The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
Maine Matters.
RICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL

L ne StdfCD factories AT CARIBOU nave closed
operations.
Jabez Young of Houlton raised this season
IL bushels of oats to the acre.
Nh. Oliver Storer of Carmel a smart old .
farmer, 50 years old, powed an of land |
each day of last week
The East Sangerville Cheese Factory Associ- |
ton viii pay dividend of per cent. to stock
holders this year.
Tollman Bros. Unity, have purchased over
5000 bushels of cider apples this fall, and have |
made for other parties 2400 gallons of cider.
There We're made at the Nckers0n Factory in .
lIoulton. the past season. 1886 chceses, weighing
about l3,4SO lbs. Associated darying is profit
able.
The amount of starch manufactured this sea-
son is much larger than usual. 1t is reliably
ascertained that between and 10000 tons has
been made in Aroostook Co., a quantity equal
10 the average manufacture OF potato starch in /
the whole country.
Eight wears ago Mr.. Rainsford j. Smith, a /
Young man just married. bought Il farm near
PreSque Isle, for 81 400, There We're no build /
ings on the farm. Young Smith ran in debt the
entire amount, paying 10 per cent. interest and
Went 10 WORK In eight years he has supported
hi family. now consisting of wife and three /
children. paid the entire amount of bis indebt !
edness with interest, built good, substantial
house, barn. ana out buildings and last Monday
sold his farm. stock, farming tools, etc. to
Charles rarbell for 81 ,024, and still has about
500 worth of produce on hand
4 CoUNTERFEIIER CAPTURED.
George W. Davis, formerly a Lewiston ma
chini>l, WAS arrested in Worcester, MaSsachu-
sets, saturday. for counterfeitng silver dol
lars. Davis talked freely about the affair He
SAYS he learned the machini>t trade at Lewis
ion, Me-. and while working at il, lifted HIM
self for hommop aIhc phl >icinn. He went to
The war IL private III company r., 9Th Maine
regiment, and served three wears. nine months
OF the time Is hospital steward. After the war
he practi'cd medicine nine years in New Bed
ard. and f,ltp in InKYp1l II, llt1
place and went to New Bedford to live. While
in Lowell. he made the acquaintance of The
Coram>, who have also been arrested, and be-
came quite intimate with them. They suggest
cd the counterfeting idea to him. He al first
declined TO entertain their proposition, but
business was very poor with him at Lowell,
and he wa, badly in debit so, upon his return
to New Bedford, he began the manufacture of
bogus dollars. lie made his moulds in plaster
paris from genuine dollars. ana then run his
base metal into the mould>. He destroyed
mould in each operation. III then milled and
polished the metal. and finally >iyerplated it.
The counterfeit dollars are very nearly perfect
in ring and in appearance, but = trtie under
weight.
DEATH OF JOHN KANE OF ST RRY.
The Ellsworth American reports the death.
Oct. ). after long ana painful illness. Of John
Kane of Su"ry, and in an obituary notice says:
TIL kindn # the deceased viii be long re-
membcred By. Al those who were nearer ac-
in.ntinn.s ~ Inn A - I.inl ma t,,a fr.iaud
MANY ypar> AGO. Nh kan~ WI. one of The
founders of the Rlnpl in and + no Island Free
viii Hanti.t rburch where he Mn H.. remem
brrpd ht the older residents a. one ot tie most
gr,Ient md o4nfrou. L,bor,.r. iii. .nhsenIent
Tamo,-,l tn S,,,, .itt,.d +, los .,.tiy1 iifa
ndthiS was fer fy bim.eIf., vrli,s he cbnrrh
He was f anil. and ral, i,,I,lIiu,,I, mi th
tri,tnst uttoritv H. Ie.l,.n. . VIZ. ana .,,a,,
rbilfren wli1 6n,t sayGrsl, feel thnir lass
Two of the sons Cants : u md I W kona
hive L44n f,yor,,bly kuo,yn I'm, year. .ni We're
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foi.i,,n ,.I,,nttisl
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THE AFFAIRS OF F. SHAW BROTHERS.
The court OF Insolvency at East Cambridge.
Mass, has allowed about one hundred of the
contested claims in The case OF f. Shaw \ Bros.
In many eases objections were Withdrawn.
The next meeting of the court i, to be Nov
18th TO receive further proofs Of claims and TO
hear several claims o: large amount objected 10
by the debtors. y strong reason acluatng the
creditors in accepting this settlement OF the af-
fairs of +. Shaw d Bros. Is that unless il is ac-
cepted no settlements can be made with other
parties who went down al me time of the
failure OF The Shaw> and whose names are on
the same paper.
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