Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-04-13
State News.
ANDROsCOGCIN,

The term at Bates College commenced
Tuesday, with a good attendance.
Probate court sat in Auburn, Tuesday,
Judge Wing on the bench. Among the cases
was hearing in contested will case. Amos
Kyle of Perryville, Auburn, recently deceas-
ed,willed his estate valued at about 81, 900 to
his wife for her use during life, and after her
death to his brothers. His daughters con-
test the will on account of the latter provision.
Among the witnesses present were two
deaf men, whom the lawyers piled with
stentorian conundrums.
ARoosrOOK.
Several young men who went West few
months ago, returned last week to spend the
summer in their native town of Linneus
The Pioneers opinion is that they can do
better by raising Aroostook potatoes at 50 80
barrel than by seeking fortunes on the
Western prairies, and will learn by dearly
bought experience that Aroostook has manv
advantages over the West.
CUMBERLAND.
The News says two brothers in Naples,
named White, were hauling wood with two
horses, when the remonstrance of one of them
against straining the animals so severely
led to an alteration, which eliminated in the
driver knocking the other down with stake,
the blow rendering him unconscious. The
driver then ran away. The victim at last re-
covered his consciousness, and succeeded in
making his way to their home. The Other
returned to the spot and found his brother
gone; then he went to the house and saw
that his brother was not fatally, though se-
verely hurt, but expressed no contritiOn for
what he had done, and shortly after sold his
horse and started for Boston.
A s1iobf fro in III d. n.
factory Tuesday afternoon. Fortunately it
was not extensive as two of the steamers
were delayed by reason of their horses being
out at work. The Press remarks: BY and by
when a half million dollar fire takes place in
the day time, then, as has been always pre-
dicted, there will be an urgent demand that
the fire department own their horses.
SAGADAHOc.
John Traynor. one of the men who crossed
the Atlantic in the dory City of Bath. was
split out of his boat into the Kennebec Mon
day night. He got himself out, however, no
doubt having objections to being drowned in
the river after having escaped the dangers of
the Atlantic.
Schooner Lucy Wheatly, Capt. j. n.
Sipple. sailed from J. P. Norton's ice houses
at Richmond Mond ", taking 307 tons of ice
consigned to Gogle & Woodard, Baltimore.
This is the first cargo Of ice out of the river,
above Bath, this season. The last cargo of
ice shipped last fall was from Mr. Norton's
houses, and he was the last to discontinue
cutting this spring.
Phipsburg possesses clam merchant. who
does quite business in Bath and recently
sold the contents of two dories containing 40
bushels before night.
WASHINGTON.
The Union says Of the egg business: Al
lowing domestic consumption to be so per
cent of the shipment, or only $1,000 dozen,
the four or five towns including Machias and
Machiasport will show an egg product of
about 900 dozen for 1sS1-at l6 cents
per dozen worth $4,000.
Cold weather still hangs on at Machiss.
On April 9th ice l8 inches thick was reported
solid in Gardner's lake, and on the 9Th sled
ding was still good.
The first consignment of new cotton for
the cotton mill at Calais, arrived Monday,
direct from Galveston, Texas. The mill
hopes to commence operations the latter
part of May.