Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-23
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ANDROscOGGIN.
II il hard to find neater CITY anywhere
than Auburn. Three road machines are now
going over all the country roads. The city
Is building 435 feet Of sewer on Turner street,
800 feet on Summer street and l02 feet on
Hampshire street. The streets have been
cleaned, and CURLING in many places reset.
The bridge near Osgnod's store ut North Au-
burn has been rebuilt. Ii is fire hard pine
bridge With thirty foot span. At East Au-
burn the bridge 10 being rebuilt by the city,
ard will soon be ready for travel. The span
is 30x40.
Boys, or i,ocd ums, who make annoying
and improper noises on the P'rtland horse
cars sill do we'll 10 take lesson from the
Municipal Court. where, on Saturday, Judge
G ,uli passing sentsnce on 4 case treated it
Of more than ordinary importance, and
sentenced the offender to thirty days impris-
onment.
plank thrown from the new roof of the
pulp mill at Cumb, rland Mills. struck John
Perry on the sh uldef, and gave him serious
Injuries. Later. three iinsmi,hs, MIR. Shee-
han Of Saccarappa and two of SCOTS men
from Portland. were hosting a bundle of
gsivaniz d iron to the roof when the rigging
overhead gave yay. and falling upon them,
badly cut and injured them all
A four year old son of MIR. McKensie re-
siding in Portland, WAS playing in the street
Saturday afternoon when hack came along
and struck the boy who was Knocked down
and had one arm broken.
SATURDAY. afternoon a hoy employed by W.
n. Sanborn & Co.. Portland had his right
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running and it was terribly mangled. The
wound was dressed at the hospital. He will
lose the US. of two fingers.
On Thursday a four year old son of Mr.
W W. Spar of Portland, was run over BY
a carriage containing two ladies'. while plav-
ing in the driveway on Main street, Saccarap.
pa. He was severely bruised and one leg
was badly sprained
KENNEBEc.
On Friday. w s. Crowell, Of Oakland,
was at work on a house for Russell Richard
son, and when he went to dinner left his
vest and valuable watch in care of Walter
G easou. While Gleason was at work on the
roof of the building, a man named Josiah
Allen entered the house and soon after came
out. When Gleason saw the man going
away he thought If the watch, and on examin.
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gave chase, demanding OF Alien to stop In.
stead of stopping he ran and disappeared in
the woods. A number of citizens started in
pursuit, caught Allen in the woods and
brought him before Jus ice Aver, who cor.
victed and ordered him to find bail in the
sum IF $500 for his appearance at the Sep
TENDER term of Supreme Court, which be
failed to do and was committed.
Knox.
The schooner Austin ID. Knight of Cam.
den. Capt. Perry lately sailed from Pbiladel.
phia for Vigo, Spain. where she will engage
in raising the SIP ,ni~h treasure galleons sunk
in Vrgo bay in 1902 Capt Perry has bt en-
u sub marine worker for 80 years. He will
take six expert divers with him. Fifty thou.
sand dollars have been invested already nv
the company. One quarter of the spells will
b. given to the Spanish government The
off .er. and sto, kholdrrs of the COMPANY are
very sanguine AS to future success. Tn y
saw that there are enough brass cannon on
beard the sunken vessel to pay all expenses
and a dividend b-.iies.
MIR. Elwell # LIQUIDS I.land, lost boat
on Thur.day night of last week, worth about
$3.50. The Rockland Opini IN hears that
boat ans Sering her description was seen tc
go past Port CLYDE las, Friday morning.
LINCOLN.
At the raising If barn at West Waldo
boro, Saturday, Capt. Z .chariah Siorer wa,
cut badly with broad axe. The axe wa.
struck bv piece of timber which causpd il
to rebound and striking C,pt. Stor'r's leg
cut il so severely as to require the service Of
a surgeon.
PENOBsCOr.
A queer case of mysterious disappear
ance came to light in b ,ngor. Sat
utdav. Last Monday morning the schooner
Oak Grove of Sear>port, sailed into this por
having on board the captain. LIeweIlyn Al.
| ley and one other man. Al soon a. th-v a.
rived here Capt. Alley discharged this mar
| and in the afternoon or the next m ,rninv
| hired hand here Tuesday morning he se
the latter at work about the vessel aud start.
(, d away with n bundle OF clothing, it is said
in his hands with view of gnug t. the
laundry. Since that time nothing has been
heard from him either 10 Bang n or at Sears.
port, and his fri-nds are at loss to learn what
has become of him. Officers visited thu
vessel Saturday, and opened the cap.
tains chest, but found nothing in it There
are various theories as to his whereabouts
Percy Coombs. q son of G. w. Coombs, OF
Saltwater, aged about fourteen years, acct.
IDENTIFY fell and broke his arm while wrestling
with another boy in a saloon car at that
place one day the later part Of last week
Friday morning, the trestle work that sup.
ports the cars that convey the edgings and
waste from Stockwelrs mill to the furnace
took fire and for few minutes the destruc.
ton of the mill was imminent, but promp,
application of water soon subdued the flames
WALDO.
1t is estimated that Ave hundred men and
boys of SearspOrt are addicted to the use Of
tobacco, and that at fair estimate they use
S5 1871 so worth yearly; and as the ealarie.
of our three ministers of the gospel are abou,
81 900. it costs 1851. so more tor tobacco than
to dispen-e the gospel in Searsport.
Alpheus Mossman, former resident Of
Searsport, and one of the members of Co. E
10Th Maine Regiment, is at present engag,
with a construction train on the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Decoration day they were
at work on one of the highest points of the
Rocky Mountains. Learning that there was
soldier buried in the vicinity, after com.
pleting his labors Memorial day, Mr.. Moss.
man. the only soldier of the gang, went alone
five miles, and securing evergreen and fl,wers
MADE wreath and bouquet, and. repairing to
the spot, for the first time in its history, dec
GRATED that lonely grave on the mountain side
We hazard the opinion that no more impress.
sive memorial service was conducted that day