Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-01
ASDRosCoGGIN.

OVER The STATE
ASDROSCo6GIN.
Bert Alden, an Auburn boy seventeen
years old, fell from the grand stand at th.
Lewiston park, Friday afternoon. and broke
both bones on his right leg below the knee
crowd of young men were sitting on tht
railing which broke under them.
Mr.. Anderson, of Livermore Falls, ha,
recently died. He provided in his will tina
$40, 600 should be added to the endowment
fund of Hebron Academy, and now the insti
tuition has an endowment of $50, 900.
A Lewiston four year old entertained
bona fde. unauthorized tramp. one day last
week. The family had left the boy in charge
of the house. He invited the tramp into the
house. told him that the key was in the ice
chest and showed him where the pies were
kept. The tramp made square meal and
left, and it supposed that the hospitable -four
year old invited him to call again
ARoosrooK.
John Milbury, IL years of age, employed
at Titcombs mill. in Houlton. had his arm
cadgh, in the cog wheels of a shingle machine
last Thursday and completely wrenched
from it socket. The young man fingered
two hours in great agony, when death came
TO his relief.
Through the efforts of Rev C. S Became, a
new Unitarian church is TO be erected at
Pressure Isle, says the Aroostook Times
About three fourths of the amount of money
required TO build il has already been sub
scribed The lot opposite Masonic Hall, has
been donated to the society by David bud
ley.
Thursday evening. Sept. 9th. Hon. Sum-
nor Nj xr,ta nf ILL AL,
brated their golden wedding at the residence
of their son, Mr.. James F. Whitney.
Potatoes are not as good on an average in
some parts of Aroostook, as last year. Hard
ly any fields yield over 200 bushels to the
acre, and many do not go over $50.
The roof OF Putnam & Whites block in
Houlton, caught fire Tuesday afternoon last
from chimney, the blaze was, however,
promptly discovered and extinguished, thus
averting a serious conflagration in the prin-
cipai business district.
CUMBERLAND.
The Denison Paper Mfg Co, of Bruins
wick, are making ten thousand reams of
paper for the second volume of Mr. Baine's
book. The samples show very fine quality
of paper. The order will weigh $40 TONS
The two volumes of Mr.. Blaine's book will
consume about the same amount of paper as
the Grant book
FRANKLIN.
Mary Viola Bean who was arraigned at the
last term of the Franklin count Supreme
Judicial Court, charged with burning build
ings in Avon, and who was sent to the Insane
Hospital in accordance with the defence, has
been adjudged insane by the officers of that
institution.
Nathan p. Rowell and wife were riding to-
gether on Saturday, Sept. 18th when Mr. r.
was taken Suddenly i'll and died, before reach
ing home, which was not more than one-thrd
of a mile distant He was buried Tuesday,
the % inst., with Masonic honors.
KENNEBEc.
Messrs. Edwards and Flaherty, whose
store at Monmouth was burned last week,
have bought the store and stock of Mr.. A,
Gatchel and will resume business there. The
post office, which was temporarily removed
to the Grange store after the fire. has been
moved to the Gatchell store. j. G. Colt,
who was burned out at the same time, is
moving into J. II. Gilmans house
Eighty thousand dollars have recently been
expended on new houses in Gardiner, and a
large sum on Improvements.
LINCOLN.
Citizens of Waldoboro, are enioying the
results of war between the butcher. Sharp
competition has brought prices of best beef
steak down to ten cents, sirloin to fifteen
cents. and so in proportion for choice cuts
The people fervently hope the war will last.
OXFORD.
Rev. S. d. Richardson of Hebron read his
resignation to his church Sept goth His
health has been very poor lately.
A. C. Bean and wife of East Brownfield
sailed for South America, Wednesday, Sept.
25th
Emma f. Newton of Andover has accepted
a situation as Latin and French at Talladega
College, Ala, and started South, Sept 2Sth.
A large caribou came out into pasture in
Gilead the other day, and after surveying a
house near by struck . 40 gait down throu Oh
the field, leaving tracks as large as a three
year-old steers.
PENoBsCoT
man by the name of J. S. Hewes was
murdered near Moorehead. North Dakota,
on the afternoon Of Sept. 2l In his pocket
was letter from his sister which was MALE
from Hcrmon, Maine, dated May, 1885.
PIsCATAoUIs.
The Eastern Maine division of the Grand
Army encamped at Greenville last week.
About fifty were present w. Cushing, OF
Foxcroft was elected colonel of the battalion
for the next encampment.
SAGADAHOC.
John F. Harris, of Bath, was swinded by
Boston horse jockeys, Saturday, out of a
horse valued at $500. He exchanged horses
evenly with the Boston men, supposing that
he had received a valuable trotter. distant
relative of Maud s., when IN fact he got a
worthless, wind broken animal.
SOMERSET.
The school-house in District No. /, De-
troit, was entered, recently, and text books
were taken belonging to some of the scholars
SAYS tho pitts hnld Advartisnr