Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-31

JANUS INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
CuxBERLAxD.
The report which has been in some of ths
papers, of . defalcation in the Cumberland
r.Pef MILE. Is denied on the authority of thu
mill owners. 'A'
Albert Burns. whose death in Portland h.,
oeen recorded. vas the last of five brothers
All OF whom followed the business Of caulkef
ana every one OF them died from heart dis
ease. Every one of the brothers also left =
widow and daughters, but none left : son"
Tuesday Judge Webb decided to take in
risdiction in the case of William ]. Bnsh pa
ter Erickson and Robert Coventry. steward
mate and carpenter of the British bark Stoko.
to. Captain Butler of the Stokoto, disrsted
men and put them in the forecastle at ses,
where they were kept without suitable pro.
visions for comfort A libel was served
After brief hearing without objection or
part OF claimant. the court returned decree
IN fav0r OF libellants on the bark, and ordered
the amount of wages due the three men il
their original capacities, to be ascertained b,
clerk OF the District Court, and be paid into
the clerks office within the time allowed 70,
appeal in cause in admiralty.
A"e " lusio" ackinE company - employ
ing small crew at Canton, canning beans
says the Democrat. About 80, 600 cans have
already been put up. There is some pros
pect OF doing an increased business in this
line for the remainder of the winter.
There has been change in the manage.
ment of the Norway tannery stock com
pany has been organized under the laws o.
Massachusetts, Gas some of the company
live in that State, with q paid up capital Of
$4,000. :. L. Horne, ESQ.,. President OF
the Agricultural Society, and one of Nor.
ways best business men, is treasurer of tn,
company. The tanning business of Messrs
Horne has been one of the main pillars O.
Norway's prosperity, says the Oxford demo
crat.
PENoBsCoT.
small fire in building in Bangor oc
| cupied BY cigar-maker and saloon-keepe
was caused by a quantity of excelsior in tn
cigar shop becoming ignited in some way
The loss will probably be under 5000; GOV
! cred by insurance.
DR.. S. Bradbury of Oldtown, while in on
of the stores of that place, laid his wallet up
on counter, and little French boy abou
10 years old gobbled it, and, taking with hin
a friend few years older, started for Ban
|
of the theft to the conductor, and he, bein
suspicious of the two boys, questioned then
closely and ELECTED a confession, and tn
monev-some @250-was given up.
| E. & j. +. Webster of Bangor have pur
chased from the heirs of the late Thomas N
Egery, valuable property in the town of Ded
ham on the Mount Desert Branch of tn
Maine Central Railroad including the Wood
land House, a summer hotel built last yea
by MIR. Egery at the outlet of Phillips Lake
saw mill in excellent condition. severa
good water privileges and about four thous
and acres of cumberland, much of it covere,
with valuable growth. The Messrs. Webs
ter have already crew of 60 men lumber
ing on the above land.
SAGADAHoC.
The annual convention of the reform club
| Of Maine will be held in Bath Tuesday an,
Wednesday, January 9th and 9th.
WASHINGTON.
! The Unitarian church of PASSPORT has ex
tended call to Rev. Mr.. Catlin, who ha
been temporarily filing the pulpit.
The next quarterly meeting of the Main
Eastern Christian Conference will be hel,
with the Christian church at West Winter
port, commencing Jan. 18th.
YORK.
Revenue cutter Dexter reports that OF
Monday, when near Quicks Hole, she foun'
, schooner Hattie Jordan of Saco, for New
Bedford, light, on the beach high and dry
The captain of the schooner said he had part
ed both chains and gone ashore on the nigh
of the 25th. The Dexter tried to haul her of
at high tide, but failed.
The fire having been extinguished on tn,
lime schooner Silver Spray, the vessel viii
not be total loss as At first reported.
A party has been in Saco negotiating will
c. w. Holmes & Co., for the putting in Of
door. sash and blind mandatory upon tn,
formers premises on Water street. II salts
factory terms are arranged building sixt,
feet long, forty in width and two stories higl
will be erected beside the grist mill. Tn,
Times says it is very probable that the new
concern will be in operation by next spring