Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-22
State News.
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AnDROSCOG6IN.
state Constable Prentiss seized Z fiour bar.
rel containing two five-gallon kegs of vhiskey
~ the Upper Maine Central station in Lev
is.on' Friday morning, and on Saturday
nve-galion key and case With three dozen
quart bottles of whiskey.
ARoosrooK
Fifteen years ago, a little company of 20
swedish colonists came to these shores. ..;lad
up the st. John river and made a home in
the Aroostook wilderness. There are nov
nesriy 1000 souls in the colony at New Swe-
den- The log huts in which they first lived.
tney now keep their pigs in, and have COM
portable framed houses for themselves. They
nave Lutheran and Baptist church, six
schools a store and well-tilled farms.
The new brick block commenced At Houl-
Ton early in the season is nearly completed.
ana the merchants are moving into it. Il is
two stories high, l20 feet wide and 1872 feet
long. One million of brick vas used in
building 1t. The entire block cost S4O. 900.
contains eight stores, twenty-five offices and
several tenements. A few of the stores will
oe heated by steam, and all lighted by cleo
tricity.
CUMBERLAND.
The class of 81, Bowdoin College, will
probably observe the twenty-fifth anniversary
of Its graduation at Bo~doiu College, com.
mencement week, next summer. The class
numbered 81 members at graduation. Among
the members OF the class are Judge Emery of
the Supreme Court of this State, Prof. A. s
Packard of Brown University, Mr.. Stanwood
the able editorial writer and magazinist, and
others who have done good work in this and
other States.
Portland fishing steamer has been pro-
vided with an electric light, placed forward
near the pilot house. The intent is to facili-
tate operations at night when cruising for
hsh. II the experiment is successful the
steam whalers at Provincetown Cape Cod
will be fitted in similar manner
The value of foreign exports from Portland
for the week ending last Saturday was $780,
597 .05, including s53, 722 feet of lumber.
The father of Mr.. Thomas B. Merrill of
Portland, rescued William H. Vanderbilt
from drowning when Vanderbilt was eleven
years old.
Presumpscot Park in Deerng was sold to
X. y. Conant Saturday for 1926 above the
membranes of mortgage of S6,42 to
George Burnham, Jr.. and s432 unpaid taxes
FRANKLIN.
The mail route between Pennington and
New Portland, discontinued some months
ago, will be continued after January l, 1886.
says the Franklin Journal
The Salvation Army has leased Music Hall
of Pennington for one year from January
18TH
P. A. Sawyer of Philips recently lost a
two year old colt, which in the night got
loose and knocked over a box of paris green.
eating such quantity that he died in few
hours.
The Chronicle learns that Mr. Ira X. Rus
sell, formerly master mechanic in the Maine
Central railroad repair shops at West Farm
ington, and later at Waterville has been ap-
pointed to position on the Northern Pacific
railroad in Oregon.
PENoBsCor.
The residents of West Bangor desire to
have a post-office established there, and
movement will be made to bring about this
result.
A story house at Midway, owned by
Henry Poor and son, was totally destroyed BY
fire Thursday evening. 1t was occupied BY
a man of the name of Pelky. The furniture
was mostly saved.
The Bangor Wing tells the following rather
good story of police officer of that CITY, He
was passing along his beat, holding an UNI
brella over his head, when an enormous slide
of snow struck him on top of the head, throw
ing him on his knees ana nearly burying him.
His umbrella was smashed and his helmet
was crowded down over his head But this
did not hurt his feelings half as much as,
when he WAS relating the occurrence to the
rest of the force in the station house at mid
night, to have simple old fellow who was in
there for shelter innocently ask, Had you
been drinking, sir?"
The storm of Friday and Saturday did
great deal Of damrge by breaking down cleo
trio light and other wires in Bangor.
Bangor firm has just shipped carload
of extension fire ladders to Chicago, and is at
work on an order for New York City.
SAGADAAoC.
Eben johnson, formerly of Bath, and long
believed dead, is now reported alive in China
He has been gone from home upwards of 80
years.
SOMERSET.
DR.. Pratt of Chelsea, Mass, has found,
among the archives of the Boston State
House, a petition of the town of Stark. Me-,
to the General Court, to be set off from Som
erset county and annexed to Kennebec coun-
ty, on the ground that taxes were enormous
and towns few in Somerset, the best towns
having been already set of to Kennebec. The
petitioners say they used to belong to Kenne
bee, but we're induced by designing per-
sons" to go into the new county on the claim
that they could dodge taxe by so doing.
This was in 1909.
WALDO.
The following decision in regard to trees
on land by a roadway, in a Waldo county
case. has been rendered: "Highway survey
ors may lawfully dig for materials suited for
the making or repair of ways, only upon land
outside the limits of the road, that is unin-
closed and uncultivated. The owner of land
upon a public wav. may lawfully plant orna-
mental or shade trees within the limits Of the
way, if the public use is not thereby obstruct-
ed or endangered. Trees so planted are a
public benefit, and cannot be destroyed with
out the call of public necessity. Highway
surveyors who destroy such trees without
reason or necessity. are trespassers. and if
the act is wantou, they are liable for exem-
plary damages"
WASHINGTON.
Esstport roller rink is to be flooded and
turned into an ice rink this winter.
An attempt was made by burglars last week
to enter the store of E r Davis,in Esstport.
Several holes were bore. in the cellar door
to give An opportunity to lift the hasp on the
inside.
The members of the Monument Society"
of Machias have been working hard to raise
the money for soldiers monument. Their
last fair, held few days ago swelled the
amount to 81, 900 and measures will immedi-
ately be taken to procure the memorial to
Morhias soIders