Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-08-25
state News.


CUMBERLAND.
Wednesday afi.rBoun the huiise of Charlie
H. French, on Brattie street. Portland. wa
broken into and over sloo worth of propert
stolen.
| being throw under a train of cars at Bruins
wick. Tuesday.
The Portland Company are changing thu
wood burning locomotives Of the Ogsdens
burg road TO coalburners- They are building
one hundred eight heel platform cars for the
Maine Central and twenty locomotives for
the Northern Pacific
The J-urnsi SAYS: hotels and boarding
houses are crowded as never before al
South Harpswell, and great man, people
have come to Harpswell and were obliged 10
go away from want of accommodations.
FRANKLIN.
A correspondent of the Bangor Wing says
the screw propeller was invented in New
Sharon bv Mr.. Beard, and the first screw
vessel ever built propelled upon the wat
ers between New Sharon aud Pennington
Falls. The inventor got nothing for his in
vention except life pass on all lines of
screw steamers.
Mt. Blue is receiving many visitors daily
There are now some II or 10 boaIders at the
hotel there.
HANCOCK.
A daughter of Alden B. Higgins, of East
Lamoine, aged eleven years, had her hair
clipped last week, which measured thirty
inches and weighed fourteen and half ounces.
Freddie smith, grandson of Mrs. Dyer z.
Smith. of Ellsworth Falls. aged yaars, was
drowned Tuesday afternoon, while fishing at
a place on the river called the landing.
A Mr. Dow, who lives on - big" Picker
ing isle, last week attempted to cross bar
between " Big" Pickering and Pickering Is
lands, with load of hay drawn by yoke of
young steers. The oxen swung of and got
into deep water, submerging the load, on
which were Mr.. BOWS wife and three chill
dren, and but for the timely arrival of Miss
Lavina Parker, young Miss of fourteen,
who heard their cries and came TO their res
cue in boat, all would have been drowned.
KENNEBEC.
The bridge which was burned in the recent
fire at Gardiner. has been replaced by a new
one. which is new open 10 travel. The Pulp
Mill Co., has built bridge across the
stream on the site of the mill. This will
enable them to use the land on the North
side of the Cobbossee in piling lumber.
Frank. Ellery, Clarence and Carrie jack
son, WHO nave Dttu Ill ipi t"p
years, most of the time in South Africa,
arrived home at Winthrop, recently. They
report pleasant time.
f. o. Kelly has sold the Winthrop
Budget" to John Stanley.-JOufnai
Messrs Hancock & Crowell, the we'll
known Philadelphia ice dealers, who have
several interests on the Kennebec, have sold
out all their ice and contracts on the river,
and all their Philadelphia property, to the
Philadelphia Knickerbocker Company.
A plan is on foot to get up an entertain
ment at johnson Hall, Gardiner, for the
benft of the sufferers by the fire.
PENoBsCor.
In the case of Mrs. Mary Glynn, of Hamp-
den, for the murder of her daughters child,
Tuesday, the prisoner testified that she was
not aware of what she did, and claims that
she was Influenced BY her deceased husbands
spirit.
Hon. Timothy Fuller died at his residence
in Lincoln on Monday afternoon at the age
of 76 years. The deceased has been
prominently identified with the interests of
Lincoln has held various town offices and
has been member of both branches of the
State Legislature.
SAGADAHOC.
The Lewiston and Auburn Marketmen
went on an excursion to Bath, Wednesday.
Bath dealers gave them a courteous reception.
SOMERSET.
The Dead River blueberry teams are re-
turning in droves, with heavy treighted loads.
The road is lined with teams going both
ways, to and from the bueberry fields. They
were never known to be so plenty before.
preliminary survey of the Athens and
Skowhegan railroad was in progress last
week by engineer Danforth of Gardiner.
Ephraim C. Spinney, Esq, of Kittery, has
sold to Choate Burnham 4 Son of Boston,
about 1000 cords of wood. which he had cut
on the Rice lot last winter. The schooner
Golden Gate is to carry it from Stover's wharf,
Kittery.
The Times says the robbers who have been
making repeated depredations in Biddeford
and vicinity, were captured Monday night.
Four were captured at their homes and one
was found upon the street. They are young
French boys about fourteen or fifteen years
old, and when caught confessed to have COM
mitted all the recent burglaries in that vicin-
ity.
A destructive fire was raging all day Mon
day on the plains at Steep Falls.