Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-11-17
State News.
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.AsDRoscoGGIN.
The smoke stack on the boiler house of III
Mousam Co.'S mill. Minot, fell with q tire
mendous crash, Monday morning, Nov 10th
Fortunately no one was injured The roo
of the mill, on. which il fell was slightl
damaged.
| Miss Leila Warehouse of Mechanic Falls
will deliver a lecture at the Methodist yestr
on Thursday evening. on her experiences il
Chill, where she has been As a teacher
ARoosTook.
The starch factories at Houlton have mad
about 5000 tons of starch.
Better pnces are nov being paid 70
AroostOOk potatoes than were given Garlic
in the season. Large quantities are comiu,
forward. and ears for their shipment are il
great demand.
CUMBERLAND.
Sunday. the 9th inst. Rev Mr.. Houghtol
of Stevens Plains church. Deerng exchanged
with Rev. Mr.. Hayden of Auburn. Their,
was large congregation present, and tbs
services were much appreciated by all.
Mr.. A. Torrey, formerly a tradesman a
Morrllls Corner, but more recently doinI
business in Portland, has returned again L
the Corner, and is now engaged in the manu-
facture OF cigars there.
Portland is to have q new military banC
and orchestra, to be known as Wright 6
Ladd's Portland Cadet Band.
HANCOCK.
Master Parker Billings of Ssrgentville, i,
very low with catarrh OF the liver a painful
disorder which is prevailing there.
Business is brisk at the Salmon Works
About fifty salmon were turned loose in the
river, instead of being confined at DeaC
Brock, as usual, hoping they might be taker
this fall. for shipping purposes. Most o
them have been secured ami the eggs taken
Mr.. Charles Atkins is giving his persona
attention TO this business this season. Mr.
Harry Buck, who has superintendent thes,
matters for several years, has gone to Crane
Lake TO the salmon works there.
KESNEBEc
Herbert w. Leach will give his lectures il
Wateryille some time this season.
Kennebec District Lodge. / o. G. 7. will
meet in regular session with Oakland Lodge
at Gardiner, on Wednesday, Nov. 10Th
commencing at 1890 A. NJ.
LINCOLN.
Friday last, schooner Reform, while fishing
off Monhegan island sprang a-leak and sank
The crew took to the pumps but the watel
gained rapidly and the vessel was abandoned
about ii o'clock A. Nj. Loss $500 with small
insurance
A man at work for ID. p. Hagget, Soutl
Newcastle, got up some time in the night anC
broke into the store at the back door, anC
stole pair of boots, lot of clothing an(
about thirty dollars in money. He was ar
rested at Barriers island and lodged in Jail
Myrick Simpson of North Newcastle
caught 700 pounds of cells in the pond above
Bakers mill last week. He sent then t
Boston.
Preparations for the building of a new
vessel, are already in progress at Waldoboro
Leavitt Storer will build a thousand tor
schooner this winter The first cargo Of
hard pine for its construction has latel,
arrived.
The house OF J +. Hastings was damaged
by fl e to the loss OF about $1,000, one day
last week.
PENoBsCoT.
A boy named Nolan, about IA wears of age
living in Bangor, recently left his home, tax
ing only one shirt for his outfit besides thu
clothes he wore, and shipped on board thu
schooner Helen G Mosley, bound for Charles
ton, S. c. He went as far as Fort Point
where he was entirely cured of the sea feve
and Thursday morning he returned on one o.
the tow boats. His father was greatly alarm
ed over his absence and considerable searcl
had been made for him. ..-..
SAGADAHoc.
The wife OF Captain Traynor, the Bail
navigator who started to cross the ocean 10
dory, says that she has had no word from hel
husband for forty-two days and fears he is lost
A number of the young ladies OF Bath hav,
engaged the Alameda and will manage private
skating parties, every Thursday evening
The one Thursday night was well attended
The Cadet Band furnished music
The final trial trip of the domed steame
Meteor will probably take place this week
The new engine is working in a splendiC
manner. MIR. Chas. Z Moody, one of it,
owners, is in Bath and went on the trip
Wednesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON
There are many deer hunters now near the
Union river and other points in Washington
county as there were last winter. Quite
large amount of venison is being secured
The buildings owned and occupied by A
W. Ackley of Cutler were burned, Nov, 9th
together with all of his crops of potatoes
hay. ETC., and also all of his catch of isf
this season, which were stored in his shed
No insurance. The fire TOOK at about !
o'clock from lantern accintally broken in
the barn by one Of the family while feeding
the stock. The most of the furniture wa.
saved,
The old porgie factory at Muscongus is be-
ing torn down.
The work of blowing the ledge in the har-
Dor at EastpOrt, progresses slowly. The
ledge is full of seams and much difficulty is
experienced in drilling. Mr.. Townsend the
contractor arrived in town last week, to in
spect the work.
The sardne factories did very little work
last week. Owing to the rough and stormy
weather there was a scarcity of fish. The
season ends in four weeks.