Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-03
state News.
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| AMDRoscoGeU.
| Miss Bartlett, formerly . teacher in Lev
iston. nov journeying in Italy, recently sem
leaf, plucked from the tomb OF the pool
VirRil, to . teacher in that city.
The Journal says: Eleven carloads o
manufactured goods we're in the "wednesday
| morning western freight train from the Lew
istou Grand Trunk station. The outwart
freight traffic has been increasing severa
| weeks past. The number of bags shipped
Tuesday, from the Androscoggin mills wa
20s, 400.
ARoosTooK.
The wagon manufacturing establishment
owned by Moody & Prescott and Hubbs
Adams, in Caribou, is under excellent man
agement, and will turn out $50 wagons of v q
rious styles the coming season. The build
ing is S0x40 feet, and in height, two and q
half stories. There are fifteen hands EN-
ployed yearly
The block of brick buildings. to be built il
Houlton. plans for which are being made BY
u. NJ Coombs, architect, Lewiston, show a
frontage on Main street of lS2 feet, Mechan.
ic street SO feet, and Water street lis feet
The block will contain eight stores and will
be as near fre-proof as possible. The front
will be largely of iron.
Agricultural Societies, as stipend, Aroos-
took receives 1912 90, assigned as follows ]
Frank Holland, Houlton. treasurer, S94 90
Columbus Hayford, Maysville Centre, treas
urer, Sl5l.0O. Jean Cyr. Madawaska, treas
urer, 367 90.
CUMBERLAND.
Prof. Egbert A. Smith of Andover, N. H.,
formerly of Bowdoin College faculty, has
consented to give the address at the coming
commencement of that college.
Yesterday morning the bodies of two in.
fants, probably still born, were found in a
large paper box near the Grand Trunk rail.
road bridge. They had evidently been left
there within day or two. Coroner Gould
took charge of the bodies and buried them
Argus.
By invitation of Cumberland District Lodge
of Good Templars, Marcel j. Dow of Brooks
grand worthy counsellor, will devote the re.
mainder of the time till the Grand Lodge SEES
sion, April Is and l6, to work in the inter.
est of the order in that jurisdiction. His
headquarters will be at Portland.
FRANKLIN
At the close of the war Philips had town
debt of S32, 900. The Sandy River railroad
has taken Sl4 900. and the town is now ONLY
81 1928 in debt.
DR.. George Z. Higgings of strong, has beer
appointed aid de camp on the staff of the
Commander of the Maine Department G. A
II. DR.. Higgins is one of the pension medi-
| cal examiners for Franklin county and com
mander of the Grand Army Post Just estab
lshed at Strong.
HANCoCK. &.
The American says: Miss Olive B. En-
| cry. daughter of Mrs. VIM. b. Campbell
left here Thursday, for the West. She will
spend the coming summer with friends in
Minneapolis, MINI.
AT Hamiltons hotel, Bar Harbor on Tues
day of last week, in the room of Col. w. F
Holland, revolver cartridge was exploded
slightly injuring the Col. in the head. Col
Holland says it was an accident.
| DR.. Seth c. Gordon of Portland, will de
| liver the Memorial address in Ellsworth, or
Memorial Day.
The Commercial says One of the busies
places in the State at this time is Rockport
and it is some times almost impossible to ge
through the streets owing 70 the number o.
| teams hauling ice. lime rock, lime casks ,klr
wood, ship timber, etc. Messrs. Carlton,
Howard & Co., is the largest wealthiest firm
engaged in the lime business in this section
Messrs. Shepherd, Jones & Co., have two
lime kilns now burning, and produce two
hundredand thirty pounds of lime daily. The,
employ 40 men and 80 horses. g. W. Bur
| CESS, the manufacturer of the celebrated
| Jacobs Lime, is running two patent kilns
turning out tso thousand bbls. of lime
week, and he contemplates erecting new
kiln and sheds. One party bags $4,000 bbls
year. Twenty one years ago Mr.. Burgess
only burned $1,000 bbls year. A. S. Fell.
& Son have one kiln and produce about sever
hundred and fifty bbls. week Granvill,
+. Carleton turns out SEQ bbls per week
showing there is produced at Camden ant
Rockport 1900 bbls of lime day at the pres
ent time.
| The Juveniles" of Rumford, met Tues
day evening of last week, to have a goo,
time, and were having it, according to thu
Democrat, when little girl accidental,
knocked lamp on to the floor. The LAM
exploded and confagration seemed immi
nent, but the boys, with great presence o
mind, beat the fire and threw snow on it
extinguishing it with but little damage, ant
no hurt to themselves.
PENoBscor.
The uniforms of the State College bas
ball nine will be blue jerseys aud stockings
gray pants and hats with blue trimmings
Mr.. Rufus E. Graves has been appointe,
head clerk in the Railway Mail Service be
tween Bangor and Boston to fill the vacanc,
caused by the resignation of Mr.. J. W. Har
mon, of Unity. Mr.. v. H. Sprague o
Greene, has been promoted to fill Mr.. Graves
place.
! SOMERSET.
The Reporter says: Mr.. Frank Searls, O
this place died very suddenly last week, from
Inflammation of the bowels. He was at worl
at Adams camp, Moxie stream, when he va
taken. Some of the men in camp started will
him for home, and reached Bingham Frida,
noon, where physician was summoned, bu
too late to render him any relief.
WASHINGTON.
| The Machias Republican has resumed pub
| location after suspension of three month
occasioned by the fire.