Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-12-25
State News.
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AEDRoscoeeIx.
At business meeting Of the Auburn Re
form Club. Monday evening the following
officers we're elected for the next six months
president, o. Lasety; lst vice president. w.
Waterman; ID, vice president. L. Norton
Sd. vice President, A. Sennett; R. s., e.
Kidder; r, S., E. Callahan; Treasurer, c.
Thompson; Chaplain, c. Gent
ARoosrooK.
Commercial says: The recent ire has cast
dull all the fall, bat now that 90 many of our
business men have been burned out. il is like
ly to be more quite than ever. Those burned
out are bearing their losses with commenda-
bic fortitude, and are busily engaged in getting
settled in their new quarters. All lose more
or less heavily, but just how much is moi
known to your correspondent All have re-
sumed business except Brown & Watson.
who are already placing lumber upon the
ground for a new store. which they will erect
during the winter. Others will rebuild in
the spring.
CUMBERLAND.
The following is the makeup of the Port.
land base ball team. for the season of 1885:
Oxley, C. and r. f.; Watson. p. Maloy. b.
Phillips, 3b. Annis. ( Wheelock,r f ;and
Fish, p,; Pope. %. Clark, IS. Barnes,
Of. Oxley is a native of Lewiston, and form
erly pitched for the Metropolitans OF New
York. Wheelock PLAYED as catcher last sea-
son for the Tremonts of Boston, Watson was
pitcher on the Lawrences, Pope comes from
the Haverly nine of San Francisco. The
team will be managed by Mr. John Winthrop
and Mr. w. w. Burnham will be treasurer.
The men will all be in town April 18th, ready
for the season.
The press says the Atlantic Chemical Com.
pany has been organized with the following
officers President, W. A. Cobb; treasurer,
F. A. Waters; directors, W. A. Cobb, E. E
Waters, +. A. Waters. Capital stocks $780,.
600; paid in nothing.
KNOX.
The Rockland Opinion learns that Mr.
Charles Shields, of Vinalhsven, who hai
been blind for several years, the result of an
accident by an explosion in q granite quarry
has had the sight restored to one eye by sr
operation by Portland surgeon.
Carleton & Co. of Rockport. have received
from the Dunn Edge Tool Company of Wat.
erville, probably the largest scythe ever made
1t is 81 inches wide and Is feet long. They
had it made to cut the lily pads and grass in
Lily Pond.
LINCOLN.
The Island Packing Company at Rouad
Pond have closed their business for the
season, and their agent, MIR. E. A. Wymsn
has moved with his family TO Milbridge.
There is q doubt il the factory runs another
year.
Capt. George Pierce, living on Cameron
Cove, went aboard his vessel abont
four o'clock, Thursday, to do some
work, and by some means lost his footing snt
fell from the stern in eight feet of water. He
was either unable to swim or go injured by
says the Boothbsy Register.
PENoBsCoT.
Rev. George C. Cressey, who has heer
unanimously invited to supply the pulpit OF
the Unitarian church of Bangor, is q
graduate of Bowdoin college in the class o
1876; he then attended Yale College, and is
a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary
He has studied in Europe.
The party who are surveying the Interns-
tional Short Line Railway and who started
from Mattswamkeag about two months age
are near B Pond, about eight miles from
Katahdin Iron Works. They are having
difficult job. The cold is intense and thu
work being mostly in the district where th'
"blow down" occurred a year ago is very
hard. The party that 10 coming from tn,
west to meet them is now near Lily Bay. Bott
parties are under the immediate direction oi
ID. E. McFee, Esq, of Sherbroke. There
are eighteen persons in the B Pond party and
they are living in tents Wig
A large huainess ia done nv savaral Arm,
in the towns La Grange, Milo and Orrville
who are engaged in cutting poles. These ars
of cedar and are shipped to Western New
York where large quantities of hops are pro-
duced yearly. seven or eight carloads have
already been sent. and during the winter it il
expected that one hundred carloads will b.
shipped.
The January term of the Supreme Judicia
court for Penobscot county, begins here or
Tuesday, January s, 1885.
SAGADAHoc
Bath Times: Tuesday evening Mr.. Davit
Crooker of the firm of Crooker & Lilly, liv
ing on Washington street, was taken will
strangulated hernia. He did not attempt to re
duce it until last evening when DIR. E. NJ
Fuller, assisted by DIR, C. A. Packard oper
ated upon and reduced the hernia. Had h
delayed the operation a few hour
more he would have been beyond the react
of surgical skill.
SOMERSET.
The entire water power and mills at East
Madison has been sold bv Chadburn 4
Blanchard to Thompson & Reed who are I,
add a Grist mill and other machinery to tn
saw and shingle mills now in operation.
Capt. Zenss Vaughn. of New Portlan,
sheriff elect of Somerset county is sbou
moving to Skowhegan to reside during hi
term of Office.
Maine has again and again proved that thi
10 the place to raise men and woman, and th
crop by no means diminishes. Edgar w
Nye, commonly known as "Bill," says b