Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-01-25

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The Lewiston Sunday Sum, established 4
few weeks since, has been discontinued.
Richard Moore, . man formerly employed
in Barker Min. fell dead in l. n. Haskelrs
store, near Barker Mil, Monday afternoon.
He was about forty years of age. and re-
sided on the river road in Auburn
CUMBERLAND.
The Sentinel says Mrs. Elizabeth Moody
of Cape Elizabeth, will be 100 years old
Feb. 2Sth.
Monday evening . stevedore named Thom-
as Wood. engaged in unloading the Prussian,
At Portland. fell through the hold to the ves-
sells bottom, . distance Of twenty-five feet
No bones we're broken, but he Was consider
ably shaken up.
The Press says that the royalty charged
for the ''cut-into" or ''cut under hay racks.
is not so much of an outrage upon the farm
ers as has been asserted. Such is the opin-
ion of Portland judge.
KExxHBEc
Clothes line thieves and thieves Of all sorts
are making their presence felt in West Gardi-
ner.
The Kennebec Ice Co., at South Gardiner
are filling their houses.
The Independent company began running
in, on Friday, ice between ii and IL inches
thick
fine new school house in District No. 9,
in West Gardiner, has just been finished, tax
ing the place of the old one burned last Sep
tember.
The Gardiner Reporter says that telephone
subscribers cannot send messages to the tele
graph Office by telephone, on penalty of hav-
ing the telephone taken out
PESoBscor.
The Wing says that the officers en- route
for Caribou after the veazie sleigh thief, cap
tured Asa Inman. an alleged harness thief.
at Lincoln. He was found at work in a tan
merry. Officer Edmunds brought him to this
city on the train last evening, while officers
Gordon and Patten resumed their journey
toward Caribou.
The baggy looking yellow boots and shoes
called moccasins. which, in winter form the
principal and favorite foot wear of our lum-
bermen, farmers and other men whose work
is out of doors. have history which dates
back to the middle the century and is quite
interesting. The material is common leather,
but tanned in peculiar way. Leather thus
tanned was first used as lacing for mill belts,
and it was used in this capacity only for some
time before its valuable properties for boot
is headquarters for their manufacture. The
production last year was in the vicinity of
so, 900 pairs of boots and 20, 900 pairs of shoes.
About 10, 900 sides of leather were used and
probably 250 to 800 directly or indirectly en-
ployed.- Commercial.
SAGApAHoc.
Goss, Sawyer & Packard of Bath, are
working on nine vessels of different sizes at
present, including the steam whaler. but not
including the City of Richmond which is on
their marine railway. When all hands are
at work there are over GOO men on the pay
roll.
Two Bath gentlemen (D, says the Times,
one lawyer, got into scrimmase last
Saturday, which increased to an assault and
battery case. The apple of discord in this
case was a basket of meat which both took
hold of, but neither obtained The lawyer,
being fined IS and costs, appealed and was
put under $50 bonds. The Times styles the
trial "a rich Affair."
WASHINGTON.
The Times says John Ross of Calais, was
instantly killed last week. While engaged
in binding a load of hay the pole sprung,
knocking him from the load and breaking his
neck.
YORK.
Diphtheria is raging at West Buxton, one
case having proved fatal.
The Biddeford Times says: The officers
spilled about 800 gallons of liquor in front of
the police station Monday. A barrel of
imported gin was among the lot.
A Parsonsfield "school-marm' has sue
ceeded in subduing a refractory six-footer in
a district where male teachers have failed to
keep order. There's nothing like plucky
woman-with a stove poker.
The Ossipee News says that the little Pea
body girl who, with her mother, was badly
hurt in the B. & NJ. disaster, is nearly insane
from her fright, and now shrieks to be pulled
out from the burning cars. She was severely
injured having had four front teeth driven up
into her face so it with difficulty they
were removed.