Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-20

/ AEDRosCoGGIS.
An old trick of the rum smu9glers is the
shipment of their toddv to North jay, where
il is reshipped to Lewiston. arriving by the
Pennington train late in the evening Dep
utv Sheriff Hinkley intercepted three lots at
Leeds, Wednesday evening. They were
billed and labelled Sperm Oil" and were
directed to former well known Auburn man
whose death occurred nearly year ago.
Kate Mshoney was on q tantrum. Thurs
day. At noon she attempted to plunge over
the canal bridge near the Lewiston mill
Officer John McCarfy saw her and took her
10 on: of harms way.
The Lewiston grammar school scholars are
weekly put through the maneuvres of the
FIRE drlll
ARoosrOoK
Tenements are in great demand at present
In Houlton. There is not a desirable office
or room to be let within a half mile of the
public square.
Mr.. Dickson, the builder of the new block
Of brick stores in Houton, has recently taken
contract to build brick block in Lewiston
50xl0O IT,. three stories in height.
Forty men of Hale & Murchie's lst reg-
ment passed through Houlton, Tuesday, en-
route to Molunkus stream to fight snow and
chase spruce logs.
Mr.. H. Rideout is building a new tan.
merry on Pearce Brook, near Lows mill Ii
Is designed for the tanning of moccasins for
iumbermen's use. of which Mr.. Rideout will
engage in the manufacture on quite an ex-
tensive scale.
CUMBERLAND.
A live lobster weighing nearly Is pounds
was brought into the firm of c. W. Marston
& Co. opposite the Custom House. Portland.
Ii was appropriately named Jumbo. Ii was
shipped to New York to be placed in an aqua
rum.
A paper hanger named NJ d. Pancoast has
skipped to Florida, leaving a number of
firms in Portland to suffer the loss of goods
obtained from them by Pancoast under false
pretences.
Mr. Robert Hammond informs the Bruins
wick Telegraph that he was at work at Orr
Island for some weeks, and while there a
clam was taken from Beals' Cove which
measured on one diameter 81 inches and on
the other "A inches-a regular mammoth.
KENNEBEC.
An Oakland correspondent of the Fairfield
Journal says few days ago William Knox
and John Perkins, with others, obtained a
quantity of bay rum of druggist and drank
the same. Both Knox and Perkins are now
lying in very critical condition, with but
little hope of their recovery.
KNOX.
A young man named Roakes, while enpap-
ed in blasting rock at South Hope, Satur-
day, was dangerously injured by premature
discharge of powder which filled his face and
eyes.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union of Knox county will hold a county
} convention in Union, October 20 and 81.
The wild steer which has been roaming at
large in Thomaston for many weeks was cap
tured FRIDAY night by Nelson and Lermond
tales. He was caught by a moose around
his torefoot, and securely fastened to tree
for the night and taken care of by the owner
} in the morning
PENoBsCor.
The students of Foxcroft Academy are
making Preparations to present at the end of
the term the drama entitled The Turn of
the Tide"
prominent Bangor lumberman said the
other day that at the present time lumber
was lower than it had been before this sea-
son. Many of the lumbermen talk of saw
ing out their orders and shutting down for
the winter. The year as a whole has been
quite an unfavorable one for the Eastern
Maine milmen.
There appeared to be fatality among the
beasts in Liberty last week. horse belong
longing to l.. l.. Linscott dropped dead in
the road while attached to a load Smith
Cram had horse die from some cause the
other day Mrs. Hattie Clough lost a COW
by death Saturday f. f. Sanford found his
COW nearly dead with an apple in her throat
Saturday, but by prompt action he managed
to save her. 1t is also rumored that Frank
Henderson's fine stallion died with the collie
one day last week. The horse had just got a
record of % on a track on the Kennebec,
and the loss is equal to $1,000.
WAsHINGroN
In consequence of the scarcity of fish, the
Millbridge Packing Company closed the BUSH
ness last Wednesday, the product being IL 900
cases.
w. X. Pencils store in Jonesport was
broken into recently and S2S were stolen. A
suspected person has been lodged in the Ma
chias Jail.
They have no trouble in capturing deer on
the Machias waters without dogs, says the
Calais Times. Last week there were seventy
deer hunters between Pleasant River Lake
and the Mopang. If no dogs were used on
the ST. Croix waters, there would be ten
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deer are kept shy. and sportsmen who respect
the law stay at home.
A part of the old wharf between Geo. w.
Capen's store and Mr. Rsye's factory on
Union wharf. PASSPORT fell through on Mon
day with a crash, together with a number of
barrels of kerosene. empty barrels, etc.
Two young men who fell with it narrowly
escaped serious injury, fortunately the tide
was high and one fell into the water and the
other caught hold of some timber. barrel
in falling struck John Crowley on the head,
but without doing any serious injury.
Mr.. O. c. Ward, of Cherryfeld, shipped
to Boston, one day last week, &. 800 dozen of
eggs.
Mr.. Charles E. Copeland, son of Mr.. H.
C. Copeland, of Calais, has accepted a posi-.
sion on the editorial staff Of the Boston Ad-
vertiser and Boston Record. His work will
be in the literary department.
The Machias Republican says that within a
period of IL years, six mills, including one
gang, have ceased running in Whtneyville.
Not few who formerly did business here
have moved to other parts. while some are
| connected with business in Machias.
| AT LARGE.