Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-03-29
State News.
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A. the night train from Brunswick ap-
proached the big cut below Lisbon Falls, on
THURSDAY morning, the engineer discovered
that the track was covered with earth
The train vas stopped, when about foot OF
sand was found covering the track. This
vas 40 full of water that shovelina was of no
avail until drains we're made on the side Of
the bank to turn the water on The tram
vas delayed about one hour.
Mr.. Goss of Auburn, is treasurer of the
New England Rock Drill Company. which is
doing q large business in Auburn and through
the large manufactures of Massachusetts.
Twenty patent rock drills have been manu-
fnctured at the machine shop in Auburn
Wednesday one of them was shipped to Mel
bourne, Australia from the shop in Auburn
Others have Teen shipped to Quincy, Mass.
and Dorchester, Mass. The drill vas invent
ed by Mr.. j Booth of Bangor.
Rev.W s. Perkins. pastor of the Second Uni
ver.alist church at Lynn, Mass, has accepted
the call rendered him by the Bates-stree: Un-
iversalist church, of Lewiston. Me. The
salary is larger than that he now receives
He will deliver his farewell sermon Apr. q.
The funeral of the late Nathaniel Rounds.
occurred in South Auburn. Thursday after
noon, March "a Mr. Rounds was 81 years
of age. and his death resulted from breaking
his hip several weeks ago. Mr.. Rounds was
the father of the late VIM. Rounds of Minot,
DIR. Rounds of South Paris. and Judge c. B.
Rounds of Calais.
CUMBERLAND.
There is a report afioat that it is proposed
by some parties to ask the Portland
City Government to issue SlOO,OOO
worth of bonds, to run for twenty
years, redeemable in five years at the OPP
ton of the city, to be expended in paving
Commercial street from the Grand Trunk to
the Eastern railroad station with granite
blocks where the street has not been paved
HANCOCK.
Ellsw orth is soon to have skating rink.
The sardine factory at Camden, will be
closed this season except tor q short time dur
ing the mackerel season, on account OF over
production. 1t has usually disbursed about
$1,000 per week for labor.
Capt L. z. Heal has received from the
Board of Underwriters $3.50, as a recognition
and compensation for meritorious services
given in plotting the ship Donald Mckay, of
24OO tons, into Vineyard Haven.
PENoBscOr.
The Penobscot Indians who are giving
are meeting with good success.
Mr.. G. II. Shaw, of Hartland, has sold his
fine Jersey bull, Ginx, to the Maine State
College. at Orono.
SOMERSET.
James Fuller, Esq, and wife, of Hartland.
leave Monday for an extended visit to Oregon,
where they have a son in the sheep raising
business. At St. Paul, MINI Mr.. and Mrs.
E,l ha ioipod hv fhaip dauUhfpr Who
is practicing medicine at that place. and pro-
ceed to Oregon, where they will spend some
months.
Solon Savings Bank has paid final divi-
dend of four per cent, making in all some
over one hundred per cent, reports the Anson
Advocate.
A new business will probably be established
at East Madison says the Somerset Reporter.
Mr.. J, w. Hobart recently sent proposals to
the agent of the Eureka Road Machine Co.,
and obtained a contract TO build twenty of
them. He will doubtless enter into arrange
ments for the sole manufacture of them.
The Somerset Fibre Company have pur-
chased $500 cords of slab edgings from the
saw mills at Bradley, on the fenobscot, and
have commenced to receive them. We
noticed 20 carloads on side track one day
this week.
WASHINGTON.
Mary Maloney. who with five other young
women were thrown from sled at the Union
Mills bridge, Calais, while on their way to
their work in the cotton mill, and all more or
less injured, some four weeks ago. died on
Monday week from the injuries she received
as has been stated in the Journal. Now her
father has commenced an action against the
bridge company for $4,000 for not having
railing on the bridge. Claiming that had
there been a railing on it the sled would not
have gone over where it did. Other actions
will be brought.
AT LARGE.
The ice in tho Kennebec is weakening fast
and before many days will leave the river.
The Fairfield Journal says our lumbermen
have commenced to take their teams out of
the woods, but a few teams will remain this
week to haul off the yards. On making en-
quiry of nearly all of them we conclude the
cut of logs will be considerable less than last
year. Some of the heaviest operators say
one-third less Much of the timber cut
blown down in the great wind-storm last fall,
and has been expensive to gather up. There
is difference of opinion as to the market
price for lumber this season. A large stock
of last years cut remains over, and mill men
say logs will be about $l.00 less per NJ,
while the market for manufactured lumber
will depend upon the demand. The capaci-
ty for saving in Maine mills has been reduc-