Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-07-12

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The cafe Of the First National Bank at
Houlton is nov nearly completed, and the
building being otherwise ready for occupan-
cy, business will soon be opened.
| CUMBERLAND.
| The Bridgton News says the .'Massena
quails are quite numerous in the 'Hio In
some places the woods are full o. en-"
| Portland has more subscribers to the tele-
phone as to population than any other city in
| the world, having = telephone 70 every 81
persons; Springfield. Mass. comes next with
one to each 60 persons.
KExxEBEc.
The Reporter saws the ice remaining after
the burning of the White ice house, at Gar
| diner, last week was sold at auction Wednes-
day for $1,000. 1t was bid of by J. L
Cheeseman, and he expects to realize about
5000 tons of good ice from it.
The Wing says, that Weat Waterville has
recently voted to exempt from taxation for
the term of ten years all capital invested in
| wooden manufacturing above the sum of
$4,000.
The citizens of Fryeburg will have a grand
picnic on the Martha Grove campmeetine
grounds Saturday, July 22d. it being the oc
casion of the anniversary Of the Fryeburg
Temperance Association. Hon. Sidney Per-
ham will be present
PESoBsCoT.
Mr.. David Bemis, of Levant, was 80 years
old on the 4th of July. He celebrated his own
and Independence birthday by hoeing 1927
hills of potatoes.
1t is estimated that the tax rate in Bangor
this year " i'll be s2.75 on 800. This is con-
siderablv higher than the rate of last year.
The Wing SAYS that 2O.3l7,'9l feet of
lumber were surveyed in Bangor, in June.
The Mining Journal says the Bangor &
Katahdin Iron Works Railway, a road Of the
standard gauge now approaching completion,
must be classed among the most successful
Of Bangor enterprises. The company was
formed and the construction commenced just
one year ago. To-day the road is in opera
ton to Brownvile, a distance of six miles.
and is considerably more than paving its
running expenses. 1t will be completed to
the Iron Works as early as the first of
September; and Thursda the last lot, (s25.
000) of the company's bonds were disposed
Of which closes out the entire issue of $780,
600. all of hich have been sold at par and
interest.
SAGADAHOC.
The Richmond Bee SAYS: About year
dgD tuiItN III
Bowdoinham, in a very short time just now
it seems to be calling for the aged Within
a week four elderly people have died in this
town: Mrs. Chas Frost. 81; Mrs Jeremiah
Millry, So; Mrs. James Durham. 81; Mrs.
Robert p. Carr, 81.
WASHINGTON.
The river and harbor bill as passed con-
tains an appropriation of S20,oo0 for the
work on Lubec Channel.
An enthusiastic citizens meeting was held
FRIDAY evening. at Calais, to discuss ar
engagements for the reunion in Calais, in Au-
gust, of the Maine Veteran Association of
Massachusetts,, aud the Sixth Maine Regi
mcnt Association. Great interest was mani
tested by leading citizens and an elaborate
programme decided on.
YORK.
James Beedean died last Saturday night,
in Alfred, aged about 30 years. He was in
the British army at the battle of Waterloo.
After the war closed his regiment was sta
toned at Quebec, and he came to the United
States. He has been a town charge for
number of years.
The reunion of the eth Maine. will be held
at Old Orchard, in August.