Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-29

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Journal correspondent from Turner
writes: ssThe heavy rain of Tuesday washed
of the grass" Turner must he q place worth
seeing, in its grassless condition. Grass
there cannot be fastened as strong as it is in
other places.
Lisbon's tax is l64 mills on a dollar.
against IA L 10 last year.
Auburn is extremely well satisfied with her
soldiers monument, the erection of which is
all completed. The following is the inscrip-
ton on the monument: Erected BY the
citizens of Auburn, in memory of her noble
sons who on land and sea gave their lives to
preserve the Union and secure freedom to all
its people"
CUMBERLAND.
Bosworth Post, G. A. R. of Portland was
surprised FRIDAY night BY visit from the
Ladies' Relief Corps, who presented them
with splendid silk flag worth at least 500
The City of Richmond, repairing at Port
land, has received her measurement. $40 tons.
an increase Of 20 tons over her former rating
HANCOCK.
The American says: Ellsworth Falls boasts
staunch republican dog. While at a neigh
bor's house he was given two papers to carry
home, one a greenback. On reaching his
own yard he deliberately tore up the green
back paper and safely delivered the other
The Lincoln News publishes call for all
members of army or navy in that county to
assemble at Newcastle on Memorial day, and
organize G. A. X. Post. Soon after the
war there was Post at Waldoboro. but it
died out, and there is nov none in the county,
unless it be at Boothbay.
Mr.. Kendrick the well known store keeper
and property man of Squirrel Island, has
been on the Island the past two weeks, get
ting ready for summer. There is prospect
of an unusually busy season. notwithstanding
the present cold weather.
The News says few days since a pair OF
very large horses were found dead upon Nc
Farand's shore, near New Iiarbor. They ap-
peared to have been very fine pair of match
ed horses, and were fastened together by a
rope. The shoes were very large and put on
with sheet iron between the shoe and foot. II
is supposed that these were imported horses
lost from some vessel bound to this country.
PENoBscoT.
Says the Commercial: Business is rather
lively in the cooperage manufacturing line. at
Alton. In John p. Weber & Co.'S heading
mill 10 men have been steadily employed,
1000 pairs of heads a day. These heads are
for fish barrels, and are made from pine and
spruce. They are brought to Bangor by rail,
and are coming along every day. In the
woods in the vicinity of Alton, about $50
men are engaged in getting out hoop-poles.
They are pa by the thousand, and the
amount OF cooperage stock they turn out is
immense.
The Wing SAYS that a colored boy, Samuel
Guess, Jr., is under arrest for an attempt to
burn Bangor schoolhouse.
YORK.
Biddeford is to have Catholic parochial
school.
Twenty-Five coal truckmen at Biddeford
struck for 81 per day. They were offered
$3.50 but only five accepted it,
A gentleman was in North Berwick last
week, looking for a suitable building with
water power at hand for the manufacture of
army blankets. He has a contract with the
government which would probably require
four or five years to fulfil.