Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-15
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number of Houlton young men, who
vent West to grow up With the country, have
lately returned. They are all of the opinion
that Aroostook is better than the West TO,
young men.
The pipes for the water WORKS at Houl,on
are nearly laid. Work was begun last week
IN laying service pipes for the introduction
of water into buildings.
CUMBERLAND.
The chandelier for the Bridgton NJ E.
church is in place, and the money raised for
the new bell, which has been ordered and
will be in place in few weeks.
The many friends of Dan Carpenter, with
two exceptions the oldest insurance agent in
Portland, will be sorry TO learn that he was
smitten with paralysis, Thursday, and is dam
gerously i'll. He was formerly in the manu-
featuring business at Saccarrappa, where he
owned two mills. He was afterward the
superintendent of the old York Cumberland
railroad and of the Portland & Rochester rail-
road.
We have been furnished with the following
from the early court records st Alfred:
LAT THE CoURT OF YORK. july, 1861.
The town of Wells, AT present being dssti-
tute OF any fit person 10 carry on the worship
of God amongst them on the Lords day: II
is therefore ordered by this Court that till
they can better provide tor themselves (Which
We hope they will not neglect any opportun-
ity TO do) that Mr., Ezekiel knight and Viii
liam Hammond shall duly attend the place of
public meeting on the Lords day, and that
they improve their best abilities IN speaking
out of the word of God, Praying. singing of
Psalms, and reading some good, orthodox
Sermons, as may most tend to the edification
of them that hear, and the specification of
the Sabbath. as the law of G I'd and this juris-
diction require. "-Porttand Press.
FRANKLIN
While Geo. Blodgett, of Temple, was dig
ging for dirt to repair the roads, Wednesday,
he unearthed stone over near H. Conant's
dwelling house. 1t was 24x4 feet and an
old trowel. Goals and ashes were also found
near. The oven had probably been used by
some settler hundreds Of years ago.
HANCOCK.
Hon. w. b. Hayford, OF Bangor. president
of the Green Mountain Railway Company,
proposes to build handsome stone CHALET on
the summit OF Green Mountain this fall
1t is reported that DIR. Aulick Palmer of
Washington, ID. c., DR.. Haskell Derby of
Boston, and third person. are about to take
measures to bring about the opening of a
long talked of and much needed road from
Great Head to Otter Cliffs at Mt. Desert.
There are now 1000 pieces of baggage at
Bar Harbor. which have passed through Ban
gor within the past week or two.
Our bay to-day (Monday), says the East
Lamoine correspondent of the Ellsworth Am
ercan, is one mass Of fishes, herring. mack
erel and sturgeon, but the herring are too
small and do not get into the weirs, or if they
do they pass right through the meshes of the
seine; the mackerel are caught in small num-
bers, but are good and fat. and as the bait
now in the water is plentiful. we shall have
to wait till a clustering southeastern shall
scatter it before the fish will bite at the bait
on lines.
LINCOLN.
4 mass meeting of the SUNDAY schools of
Knox, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, was
held on the Nobleboro campground. Tuesday.
The attendance was very large. 1t is esti-
mated that there were $500 present from
Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, and
extra trains were run from Rockland and
Bath. The exercises were very interesting
Chas. w. Caller, of Waldoboro Me-. is the
last survivor of the prisoners who were
crowded into the Dartmoor prison during the
war of 1912 He is now over 80, but has
harvested his own crops alone for number
OF years past
YORK.
Paul Color, charged with stealing pock-
ct book containing Sl2 from boarding house
in the ship yard at Biddeford. was taken
before Judge Hamilton Wednesday morning,
and waived examination. The nudge found
probable cause, and sentenced Color to the re-
form school for the remainder of his minori-
ty. The latter's counsel. J. o. Rosa, en-
tered an appeal and his bail wss fixed at 500.
The Biddeford Journal says the people of
Kittery are indignant over proceedings of the
railroad company in the gravel pit at North
Kittery. 1t seems that on Tuesday of last
week, the steam shovel was allow ed to operate
in An old burying ground, and as result
several bodies were shoveled up, and part
of them loaded upon a gravel train and car
ried to Portsmouth, where bridge belonging
to the Portsmouth & Dover Railroad is being
filed up: other parts of the bodies were
thrown of on a sand bank and allowed to
remain for several days exposed to view !;
after which, box was made and the remains
which had been collected at the pit and upon
the cars, and at the dump, were put in the
box and buried upon Saturday afternoon, in
another burying ground.
Wednesday night several daring burglaries
were committed at Old Orchard The largest
haul was made at the Gorham House. Here
the proprietor, Pierson, lost a gold watch
and chain valued at $3.50, and SIS in cash
c. II Parker of Vermont also lost $50
watch. and G. II. Graham of Springfield, Vt,
lost a watch and vaIuables amounting to s25.
There were evidences showing that this was
the business Of professional burglsrs. The
thieves entered by forcing the door with nip
pers. The same gang, probably. entered the
Montreal House. Mrs. Blanchard, the pro-
prietress, had $1,000 under her pillow. but
this prize was still safe when morning came
However, about $50 in vsluables and money
were taken. Another robbery was commit
ted at the Wholesale fruit store of Mr.. William
A. Whittier, but it is thought by different
parties. Bananas, oranges and lemons were
taken, amount to considerably over $50. Mr..
Whittier is on the track of the thieves. 1t is
thought this store was entered by some fruit
dealers back in the countr, who are proba-
bly, now out selling their plumber. There
were evidences that carriages had been
driven up to the building. The door was
forced open, breaking the lock. Officers are
looking up the matter and say they have
clue which will probably amount to some
thing