Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-13
State News.
ASDRoscosGIS.


The workmen ~ one of the Auburn shoe
factories are circulating paper With the de-
sign of establishing cooperative store on
the Rochedale system of cooperation.
The Livermore Falls News has been pur-
chased by NJ. E. n. Carver, formerly of the
Canton Telephone, who has removed his
family to Livermore Falls and assumed the
publication Of the News
The Masonic Hall in Lewiston has been
re6tted and refurnished in sumptuous style.
II is proposed to dedicate it, The hall is now
one of the most elegant in its appointments
in the State. II has been newly freseoed.
ARoosrooK.
Mr.. Connors. one of the largest lumber
operators on the upper st. John waters, EN-
ploys $50 men in the woods, and will rut
more lumber this winter than in any season
for a number of years past.
Mr.. F. P Sharp of Upper Woodstock. N.
B.. harvested 5000 barrels of apples this
year. He has been planting, this fall, new
apple orchard containing l6 acres and 100
trees.
CUMBERLAND.
The residents of Falmouth Foreside, in
GLIDING Colley's Corner, are agitating the
question of division of the town, and will
petition the legislature this winter for q
division and Incorporation of q new town,
comprising all that portion lying east of the
Maine Central railroad on q line dividing
school districts as near to that point as pos
sible,
The consolidated Electric Light Co, of
Maine, held its annual meeting at Portland,
Wednesday. There was a good attendance,
Including stockholders from Boston, Lowell
and Lewiston. The reports showed a favora-
BILE condition IF the company. The following
officers were elected: President, Geo. A,
Thomas; Vice President, Franklin J. Roll
Inns; Treasurer, F. A. Sawyer; Clerk,
F. j. Rollins, w A. Cromwell, Silss Quincy,
E. H. Golf, Clarence Hale, F. A. Sawyer,
Abel Wheeler, VIM. NJ. Wood.
KENNEBEc.
The Waterville Seminal says: There is
an opening here for some one in the lumber
business, we should judge, as a gentleman
desiring to build a small shed could not find
enough boards in town with which to cover
the building. A fitting mill, with saws, plan
ers, etc, would be a great convenience. We
believe herein lies one of the best business
openings TO be found on the Kennebec.
At the annual meeting of Sergeant Wvman
Post, held at Oakland, the following were
elected as officers for the ensuing year: ].
Wesley Gilman, Commander; j. NJ. Rock
wood Sen. Vice Commander; Hiram Wy
man, Jun Vice Commander; c w. Shep-
herd, Quartermaster; DIR. ID. f. Parsons,
Surgeon; l.. Towle, o. D.; c. w
Heney, o. G II. w. Wells, Chaplain; j.
Wesley Gilman, J. NJ. lockwood and Hiram
Wyman, Trustees of the Charity Fund; Ii
w. Wells, Representative, w. r. Pinkham,
Alternate, TO the animal meeting of the De-
partment which takes place in January.
The annual meeting and election of officers
of Messalonskee Lodge, 1913, +. and A. M,
at oakland, took place last Saturday night,
and resulted as follows: f. L. Given, w.
VI ID f. Parsons, 5. w; Plinv LYON, j.
W.. Abram Bachelor, Treas. J. Wesley
Gilman, Sec. II. W Greeley, S d A. A.
Parker, J. ID.
A. w. Jewett & Co. shipped Is car loads
of lumber, last week, from their lumber mill
in Gardiner says the Home journal, and
have sent off 404 car loads during 1884. They
have now great many orders ahead with an
advance in price on late orders
The Kennebec Ice Co will build two new
houses of about $4,000 tons capacity at
''Goodwin's Point" says the Gardiner Jour
nal. This addition will give them total
storage capacity of about 36, 900 tons of ice
SAGADAHoC
Joseph Greene, the Bath ship-carpenter
who was badly blood poisoned ten days ago,
by cutting his leg with knife which he had
used on small pimple on his hand, is grad
ually recovering. At one time the leg had
swollen to the size of mans body. Mr..
Greene has suffered the most excruciatlng
pain.
The following are the officers elect of En-
terprise Grange No, As. p. of H., for the year
1885 w NJ. George G. Page; w. o, J.
Weston Libby; w. L.. c + Dinslow w s.,
c. f. Lancaster; w. A. S, c. II Reed; w.
Chap. s. F. Blanchard; w. r., S B Hath
orne; w. Sec, Henry SHELTON; w. G. r.,
VIM. NJ Loud; Pomona, Annie SHELTON ;
Fore, Eva Hilton; Ceres, Eliza Grant; w.
L. A. S., Gertie Watson.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. VIM. Towle of Hartland, who was
hurt in the woods by tree falling against
him, died three days after, having suffered
great agony during the time. He was rs
years of age. His father was killed in the
woods by tree in nearly the same way.
The Fairfield Journal says The Kennebec
Framing Company expect to be able to run
their mill through the winter without any
shut down as they expected. They have
several orders and expect auough more to
keep them running
At North New Portland village Chas. II.
Bartlett has crew of men at work, clearing
away the wreck of three drying houses, 100
feet long each, which were blown down BY
the southeast gale of Sunday night of last
week. He intends to rebuild Immediately
Elliot & Butler of New Portland, are max
ing a large addition to their saw-mill and in
tend TO still further enlarge in the spring.
n. Clark & Co. of New Portland, are do
ing an extensive business in the patent rveted
noccasns
WALDO.
p Henry Tillson Post G. A. r. Thomaston,
elected officers last Saturday evening, as fol-
lows: H. c Levensaer, Com n. S. Fales,
Senior Vice Commander; Dana T. Dow,
Junior Vice Commander; Adna A Fales,
Quartermaster: S. L, Hanscom, Chaplain /;
Andrew Lamb, Surgeon; A. G. Strout, O.
ID Allen Dreamer. C. G VIM. F Cav and
S. l.. Hahscom were chooses delegates to the
encampment, and George w. Maxey and
Emery Kellar, alternates.
The Rockland Free Press saws the man
ner of conducting business by the Cobb Lime
Company of this city having proved unsatis-
factory, it is proposed to change the system
The Company has paid no dividends for sew
eral years, and has lost money in Improbable
ventures. The move now proposed is proba-
bly, the beginning of the end, which will be
final dissolution. The Company holds a