Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-17
State News.
AxDRoscoeeu.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A Pullman car has been put on the night
train between Lewiston and Boston.
The Labor Advocate states that new as
sembly of the Knights of Labor. composed
entirely of printers. has been organized in
Lewiston. There are between 10 and so
printers in Lewiston and Auburn. All other
assemblies thus far organized in the State,
says the advocate, are mixed assemblies,
This makes 81 assemblies in Maine.
A new post-ofice on the Durham stage
route 1t Garcelon's Ferry will soon be in run
ming order. Orrin S. Libby 10 the postmas-
ter. The Office will be in his house. He has
received his commission.
CUMBERLAND.
A Portland boy named Haskins met with
peculiar accident, Friday, says the Advertise
er. He fell and pushed bean blower down
his throat, cutting an ugly cash at the roots
of his tongue.
The total value of foreign exports from
Portland, for the past week, is e58, 789. 40,
including 1906, 1926 feet of lumber.
"Tucker Station" is suggested as name
for the new Maine Central station at Congress
street, in Portland. as Manager Tucker has
taken great interest in the work of having the
stopping place made there.
sneak thief stole three overcoats from
the Chase House, in Portland, last Friday
evening. one Of the coats containing mile
age ticket worth nine dollars in one of the
pockets.
President Cleveland lately sent his photo
graph to Warren youngster named tor him,
| the son of Mr.. J. Russell.
| St. Peters Episcopal church, Rockland,
was entered one night last week, and the
globes stolen from several gas burners. The
| covering was also taken from the lectern,
probably to wrap about the globes in carry.
| ing them away. The thieves also tore the
covers from all the hymnals, not one being
left unmulilated, reports the Opinion.
A child of Mr.. Merrill Simmons of Friend
ship. pulled over q dish of boiling water last
week, spilling it on its face and shoulders
and scalding it fearfully.
| PENoBscor.
VIM is one of our prosperous river towns
and the seat of very important manufactur-
ing industry, that of the tannery of H. Poor
Son. of Boston, says the Up River News.
This institution consumes about 1000 cords
of bark yearly, at cost of about $45 900.
The amount of leather tanned and shipped to
Boston is about 500 tons annually. About
30 men are employed in the tannery. and the
pay roll amounts to $500 per month. This
firm own and operate tannery at Midway.
that turns out about 600 tons of leather YEAR
ly, and one at Lowell with capacity of 400
tons, making the total product of leather at
the three places. 1900 tons.
| A democrat who desired the appointment Of
postmaster at Newport, and did not get it,
charges that his papers, duly filed with the
postofhce department at Washington, were sto-
len and could not be found when the case was
brought up; and 80 the other fellow got it.
He and his friends have let their angry pas
sions rise; and the amusing part Oft is, some
of them have given up their post Office boxes.
and declare they won't patronize the con,
founded old concern.
| SAGADAHoC,
In Richmond Saturday, while Robbie Fer
guson, a young lad, was at work about a
team upon which were some logs, one of them
rolled upon his left arm, breaking both bones
above the wrist.
SOMERSET.
| One of the rich men of Fairfield finds
pleasure in anonymous charities. A cores
pondent of the Somerset Reporter saw him,
lately, ordering a family stock of groceries.
From his care in selecting them it was sup
posed they were for his own larder; but they
were sent to poor family whose destitution
had been made known to him, and who will
never know the name of the kind man who
relieved their hunger.
; YORK.
| The Biddeford Times says R bert BRYANT,
while at work in the foundry, Friday, was
quite severely burned by melted iron. The
workman were pouring eff" and, in using
the iron rod which serves to skim off the
dross, by some means the molten iron was
caused to spatter from the kettle and Bryant
was struck in several places. One piece
passed down along his back, burning as it
went nearly the entire length of his body.
The accident was severe one, but did not
prove as serious as was at first feared.
| The Biddeford Journal says that Consul
| Atwood has received $4,000 in favor of the
widow of j. j. Plat, the Saco man who was
| shot in San Domingo last June.