Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-03-06
State News.
ANDRoSCoGGN.


Carpenters at Lisbon Falls have gone to
work at once. repairing the building which
sank in under the pressure of the crowd.
New sleepers and sills are to be put in on one
side.
The telephone line from Brunswick to
Lewiston was expected TO be completed by
Saturday night.
The boundary line between the town of
Webster and TIE city of Lewiston is in dis
pute, and Webster has brought suit against
Lewiston.
Says the Journal: Four good cases in this
city are now open to detective ingenuity ::
the Graffam robbery. the Gofi explosion, the
Pulverman robbery. and the Marston House
robbery.
A colony of the order of Pilgrim Fathers
has been instituted in Sabatis village the past
week
Effie Ford, young girliiving on Oxford
street, Lewiston, blew off the end of her
fingers, while playing with toy pistol, last
Thursday evening. No moral--JoHrHai
ARoosrooK.
Assistant Postmaster General Elmer in
letter TO Senator Frye. states that it is now
proposed to forward the mail from Bangor at
about I 80 p. NJ. reaching Danforth about
midnight to increase the service on route
23S (from Danforth to Houlton) to six times
week, and require the carrier to leave Dan
forth on arrival of the midnight train, and
arrive in Houlton at an hour making close
connection with the mail for Caribou. In
order to do this, it will be necessary TO re-
advertise this service now under contract on
routes 236, Danforth to Houlton, and 24l.
Houlton to Caribou, as the department can
not curtail the running time without increas
ing the compensation of the contractor. The
service will be re-advertsed to commence
July lst, lSS2.-Leriston Journal.
The Aroostook Educational Association
will hold a two days session at Presque Isle,
the 18th and 18th of March.
A. p. Bennett's large creamery at Linneus
was burned last Monday night.
CUMBERLAND.
The call for town meeting, at Brunswick,
includes, among other matters of business ,an
article to see if the town will vote to build
town hall
The number of deaths in Portland for the
last municipal year is $50 males 430, females
425
FRANKLIN.
There is considerable interest in Phillips
in regard to proposed telephone from
Rangeley by way of Phillips to Lewiston.
The little daughter of Mr.. J. Russ, of
Pennington Falls, came near having her hand
cut off by a circular saw in the excelsior mill,
few days ago. She noticed some dust near
the saw, and, putting her hand out to brush it
away, her fingers just caught on the teeth,
not however, being cut very badly.
HANCOCK.
A Southwest iIarbor correspondent of the
Ellsworth American writes About three
weeks ago signal service station was estab-
lished here. The signals are displayed on
staff erected on the Pemetic House on the
north side of the harbor. The ''cautonary
signal is red flag with black square in the
centre by day, red light by night and
calls for caution in view of an approaching
storm, and is also cautionary with reference
to winds blowing from any direction. The
''cautionary ff-shore signal" is " hite flag
with black square in the centre. shown above
red flag with black square in the centre. bv
day, a white light shown above a red light
by night, and is cautionary with reference to
winds expected to blow from a northerly or
westerly direction, or off shore. Southwest
Harbor being more frequented bv vessels in
stormy weather than any other harbOr on this
part of the coast of Maine signal service
station has been greatly needed here, and the
Government has shown wisdom in placing it
at this harbor and in the choice of Mr.. James
Ross as observer, who is very faithful in his
duties day end night.
Mrs. Tapley of West Brooksvile, lady
in her SSth year being alone in her house,
perceiving the smoke and odor of burning
cloth, after searching for it, found that her
own dress on fire on her back. Instead
of running for help to her neighbors, by
which she would no doubt have been en-
veoped in flames she thoughtfully dipped
towel in water, threw it over her shoulder,
and. falling back against the wall, at once
extinguished it.
OXFORD.
Messrs. b. F. Spinney & Co. of Norway
are doing lively business at the Norway
shoe factory. Their weekly pay roll foots
up about 81, 800. which sum is paid to the
hands every Thursday. They received an
order Wednesday, for 100 cases which was
not expected. This factory, and Horne &
Sons large tannery make quite addition
to the business of the place--Mr. J. w.
Baker finished hauling, w ednesday, fifteen
large sticks of rock maple keel timber. cut
and hewed in Bakers woods, and the timber
was loaded on the cars at Norway depot, for
Portland The largest was lixl6 inches. and
the longest IL feet. Mr.. NJ. is now getting
out hacmatack knees on Bakers land. He
hopes to get out 900 knees this spring. He
purchased the timber and knees standing
hews in the woods. and hauls about six miles
to the depot.-Corr Leniston Journal.
PENOBsCOT.
The criminal term of the s. j. Court ad-
journed Thursday forenoon. But two cases
were tried this term and four prisoners were
convicted.
John Williams, 80 years old one of the
crew of ship Endymion. native of Newport
Me-, while walking between decks, was
thrown into the lower hold Jan. Doth by
heavy lurch of the ship, and died lG hours
after.-Fress.
The Wing SAYS Thursday noon a little
boy, ten years old, named Martin Culley fell
into Meadow Brook. near Maxields wool
shop, and as the brook has been much
swollen since the recent rains, the little fell
low was rapidly carried down towards Rey-
nolds tannery. r. S. Page, Jr., heard
little boy near by shouting and he went to
his assistance and got his companion out
The boy was somewhat bruised and nearly
drowned. This is the second person that Mr.
Page has rescued from drowning within six
months.
WASHINGTON.
The New Religion is responsible for the
statement thst there are several Mormon
churches in this State and dozen or more