packing the East
port sardines are precisely the same that are
used by French packers. This being the
case. Maine ought to have the credit of this
new industry, and the use of misleading
French labels should be discontinued.
A report comes from the town ofJonesport
that dark evening recently some youngsters
contrived to play the ghost and alright III
val. 1t is said that they stretched wire
across the bridge said rival had to pass over
on his return home. The wire tripped him.
he staggered and fell At the moment rep
resentative ghosts and hobgoblins appeared
in sheets and divers unearthly garbs arising
near to him and all around: the desired at
fright was so complete that the young man
tainted. failed and continued to sink and died
within week. Naehias Union.
YORK.
Mr.. 0. NJ. Lord. late of the South Ber-
wick academy, has been presented with a
gold-headed cane by his South Berwick and
Rollinsford friends. Mr.. Lord has been ap-
pointed principal of the Biddeford high
school.