Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-10-17
State News.

| HORSE THIEVES IN ARoosrooK
| ALLY SHor.- LEGENDARY FIRKs.-SuEp
PoR OBrAISirG MONET UNDER FALSE
| PRErEScEs
| ASpRoscoGGIN.
One Of the biggest fields of squashes raised
in this county is that of Mr.. VIM. h. Wright
Of Sabatis, whose crop will reach four tons.
The Lewiston city building janitors had
difficulty in lighting up one night, recently.
An examination showed that someone had alb
stracted the alcohol from the bottles from
which were filled the torches used in lighting
the chandeliers, and had put water in its
place.
DR.. Horr, of Lewiston, of the State Board
OF Health. received q telegram Tuesday, an
nouncine the appointment of j. A. Junereux,
OF Skowhegan. to the position of assistant in
spector At Island Pond. The position at
present pays from "a to s6 . day.
| The pay roll of the stock premiums of the
Maine State Fair, figure up at the office of
Secretary Dennison to Is, 210, the agricul-
tural implement premiums to $500, City Hall
premiums to S400, dairy and bee premiums
to $500. Secretary Dennison still has force
of clerks at work finishing details of the fair
An ingenious and highly useful office has
been built by Mr.. George Crockett, of Lewis
ton. for Commissioner Ham, and will be
used by him at the New Orleans Exposition
this winter. 1t is octagonal in shape with a
diagonal width of twelve feet 1t was built
in sections and has been packed for shipment.
AROOsrooK.
Mr.. Charles Smith, living short distance
from Caribou village, rode in on horseback
last Saturday evening, and hitched his horse
while he went into store, saws the Republi-
can. On coming out the horse was gone, the
halter being left. An officer is now following
clue which may lead to the arrest of the
thief.
CUMBERLAND
Coroner Gould was called by telegraph,
Wednesday morning, to go to Harrison to
view the body of Siss NJ Noble and hold an
| inquest upon the same, it having been report
| ed that Mr.. Noble was murdered. but after q
two days session Of an inquest it appeared
that the man was accidentally drowned.
HANCOCK.
! 1t will be remembered on the 18th Of Sep
TENDER Garvin Ritiche was accidentally shot
by Dana Jordan at Aurora as the two men
were deer hunting. An exchange says: 1t is
rumored that an attempt will be made to in
dict Jordan at the present session of the Han
cock county court for manslaughter.
| OF the seven vessels which fitted at Orland
and went to the Banks, five have returned
One was left on the Banks in a sinking condi-
ton, the crew coming home by the way of
Newfoundland. One has not been reported
since some time in June. The FIVE which
came back brought about $500 quintals of
A Goldfish. Fish are selling better than last
year; hence the prospect is that those en-
gagged in the fishing business will make some
thing. In addition to the fish about GO bar
rels of oil were secured. Sixty-two men
were employed.
| KENNEBEC
Wednesday evening the thirteen year old
son of Mr.. Dearbond of Waterville, cut a
deep cash in the sole of his foot while split
ting wood. He is tolerably comfortable now
but will not be able to walk for some time.
PENoBsCoT.
| Last week verv large moose was shot on
an island in the middle of a lake near Spring
field by one of party New York gentlemen
who have camp on the shores of the lake.
The moose was the first one which had been
seen there for long time and was SPLEEN
did specimen.
Miss Hattie Blaisdell, daughter of DR.. j.
NJ. Blaisdell of Bangor, is to sail for Europe
on Saturday, in company with her cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warden, formerly of Bath. but
who have been living abroad for a number of
years.
PIsCATAQUIs.
! Lieut.. Col. Nathan C. Stowe of Dover, of
the Second Regiment of Infantry. NJ. V. NJ.
has rendered his resignation on account of
poor health, the result of exposure in the
army during the war.
SOMERSET.
A scarcity of carpenters and laborers is
noted by citizens of Fairfield, who complain
that they cannot get he'll when wanted Most
of the carpenter work there this season was
done by Waterville mechanics
A rumor which is fast developing into
something more substantial is to the effect
that a fine block of three stories. the lower
story to contain four or five stores, is to be
built in Skowhegan next spring, according TO
the Reporter.
F A. Butler lost his nice 4-year-old black
stallion the l4th inst. He was taken sick
and the sickness developed into typhoid fe-
yer, he dying in great agony.
A number of Canadian families passed
through here this week with an abundance OF
dirt and small children. We hope our physi.
clans at the boundary line will see that they
are properly fumigated and thoroughly singed
of 'all smallpox systems.-Fairfeid Jour
nal.
WARRINGTON.
1t seems that the incendiary fires in Steu.
ben are not yet quenched. Last Sunday
night an unoccupied house belonging to Mr.
Wadsworth was set on FIRE. 1t was fortu-
natsly put out.
YORK.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison widow Of Nahum
Morrison. who was drowned in the river last
June, and whose body was buried by Denni.
O'Connor without shroud or coffin entered a
complaint in Judge Hamilton's court, Tues
day afternoon, against O'Connor, charging
him with obtaining money under false pre-.
fences. The hearing has been assigned fol
Friday.
Public speakers and singers find r. II
Douglass & Sons Capsicum Cough Drops a
sure remedy for hoarseness.
For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Price % cents. Sold BY
Bowditch. Webster Co.
The pain and misery suffered by those who
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