Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-12-29
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The Journal says: Eight million brick
were made in Lewiston and Auburn, the pas
season. Mr.. Dunn has sold the most of hi
to the Grand Trunk railway.
The Journal says: Officer Prentiss feunt
part of the goods stolen from the tw,
Russian peddlers in = shed owned by on,
O'Brien in Gas House Patch, "Wednesday
morning. Mr.. O'Brien says his shed VA
broken open by some boys and the good
we're placed there without his knowledge.
ARoosTook.
The Pioneer says: F. L. Dyer of Linneus
young man just starting out in life as
practical farmer, has raised the past season
$500 bushels of potatoes. The yield was up
wards of 200 bushels to the acre. For dress
ing he used superphosphate, putting spoon
fui in hill.
CUMBERLAND.
Steamer Prussian of the Allan line sailet
for Glasgow Monday taking a large ant
valuable cargo including 40 head of cattle
Mr.. Thomas S. S. Lee. 6 Mountfort street
Portland, while engaged Wednesday forenoon
in coupling cars in the Grand Trunk yard
caught his hand between the cross bars, bad
ly jammng three fingers, breaking one o
them and perhaps nee, ssitating amputation
Mr.. Lee has been employed by the Crane
Trunk Company fully IL years. He is at
tended by DIR. Merrill.
Charles March, living on Oak street
while skating at the Oaks Monday afternoon
was run against by boy, and had an arm
broken just above the wrist.
KESNEBEc
On Tuesday. of last week, little four
year-old son of Henry Romeo, living on the
Plains at Waterville. disappeared from the
house, and all attempts to find him have fail
ed. 1t is believed that the little fellow wen
down to the river and was drowned.
The Courier Gazette says Mrs. Mary S
French of Rockland, died very suddenly
Saturday Express shipped &c
barrels of Holsters through Wednesday
They came up from Green's landing.-Perry
Bros. have bought the standing wood on q
lot near the mouth of the Kennebec. There
are about 1000 cords and crew of 80 mer
is to be put on this winter to cut it.
PIscArAoUIs.
Two Piscataquis county men who have
been carrying on wholesale slaughter OF
white perch, in Boyd lake, Orneville, were
apprehended Saturday by Fish Warden Oar
ling, of Enfield. and brought before Trial
Justice Gray, at Mopson. The men paid fines
and costs amounting to 1882.
SAGADAHOc.
The Surgeon General of the marine hospital
service has been informed of the arrival OF
the ship Anna Camp. of Bath, Me-, at San
Francisco from New York, with l2 cases OF
scurvy on board, and the patients had been
removed to the marine hospital of the port.
investigation having disclosed the fact that
the sickness had resulted from the violation
of the law in regard to this disease on the
part of the CAPTAIN of the vessel. The district
attorney of San Francisco has instructions
to proceed against him.
Work at the Goss Iron Works at Bath, is
delayed in many ways on account of the alb
sence of a direct supervision. The general
has beed great.
SOMERSET.
Levi Holway of Scion has sold his shingle
mill situated in the southern part of Bingham
to Leander Cooley.
The Reporter says that on Wednesday even
ing of last week. a fire was discovered in the
old Kendall house on Water ST., Skowhegan.
The wood work caught from an over heated
chimney and the house narrowly escaped a
total destruction.
EdTly MOuudy IuOTHinS u uIe WAS uisCON'
cred in the livery stable of the Heseltou
House. Sparks from stove had set double
harness, hanging near, on fire and it was near
ly burned up before the fire as discovered.
WASHINGTON.
A great many carcasses of deer are being
brought by steamer City Of Richmond from
Washington county.
There is much indignation at Calais on
account of the discon:inuance of the night
train on the N. b. Railway, no notice having
been given. There is to be but one train per
day.
The will of the late J. S. Pike gives Mrs.
Pike $50, 900, and the income of the estate,
for her life. To the children of his brother,
Chas. E. Pike of Boston. are given Sl7 900.
After the death of Mrs. Pike, the income OF
about 500, 1000 is given to establish a free
public library in Calais, also poor widows
fund, and a fund for poor people not paupers.
To his daughter, the wife of J. II. Robbins,
he gives the income of $4,000.
YORK.
Secretary Chandler says there is no founda-
ton for the statement telegraphed from Wash
ington to the effect that he and his bureau
chiefs had decided, in a conference held on
Saturday, to close the Kttery and League Is
land navy yards because the appropriation
for the maintenance Of navy yards was run
ming low. He said that it was true that his
funds were running low. but he thought that.
if they were properly husbanded, they would
last until the 25th of Jnly next, by which
time, of course, next years appropriation
would be available. He said that some of the
bureau chiefs were 10 favor of closing sever
al of the navy yards. but that he thought the
better way would be to keep all the navy
yards open and cut down the expenses all
around, and that his plan would be carried
out.