Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-03-28
State News.
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The police had 4 lively struggle with 3
party of rowdies in a Lewiston restaurant.
Tuesday evening. They wanted to work of
Down East edition of the Western cow
boy romance, but the edition was failure
They paid for the things and retired. con-
quired.
The revival meeting at the Court street
Baptist church, Auburn. was one of much
power Wednesday evening. Two hundred
ana twelve persons gave testimony 10 the
goodness of God, and several expressed q
desire to enter upon the Christian life.
ARoosToox.
Last Friday evening. John Riley of Houl-
ton, lost his pocket-book containing Sl65,
supposed TO have been stolen, says the Times
Nearly 10000 bushels of potatoes were
shipped from Caribou and vicinity. SAYS the
Aroostook Republican. during the FIRST halt
OF the present month, Notwithstanding the
scarcity of cars and the unfsvorable weather
During the first twelve working DAYS in the
month, 81 cars u freight were sent from Fort
Fairfield, IS from Csriboa. and IS from
Presque Isle. With direct railroad from
this productive region, the amount of freight
would IN les years De enormous.
CUMBERLAND.
is TO be taken as an iniicatation of the preva-
lence of drinking habits in Portland. the
practice holds lis own remarkably. Accord
ing to the City MarshaPs report the smallest
number of arrests in any year for the past
seven years was ITO in 1880. aud the high
est number 1911 in 1881. Last year the
number wa. 1855, which runs little above
the yearly average OF l4l4.
The Advertiser saws Michael Garrity, AN
apprentice with Walter Corey Co, Thurs
day fell out of the elevator doors in the
fourth story of their building to the packing
room floor below. a distance of forty feet
DR.. Thayer found him uninjured except
slight sprain of the ankle.
KENNEBEc.
The Waterville Water Company has been
organized BY the election of the following
officers President. S. I. Abbott; Treasurer,
j. H. Plaisted; Clerk, Appleton Webb !;
Directors, 5. Abbott, J. II. Plaisted, +. +.
Weeb, Nathaniel Meader, and J. W. Phil
brick Ii is anticipated the stock can be
readily placed and the COMPANY hope to get
water introduced into Wsterville during next
summer. Snow pond the source of the pro-
posed supply, is on an elevation of 1873 feet
above the level OF Main street in front of the
postoffice.
PIscArAoUIs.
The business Of supplying the slate quar-
ries with wood for the winter is about closed.
The largest operators have been Charles Frs
kins, Chaplin & Sprague and g. F. Jackson.
The quarries use about 5000 cords of wood
per annum.
The narrow gauge railroad has run on reg
ular time every day during the winter.
OyPoRp
The Lewiston Journal says: 1.-THE Paris
manufacturing Co. affords good market for
lumber cash is paid for maple and beech at
the rate of $40 and l2 per NJ. brown ash and
bass goes for higher figure. A car load
of splendid brown ash, this week, was shipped
from Buckfield.
PESoBscoT.
A correspondent of the Commercial says
"A man just out of the woods reported a
great slaughter of deer on Great Works
stream during the past winter, and says that
hounds have been used in that section nearly
every day. Judging from reports there are
pleople in Bangor who think the game laws
are inforced in the country who think the
liquor laws are enforced in Bangor"
SOMERSET.
There are reports of prize fight which
took place near Skowhegan recently, the par
ticipants being two employees of the wooden
mill. The fight was for $40 side as we
hear it, and was fought to close.
Mr.. George Perry of Skowhegan, was bad
ly injured in the woods few DAYS since by a
load of logs passing over his leg at the knee.
WALDO.
Last week at Worcester, Mass, a mis-
chievous boy set dog upon a bevy of school
girls and the animal attacked and severely
bit Miss Leta A. Doak, formerly of this city,
says the Belfast Age, Her arm was badly
acerated ear the elbow. The wounds
were cauterized and the dog killed.
WASHINGTON.
About $4,000 pounds of soap are manufac-
tured every week at the 81. Croix Soap Fac
tory in st. Stephen. says the Calais Times
Eight hands are now employed and two cal
drons, with a combined capacity of 5000 gal
Ions are in use. The soap manufactured at
present is for domestic use only, but the
company intend, bv the addition of another
caliron. to an article for mills and factories.
YORK.
VIM. c. Merrill a prominent shipbuilder
of Saco for nearly twenty years and at one
time quarternaster in the navy yard at Kit
tery, died at his residence in Saco, Tuesday