Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-09
State News.
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Al. r. Keep, in letter to the HoulIon
Times concerning the extension Of the Maine
Central to Aroostook, says the capacity OF
Northern Maine would tax the road to the ut
most with products for Portland and Boston
He thinks that quarries may be developed OF
the marble which ''underlies nearly whole
township on the route, near the dividing
water shed between the East Branch and the
Aroostook," for which marble suitable for
statuary and ornamental purposes may be
had. At least for building purposes through
out the State it would be of the greatest
utility, as no such deposit is known east OF
the Green Mountain range. The possibility
of finding slate quarries along the line is
suggested.
CUMBERLAND.
movement is on foot in N. Bridgton, to
raise funds with which to build club board
ing house in connection with the Academy.
The cost will be about $500. OF this sum
about Sl400 has been raised BY subscription,
and the committee are hopeful o, getting q
sufficient amount outside of the Academy
funds.-NeHs.
The News says: At the stores in this place
perforated dollar rates at GO or &C cents; a
half dollar 30 cents quarter, 10 cents dime.
cents. OF course the intrinsic loss of silver
Is not, III lnOSt cases, 50 nuCU, IneTe Is u
determination to put stop to the nefarious
work of rascals who make money" by
mutilating money-boring the holes and sell.
ing the dust.
The Waterville Sentinel despairingly asks
What Waterville girl will scoop that 500, 0Ot
which Barnum offers?
The Rockland Gazette says: The munich
pal committees Of Bath and Rockland. with
the committee of the Knox { Lincoln Direc
tors, met a committee of the Maine Central
Directors at Bath. last week. to consider the
proposed lease of the Knox 4 Lincoln to thu
Maine Central r. X. The Maine Contra
committee made the proposition, subject tc
ratification by the Board of Directors, to pay
per cent, on the bonded debt of the roat
for the first ten years; l-2 per cent, for the
next 5, and per cent, for the remaining "a
years of the 80 years lease. The municipal
committees then made the proposition, sub
ject to ratification by vote Of the towns anC
cities, and which they thought would be agreed
to: 2 l-2 per cent on the bonded debt for
years; per cent. for the next ten, and l..
per cent, for the 81 remaining years. The
Maine Central Committee will Immediately
report the result of the conference to the full
Board of Directors. The proposition made
by the municipal committees seem to us
fair basis for lease, and we believe it to bt
as small rental as the citizens Of Rocklant
will be willing to agree to.
Mr.. J. G. Maddocks. the lightkeeper a
Owls Head, reports that the total number o
vessels that have passed that station for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1881, was II ,03s. Fol
the year 1880 the record was 81 $40; showing
a decrease of I72 in the number of all classes
of vessels passing the light in 1881, as com
pared with 1880. The only class in which
any increase lie noted is that of the sloops.
LINCOLN.
The Arctic Ice Co. have two houses at Ne
quasset Pond filed with ice cut last winter
which they hold at So ton.
One of the most observing masters of thu
Eastern river coasters puts the amount o
the shipments of hay from Dresden to Bos
ton and Brighton, for the season of 1881. a
5000 tons.
PENoBscor.
T. y. Egery and others propose to utiliz
the surplus water at the dam in Bangor. Th
plan is to establish WOODEN mill and pape
mill.
The Wing says: A woman called at tn
post-office, Friday, and asked for mournin,
stamps. The clerk suggested that per
haps she meant mourning envelopes
but she Indignantly declared tina
she knew what she wanted. The clerl
passed ont some three cent stamps, tellin,
her that those were the kind in popular us
for such purposes. The woman took them
remarking that she had supposed they wer
black.
The Richmond dry good. dealers hav
r - 4
Fridays.
The Bee says: The smooth ice is fror
four TO five inches thick. In many instances
the snow ice, frozen underneath. is rapid
wearing away, and will probably occasio
| little or no trouble when the time comes 70
cutting.
The Times saws that Goss & SAWYER @
| Bath. have contracted to build three mas,
| ed schooner of GOO tons carrying capacity 70
| parties in New Bedford, to be commanded b
| Capt. Ezra Howes, of Dennisport. Mas,
| She is to be commenced April l, and to b
finished Jnly /.
| T. J. Southland, at Richmond, is buildin
big block about opposite the cotton mill
| 1t will have fine hall overhead.
| YORK
| The Biddeford Journal saws: Fire escape
are being placed on the four story buildin
occupied by the ventilating Waterproof Sho
| Company in Kennebunk. This 10 move
the right direction, and none Of our lare
manufacturing establishments. where hur
dreds of men and women are daily employed
| should be without some practical means
| escape
| A nest Of ten flying squirrels was found
Buxton, . few days ago.
There is one place in the Saco river
Buxton, that i more than one hundred fet
deep.