Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-24
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State News
SMART GIRL.-MAMRLows ESCAPE FROM
DEATH NAME EXHIBITS Ar New Or
LEANS. A FREAK OF NATURE.
ANpRoscoGGIx.
A full-ripe Crescent Seeding strawberry
and score or more fully developed green
strawberries have been found in Lewiston.
They grew out of doors. under the influence
of this Indian summer weather.
ARoosrooK.
Sincock & Jones, of Cari5ou. have . -four
mill where they grind yearly 5000 bushels of
wheat and about q, 600 bushels of buckwheat
and other grain. There is another large
grist mill at the village which is run bv
steam. but il in operation only in the winter.
Mr.. H. c. Collins. at Fort Fairfield, and
family with the exception of his oldest son,
nov at Orono.) started for California last
Monday. Mr.. Collins has for several years
been the successful proprietor of the Collins
House in that village, and leaves only on &C.
count of po1r health. The kind wishes OF
his friends follow him to his new home.
little girl in Woodland, only Is years
old picked up so bushels Of potatoes in one
afternoon. few days since. Now bring on
your smart girls.
Large numbers Of sheep and cattle are be.
ing shipped from Aroostook county to Brigh-
ton market
$40. Nsdeau and father" is the sign on a
grocery store in Madawaska
Mr.. Hiram Paul of Limestone. has com.
menced building small starch factory in
that town. The machinery will be run by
two-horse power. 1t is merely for his own
convenience. He does not intend using it
before another fall.
FRANKLIN
Messrs. Munson and Dow began their
work in Franklin county with public meet
ing at Weld, Monday evening, Oct. 18th At
the close of the meeting a lodge of Good
Templars, to be called mt. Blue" was in
stituted.
Camden correspondent of the Bangor
Wing says: "A man about 35 years old,
calling himself J. F. Jones, and claiming to
be the son of Hon. Frank Jones, of Ports
mouth. N. H. called on the citizens here re-
Gently. soliciting subscribers for the Boston
Journal and kennebec Journal; said his
father worth S30.0OO.0QO, and owned one
half of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
stock and one-half the Boston Journal; that
he had walked from Portland, Oregon, within
80 days. and was getting dollar an hour az
inspector Of post-offices; was the owner of .
hotel at Belfast. His extravagant stories
elected good deal of curiosity. He was
well dressed and told his stories IS though
he believed them" The publishers of the
Kennebec Journal have received no money
from Mr.. Jones - yet.
OXFORD.
The roof Of the new shoe factory at Nor
wav is about finished. Cottage and tenement
house building is brisk in the town.
SAGAbAHoC.
At an adjourned meeting of the Sagadahoc
Historical Society. held in Bath Tuesday
evening, p. NJ. Reed was elected to take
charge Of the lectures for the coming winter,
under the direction of the executive commit.
tee. w r. Robinson and Rev. T. White
were admitted As members of the society.
At Bath Wednesday morning, Galen C.
Moses purchased at auction the granite BLOCK
recently damaged by fire for S7O5O.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. Emerly v Littlefeid, presiden. of the
National Relief Corps Department of Maine
will be at Skowhegan, Wednesday, Oct. 2S,
for the purpose of organizing a Relief Corps
to aid Russell Post. No. 90, G. Ar
Mr.. Joseph Jewell of Canaan has a fine
three-year-old stallion colt 'Col Dyer" that
won in the Hartland race Saturday. Oct H.,
in three straight heats in 541, 25l4 and
2 Ash This makes him stand third for three
year olds in Maine.
young son of James Lord OF Skowhegan
haI
injury ifnot from instant death one dav last
week. In company with other boys the lad
was after beechnuts. Having climed to the
top of nigh tree with that aim in view, he
missed his foo,hold, and after falling quite a
distance caught in between two limbs in such
a manner that it required two men to extri-
cate him This was accomplished only by
chopping away one of the branches.
WALDO
M. I. Daniels of Belfast, a war veteran
and a well-known character, went to the
Soldiers Home at Togus on Saturday last.
Commissioner ]. B. Ham of Lewiston has
written to Chester w. Cottrell and f. 4.
Wiley of Belfast tor permission to exhibit
their models-three- schooner and
tugboat-at New Orleans last winter and at
the recent Maine State Fair and attracted
granted
Captain Coombs of Belfast has recently
sold his matched span of PAGERS at a hand
some figure. to New Bedford gentleman
The pair are very fast steppers, and attracted
much attention at various fairs to which they
were driven by their late wners
YORK.
Staples Gordon, who lives upon big
farm in Dayton, is the owner of cow which
on Saturday night, dropped three plump and
handsome calves, ali of which were perfect
ly formed. The COW is we'll and hearty
and her offspring as nimble as kittens
and growing finely. The COW is of the Dur
ham breed and is quite young. Her body i.
round and full and she girts 6 feet and or 4
inches.
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