Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-04-28
State News.
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AuDkO0CO66I1.
letter has been received in Lewiston
from the priest at Black Greek, Canada,
stating that Augustine Couture, who. two
weeks ago, jumped from the train At Lewis
ton Juncti n while being taken home to his
friend., has reached that place. He walked
all of the way, and appeared to have suffered
much from his tramp.
ARoosrooK.
The question of establishing butter fac
tory at Presque Isle is being seriously agita-
ted
1t is the intention of the Caribou Baptisis
to 6nish their church this summer. Ar
engagements are already being made to that
effect
CUMBERLAND.
seventeen year old boy named Mulkern
was arrested in Portland, Friday for selling
rum in bottles which he carried arouad in
his pos krt. His parents supposed he was at
tending school, instead of which he had been
at work in rum shop since January. until
the shop was closed. since which lime he has
been peddling liquors in the street
HANCOCK.
Capt. n. n. A. Bickford's dwelling house
at Winter Harbpr was recently burned. A
in damaged condition. Cause of fire I'm
known; supposed some defect in the chimney.
Z. p Adams native of Casrine, and for
the past 80 wears a resident Of Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands, is now at the New Orleans
Exposition. NJ. Adams will visit Maine at
ter doing the Exposition.
kENNEBEc.
About so men are now constantly employ
ed bv the Lockwood mills at Waterville in
keeping the gateways clear from floating
shavings and general debris, but it is impos-
sible to keep them entirely tree.
KNOX.
The Winslow Packing Company, located
at Camden, have commenced packing lob
sters. They employ 20 hands. and can l2 900
cans week. These they pack four dozen in
a case and ship.
LINCOLN
The privilege of taking fish from the Dam
ari-cotta river the present season, was sold at
auction Saturday, to a company composed of
j. w. Clark, Joseph Oliver. James Oliver
and the Messrs. Nhkerson of Boothbay. The
sum pal was $3.50. Last year the stream
sold for $3.50, says the Herald. The fish
committee intend to use vigorous measures to
prevent illegal fishing on the part OF owners
of weirs, and Others.
At the EdYecomb March town meeting, the
vote to sell the old church for town house
was declared unlawful. and the church has
since been bought by Woodbridge Clifford,
says the Damariscotta Herald
OXFORD.
Norway Is afflicted with the measles. The
Advertiser publishes list of 40 persons
thus afflicted, besides others, names not
given.
PENoBsCor.
The Eastern State saws a peculiar case
came before the municipal court of Dexter
the other day. 1t seems that a letter con.
tanning check for between twenty and thirty
dollars, also bill for which the check was
pay ment, directed to Denter man, wac taken
from the postoffice by another man of the
same name who got the check cashed at the
bank. The righttul owner afterwards called
for the money and it was at once given to
him He then demanded $40 additional
giving a prosecution in court as the alterna-
tive. The money was refused and the case
came up for trial, but owing to u defect in
the warrant the defendant was dis charged.
Ernest Grant boy ten years of age, and
son of MIR. Horace Grant OF VIM, had a
narrow escape from drowning on Tuesday
last, says the Wing. He fell into a small
brook close to his fathers house and went
under the ice. His father ran down the
stream and broke hole in the ice where the
boys head came up and Mr.. Grant pulled him
out after he had fioated fifty -four feet under
the ice. The boy is now all right.
Two Mattawamkeag boys named Henry
Dunn and Joe Sbtdd, while attempting to
navigate canoe Thursday, were upset Into
the water and came near drowning. They,
however chung to the canoe until it had
drifted two miles through the floating ice,
when they were seen and re,cued. They
were nearly exhausted and could have sur.
Vived but short time longer in the water.
SOMERSET.
Daniel Mason of Canaan, has made -four
hundred Thousand rafting wedges BY hand
this wintt r, for the Somerset Boom Compa-
ny. They were made of white ash. Mr. Ma
son was paid four hundred dollars fur his
winters work.
WASHINGTON.
After hard chase for distance of ten
miles on the Calais road. Deputy Collector
NIckerson of Hoult0n. succeeded in overtak-
ing George Bus eed of Monument, n. b., and
captured his team. Busteed had been snug
Cling potatoes from across the boundary line
1t cost him Sl65.
YORK.
Capt. Jumping hampton of the Biddeford
Salvation Army is learning to play banjo
Arthur Lsvigne was playing ball out on
Granite ST., Biidsford Saturday, and the
sphere struck him on the end of one of his
fingers. breaking it.
Friday the floor in Bragion's bake shop in
Saco began to give way because of the great
weight of barrels of -four upon it, and had
the matter not been Immediately seen to the
-four must Lave fallen through causing SER
ious damage.
As Mr.. George Dane of Eliot was return
ing from cunning trip up the river on
Friday last, in attempting to draw his gun
toward him it was discharged, the heavy load
passing through the left arm just below the
shoulder, shattering the bone and mangling
the tissues in a frightful manner.
"Wednesday night, Miss Alice NJ. Dudley,
aged Is. formerly Of Buxton, but adopted
daughter of Rev. F. X. Chase of Dover, N,
H., was on her way home from a visit to a
friend, according to an Argus dispatch, when
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