Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-06
state News.
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The Auourn Light Infantry will make q
visit to Lynn on the 18th of October. A num-
Der of the prominent citizens of the two places
will accompany them.
The conservation of the new Trinity church
in Lewiston is appointed for today at 1880
A. NJ.
ARoosTook.
A Juvenile Temple was instituted in Houl
ton, Sept. 9th. by Mrs. H. NJ. Estes of
Waterville. numbering II members. There
are now Juvenile Temples in the county in
Blaine. Caribou, Easton, Houltor, Mapleton
and Masardis.
The stable of Alderman Gould of Ellsworth
was burned on the evening of the 9th ult.
together with one horse and other valuable
contents II was thought 70 be an incendiary
fire. The supposed guilty person WAS arrest
ed, and had hearing before the police court.
but was discharged for want of sufficient evil
dence to convict him.
three masted schooner of 3l2 tons bur-
den is being built at Franklin.
At Sullivan the silver mines continue to
be worked with hopeful results. The quar-
ries are busy places. A large amount of
paving is being got ort
At Ellsworth the Congregati0nalsts have
lately built a very fine vestry at cost Of
81 800 The Baptists have raised their church
and made fine vestry under it.
In Lamoins and Trenton the farmers are
this wear getting an unusual amount of sea
dressing called muscle mud" Ii is a kind
OF heavy black muck and interpreted with
numerous marine shells, and is obtained at
low water. 1t is excellent for grass, AMI its
good effects last for years.
Thomas Milan. late first assistant keeper
of Mt. Desert Rock Light has been promoted
to first assistant keeper, in place of James A.
Morris, deceased William Stanley. late
second assistant keeper. has been appointed
to the vacancy caused by Mr.. Milan's pro-
motion.
KESSEBEc.
The foundation o. the new wooden mill in
West Waterville will be completed this
week. The masons have begun laying the
brick of which the first story is to be built.
after which there will be three stories of
wood
Since January lst City Treasurer Weeks
of Rockland has received 1888 95 from the
Knox and Lincoln Railroad Company with
which to paw the coupons of the railroad
bonds.
A newspaper is about to be established in
Camden, with Hon. T. r. Simonton as editor.
LINCOLN.
Quite large lumber of beautiful speci-
mems have lately been taken from the shell
heaps at Damariscotta and from the region
of Bremen and Pemaquid. An oyster shell
was recently taken from the heap measuring
IL inches in diameter, and some arrow heads
were described AS being perfect in form and
finish The heaps have been estimated to
he about So feet in height and to contain 49,
900. 900 cubic feet, an almost uncomfortable
number.
PENOBsCoT.
The Danish revenue cutter was launched
on Tuesday afternoon from Cakes shipyard
in Brewer She is named the Clara May and
is a model craft. In few days she will sail
for Curocoa.
PIsCArAQUIs.
The Bangor Wing says there are now
about fifteen million feet of logs in Pea Cove
hoom and one-half of these will be scaled
out this season, a crew of 40 men now being
engaged in the work. In the Argyle boom
there are about eight million legs.
The NJ. c. r. K. crew are now laying steel
rails into Bangor, having completed the line
is now possessed of fine roadway.
The Maine Board of Agriculture will hold
a farmers institute at Carroll. in Upper Pc
nobscot county, Thursday, October 10Th.
1888, at which papers will be read by Prof.
Balentine of the State College, J. f. Shaw.
Secretary of the PenObscot County Farmers
Club. and Secretary Gilbert.
SAGApAHoC.
Two smart old men in Boydoinham started
Wednesday morning and drove a team to
Harpswell. distance of &c miles, and after
spending the day in sightseeing returned
home the same day. The elder of the two,
Cap. Edmund Eaton. is about 81 years of
age and the Younger, Mr.. Reuben Blake, is
81 1t is a remarkable case of physical
endurance. Mr.. Blake also attended a
church sociable on his return home and ap-
peared to suffer no fatigue from a journey of
81 miles over country roads Bath Times
A Bath woman named Hannah HAYES was
much terrified by the appearance of her
fathers ghost on Saturday. 1t is case of
modern Hamlet The spirit could not rest
easy from fancied Indignation to its memory
WALDO.
Rev Mr. Goodenough. pastor of the
Cniversalist church in Belfast since Jan. l,
1875. preached his farewell sermon on Sun
day last. The church was well filled by the
society and friends who met to take leave OF
their beloved pastor. The sermon was a
review Of his pastorate in Belfast, and was
very feelingly delivered. Many of the
congregation wept. Mr.. G. is very popular
with the church, and has very many warm
friends outside. He only sewers his con-
nection here on account of his wife's health.
In his sermon Mr.. Goodenou.h said that
during his pastorate in Belfast and Stockton,
"A members have been added to the church !;
so children have been baptised; 15 couples
married; POO funerals attended; 4,ooo
pastoral calls made, and 900 sermons preach
ed He said if these sermons had been print
ed they would have made II volumes of 400
pages each.-Beifdsf Journal
YORK.
Dogs have been committing great havoc
among the sheep in York county, several
hundred having been killed recently.
William Owen of Saco. while cunning in
| the vicinity of Ferry pond. Wednesday morn
ing accidentally shot Will Emmons in the
hack of the head The wound is serious,