Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-02-10
State Nevis.
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AxDRosCoGGIS.
Auburn shipped 1890 cases of shoe. thi.
week
Messrs Clark Hooper have started port
able steam saw mill ar Danville Junction. 10
saw 500, 900 Of pine timber which they have
cut this winter. Dixon & Son. of Lewiston,
who are cutting 400, 900 lot. are landing the
timber just outside their woods, and will COM
mence saving the logs with portable mill.
in March.
The lawyers of Androscoggin county we're
convivial Tuesday evening, in the dining hall
of the De Witt house, Lewiston. Thirty
three gentlemen sat down to an elegant ban
quet- Judges Symonds and Walton were the
guests of the bar.
CUMBERLAND.
Mr.. Augustus Clark of New Gloucester. a
young man of about 90 years, was kicked
while embarrassing his horse, Tuesday eve
ming. He was found stretched senseless on
the earth. There was a conclusion of the
brain, and possibly fracture of the skull
although his physician is not positive in re-
gard to the latter. He has a chance to re-
cover.
Portland's electric lights will be lighted
in two or three nights. There will be twenty
lights the first night.
Two boys in Yarmouth met with a serious
accident last Thursday evening. They were
cOasting on the Main street hill and ran into
the railing of the bridge, injuring both of
them severely. One was struck on the side
and rendered insensible, and the other received
an ugly cut on one eye. No serious result is
apprehended.
HANCOCK.
The oldest man in Bueksport is 20 years
old, and has, during the last four months cut
22 cords of wood, besides preparing it for the
house. An old lady 81 years of age has. dur
ing five months, woven $50 yards of cloth
and carpeting.
Some of the citizens of +. Surry are pre-
pairing history of that neighborhood. Eas'
Surry proper. embraces two government
sections of land, which, at present are sub
divided into 40 homesteads. The preliminary
work now being executed is that of obtain
ing the names of the grantors and grantees,
with title-dates from the earliest obtainable
record TO the present. The great difficulty is
that the ancient deeds. if recorded at ALL are
entered at Wisrasset or Alfred, or in the
archives of Massachusetts,
KNOX.
Israel Snow of Rockland, Is years old, has
been master of sailing vessel over three
years. He is now at Fernandna. Fla. in
command of the Jennie Greenback. His
brother. Richard, a few years older, is now
in command of the brig Caroline Gray. which
has just completed most remarkable vow
age from New York to East London near
Cape Of Good Hope, thence to Pernambuco
and back to New York, all in $50 days.
PENoBscoT
The Bangor Wing says: A boy thirteen
years old, named Frank McGinness, was in
the Police Station Wednesday night. He
made a statement that his parents were both
dead and that about week ago he came to
this city from Lowell, Mass, to live with an
aunt who resides here, until he should be able
to support himself. On his arrival here, as he
says, his aunt refused to keep him and told
him to find his way back to Lowell, and.
just as he was about to leave, his aunt caused
his arrest. But it appears that his story is
untrue in several important particulars.
From what we could learn it is evident that
he is veritable "tramp," young as he is.
The aunt referred to has done everything
for the boy. but he is Incorrigible-as the
policeman say, IA regular little devil" He
is bright-looking boy, but evidently needs
legal restraint. 1t is probable that he will
he sent to the Reform School.
WALDO.
The journal says that Mr.. Chas. NJ. Brad
ford of Belfast has invented and applied for
patent upon fastener for bags, in place of
the Manila yarns so universally used. The
fastener is composed of two small bars. clip
tical in shape, aboutfour inches long, clio sed
at one end by sliding hinge. This is clasped
around the outside of the bag, the open end.
brought together and held by lever The
inner edges of the machine are corrugated so
. Ill hold tiohtl,, IN tba har h.,
made at a cost of few cents.
Sch. Stephen f. Woodbury., of Belfast.
was run down and sunk on Wednesday. the
LIST, eighteen miles from Race Point. Cape
Cod, by another vessel. The crew were
saved, but none of their effects.
The Searsport authorities are taking meas
ures to stop the run on the clam banks.
which are rapidly becoming insolvent by
reason of inroads made on them bv parties
from adjoining towns who are digging and
hauling off the bivalves by sled loads
WARRINGTON
Some of the young people at Jonesboro
have formed Reading Club, meeting once
week and reading from Shakespeare and
other authors.
johnny Ward states that he has hauled
1900 rabbits from Cutler to Machias this sea
son. From Machias they were shipped to
Boston. - Union.
The Eastport Sentinel says The products
Of the sardne industry in this section of the
State will amount to not far from one
million dollars. The number of cases pack
ed during the past year is probably about
double that of the year before, while the
price per case is about one-hsf of that
realized the previous year. The factories
are owned bv New York and Eastport parties.
A Milbridge sea captain of mechanical
turn undertook to build handsled. After
days of hard labor he showed sled of -
inch runners; width, "a inches: standards
IA inches high, and weight about 400 pounds
YORK.
The winter residents at Old Orchard Beach
and the camp ground amuse themselves with
social gatherings at the several houses, and
entertain themselves with games and dancing,
songs and suppers.
Mrs. Jefferson Whitten of Saco. who has
been in the insane asylum at Augusta for IA
years, died last Saturday, and was brought
to Saco and buried