Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-26
State News.
QUEENSLAND.

CUMBERLAND.
The tannery at Bridgton has suspended op-
eratious for the present, and those who have
bark to sell are hauling it to Deering and to
Norway.
The Harrison correspondent writes the
Argus that since Jan. 10Th the mercury has
been below zero on twenty-one MORNINGS.
The Eastern Wire Works at Harrison are
lying idle, and all kinda Of business seem to
be very dull, except hunting. A club At this
place, consisting of some twenty-five MEM
bers, have succeeded during the winter in
getting almost fox apiece.
At the annual meeting Harrison will be
called upon to act on proposition to abol-
lsh the District system" of managing the
schools, and adopt the "Town system" in it,
place. The S. s. committed in their annual
report take strong ground in favor of the
change.
The young man who has been selling els
Bibles in Portland the past week should make
USE OF his own wares and peruse the Com
mandments. The aforesaid chap. up to last
Friday had been boarding on Elm street.
FRIDAY he arranged with one of the boarders
to exchange Bible for valise, and took the
vslise out to have a strap put on, since when
he has forgotten to return with the Bible or
to adjust the lodging account.
The Bowdoin Boating Association sent
delegate to the Alumni dinner in Boston, and
good sum of money was raised for the sup
port of the crew. The men are now training,
and Bowdoin men will have reason to be proud
of her crew-if they do not get run over by q
steamer.
KENNEBEC.
A Maine Central freight car, loading with
apples at Monmouth station, caught fire BY
the heating apparatus, Monday. The apples
we're mostly removed and the car moved to
side track, where it was entirely consumed
by the flames. The occurrence took place
about the time of the arrival of the afternoon
passenger train.
OXFORD.
Rumford reports that in spite of the cold
winter the crows have hung by also that two
robins were seen last week.
Hebrons town report shows q total valua-
ton of SlSl ,O37. and debt of s4,067.s2
Paris has a valuation of Sl,0l2.64l, and
practically no town debt; for, while the re-
sources are S5.758.43 and the liabilities
S7,O2l.7O, S4.S2O.2O of the liabilities are
due the schools, and nearly 81 10000 of the
amount is invested school fund.
PENoBscoT.
Quite a number of toboggans are owned in
Bangor and their happy pOssessors enjoy
some fine slides
Maine Central freight train No. 40 met with
an accident near Kingman, Monday night.
Four cars of the train left the track and were
somewhat damaged.
As proving that a cat has at least nine lives,
the Bangor Wing tells of feline that was
shut up in cellar wall for sixteen days, from
Feb. 7th to the oath, without anything to eat,
and was still alive when its mewing brought
some one to the rescue.
Brewer proposes to soon build town hall
of wood. two stories in height, and so feet by 80.
The members of the Congregational society
have just been legally incorporated under the
name of the First Congregational Parish Of
Brewer, and wish to raise $4,000 for Q new
church. The present church edi6ce was
built in 1928, and is the oldest in eastern
Maine. 1t has been. enlarged and improved
n number of times, but at present there are
not nearly enough pews to supply the demand.
YORK.
Chas. ]. Cleaves of Biddeford has in his
store stuffed carbon vulture, familiarly
known as a turkey -buzzard. 1t was shot on
the Hollis road last fall. The bird lie rarely
seen in this locality though it is very COM
mon in the South, where it is protected by
the game laws. 1t is about the size of hen ;
its body and wings are As black as those of q
crow /; its neck and head are red; and its legs
and feet resemble those of common turkey
1t has long claws and a huge, hooked beak
Its means of defense, unlike other fowl, is to
eject from its stomach or throat q fluid. the