Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-04
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| State News.
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| Bert Haley of Sebatis, skated into Sebatis
pond last week, through hole in the ice.
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Collins Hume's starch factory at Mars
Hill closed Tuesday of last week, after a run
Of ffty-six days, grinding in the time So. 900
bushels of potatoes.
AT special meeting in the town of Easton.
unanimous vote was given to abate or
exempt all taxes on the starch factory
property owned by johnson & Phair and on
all they may build during term of five
years. Eastou as town is out of debt and
the pauper bills are very light. Three years
ago a school-house was built st Easton
/ Centre, with a town hall in the second story.
There was money enough in the town
treasury TO pay for the hail new road
has been lately built. running east from the
centre. Ii opens large section of good
farming land, which will soon be settled.
| The population of Easton in now nearly
| 1000
| F. c. Robinson of Blaine, put seven teams
in the woods, with a corresponding number
of men this winter getting spruce and cedar.
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shingles at his mill in that town. says the
Herald.
About two months ago, Mr.. Samuel
Willard of Bridgewater, sickened and died.
A few DAYS later, Mrs. w. gave birth to an
infant. Since that time three of the children
have died. and the two surviving ones are
dangerously i'll
CUMBERLAND.
The Universslst society of Brunswick have
purchased from Mr.. Frank Penpell for
81 900 lot of land on Pleasant street, in that
town, and in the spring will lay the founda-
| ton for new church, which will be compile
ted as fast as the money can be raised, reports
the Bath Times. Mr. Harvey Stetson and
Capt Joseph Lunt constitute the building
committee. A part of the land will probably
be used as a house lot, and they have offered
S400 for il. The remains of the old church
have been given to Mr.. John Swift, for the
sum of 81; and he will probably contribute
literally to the new one. At recent meet
ing of the committee it was voted to have the
old bell recast
young man on HE way home to New
Brunswick lost $40 in the Maine Central
depot in Portland. Monday evening the LIST
inst, by leaving it to a stranger who claimed
to own an engine in the yard. and needed just
that amount to complete the payment for the
same.
The steamer Sandman. which arrived, Mon.
day the LIST, brought 60 steerage passengers,
most of them being Englishmen going to
Canada.
Captain Daniel Blanchard. of Cumberland.
dropped dead from heart disease, Monday
morning the lst while loading apples into a
cart near his house. He was retired ship
master. and was over seventy years of age.
Mr.. George Walker, living near Webbs
Mills, Cssco, left his mouse early on the eve
ming of Thanks givingkiay, saying good bye
TO his wife, and that he was going to the hog
pen across the road. 1t was commonly his
custom to say good bye to his wife when 60
ing out, but on this particular occasion he
paused in the door and again with a trembling
voice babe her good bye. His wife thought
strange of this and shortly followed him, but
he was not in or around the hog pen, and she
Immediately notified her neighbors, who in
stituted a search which resulted in tracing
him to the pond below the house, some dis
lance, where his hat was found. The pond
was dragged for six hours before the body
was found, in thirty-fi feet of water. and
six rods from the shore. Mr.. Walker was
insane two years ago, and was in the insane
asylum six months. He has been well and
smart since he came home, but has often
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This has worried him much and was probably
the cause of the sad affair.
FRANKLIN.
Rails of the Franklin and Megantic
Railway have been laid to Kingield the
northern terminus. The first train entered
Kingfeld, Friday forenoon, Nov. 2Sth, amid
the booming of cannon, and cheers of men,
women and children, who had assembled in
| 10 mn nhars IN ,yitnass ho nf ba
first locomotive that ever came into town.
| Regular trains are expected to be running on
New Years day.
| Hobbies & Company started up their rake
factory at Pennington, last week The
Franklin Journal says they will manufacture
"a 900 this year.
LINCOLN.
While Charles Linscott of Jefferson, was
making repairs on his house short time ago
ladder upon which he was standing slipped,
throwing him to the ground breaking his
shoulder in two places and bruising him con
siderably. He is getting along quite COM
| fortably, we learn.
OXFORD.
The Abbott boys, who own the saw mill at
North Rumford, are yarding lumber on
George Hoitt's land, which they will haul to
their mill as soon as Shedding comes. They
have made in the saw MILL about 400 barrels
of cider at one cent gallon.
There is large amount of lumber which
was blown down year ago, on the hills of
Andover, that ought to be handled the coming
winter because it will be worthless if il lays
over another year.
S. w. Richards of Andover has contracted
to haul from l 200 to 1900 cords of poplar to
the river from the north side of Harrington
Hill. this winter, for A. A. West, Esq, says
the Democrat. The poplar has been cut and
peeled mostly by Canadians at Sl.25 per cord.
Paris Manufacturing Co. sent of six car
loads of sleds, last week.
There is living in Buckfeld, DIR. Benson,
blind man, who draws a pension of over
$40 per month. He has young wife and
five children whom he never saw.
Every Sabbath evening an interesting
prayer meeting is held at Widow Thomas
Lincoln's, in Buckfeld. Many of the young
people are rejoicing in the Gospel. On Tues
day evenings, social meetings are held The
two o'clock meetings in the chapel. held by
Rev. Mr.. Downe of Hebron, have been con-
ducive of much good. The Sabbath school
before the meeting. has called many together
VI ho not only eniov the school hut the lihrarv