Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-11-25
State News.
AypRoscoeey.


Horse Railroad. last wear. we're s.. .o52 Il in
stead of sl965 81 further receipt of money.
from rents having come TO hand that vas not
reckoned in the previous account
The Custer Relief Corps No. of Lewis
ton, have just purchased an organ for their
hall
Farwelfs mills at Lisbon, has notified its
help of reduction in wages. varying from
to 10 per cent. to take effect Dec lst.
AROosrooK.
d. H Knowlton. Esq agricultural editor
OF the franklin Journal, has been in Aroos-
took Co. the past week. addressing agrleultu-
raj institutes.
The fall term of Orient high School closed
last week. under the Instruction of W.
Hovey. a graduate of Maine Central Institute
This term has been the most successful of
any for a number of wears.
CuMBERLAND.
The committee on streets, sidewalks and
bridges in Portland. have awarded a contract
for furnishing 1000 square yards of granite
block paving to be laid in the wear 1885. TO
the Hsllowell Granite Company OF Hallowell.
Mes,rs. Geo. W. Willard and Gideon Bar
bank. Of Cap Elizabeth, have taken the job
to cut all the standjny wood on Cushings
Island, adjacent to the Ottawa House
The aggregate number Of barrels IF Ash,
packed in Portland this season. will reach
nearly $4,000 barrels, one firm packing
nearly q, 600 barrels and two others about
900 each.
The managers of the Temporary Home for
Women and Children announce TO their sub
scrlhers and the public that their house in
Deering is now completed and will be open
for dedication and inspection on Friday.
November IS, from 8 TO o'clock P. NJ. All
are cordially invited
FRANKLIN.
Tuesday. the llth. c. Z. Scammon of
Weld. as he was hauling stone. stopped in
front of his team when one of his oxen trod
upon him iislocating his shoulder and badly
brulsing him
HANCOCK
The wrist of David Haskell of Castine was
badly shattered by premature discharge of
a cannon, which he was assisting in firing at
the democratic celebration, Friday.
KENSEBEC.
Thomas Mccarthy of Portland had his
ankle broken at Augusta Friday night by a
horse running against him
The democrats celebrated at Readfield
Friday evening. About 100 were in line.
The fall term of the Fryeburg Academy
opens under favorable circumstances. An
instructor in French and elocution has been
added to the corps of teachers.
There has been a cut down in wages at the
tannery at Norway, says the Advertiser.
PENoBscoT
An old building on the corner of Maine and
depot streets Dexter. was burned recently.
The fire was probably incendiarv.
Mr., Benjamin u Snow of Brewer. died
very suddenly, Thursday the 20 inst, reports
the Whig He had never been sick and on
the day of his death. ate his dinner at noon
feeling as well as usual and As he was to take
a ride after dinner he went ont TO the carriage
house TO procure a robe. Not returning for
some time search was made for him by some
member of the family and he was found
lying on the robe, dead.
The officers of the Bangor and Piscataquis
Railroad are dissatisfied with the finding of
the corOner's jury in relation to the recent ac-
cident at FOxcroft. They state that they
have testimony which viii exonerate the road
from all blame.
The Maine Central Railroad is putting in a
heavy turn table at Odtown. The one that
has been in use is nearly new, but was not
heavy enough to turn large locomotives upon,
and it will be replaced by new one. The
other will be sold to the Bangor and Piscata-
quis Railroad.
PISCATAQUIs.
The floor of Evelcth & Savers grist mill
at Greenvlle. fell through into the basement
the other dav, on account of too much weight
being put upon it, says the Eastern State.
WAsHINGroN
The friends and neighbors of II. Gilbert
Day of Wesley, are contributing nobly to aid
him in the purchase of horse to fill the
place of the one which he lost so mysterious
ly while at Machias recently. This is the
fifth horse he has lost, and being a poor man
and dependent on what he can earn with
horse, he feels the loss deeply.
YORK.
The town of Old Orchard is building new
reservoir near the electric light station. 1t is
to be eight feet deep and 10 feet in diameter.
1t is expected it will be completed in few
DAYS.
Two crews of men, a day and night, are
at present working on the conduit of the Bid
deford and Saco water company at the pump
ing station on the Hollis road, and the work
is being prosecuted with the utmost dispatch
While Mise Gertie Huntress, South Ber-
wick, young miss of some twelve years,
and two of her companions, were out riding
Monday forenoon, her horse took fright and
ran, and when turning the corner near l. L.
Moore's store, the wheel broke, thro~ing
them all out, fortunately without injury.
Before being stopped the dog cart in which
they were riding was badly demolished. The
escape of the young ladies from severe injury
or perhaps death, was almost miraculous.
The Saco city treasury has received from
John G. Bradbury and Edward P. Burnham,
trustees, the sum of 5000 under the will of
the late Cornelius Sweetser, in accordance
with an item of said will, in reference to the
city park.
The First Keen Twinge,