Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-20


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AspnoscoGon.
Henry Miller, q Lewiston collector Of curi.
osities, has IN ancient piano made in London
IN IT'S. 1t il two feet vide aud six fee,
long, and made entirely of rosewood. white
holly and ebony The four legs are of ma
hogany and have brass castorr.
ARoosrooK.
There are nov 1870 students in Houlton
Academy, including IL who are in the college
preparatory course. The institution is 1t
present in a very hourishing condition, hav-
Ing board of excellent and capable teachers
and An endowment Of $4,000. 1t 10 largely
patronized by the people of Aroostook county
and OF New Brunswick. II fits students es-
peciaily for entering Colby University
Owing to the numerous application of
various express companies TO run between
Portland and Lewiston. the Grand Trunk has
concluded to take into its own hands the
transportation of express matter, the same as
is done Dy some of the roads in Massachu-
SETS
h. Slower. of Harpswell, has Just ar
rived home from Riverside, South California,
and brought with him pair of horned toads
Taking them out and putting them into
warm sawdust for an hour one of them began
to lay eggs and has laid large number.
Two Canadians from Saccarappa were ar
rested, Friday, for abuse of horse. They
were intoxicated and drove into a pile OF
stones and left the horse there unable to ex-
tricate himself. 1t took several men to get
the horse out when he was discovered, the
next morning. The horse was fearfully cut.
Saturday night portion Of the road bed on
the Bridgton & Saco River narrow gauge, at
point some Ave miles from Bridgton, near
the small lake, settled nearly IA feet. Mon
day morning the passengers and mail from
Bridgton were taken on . hand car and car
rid to Hiram Junction where the narrow
gauge connects with the Ogdensburg.
CUMBERLAND
Saturday afternoon, little child of Con-
ductor Hartshorn of the Portland and Ogdens-
burg road, fell from che roof of the ell of
their house in Portland, to the ground, a dis
lance of Twenty-Five feet. She was taken up
insensible and doctor was summoned. He
found no bones were broken, but was unable
to tell definitely the extent of her injuries
otherwise, as the child remained in a sort of
stupOr.
FRANKLIN.
Mr.. Cain, from Lewiston, the contractor to
move the court house, finished up his lob in
good shape and returned home last Friday
We are informed that he will lose, unless
the town helps him out at least 800. Mr..
Cain did his work faithfully and we'll, and we
think the town can do no less than to give
him fair wages.-Formington Chronicle.
LINCOLN.
Wiscasset bankrupted itself in trying to
help the Knox & Lincoln railroad. and has
defaulted on the bonds issued for that pur-
pose. A hopeful way out of the difficulty has
been provided by a syndicate of citizens. who
are buying up the defaulted bonds st 4Octs
on q dollar, relying on future vote of the
town to repay them with interest This
syndicate has bought in all the bonds but
$66, 900 already, and within year will prob
ably ket the whole. No doubt the creditors
will readily accept two.ffths of their claim,
and the town ought to gladly embrace the OPP
portunity of getting release from its impos
sible load of debt.-Eastern State.
OXFORD.
I. E. Allen & Sons, of Bridgton, have just
put into place the monument which they
have recently completed to mark the grave
Of Charles +. Browne-.'Artemus Ward
at South Waterford.
A few days ago large grindstone weigh
ing. some 1900 to 1900 pounds burst while in
operation at Clapp's pulp mills, Paris, the
pieces going through the side of the mill and
doing considerable damage. Mr.. Fred Jack
son, the tender, narrowly escaped being
killed.
WASHINGTON
The jail breakers, Knights and Parker,
will no doubt visit their old quarters in Ma
81, Iol he
reports they are giving their thieving pro-
pensites full scope, and taking drop or two
of the ardent now and then.-Maehias Re-
publican
YORK.
Sweetsir, the hallelujah tailor of Biddeford,
glories in the fact that he is the only Saliva
ton Army tailor in the United States, He is
doing a good business and is constantly re-
ceiving orders from Massachusetts, New
Hampshire. and other parts of the country.
out, but previous to his starting into this
business, ordinary suits were used with slight
alterations. Btddeford Journal.
The Whistles used by the bicyclists in this
city, exactly correspond in tone to the regular
policeman's signal and the officers are con-
stantly deceived thereby. Yesterday four
officers rushed franticslly out Of the police
station only to find a harmless bicyclist riding
up Main street upon his wheel.-Biddefo~d
Journal.
As Charles S. Dorrithy, of Biddeford, was
riding down Main street in Saco behind his
trotter "Dsn" Saturday night, his team came
face to face with one driven BY Howard Dear
born, who lives somewhere up counry. Mr..
Dorrithy pulled up to give Dearborn a chance
to turn out, but when he saw that the latter
was not inclined to do so, he attempted to
pass on the left, as there Was not sufficient
room to get by on the other side. As he
made the move Dearborn's horse made a
jump in the same direction, and one of the
shafts of the buggy he was hitched to struck
"Dan" in the breast, and piercing his body
penetrated the heart, killing him instantly.
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