Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-19

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ANDR0scoGGIN.
Eleven candidates for teachers in Lewiston
schools we're examined Saturday forenoon
Among the questions asked was tile follow
ing IF .uccessful, how long do you intend
to teach:" One wang lady wrote 10 reply
Until get msrried, hich is in the (dim)
future She will bass.
union has been formel by the ba. bers of
Lewiston and Auburn. There are over fifty
BARRIERS in the two cities and aboat forty met
At the meering OF organization. The aims OF
the union are MT definitely laid down. The
BARRIERS desire iva nights week out
| uniform price for work. beside social har.
mony. ]. III. Cook was chosen president
Alvah Leighton, secretary, and H. S. 1 ayler
| A. A. Mower ond Chas. Phenix committee OF
arrangements. They will meet again in two
weeks.
ARoosrooK.
Last Thursday afternoon there was a Sc
we're gust of wind at Caribou which fortu
nately lasted but few minutes, but did con.
siderable damage to fences &C The frame
OF dwelling house Just raised belonging to
Corvdon Powers. Esq, was blown down and
badly shattered.
CUMBERLAND
Tuesday night tramps or burglars caused
quite sensation at Lihby's Corner. Mr.
Chas. Coffin, who lives with his step father
Solomon Stuart, Esq.,, returned home during
the evening and hearing noise in the stable
took a lantern and proceeded to investigate
As he entered the building man went out
through an aperture in the rear of the build.
ing and in company with a confederate, ran
| rapidly towards the canal basin. Coffin gave
chase and fred several shots at the retreatinp
| forces of the tramps. The shots apparently
did not take effect and the two men escaped
in the darkness. The houses in that vicinity
will hereafter be under the surveillance of q
watchman. Nothing was secured BY
the man who was in the stable and he
had evidently just effected an entrance
Monday night as gentlemun was passing up
Pine street at about TO- 40 he discovered three
men at work about the door of the provision
store of Leighton & Gage on the corner of
Pine and Clark streets. Policeman Rowe
was notified and the fellows took themselves
| of; but late in the night, Mr.. Leighton who
resides over the store, got up and searched
his premises. In the wood shed. which il
reached from the yard by an inclosed flight
| of stairs he found three men presumably the
same ones previously discovered, snugly
| slowed away. MIR Leighton informed his
| unwelcomed visitors that if they did not with
draw he would blow their brains out, where
| upon the fellows concluded to sleep elsewhere
and left. They have not been seen since.
Nearly all the wholesale grocery, -four and
bait dealers on Commercial street, Portland,
have signed paper agreeing to close their
stores the whole of Tuesday next.
| The people about B Chambers store a,
West Sumner were excited, recently accord
ing to the Oxford Democrat. A stone flew
| from rock where George and Oscar Chand
| Ter were blasting, hitting bar and breaking
| it in three parts. and penetrated j. Lothrop's
| shop, hitting him on the leg. One of the
pieces flew against A. B. Chambers shed,
| within three feet of person at work. Sew.
eral pieces flew to the residence of C. w
Bates.
PENOBsCOT.
The farm buildings, furniture, farming
tools, twelve tons of hay, wool, etc., owned
by Franklin Mains of Newport, were destroy
ed by fire Tuesday. Loss $250O; cause un
known.
SOMERSET.
1t is very drv in New Portland. Rain il
needed quite as much as when it fell two
weeks ago. The prospect for hay is anything
but satisfactory unless rain comes soon One
half of a usual hay crop is all that present ap
pearances warrant.
WASHINGTON
The Millbridge Packing Co. are working
, about GO hands at present. Within the pas
| week fish has been somewhat scarce ow ing to
the recent unfavorable weather. The lobster
business is Stacking up, and the season has
probably reached its height. j. w. Wymar
10 still operating his factory and has 3inhand.
employed.
Ed Berry of RobbinstOn recently met with
| q sad accident in New Hampshire where he
was working il a saw mill. His right hant
was so terribly lacerated by saw that ampu.
| tation at the wrist was necessary.
YORK.
The new road from the Harbor to Ions
beach is now nearly completed
and will be finished in time fp,
this seasons travel. 1t will be great con
venience, and will open some very pleasant
locations for summer cottages. Two new
cottages are building on Long beach. and Mr.
Evans of Hotel Bartlett. is building one neal
his hotel. Great improvements are making
in the neighborhood Of Pebbly beach, by
new road from this beach TO the Cape Ned
dick road, through the track recently bough
and improved by Mr.. Ellis Mr.
Ellis is laying out fiue park here and i,
building two new cottages on Union Bluff
and one on Short Sands. Mrs. Abbot, Mr.
French and MIR. Griffin are painting and set
ting their houses in good order. The Thomp
son house is leased to G. K. Fowler of Bris
toll. N. H., son of Judge Fowler. The
Marshall house and Sea cottage are also
being put in fine condition for summer vi.
itors. Altogether the season promises to be {
very prosperous one all along this fine sea-
side resort.
AT LARGE.
The following changes have been ordered
| in the star service in Maine-East Fryebure
! to East ownfield-Leave East Fryebure
Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays at 2 p.
NJ. arrive at East Brownfeld by 3.45 p. NJ
Leave East Brownfeid Tuesdays, Thursiays
andpSalurtlays at SIS 2. NJ. arrive at East
Fry. burg by SIS NJ Ellsworth to Great
Pond-Leave Ellsworth Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at A. NJ. arrive at Great