Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-18


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0Toar TO TIE CELLAR. Wrraopr SrAns-
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ARoosTooK.
The Commercial Caribou correspouden,
writes: Van Buren, College is nov fully
framed and boarded in. The building i. 4
nne looking structure and commands . fiae
view OF the st. John river. Two professors
are now here instructing the incoming class
and four others are to be added next summer.
The college will cost from fifteen to twenty
thousand dollars. Father Swefon, of French
vile. has already given one thousand dollar,
and his parish will give Eve hundred Sew.
era! prominent citizens propose scholarships,
which will probably be established.
few days since q little boy three wears
old, child of VIM. Goggins, of Washburn,
While running with an AZ, fell and cut one
finger SO badly as to require amputation.
Cyrus Chase, ESQ.,, of West8elj, raised
last season. 400 bushels OF potatoes on i've
acres. His entire crop was 1860 bushels.
The buildings of John H Clark of Easton
we're destroyed by fire early Monday morn.
ing. Part of his stock was burned, together
with his hay and grain ard farming tools.
The total loss is estimated to be about $1,000
with $500 insurance on the buildings, furni-
ture and grain. Mr.. Clark bad very narrow
escape from the fire himself, but finally sue
ceeded in getting out somewhat injured.
CUMBERLAND.
The Westbrook Manufacturing Companv
petitioned the county commissioners TO re-
duce the valuation put npon their property by
the assessors of the town from S27S, 900 to
$loo,OOO claiming that it was an over valua-
ton for the purpose of taxation. The COM
missioners rendered their decision Tuesday
denying the prayer of the petitioners.
valuable horse owned by A. Ouipby of
Saccsrappa. was made worthless BY falling
through culvert in the road in the vicinity Of
Auburn, last Monday.
The Argus says: There is a prisoner in
portland jail who was twenty-nine months
ago sentenced to twenty-four months impris.
onment. His counsel believing he could pro-
cure setting aside of the verdict, has for
over two years been at work upon it at q
large expense to his client, who in the mean
time languishes behind the bars. He might
have been at liberty five months ago, but his
counsel advised him not to accept this i'm
prisonment as any part of his sentence So
IT the Law Court decides against him, he will
vet have two years in prison, in which to re-
fleet upon the advantage of follow ing the ad-
vice of gritty and persistent lawyer.
HANCOCK.
George Emerson, charged with stealing
some articles of clothing from the boarding
house of Mason & Cushman, in Ellsw orth,
was tried before the Police Court, found gull.
~. and sentenced $40 and costs and thirty
days in Jail.
The average membership of the several
oranges in Hancock comfy, is larger than
any other county in the State, being upwards
of one hundred.
PENoBsCor.
Alex. McLain of attawamkeag, the noted
bear hunter. has received $50 bounty on lC
bears killed by him this season.
Later information from counsel says the
Barron case will probably come up at the
January term of the Supreme Judicial Cour,
in Bangor, not in the form of an appeal in the
old suit OF the bank against the estate, re.
ferred to the auditors. but in the form of a
suit of the estate against the bank to recover
money alleged to be wrongfully held by the
bank. There are good many legal mazes in
this case, and it will be long time before the
last of it is heard Wing.
SOMERSET.
The necessary 200 acres of sweet corn have
been subscribed to insure the running Of the
corn factory in North Arson the coming sea-
son.
During the past season. twenty-four DWELL
! ing houses, one store and one post-office ,eac
with a tenement above, one printing office and
one church, besides many additions to those
already here, have been built within the
limits of Madison village.
YORK.
Mr.. Tristram Berry, a Biddeford carpen.
ter who is employed in building cottage at
Fortunes Rocks, fell from the second story
of the building, through a scuttle, striking on
the cemented cellar floor. He struck some
projecting boards, thereby breaking his fall,
but was pretty badly bruised and Jared
The Times says that A. F. Smith, who has
charge of the loom repairs in the Pepperell
mills lost several fingers by getting them
caught in q planer. Wednesday.
The accidental discharge of a gun put a
charge of shot into the leg of the younges,
child of Eugene Knights, who lives between
will doubtless recover.
AT LARGE.
The following is full list of ex-members
of the Maine Legislature who were present
Tuesday evening at the Boston meetings 8.
X. Hamilton, Boston formerly of Bidde-
ford); Henry w. Paine, Cambridge (Hallow-
ely; C. E. Rsplet, Newton (Thomaston)
w. z. True, Maiden Stanford and Lebanon)
Stephen Jennings, Cambridge Bangor
Judge Henry Carter, Bradford (Portland)
William H Kilby, Boston (Easiport); L. L.
Wadsworth, Chelsea, (Pembroke); Park
man Houghton, Boston (Eastport); John w.
Farwell, Melrose (Lewiston); Is. T. Chalo.
ner, Boston East Machias); P. S. j. Tai
bot, Maiden EAST Machias); Edwin Smith,
Boston (Warren); Harrison Hume, Boston
(Cherryfeld); J f. Butler. Boston (Bidde-
tord); Nathaniel Littlefeld, Chelsea (Ly-
NAM.
James H. Douglas, dry goods dealer,
Bucksport, has gone into insolvency.
Foye & Co., grocers, Bath, have been at
tached. They owe about $500 and have as