Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-19
state News.
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new fume of d. Cowan s Co.'S wooden mill
at Lewiston, Friday, and the mill will start
this morning. For three weeks, a crew o.
men. under master-carpenter Clark. have been
laboring in an arctic zone, under the mill
They took out the old grist mill fume AND
wheels, obliteratlng every trace of them
Thnv had 10 dig the flume out of solid bed
Of Ice. They have remodeled the wheel pit
put in two new wheels, one of ll6 horse-pow
er, and one of S. horsepower and have bull
a new and solid flume of square timbers. The
wheels were icebound, Friday morning. but 8
powerful torrent of water rushing through
the dume was rapidly thawing them out New
head-gates have been built. Heretofore. the
mill has been dependent on the Lincoln's
gates. Messrs. CowaR & Co. are constantly
making Improvements and are one of the
most progressive and successful manufactur-
ing firms in Maine.
The Journal says: Mr.. Linscott, of the
firm of Peck, Clark & Co., of Lewiston,
manufacturers of patent stop motions for
looms, has just returned from an eight weeks
visit to England. Mr.. Linscott Is the in
venror of the mechanism which is in use in
many wooden mills in this State and is con-
sidered of great practical value by manufac-
turers and their operatives. Mr.. l.. went to
lish capitalists in his invention, being con-
vinced that there was great field for it in
that country, where so many fine woolens are
made. The ice had been broken for him, by
Mr.. Dawson, a Lewiston boss weaver, who
visited his native England few months ago.
Mr.. Linscott's snccess was unbounded. He
secured letters patent on his device from the
English office. He made an arrangement
with Platt & Co., the gaeat machine-builders
of Oldham, in Lancashire, by which they are
to make the stop-motions for the English
trade and pay the American firm a good roy
atty on each one made. English weavers say
the mechanism beats anything of the kind
they ever saw, and there is good demand
for it. Platt & Co. are the leading machin-
lists of the world. They emyloy II, 900 hands
and keep two locomotives employed in haul
ing their freight. all the time.
kENNEBEC.
The Selectmen of Waterville have re-
appointed Horace G. Tozier as Chief of Po-
lice; also Drs. Samuel c. Thayer and d. p.
Stowell as Town Physicians.
Mrs. Alvin Brown of Clinton. who has
been confined to her bed for long time with
a cystic tumor, was successfully operated on
recently by DR.. Boutelle of Waterville, as
sisted by DR.. Moody of Clinton, and there is
now a fair prospect of her recovery.
The Mail says: A sad accident occurred at
the cotton mill, Waterville, on Monday
morning, the 18th inst. Marshal Romeo. Jr =,
at work excavating beneath some portion of
the mill, was struck by revolving pulley
overhead, or fell against it. so injuring his
head that he died on Wednesday. He was a
worthy, Industrious young man, about 10
years old.
Mrs. Julia Dow of South Thomaston. who
was living with her daughter. Mrs. Abel AL
len, was found dead in her bed Friday morn
ing. having doubtless expired from disease of
the heart, to which she was subject.
OXFORD.
Previous to January, 1882, the family of
Mr.. Smith Dudley of Paris hardley knew
sickness. At that time the diphtheria attacked
Mr.. Dudley and four of his children, and
though all recovered. the oldest boy was per-
manently injured. In January, 1888, typhoid
fever attacked the household, and was ward
ed off. Mr.. Dudley had forebodings, how
ever, that something terrible was in store for
him and they were realized in less than a
week, for he was taken down with typhoid,
and died in delrium, while about the same
time his wife contracted pneumonia the old
est daughter remittent fever and the oldest
son typhoid. The last three were still sick
at last accounts.
The case of Edward G. Cole against j.
Winslow Jones, in which it was claimed that
Mr.. Jones was presumably liable for debts of
J. Winslow Jones < Co. (Limited) was tried
at Oxford's Supreme Court last week. and
resulted in a ve erdict for Mr.. Jones. This set
ties the question of the liability of Mr.. Jones
for the debts of the corpOration-as this as
made a test case. Hon. George d. Bisbee,
of the firm of Bisbee & Hersey, Buckfeld,
appeared for The plaintiffs, and Hon. S. C.
Strout of the firm of Strout. Gage & Strout
appeared for the defendant. Judge Virgin
gave one of his clear and forcible charges
characteristic of the man) to the jury, point
ing out the liability of individuals. under the
laws governing corporations both foreign and
domestic.
SAGADAHOC.
Gen r. W. Hyde has declined to serve as
member of the Bath common council, a
position to which he was recently elected.
The Bath Times SAYS The new steam boil
er riveter for tine Goss Iron Works arrived at
3 o'clock, 2. NJ, on Friday last 1t is a
very heavy machine, its weight being IA tons.
1t requires pressure of 80 pounds of steam
to start it; and when working it exerts a force
of 25 tons. This is one of the advances in
boiler making 1t is what can be called a
practical labor saving machine. 1t also com
bines with its labor saving qualities, that one
of doing the work much better and faster
than it can be done by hand.
At the late town meeting in Richmond,
while the voters were balloting for Second
Selectman, the proceedings were brought to
sudden stop by $. II. Lancaster charging J
G. Lake with having deposited more than one
vote in the ballot box. The moderator after
stating that such a thing might possibly have
been done, as he had turned his head for an
instant to answer a question, asked for in
struction in the matter. 1t was finally decid-
ed to proceed with the ballot. Afterward, in
counting the ballot. the moderator and the
town clerk found Il votes for W. S. Eaear,
in one pile. 1t was finally decided to place
the suspicious votes in the hands of the town
clerk, for preservation, and future reference.
Ex-Governor Ojen Bowie. of Maryland
praises st. Jacobs Oil for pains.