Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-01

Pickte9 tnl8 season. ne mas Taisto Tn y
from about 10 acres Of ground. The ffOss
did not trouble the vines and had it not been
for the drouth the yield would have been
much larger. His market for them 10 Lew
i.ton, Auburn, and Portland. He uses half
barrel. mostly for packing them in These
he has made per contract By Littiedeld L
Rounds of Miniot- They do quite . business
in the manufacture Of fish. pork and walter
bbls- Mr.. Phinney of Turner. in the employ of
Caleb Blake OF that town. came very near
meeting with q serious accident on Thurday.
They we're building kiins for the burning Of
charcoal; they had completed one and was
removing the props that supported the arch
of the other, when the arch fell in, covering
Mr.. Phinney with about e000 bricks. Had it
not been for the protection which the wooden
arch served him, As il fell, the probabilities
are that he would have been crushed BY the
falling bricks: as it was he escaped without
serious injury.
ARo9sroOK.
Prison Inspectors Potter and Bean in
specred the Houiton Jail Wednesday and the
Bangor Thur-day.-rhe murder trial just
ended ct Houlton is the fret that has occur
red in Aroostook county since 1854 &c. W.
Maxfield & Co, of Houlton, propose to kill
1900 sheep this year, and have already
bought % 600.
The prospect nov is that the quantity Of
starch made at Caribou this year " iii exceed
that Of last year. The acreage of potatoes Is
larger, although the yield per acre is smaller
The low price paid tor shipping potato.s
works in favor of an increased production OF
starch. 1t is reported that the factories in
Upper Aroostook are doing but little for
want of stock.
KENNEBEc.
Work is rapidly progressing on the new dam
at Waterville, which the present drouth is
especially favorable. As soon As the bottom
is laid three hundred men will be employed
and one-hslf the height OF the structure COM
pleted before cold weather, the remaining ten
feet will be put up another season.
One Of the smartest old ladies in Waterville
is Mrs. Lucette Parker, aged So years. She
is the daughter of the late Mr.. Asa Soule, and
herself. the mother of sons and daughters.
She reads without glasses, is but slightly
grey, and walks as well as most women OF
fifty. On Wednesday she walked mile and
a half to call 1pon friend. Our reporter
says 'she looks as fresh and her eyes a.
bright as girl young enough to be her grand
daughter.
Maine Central engine, which, if the
pressure of business had not been go great,
would probably have been in the repair shop
and not upon the road, blew up at the Clinton
station Saturday afternoon, the % inst
Very fortunately it fund vent away from the
people on the platform, instead Of toward
them, otherwise serious injury would have
been done.
The Watervile Mail says public attention
is once more directed to the old land con-
troversey in our village. which so nearly led
to bloodshed by the attempt of Mr.. Chas. b.
Gilma IN ha sho renps.ppd To oil q ha
location of the old aclueduct or well, which
was is dispute. Mr.. Moves has had it un-
covered this week. with the line of bored
logs, which carried a supply OF water to
Boutelle Block and every thing was found
in exactly the condition described by Mr..
Sumner Flood in his testimony before the
Court in which he said he laid those logs
in 1927, Sc years ago. Civil Engineer Dam
forth Of Gardiner, is here taking measure to
locate this old well and line Of acQueduct
logs on the map provided for the use of the
Court, with the line Of pipes leading from
the well to Mr.. Boutelle's residence. This
old we'll, in use BY the late Mr.. Boutelle
SO many years ago, is understood to be on
land claimed by the Gilmans.
The body of Horace True of Clinton, who
was drowned in dock at San Francisco, two
months ago. arrived home Saturday. Sept. 90.
accompanied by his wife and young child,
and was buried Sunday in the family bury
ing ground.
Jacob Brown Of Benton, Monday morning,
whilst putting barrel on a drag to haul
water, fell dead; cause, heart disease. Mr..
Brown was one of Benton's Oldest citizens.
The Hallowell Classical ard Scientific
Academy has recently organized base
ball club composed of young ladies. This
is the only base ball club connected with
MopAoy tbo ar Rail
Club" of the Hallowell Classical School.
received a challenge from the Fairfield
nine to come to Fairfield and play a match
game of base ball at no very distant day.
The young ladies feel highly pleased To
think that their ability as players in the
national game should be so soon recognized
by the Fairfield nine. Thanking the Fair
field Club for the honor thus shown them,
they think il will be necessary to practice
more before accepting
SOMERSET.
The Fairfield Journal says: Some of the
State papers have rather mixed accounts of
the fire and it is quite amusing to read them.
The Maine Farmer states that the fire started
in the covered bridge and burned everything
to DR.. Twitchelrs Office. The Portland Ar
gus states that the steamer from Watervill-
saved 375, 900 worth of property when in fact.
they have no steamer At Watervllie. and the
81, 900 worth Of property was saved by the
Fairfield SIS" q steamer owned at Fairfield
A hand engine came from Watervill. in re-
spouse to a call for assistance, but the FIRE
was under control upon its arrival.
Rev. Mr.. Robinson Of New Portland, re-
ports eight persons received into the church,
and several baptized last Sabbath.
DIR. Jonathan X. Kinsman, who was born
in Athens. Me-, Nav god, 1907, died in Do
yer, Me-, the 18th of this month He was
a graduate at Dartmouth, N. H. in 1882.
since which time he has been q successful
practitioner Of medicine. He was married
to Miss Elizabeth Bodwell, sister of DR.
Bodwell, now of Scion, Maine. She
died about two years ago. During the
late rebellion DIR. Kinsman served one year
- contract surgeon in the United States hos
pitfalls at Hampton, Virginia He was a man
widely known and highly esteemed. He died
without issue. The deceased was brought to
North Cornville for interment. where funer-
al rites were held the 10Th. Rev. Mr.. Han
cock of Skow hogan, officiated in the religious
services.
The Advocate says Tinkham and Johnson
of Anson passed through No. Anson village