Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-02
State News.
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The Argus says that Wednesday night s
drunken man fell down beside the road il
Turner'S Island. Another man coming
along imagined the dark object to be bear
In highly excited state of mind he rushed
to aneighbor's. got gun and fired two shot:
| at the object. lie soon discovered his
mistake. Ii is said the man cannot live
| The Press saws the house of Mr.. c. l..
Williams of Portland. was broken into
Wednesday night. and jewelry to the value
of a hundred dollars stolen from Mrs.
Williams toilet table. The police have found
a trace of the thieves
| The graduating exercises of the Medical
School Of Maine, Bowdoin College. Bruins
wick, took place at Memorial Hall. Wednes.
day. The class numbered 20. Twenty
eight received diplomas. The closing ad-
dress TO the class was made BY Hon. Charles
F. Libby of Portland, and vas highly com.
mended.
HAScocK.
The Commercial says that a trunk contain
/ ing about 500 and small bonds and notes
was unlocked 10 the house of Chas. A. Bar
rett. of Bluehill on Monday evening and
/ 595 in gold and bills taken. but the bonds
and notes were left untouched. II is sup
Pp,Nh
O'Clock while some members of the family
were out.
OXFORD.
| Hon. F. Z. Richards, Bank Examiner for
Maine. has just completed his examination of
the Savings Bank in Oxford county. There
are deposited in tina South Paris Savings Bank,
1924. l53 81; at Norway, sl44, 35s7l; at
Bristol, $50, 933 IS, making a total of s459,
half Hon dnltar-
PENoBscor.
Next Tuesday is the day appointed for the
Dexter Bank VS.. Barron investigation.
Quite brisk shower of hale visited East
Corinth Monday afternoon. Some of the
frost bullets were picked up measuring three
inches in circumference; but as the wind
was not violent they fell gently and did very
little damage.
One Sturtevant, famous horse thief, who
has graced the inside of Thomastons strong
cage, was arrested at the house of Frank
Dufur. in Orono, Tuesday, by a Piscataquis
deputy, and taken to that county to answer
for little escapade of year ago.
Morris A. Burr, II years old. was drowned
at Bangor Wednesday. lie was rowing in
the basin with another boy. When opposite
Stetsons marine railway, close in shore,
some boys on the wharf began pelting the
two IN the boat with stones, and in their at
tempts to dodge, Burr and his companion
both went to the same side of the boat. which
being very small craft, Immediately cap
sized.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. G. J. Shaw of Hartland, has sold 81
horses so far this season.
The Reporter learns that the Madison
Wooden mills have made very successful
season, and although its first wear that a
liberal dividend will be made. They are
turning out 100 yards of ladies' dress flannels
a day.
The wooden mills at Skowhegan, SAYS the
Reporter, is reducing its working force quite
perceptably and it may shut down for a few
weeks in mid summer.
n. b. Turner & Son of ST. Adams, are
manufacturing from 100 to l25 dozen of
shovel handles per day Ehe Eastern State
SAYS they have one finisher over there who is
thought to be the champion his regular
days work. after he gets accustomed to his
bench, is from sc to 81 dozen per day, and
he probably could finish 40 dozen. About
% dozen is a good DAVIS work for the average
man.
The contractors of the Athens r. Il. were
at SkowhegSl the first of the week and made
arrangements to commence. work next week.
They will put on four crews, one at Skowhe-
gan, one at Madison and one at Athens.
They expect to do the grading in few weeks.
The Arson Advocate has received a letter
dated = Rec Heights, Dakota, where it
seems the Arson people who went out this
spring have planted colony. 1t was this
party who gave to the valley where they set
tied the name of Kennebec. They are now
making an effort to secure a post Office for
their neighborhood, with prospects of early
success.
AT LARGE.
Secretary Bracket has returned from the
r. w. Grand Lodge session. Journals of
the late session of the Grand Lodge of Maine
will be ready for distribution next week. He
reports three new lodges lately instituted. viz :
Drew, No. 81, at Drew in Penobscot county
Center, No. POP. at Easton, in Aroostook
county; Saco. River Valley, No. 1876. at
North Fryeburg, Oxford county. Maine now
ranks second in the list of Grand Lodges IN
this country, New York ranking first.
The Argus saws that force of $50 men is
now engaged in constructing the first II
miles of the Lake Megantic railroad, from
the boundary line into the State of Maine
The force will soon be increased to GOO. The
Lake Megantic is the proposed airline from
Mantreal to St John, n. B.. and will be
meet with the Maine Central at Mattawam-
keag, so miles from Bangor, and use the
roads already built from there to St. John.
Thus a good part of the northern Maine
wilderness will be opened for development,
at the expense of British capital Of the dis
lance to Montreal. 29s miles are built, 81
under construction and 1876 not built. 1t is
expected that the Shore Line Railroad will
be completed and in running order from Ban
gor to Ellsworth by November. About $50
men are now at work between Bangor and
Sullivan, and several hundred more will be
brought from Boston and New York. Track
laying will begin in Bangor, about Aug. LIST.
The contract to grade the last eighteen
miles, was let Monday, to Messrs. Danforth
& Ward. The road will be open for Mt.
Desert travel, in July, 1884 twill be con-
trolled and operated by the Maine Central,
and will be known as the Mt. Desert branch.