Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-03-31


large amount of wood and lumber for the
mill is already on the ground.
Kinney and Watson of Houlton intend to
build starch factory of the capacity of theirs
in Houlton, on Limestone brook near D. H.
Berry's
A little child of Mr.. Sanford Smith, of
Pembroke. who mysteriously disappeared
from bark ''Syria" at Rosario, not long ago.
while sitting in a high chair fell forward
striking upon and upsesting pail of scald-
ing water on her lower limbs, burning them
IN shocking manner, saws the Sentinel.
Serious doubts are entertained of her ever
being able to walk should she recover from
she effects of the burns.
CUMBERLAND.
Judge Thomas II. Haskell will make his
debut on the supreme bench of Maine at the
April term at Auburn
Bones Mack, of Portland, wants to fight
Mart Giilen for 5000
The statement that Rufus H. Waite
was pardoned at the instance of Hon. Neal
Dow is incorrect. Mr.. Dow did not ask for
his pardon All he did was to withdraw the
protest he at first made against it. Mr..
Waite was pardoned because the council
were satisfied by Trustworthy medical testi-
mony that his health was failing.
Thursday as Charles Hodsdon was travel
ing little above Crockett's Corner in Pow
nal he came to q torrent crossing the road,
at least five feet in depth, above the bridge,
and as he was turning back, he saw q pung
little way down the stream. He got
help. and upon investigation found a horse
drowned near the pung. The Horse belong
ed to Hobbs Bracket. and Osborn Corliss
started for the store with it a short time be-
fore As Mr.. Csrliss has not been seen
since it is supposed he got under the ice and
is drowned. They have not recovered his
body yet
Rev George NJ Bodge of Boston, has in
preparation history of the town of Wind
ham Maine Mr.. Bodge's great industry and
well known taste for historical and genealog
ical research will enable him to produce a
work of great interest to the sons and dsugh-
ters of that town. as well as all others inter
ested in the preservation of the history of
our New England towns. Windham claims
the honor of being the birthplace of Massa-
chusetts distinguished war governor. John
A. Andrew.
KESSEBEc.
The Catholics are talking of building a
church in Winthrop.
Phillips has sued F. X. Campbell, drug
gist of Winthrop. Mr.. Campbell registered
years ago.
Most of the creditors of the Fibre Ware
Company in the vicinity of Waterville have
been settled with for sixty cents on a dollar.
The company have finally bought out Mr..
Bodge's patents and will start up the man.
ufacture of fibre ware at their mills at Great
Falls, Maine.
Mrs. David Hanscom of Benton swallowed
a fish bone. Tuesday morning Mar. %, which
lodged in the throat Just below larynx. DIR.
Robinson was called. and by a peculiar in
strument for the removal of such substances,
succeeded in taking out a sharp fiat bone as
large a thumb nail 1t was a peculiarly
dangerous obstruction and it was fortunate
that it was removed with so little difficulty.
A telegram was received at Fairfield an
nouncing the sudden death at Port Jervis,
New York, of B. j. Hogan, formerly of Fair
field. Mr.. Hogan was at one time proprie
tor of the Fairfield House, and has a number
of relatives there.
Eben Murch & Son took possession of the
Elmwood Hotel at Watervill, Thusday. The
citizens are much pleased to have men of
their experience take this house.
An informal meeting was held Tuesday
evening to make arrangements to form an
Electric Light Company.
We record the death of Mr.. A. o. Smith, a
gentleman who has been so many years iden-
titled with the hotel interest of Watervile
Mr.. Smith was a native of Waterville having
been born in 1s47. He began life as a news
boy on the railroad which had but recently
been built At the age of l2 his parents
moved to Skowhegan and thence to Canaan,
and about 1867 they returned to Watervlle
where Mr. Smith and his father became pro-
prietors of the Continental" and later of the
Williams" House. About four years ago
Angie bought out his Fathers interest in the
Williams House.
WALDO.
Capt. Augustus White, watchman on board
the steamer May Queen, fell overheard at
Belfast Wednesday night and was in the
water nearly half an hour before aid reached
him. He was rescued with much difficulty.
Last fall Capt. Oliver NJ. Brown leased
Jobs Island, just off the lower end of Isles
boro, and stocked it with sheep. About a
month age foot rot appeared amongst them,
and at last accounts he had lost about thirty
sheep and fifty lambs, with the prospect of
losing the entire flock. says the Belfast Jour
nal.
YORK.
There is an effort being made by the farm
ers in the vicinity of Paris to organize q COM
pany for the manufacture of butter and
cheese. careful estimate saws there are
five hundred cows within five miles of the
place.
Mr.. Titcomb of York, who was injured by
falling through Sewalrs bridge last fall, has
been awarded $500 by a vote of the town at
the recent town meeting.
Rumor has it that Mr. Robert NOVEL;, who
is at present living on the Barrows farm, at
Kit:ery, is to leave that place soon, and that
tenant is wanted to occupy the farm the
coming spring.
MIR. Horace McIntire. the veteran hunter
of Beech Ridge. York has shot during the
past winter los skunks, seven foxes, AMI
bought seven other foxes. They will be sold
in the Boston market.
Dog poisoning is being carried on to an
alarming extent in Biddeford at present.
The practice is not confined to ours of low
degree, but many valuable animals have been
despatched in this despicable way during the
week. Monday night st. Bernard belong
ing to William Benson, the Alfred street
barber, for which $50 had been refused. was
poisoned.
stone mason by the name of John Ben
son, of Biddeford, was pinned to the ground
by heavy block of stone the other day.
His leg was badly crushed.
Several washouts occurred along the line
of the Eastern railroad, ,dnring the storm We'd
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