Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-06

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The Journal says: Sabafis pond l. fur.
nishing large quantities Of pickerel for the
market.
NJ. stephen E. Smith, of Bowdoinham.
Sniie ont hunting in the vicinity of Webster
corner the other day, shot silver gray fox.
Inc iur OF the animal il very valuable, and
Mr.. Smith has the envy of the whole race of
local hunters. It il the first silver gray
brought down in this vicinity, for . long
time.
CUMBERLAND.
Scarlet fever il somewhat prevalent in
darpswell. Three children in one family
are now. sick with IT,
A birch tree that stood ne ar Gurnet bridge
IN Harpswell. when cut recently yielded three
cords Of wood.
FRANKLIN
Mr.. Reid, formerly of Pauen. dropped
down dead Tuesday morning al the home of
his son-in-law, II. n. Lovejoy. in Chester
vile
The young people of Industry Centre have
organized literary society and reading club.
1 ne nrst meeting was holden Dec 3lst
aiter the transaction of business. readings
and recitations were given. after which few
appropriate remarks were made bv some of
the Older people present. encouraging the
course in which they had engaged. More
than twenty Joined the society by signing the
constitution, and the meeting adjourned till
Jan. Eth
Nearly all the schools are in progress
Several OF the teachers reside in town and
are well qualified for the positions they
hold.
HANCOCK.
The Ellsworth American says:-The clerk
OF the steamer Henry Morrison reports ice
IN our bay from one to two inches thick. The
steamer had to cut through about three miles
OF this ice on her trip to this city Tuesday
The river Is still open, owing TO the high wa
ter and rapid current.
The work of fishing for smelts has COM
menced on Patterns bay. When the ice is
not sufficiently strong. the tents are placed
on small RATS and towed out to position.
Knox.
The Argus saws that about five o'clock
Monday afternoon, Mr.. John Payson, a
wealthy farmer residing at Union. was found
to have attempted suicide by cutting his
throat several times with a knife. He was
not expected to recover. He was SO years of
age and was highly respected. He has been
suffering from i'll health. and this probably
induced an attack of insanity, under the in
fiuence of which he attempted suicide.
In Knox county, l.l42. 067 barrels of lime
were made last year. Rockland alone fur
nished 9l7.067.
PENoBsCoT.
About l54 200, 900 feet of all kinds of lum-
Der have been surveyed at Bangor the past
year, against 1913 ,000, 900 in 1880.
The Wing mentions a 7Sl pound porker
twenty months old, that was grown in Le-
want.
SAGADAHoC.
The Bath Times says: Seventy-two peo-
pie in this city have telephones.
The Times says: The law prohibiting the
SEEMING of bass was of Saturday night, Dec
3lst. and it is estimated 81. 900 worth of fish
had been caught since midnight Saturday up
to Wednesday at Winnegance Creek. The
American Express Company shipped 5000
pounds of bass TO New York Monday and
1000 pounds Tuesday. They command
good price there. There are 200 nets down,
at the least, and this industry is assuming
considerable magnitude. The smelt season
too is opening as the Back river is now
frozen.
At Bowdoinham the ice fever is running
high, and lots of new companies are forming
for future prospect, providing the weather
proves favorable. Chas. burlington, Esq,
is at the head of company that has just been
formed, and has graded up lot for large
ice-house. Mr.. p. is also president of the
Centennial Ice Company, one Of the best
companies on the river.
SOMERSET.
The Reporter SAYS that Skowhegan is
seventh in importance of railroad business,
Portland. Bangor, Lewiston, Auburn, Angus
ia and Waterville alone. doing more bust
ness. While Watervile has done more bus
mess than Skowhegan, the earnings at our
station exceed those of Waterville some 81
900. We are also ahead of Gardiner in earn
ings. The earnings at this station for the
year were so, 900: at Pennington they were
but $4,000; at Fairfield, S37, 267, and at
Dexter, S57 900. l2.l39 passengers were
taken from here and 7.649 tons of freight
while ia tons of freight were brought in.
During the month of December the business
at this station was $500 more than for the
corresponding month of last year. This is a
gain of more than so per cent.
WALDO.
One of the Searsport vessels has paid a
dividend of 80 per cent. on the original cost
since the 2lst day of last September.
Over one-half the scholars in the village
of Palermo are sick with the whooping cough