Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-11-02
State News.
ANDROscOGGIN.


| The Journal says: Lewis Leavitt, OF
Livermore, this season raised 80 acres OF
sweet corn. He owns a canning factory, and
has put up 2l5, 600 cans of corn, the most of
which has been sold to parties in New York
city at good price. Mr. Leavitt first began
this business last year, and it has grown even
beyond his expectations. Mr.. L. raised 80.
900 cans of the total amount put up. He is
one of the enterprising citizens of that enter
prising town.
AROosTooK.
The Star says: Two prisoners broke Jail
last Sunday night bv going out through the
scuttle. They set their faces toward the
morning and we hope they'll keep 'em set in
that direction for the next hundred years.
7 This has been one of the most delightful
autumns ever known in Aroostook.
The people of the towns round about Houl
ton have been wakening, under the influence
of Mrs. Estes, from kennebec, to the greater
need of organized temperance effort, and
four new lodges of Good Templars have re-
Gently been organized by her at Linneus, Is
land Falls, Hodgton and Monticello. She
has also dine good work in regard to the
children's Temples" and has instituted sew
era,. One-a large one-has been started ar
Houlton, others at New Limerick, Dyer
Brook and Hodgdon. So the good work
goes on.
The Pioneer saws that drove of about 500
cattle belonging to Weller, Brown & Libby
passed through Houlton last Saturday, to the
outside e'market. Four weeks ago they took
drove of 467, all purchased in Aroostook
county.
CUMBERLAND.
The Portland Water Company shut down
their pumps last Thursday aud water was for
the first time let into the 1000 feet of new
brick conduit completed this season. from the
upper gate house to the west end of the tun-
mel. The magnitude of the work may be
judged from the fact that over S33. 900 was
paid out for labor alone, and 625, 900 bricks
laid. There now remains but = 900 feet. of
the whole distance 1915 feet TO be taken up
and relaid. For five months all water COM
ing here has been pumped, but the supply is
now by gravitation.
The house of Capt. Gideon NJ. Stanwood
at Gorham village. was entered Tuesday
while the family were At home, and about $50
in cash and certificates for 200 registered
United States bonds with notes and other
papers were stolen.
KENNEBEC.
The four months old son of John Cover of
Winthrop. was nearly strangled to death on
Sunday last from his little sisters pouring
some perfnmery on his face in her endeavor
to let him smell of it. Some of it went into
his eyes producing temporary inflammation.
PENoBsCoT.
The Commercial says a three-story brick
building on Main street, Bangor was
thoroughly wet down, Sunday night, BY the
overflow of sink in the rooms of the Ban
gor Band, on the upper flour. 1t seems that
some person left the water running Sunday
evening, when the rooms were closed. Goods
were wet, and when the occupants of the
building arrived, Monday morning, they
found three inches of water on the floors, and
much higher tide in the cellar
WASHINGTON.
Miss c. C. Allan of Machias. who recently
died at Augusta made will l3 years ago,
bequeathing her property to relatives as
brother; two of the sisters having since
died Two-thirds to II nieces and nephews,
excepting a small legacy to daughter of
Mr.. Jared Crane of Portland. The amount
thus bequeathed is said to be not far from
$4,000. Miss Allan was for good many
years engaged in trade in Machias.
YORK.
The Times saws: There were over 40 girls
at Old Orchard Beach this summer who gave
out that they were heiresses. but they found
that string broken. The young men turn to
the commercial agencies when they want to
hon