Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-28
State NeWs.
FRAYILH.

fRAIKLH.
The Wilton Record has been sold to Geo.
W. Staples.
Tuesday the 18th, about midnight fire
broke out in the shed belonging to Mr. Will
lard Humphrey of Temple which resulted in
the loss of his entire set of buildings and hay,
according to the Franklin Journal. Nearly al
the things in the house we're saved, with the
exception of what was in the chamber and
cellar; no insurance.
HANCOCK.
Mr. Geo. A. Barron has recently COM
menced the construction of IS 900 summer
residence at Otter Creek, Me, for Aulic E.
Palmer of Washington, D. c. Mr.. W. A.
Jordan of Bar Harbor, is master-builder.
A handsome stable is also to be built near
the house This is the first summer cottage
at Otter Creek, but there are many attrac-
lions at the place and others will doubtless be
built at an early date.
Another of Hancock county's promising
sons has fallen on the Pacific coast On
Thursday the 18th of November, George, son
of Reuben and Vesta Allen, formerly of
Brooklin, Maine. but now residing in
Mendocino, Cal. was drowned. He went
for days hunt up the Albion river, and not
returning as usual. his parents supposed he
was with his friends in the logging camps.
discovered that he was lost.
Work on the railroad at Ellsworth Falls is
progressing and the rails have been laid with
in two miles of the bridge. 1t will probably
take several weeks TO lay the bridge which il
already framed in Bangor awaiting shipment.
Contracts have been made to have stave God
brought in from Boggy Brook on the cars.
Parties have been prosecuted for fishing
for smelts in Bagaduce river. contrary to an
act of the Legislature. The law provides
that no person shall fish in the river by raft,
float, or boat.
WALDO.
Mr.. o. G. White. chairman of the Belfast
board of overseers of the poor, says that last
week he received more calls for charity than
ever before in the same length of time.
The following are the transfers in real es-
tate in Waldo county for the week ending
Dec. 25th: Herbert Franklin and Laura
Jane Dwelley, St. John, N. B.. to James NJ.
Dwelly, same town. Ellen II. Fletcher,
Lincolnvile, to K. A. Heal, same town.
Geo L, Fillmore, Belfast, to Otis Cummings
& ais, Northport Robert Hardy, Camden,
to Sarah A. Sherman, Lincolnvile. Albert
Larabee, Prospect, to Sallie A. Eames,
St ockton. George w. Leonard, Belfast. to
Jennie A. Hallowell. same town. Miranda
w. Roberts, Brooks, to Sarah M Peavey &
ais. same town. Israel S. Woodbury.,
Knox, to Silas w. Woodbury., same town.
Geo. w. Young, Montville. to Woodbury. S.
Hartman, same town.
AT LARGE.
The stockholders of the Eastern Telegraph
Company met in Portland on Monday. "a inst,
and made choice of the following officers for
the ensuing year: President. Hon. Friedrich
ROBBIE; Secretary and Treasurer, c. c. Bed
low.
Sheriff w. S. Irish, of Knox county
passed through Brunswick Monday afternoon,
having in custody r. d. Robinson and Charles
d. Staples, the former 10 and the latter II
years of age, en- route for Auburn Jail, |
where the young criminals will serve out a
years sentence. Robinson was convicted of
burglary, and Staples of horse stealing.
Nearly eleven millions of dollars are ia |
vested in cotton industries in Maine-largely |
in Lewiston and Auburn, and about three
millions in wooden manufactures. For every
81 zoo, 900 Invested 10 O0O, 900 yards of cloth
are manufactured annually, 1000 hands are
employed and 100000 disbursed for labor
every year. The Sill 800, 900 invested in
this State, therefore, produces 10000, 900
yards of cloth annually, gives employment to
/ $50 hands, who are paid So, 10000 for
their labor.
The printed report of the fifty-eighth an
nual proceedings of the Grand Chap.
ter of Free Masons of Maine, has
just been issued from the press
of Stephen Berry, Portland. The meeting
was held in MAY last The report contains
the name of every affiliated Royal Arch Ma
son in Maine.
A glance at the annual catalogue sent out
from Yale College shows that in all the de-
partmeuts of the college there are "a students
from the State of Maine In the theological
department there are three - Charles l..
Goodrich from Lowell. Edward X. Holden
from Otisfed, and Arthur G. Pettingil from
Brewer. In the medical department, Maine
has but one student-George II. Pierce of
Portland, and but one in the law school
Joseph r. PARROT of Oxford. In the de-
partment of philosophy and the art there is
but one-Daniel S. Knowlton of Biddeford.
The Maine Sunday School Reporter is the
name of a monthly paper, the publication of
which has been commenced at Portland by
Hoyt, Fogg & DOMAIN. Rev. w. H. Clark
is the editor and Rev. G. w. Huxley, of
Bangor. is associate editor. The paper is
devoted to the interests of the Sunday
Schools of Maine.
The following parties from Maine started
Thursday on the Raymond and Whitcomb
California trip, from Boston: Miss Emily
A. Foster, Mr.. Geo. F. Foster, Mrs. Geo.
+. Foster, Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. William
f. Garcelon, Lewiston Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
C. Harmon, Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Libby, Standish; Miss May Dow. West Bux-
ton; Miss NJ. E. Child Biddeford; Mrs. L.
W. Lithgow, Augusta; Mrs. II. c. Newhall,
Fairfield; Rev. J. T. Nichols and wife, Saco
Mr. and Mrs. Horace North, Augusta; Mr..
and Mrs. George 2. Simpson and four chill
dren, Brunswick Mrs. Austin Sperry, Miss
Annie S. Martin. Austin; Miss Beda s.. Mr..
Horace B., Minnie A. Sperry, Brunswick;