Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-04-05
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State News.
ANDROsCoGGIy.
Burnside Post. G. A. R. of Auburn. ant
the Lewiston Zouaves and Sheridan Guards
have accepted the invitation Of Custer Pos
to Join in Lewistons Memorial Day
exercises
The following shows the business done al
the Lewiston post office during the month Of
March: The number of letters delivered
shows q gain over any preceding month and
a gain Of 4,766 over the month of February.
The numbes of registered letters delivered
was l67; other letters 10 .056: postal cards,
G. 44s; local letters. 692: local postal ca ds,
s32; local newspapers 1921; letters col
lected. IL. 235; postal cards collected. 4 500
newspapers collected, 2,417. Total pieces
collected. 1852. Total pieces delivered,
IS, Ale.
AROOsToOK.
The New Brunswick Railway will begin.
Monday, April 9th. to run night trains from
Vanceboro to Calais and ST. Stephen and
Houlton and Woodstock. leaving Venceboro
upon the arrival of the night train from
Bangor going east. The trains will arrive
at Calais and Houlton at about A. NJ, the
arrival at Calais being in time for connection
with the morning boat for Eastport.
CUMBERLAND.
Steamship Nova Scotian. of the Allan line.
from Liverpool. March 90. arrived at Port
and at half past 10 o'clock Tuesday night.
She brought 26 cabin, six intermediate and
l29 steerage passengers. and 700 tons of
freight. The passage was pleasant one.
She left Halifax Monday afternoon at half
rast four.
FRANKLIN.
The Lewiston journal says some three feet
If snow still remain in the woods at Eustis.
The teams are mostly out of the woods. J. r.
Bodwell's teams have landed some 8, 500, 900
eet of spruce and cedar this winter and broke
camp about the 2Sth and lit out for home
rotman's teams are still in the woods. l..
P. Totman came through on the 30th of March
IN his way to his farm, and the logging swamp,
o look after his interests in that departmet
HANCOCK.
The Castine Normal School has been in SEES
ion for four weeks. This school is much larger
han either of the other Normal Schools in
he State, having, the present term, l35
caolars. The graduating class this spring
S unusually large, consisting of 30. The
.raduating exercises will take place May
.4th, instead of the 3lst as given in the
catalogue.
KENNEBEC.
The Readfield wooden mill started up again
April I'd, after being shut down since Dec.
9Th.
OXFORD.
The Democrat saws Sharaden Fox, of Ke-
,ar Falls, aged about eighteen years, slid a
'ew days ago from the hay-mow in his
ather's barn and hooked an old scythe
round one of his ankles inf1icting a
FEARFUL cash. The Democrat says all the lum-
Der teams in Gilead are out of the woods after
ong and successful winters work. There
we're about 4 500, 900 of spruce and hemlock
anded on the river in Gilead, which took the
abor of $50 men. This number includes
,nly those that were at work on long lumber.
The number employed in cutting and draw
ng birch and poplar would come very near
% the same number. They have cut and
lrawn about 1000 cords and the number of
ons of hay used to carry on this business
would not fall much short of 400 tons, and
bout 5000 bushels of corn and oats were
lsed.
PENoBsCOT.
James W. Mcclure, Esq, has been chosen
reasurer of the Home tor Aged Women at
Bangor, in place of Isaac S. Whitman, Esq,
esigned.
A dividend of "a per cent. per share upon
he capital stock of the European & North
american Railway is payable at the treas
lrer's office. to-day.
Edward Richardson of Brewer, Tuesday
loon, while considerably intoxicated, claims
O have been robbed of watch and chain and
500 in money in Bangor.
A steamboat has been purchased on the
derrimac by the Green Mountain Railway
Company to run on Eagle Lake, Mount De-
ert, in connection with the mountain railway.
/ is claimed to have a carrying capacity of
so passengers and will soon leave from New
,urvport for Mount Desert. whence it will be
aiken overland to Eagle Lake.
Nh. Ross S. Gould. son of Mr.. Cyrus f. Gould
# Banso died at his home on Fifteenth street
m Monday last of quick consumption. For
wO years he was associated with the Bangor
telephone division as line man and operator.
lie leaves a large circle of friends.
SAGADAHOc.
Monday morning Mr.. Jonathan Newcomb
# Bath died at his residence in the south
,art of the city. at the advanced age of SO
ears. He is believed to have been the last
urvivor of the victims of the infamous Dart
moor prison, where he was confined between
i've and six months, in which gloomy abode
lie was when he attained his majority.
SOMERSET.
At meeting of the citizens of Madison and
Anson on Thursday evening of last week to
zee about building wooden mill on the Arson
ide of the river, but little encourag ,ment
vas given, however, the prospect looks bright
the citizens there are able to raise $50, 900,
outside parties taking the remainder for the
light of handling the goods.
WALDO.
Sbadrach Black of Brooksville, man 20
'ears of age, went into the woods last Thurs
lay to chop firewood. After starting for
lome about noon, he saw hedgehog in a
rec. and climed the tree to dislodge it.
When about 20 feet from the ground, and af
er "bringing down the game" he fell, in
of the limbs breaking, and
anne heavily to the ground, very badly hurt.
His family became uneasy at his nOn-return
oward night, and parties started out to hunt
lin. They found him about 10 o'clock p.
w., after having passed quite near him twice
,efore. he hearing them. but not being able
o make noise enough to attra ct their atten-
ion. He had crawled on his hands and
,nees about half a mile from where he fell,
md his hands and feet. his knees, and part
# his face were badly frozen.