Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-19
State News.
ANDROSCOGGIN.

refer 1Agne OF Lewiston was ENJOYING n
friendly scuffie with another man. Sunday,
on the Grand Trunk Railway bridge near the
Lewiston end OF the bridge. Gague was
thrown off the bridge by his friend. lie fell
down over the banking to the rocks below
about twenty feet. and was picked up sense
less. His collar bone was fractured and he
was badly bruised but he was not seriously
hurt. His seal Up showed long wound.
The veteran drover, Thomas Crowley OF
South Lewiston, will start for Eastern Maine
again this week for more cattle. He started
last week from Bangor with ovor a hundred
head of cattle, reaching home with only about
a dozen.
ARoosTooK.
The fall term of Houlton Academy closes
this week, and the winter term will begin
Dec Sth.
CUMBERLAND.
Pink-eye has appeared among the street
railroad horses and in private stables in
Portland
Capt. William Smith and son of Portland,
are voyaging to st. Augustine. Florida in a
twenty two foot boat
Tug boat Storm King, Capt. Mcdonald,
on Saturday afternoon about four o'clock,
discovered the abandoned schooner Redono
of Ellsworth, which was run down near
Thatcher's Island, on Friday night. and
towed her to Boston early Sunday morning,
with her entire cargo OF lumber on board.
HANCOCK.
A lodge of Good Templars to be called
Excelsior was instituted at West Brooks
vile Saturday evening, November 10Th, by
NJ. J. Dow. of Brooks. The charter officers
are as follows; l.. d., Edward Mills; w.
c. T, Angler Tapley; W. V. T., Mrs. Dora
Varnum; w. S, Mrs Abby Tapley; w. A.
S., Clara Tapley; W. f. S.. Maurice Tap
ley; w r., Wallace Varnum; w. c.,
Herbert Wescott; w. NJ. Fred Tapley; w.
D. NJ, Fannie Tapley; W. |. g., Lizzie
Hawes: W. O. G., Geo w. Steele; w X.
II S, Gertie Lord, w. L. II. S. Matte Var
NUN; p. w. c. T., Edward Mills. They
are to meet Saturday evenings.
KENsEBEC.
The senior exhibition of Colby University,
takes place at the Baptist church on Wednes-
day, for which occasion music will be fur
nished by the Euterpean quartette, female
quartette of Watervile.
Knox.
G b. Sidelinger left Camden on Friday,
for Wyandotte. Kansas, where he is to have
position as superintendent of the Wyandotte
Water Works, reports the Herald.
The schooner Willie Luce, Capt. Spear,
was wrecked on the rocks called "The Old
Man. near Georges Island, Wednesday of
lsst week. She was afterwards towed into
Rockport.
LINCOLN.
The directors of the Knox Lincoln Rail-
road Co., held meeting. Saturday. and
received the reports of the various officers
They issued the call for the annual meeting
to be held at Damariscotta, Dec. Sd.
The Boothbay Register says. Judson Tarr
Of New Harbor, has packed this season, 7O0,-
900 oue-pouDd cans of mackerel, and so, 900
cans Of clans and clam chowder.
OXFORD.
A crew of men are at work with porta-
BILE engine and other apparatus, removing
timbers from the under part of the iron rail.
ing bridge at Hiram, and substituting iron,
says the Oxford County Record.
PESoBscoT.
The Maine Central station at Veazie is to
be entirely remodelled and repaired.
The fall examinations at the Maine State
College occur on Thursday and Friday Of
this week.
A short time ago several New York sports
men went up to Lincoln with some fine dogs
and guns for hunting trip. They succeeded.
il is reported in running down with their dogs
and killing several deer. Game Warden
McLain learned of this and went TO Lincoln
and shot two valuable dogs belonging 70 the
party. This ended the hunting for this sea.