Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-07
State News.


The Tooth anniversary of the establish
ment of the town of Turner, will be cele-
brated in 1886. A committee of five, of
which Hon. Rvfus Prince is chairman, is
appointed to make preparations for the OBJ
servance of the event.
ARoosrook.
Page Mallett have closed up most of
their winters operation in the woods, and
they have done we'll and are paving off their
men, reports the Times. They will have
halt a million of shingles, besides big pile
of logs and timber for the ST. Johns market.
Editor Gilman of the Aroostook Pioneer.
is greatly improved, and hopes of his ultimate
recovery are again revived.
CUMBERLAND.
During Thursday night and Friday morn
ing twenty three vessels arrived at Portland,
bringing an aggregate catch of LID. 200 pounds
The boats have been off shore fishing from
one to three days, the fish caught being most
~ cod and haddock which were sold in the
Portland market at one cent pound. The
heaviest fares were brought in bv the Carrie
S. Allen and George W. Willard each hav-
ing catch of 10, 900 pounds.
FRANKLIN.
The catalogues for Wilton Academy, the
years lsS4-5, have recently been printed.
This school. which has done much good in
the past. was never in better condition than
now. 1t has an able board of instruction, the
different departments are all we'll sustained
and the patronage is certainly encouraging.
The number registered the presen, term is
III and the total number of different pupils
enrolled during the school year is l66.
HANCOCK.
The Herald says During the coming sea-
son a refrigerator car for fish, poultry, butter,
etc, will leave Mount Desert Ferry for Bos-
ton on Tuesdays and Fridays. This car will
take in articles at the several stations on the
branch and at Bangor and then be closed ua-
til it reaches Boston. Refrigerator cars will
run from Dexter, Belfast, Skowhegan,
Waterville, Pennington and all stations on
Main line to Boston. These cars will have
quick dispatch.
The Camden Herald saws We are in
formed that arrangements are being made TO
start up the lobster factory in this village at
an early date. 1t is expected that three
smacks will run, supplying the factory with
Holsters for canning.
knowlton Brothers, of Camden have put
up stone polishing machine al their factory,
that they took in exchange for larger one
of their own make, and are doing some good
work il. E. Frank Knowlton of the firm left
the first of this week for California, and NAV
be absent for three months
LINCOLN.
A whale drifted ashore on the drv lodges
at New Harbor, on Wednesday of last week
and remained until Thursday, when it was
taken away by steamer Fannie Sprague. 1t
was &C feet long and was visited bv quite a
number of people, says the Lincoln News.
The Herald says: The board of trustees of
the County Agricultural Society were in ses-
sion at the Maine Hotel Tuesday and We'd
nesday. They voted to hold the next annual
fair at the Damariscotta Driving Park Oct.
6, and 8.
OXFORD.
At the annual meeting of the Citizens
Mutual Benefit Association of Norway, says
the Advertiser. it was voted to pay the money
now in the treasury, some less than 800, at
the next death, and to suspend business for
the present. The association contains some
less than 100 members.
PENoBscor
On April lst the Boston & Bangor Express
Company consolidated with the International
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and Calvin Austin, treasurer. Mr.. c. f.
Jennings, the efficient superintendent of the
b. & b., will be the general manager of the
new company. Mr.. Elmer |. Rankin having
been appointed messenger on steamer Penob.
scot, Charles M. Cutter will represent the
International in Belfast.
An Odtown lady writes the Bangor Com
mercial as follows: In your paper of Monday
evening l noticed that Portland claimed the
first Mayfower. Bangor may have her robin,
Lewiston her dandelion, but Portland must
give the first Mayfower to Oldtown picked
new healthy buds in the woods in Milford the
18th day of January they blossomed the Goth,
and until Feb. 18th | had them all the time
to make small bouquets.
SAGADAHoC.
Col. Fogler of Belfast, has been invited to
deliver memorial address at Bowdoinham.
Ship Louisiana, Capt Oliver, built in Bath
and owned by Houghton Bros, has been out
l67 days on the passage from San Francisco
to Dublin. She is wheat laden.
John Snow of the American Express in
Bath has in his possession an old stage whip
which is over 20 years old. 1t was handled
on the first stage ever driven into Bath, and
was presented to Mr.. Shows father by Judge
Clapp, over 80 years ago. The butt of the
whip is all whalebone, covered with catgut
and is in extra good condition.
SOMERSET.
Asa Mason, who broke Jail at Norridge-
wock, last fall while awaiting trial for steal
ing a rifle from II. L. williams of Hartland,
was arrested at his mothers house in St.
Albans last Friday, by Deputy Sheriff H. L.
Williams, says the Dexter Gazette.
WAsHINGTu.
Sardine packing has become an important
industry at Calais, employing directly 25,-
900 men, women and children, and indirectly
many more.-Bangor Industrial Journal.
We think the Journal misinformed first,
in regard to sardines being manufactured in
Calais at all, and secondly in regard to the
number of persons employed. both directly
and indirectly There was never to our
a sardine canned in Calais, and
as to the number of persons employed, "di-
rectly ard indirectly" we would respectfully
inform our esteemed contemporary that the
population of Calais by the last census, was
less than 1000, directly and indirectly. -
Eastpoyt Standard
AT LARGE.
The Lewiston Journal saws: The handle
of the famous Grand Army gavel has been
made from Maine woods. with pine bud at
the end. DR.. Eldredge has received letter
from Hannible Hamlin of Bangor, offering
for the gavel piece of the famous "Merri-
mac" that fought with the Monitor" and
DR.. Eldredge has written thanks and desires
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