Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-20
State News.


, ARoosTooK.
There are some A, 900 bushels of potatoe
stored In cellars and storehouses in For
] Fairfield village waiting better times.
} Some thieving was done the night o
{ the recent fire at Houlton- Brown & Watson
! in searching for lost goods found amon'
other articles carried of, 20 kegs OF mixe'
. paints secreted in brick arch at the Shas
Bros. Extract Works. Brown Watson
: will at once erect temporary buliding Of
; the foundation of their store which wa
DESTROYED in the recent fire. IL will he %
, IS feet on the ground. The frame is beinl
, sawed at Titcomb's mill. They expect Il
have the building ready for occupancy within
ten DAYS.
The growth of Caribou for a plumber o
wears was remarkable, says the Aroostool
Republican Within few years it increased
from ..hamlet" TO a thriving village o
nearly ! 900 inhabitants. While during th'
past year, it has not made large additions Il
its business places. it has not retrograded
Every dwelling. tenement, snd place o
business is occupied. and fair business il
the general report of business men.
new single mill is being built il
Bridgew alter By g. w. Collins.
CUMBERLAND.
Lieut. r. Z. Peary. civil engineer U. s
n, now in Portland, has been ordered t6
Nicaragua BY steamer of the goth, to make
surveys in connection with the Nicaragus
treaty now in the Senate.
Three ancient deeds were recorded in Port
land, Tuesday; one from Jonathan Stone
to Ethial Blake, consideration fl2 6s. I'd
executed in 1888; second from Josh Phinney
to Ithial Clake. consideration 81. 1885,, exc
cuted in 1885; third from Samuel G.. Higgins
to Timothy Blake, consideration Sl20, exc
cuted in 1921. Land in Gorham was con-
veyed by each instrument.
FRANKLIN.
Mr. Joshua B. Lowell while crossing a
neighboring field was attacked by a vicious
bull and thrown violently to the ground.
| With rare presence of mind he caught the
ring in the nose of the animal with one hand
and horn with the other, and thus conquer
ed his antagonist, but not until he had re-
ceceived severe bruises. few days after
wards, while riding in the highway, his horse
became frightened at the sudden sprinRing OF
dog over the fence. The wagon was upset
and Mr.. Lowell quite seriously injured.
The Franklin county Medical Association
met, w ednesday, of last week, in Pennington,
at the Office of DR.. John J. Linscott. The
President DIR. George z. Higgins OF Strong,
was in the chair The subject for discussion
was Diseases of the Liver" participated in
by DR.. F. Fl. Russell of Pennington, DR.. H.
r Cotton of New Sharon, DR.. J. j. Linscott
of Pennington, DR.. Geo. Il. Higgins ofStrong
and others.
Capt. f. II. Hewey informs the Chronicle
that he has got out the knees needed for
their new steamer which they will build
sometime this winter at this place. The
new steamer will be named after the one lost,
| /, e Mollychunkamunk, and will be ready
| for the summer travel.
KNOX.
The long delayed contract for the building
of bridge bv and between the towns OF
| Rockland and Thomaston has been drawn
and signed for an iron draw tress bridge, to
be furnished by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.,
of Berlin, Conn The bridge will have a
reach lover all) of so feet, with Is feet road
way. This work is to be put in at once, at
the head of Pleasant street on the town line
! between the said towns, and is to be equally
built and kept in repair by the adjoining
corporations This work should have been
put in long since, but "red tape" and other
things have led to long delay.
OXFORD.
Frost's Corner came near being the scene
Of a serious accident, recently. While
Misses Ada Tucker and Addie Walker were
out skating, the ice suddenly gave way, let
ting the former through. In attempting to
assist her, Miss Walker went in. Several
young men Immediately skated to the rescue
when the ice dropped three of them in.
boat lying on the shore was being rapidly
drawn to the open spot by couple Of
boys, but before it could be pushed over the
edge, the ice gave way and five young mer
and the two ladies were foundering in the
water beside the boat. Assistance was rapid
ly accumulated and the parties were rescued
wet and numb; fortunately no lives lost.
Mr.. John Richardson of Zircon Hill, Mil
ton. recently lost seventeen sheep and lambs
! in the pasture.
N w Hu,chns was knocked from car a.
the train passed shed near Canton station
Saturday noon, Dec 18th. and was picked W
insensible. but sooL revived and came out
with a bruised head and lame side.
PENoBscor.
The Monitor Engine Company of Orono
will give a grand ball and supper at their
ball, on Friday evening, December 26.
SAGADAHoC
/ The road near the ice pond at Phipsbure
Center, has been substantially rallied in
workmanlike manner, which is a great i'm
provement. BY the widening of the high
way at this place, those dangerous ''slues a
the pine trees" are now most happily avoided
One of the Small Point fishermen brought
in eleven hundred pounds with one haul, re-
Gently.
SOMERSET.
Last Saturday, Mrs. Hollis Churchill o.
Starks, was about to descend the cellar stair.
when she fell from the top to the bottom
striking her head upon a rock and infictnl
terrible wound six inches long and three
inches wide. She was taken up insensible
and fears are entertained that she may be in.
jured internally. She is a great sufferer, re-
ports the Pennington Chronicle.
WASHINGTON.
In heavy storm, Monday, schooner
Kalmi. Capt. Tracy, Boston for Calias, light,
went ashore in Jones' Harbor. below Machi.
| asport, and is a total loss. Capt. Tracy was
seriously injured by sea washing the house
| on to him.
YORK.
There was quite large dischare of work.
men at the navy yard, Monday night, Dec 10,
in the construction department. If the money
for the balance of the fiscal year is not ap-
propaisted by the first of January, every.
thing will be stopped. The House has made
an appropriation. but the Senate insists upon
including few more steel cruisers
| A Union temperance meeting was held NJ the