Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-28
State News.

State News.
MAINE BIRDs.-How DID THE HEAD GET
INTO THE BLOCK FIRE BY FRICTION
OTHER ITEMS OF News.
ANDROsCoGGIN.
At the trial on Thursday, Harmon Dill Of
Lewiston was bound over in the sum of $500
to the Supreme Court, for attempted arson.
CUMBERLAND.
recent canvass of the town of Gorham,
revealed eleven protestant families in town,
with no portion of the Bible in their posses
| sion.
FRANKLIN.
Mrs Coburn OF Weld, has rare collection
of Maine birds. She has nearly 300 birds
which she has stuffed and mounted with her
own hands. Most of the birds were killed in
the immediate vicinity.
HANCOCK.
The Cape Rozier mine 10 to be pumped out,
and work is to commence again Immediately.
A large oak block about l8 inches in diam
eter that has been hooking around in various
Brooksville yards and woodsheds was split up
recently and in it was found an auger hole,
about three-fourths of an inch in size, con-
tanning bunch of human hair done up in a
piece of printed paper. The hair was near
the center of the block and fastened in with
pine plug. 1t was apparently put in when
the tree was quite small. as the tree had
grown over the plug to the thickness of about
four inches, with the grain perfectly smooth
ard straight.
B. Bradley. of Bar Harbor, has sold Brad
ley block to w. M. Roberts and others for
817 900
A house at Ellsworth Falls owned by F.
Fletcher and occupied by John Colson, was
burned Tuesday morning. The furniture was
nearly all saved The property was insured
for $500, which nearly or quite covers the
loss.
The Rockland and Camden Water Com
pany, are digging large reserv DIR on Juniper
hill some hundreds. of feet above the level of
the city. Anciently the site was pond and
the mud, leaves and logs are from six to ten
feet in depth The digging is done by con-
tract the company paying fifteen cents per
cubic foot.
A wildcat was shot in Nobleboro, recently,
measuring feet, 8 inches from tip to tip.
OXFORD
The cookers shop Of s. H Hartman OF
Lowell was burned recently. No insurance.
Shirley & Cousins turn out 5000 barrel
heads per day, at their mill in Fryeburg, us
ing hard pine chiefly.
A South Waterford lady has Gala that
stood out of doors all summer; no care taken
OF it. 1t was brought into warm room
about the middle of November, and watered
with hot water. 1t now has thirty large lilies
and many small ones, six huge blossoms on
stalks 43 inches in height, and three buds.
PENoBsCor.
Robert Mcclure of Stacyville met with a
severe accident not long ago by getting his
tree, crushing the knee so that he will be
crippled for life.
PIsCATAQUIs.
The past year has been one Of unusual re.
| ligious interest in Guilford, reports lions
class; in Sangerville ID. Seventeen have
been baptized.
SAGADAHoC.
A man was arrested in Bath, Tuesday night
charged with attempting to break into the
oner is said to be poor, with a large family
but has hitherto borne good character, and
it is thought the attempt was made for the
purpose of getting food for his family.
| The N. +. Shipbulding Co., and the Goss
Marine Iron Works of Bath will build, re-
spectively, the hull aud machinery of
steamer some $50 feet long for the Maine
Central, to be placed on the Bar Harbor ser
vice. The engine will be of the same pattern
as the "Meteor's," but larger.
| WALDO.
A saw mill owned by Geo. w. Young O
Lincolnville, caught fire recently in pecu
liar manner. 1t is supposed that some chill.
dren, while PLAYING about the mill, had
opened the gate and heavy rain falling in
! the night, started the water wheel, q large
overshot, and it being ungeared from every
thing except the main shaft, that was whrle,
at very high rate of speed, and the bearing
being very dry, the mill not having beer
used lately, the ehaft caught fire and one en-,
of it was completely burned off. The FIR
was spreading to other parts of the mill
the rest of the mill, reports the Belfast Jour
nal.
WAsHINaroS.
Mr.. McGouldric of the Cherryneld House
and NJ. H. Cook have decided to put dali,
accommodation stage on the route between
Cherryfield and the Franklin road. Passen
gers leaving Cherryfield at IL A. NJ, will ar
rive in season to take the 4.30 train for tn
west. Those coming east on the arrival Of
the morning train, will arrive in Cherryfel
at or about 2 p. M. It is understood thu
Machias parties are talking of putting on
similar line between that place and Cherry
field.
Education for Girls.