Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-13
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ANDRoscoGGM.
The famous Turner spring chicken raiser.
MI Wallmer, has abandoned the business
and has returned to New York. His property
there will be sold at auction. The business
was found to be Improbable.
ARoosrooK.
Limestone has ghost.
The report of case of smallpox In NADIA
waska is conrradicted.
The Republican saws: The dry-house of
the starch factory in Grand Isle. owned and
operated BY Abe Holmes, was burned with
ABOUT four tons of starch, Wednesday night
Nov. 4th.
CUMBERLAND.
The Argus SAYS A large barn on the farm
q mile east of Gorham village, owned BY the
heirs of Samuel F. Haggett, Portland, with
contents, was totally destroyed BY fire We'd
nesday. Children PLAYING with matches was
the cause. Loss. $3.50; no insurance
FRANKLIN.
Llovd Baldwin. an eminent member of the
San Francisco bar, died recently in that CITY.
He was native of New Sharon. where his
mother still lives
/ hESNEBEC.
The Gardiner Journal saws Can't, f. d.
haley, while excavating for his ice house at
Irotts Point, dug up a curiously shaped pipe.
which was about four feet below the surface
of the ground. Capt. Haley says it is similar
to those found at Pemaquid
The Journal says that the Kennebec Ice
Company have sold their property at Good
wins Point to the Clark & Chaplin Ice Com
pany of Portland.
| KNOX.
The Lewiston Journals Rambler" saws
Edward +. O'Brien Of Thomaston. is the lar
gest individual owner of navigation in the
United States. He owns ten whole ships,
aggregating 20, 900 tons. They are engaged
In the California and Callao trade. in late
years generally loading with California
wheat.
Inc Courler-GsZetter says that this is good
weather for smelts, and large numbers are
caught from the wharves in Rockland.
LINCOLN
A letter received by Miss E. h. Boyd, at
Wiscasset, sister of Capt. A. p. Bovd, saws
a few nights ago while the new ship Willie
Rosenteld was at anchor in the harbor at
Baltimore, an unknown person came on board
the ship and chloroformed Capt Bovd while
asleep. robbing him of a valuable gold watch
and chain and quite large sum of money
Other vessels met with the same treatment
but none met with such heavy loss as Capt
Boyd. The thief caped.-Bath Times
OXFORD.
number of English factory hands arrived
in the town of Oxford last week, to work in
the mills.
1t Is reported that pocket book contain
ing some 5000 was stolen from George II.
Jones of South Paris, one day recently. 1t
seems after making change with some one.
he absent mindedly laid his pocket-book
down on one of the show cases, and did not
miss it for some time, and when he looked
for it it was not to be found
PENoBsCoT.
Mr.. Llewellvn Shepherd of Corinna, was
accidentally shot while cleaning gun one day
recently. There was nothing but powder in
the gun, nevertheless it blew the flesh from
his left arm under the shoulder blade, clear
to the bone. Fears are entertained that he
will have to have his arm taken off at the
shoulder.
Nearly all the mills on the Penobscot are
shutting down, reports the Wing.
The Bangor Wing says that short time
since letter was received in that city, which
was addressed to the postmaster, and was
| "'iesSh III AilST UelHR examined
by number of German scholars, bv Prof
Ropes Of Bangor Seminary, and by a profess
sor at Harvard, without avail, it was final
ly translated by a Russian student at Har
ward. He found that the letter, although
addressed to the postmaster, was for a man
who now resides here. II was from his wire
who is now in Russia.
SAGADAHoC.
Tho niIast
thought to be Col. Morrow of Bowdoinfam
who was a member of the legislature in 1884
the senate of 1886 and member of Gov.
Dunlap's council in 1887. Col. Morrow i.
over 80 years Of age.
The Bath Times says that Mr. Frederick
Bates of Richmond, who lives a few miles
from town. was injured while making some
repairs to the bars of a pasture fence He
was about two feet from the ground, saving,
when By some mischance he lost his balance
and fell, striking his side on a sharp rock,
breaking rib and sustaining other injuries.
He is over so years of age.
SOMERSET.
Dudley P. Bailey, Representative elect
from Everett, Mass was born at Cornville,
Oct "a, lS43 and is the son of Rev. Dudley
T. Bailey. Baptist clergyman. He was
educated at Monson Academy and Colby
University, graduating in 1867.
James Mulholland of Fairfield, who los,
his evesight about a year ago at the pulp
mill, by the explosion of chemicals has de-
cided to go to the blind asylum in Boston
for an education. The Somerset Fipre Co.
have fitted him out with clothes, and will
bear all the expense of preparation.
WALDO.
The Courier Gazette saws that the Mr. and
Mrs. Taber, whose Divorce suit, now being
tried in Boston, is exciting so much interest,
hail from this State, Mr. Taber being native
of Lincolnville, while Mrs. Taber is a native
of Nnrthport and has relatives in Rockland
Belfast gentleman has, says the journal,
sabre, relic of the revolutionary war,
which for long time has been in the posses.
sion of John Shibles, Of North Searsmont
The blade is two feet long. two inches wide,
and six inches of the point are sharp on two
edges. The hilt is brass. On one side of the
blade are the words "Victorv or DEATH" and