Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-11
State News.
ANDRoscoeGIr.

AxDRoscoeeIx.
John G. Tibbets, Esq of Lisbon. Ia.
bought the shoe manufacturing department,
OF the business of the late c. B. Jordan Of
that town and will continue to manufacture.
+. A. Hale of Lewiston is arranging nj.
ready for series of races on the State Fair
track in June. He talks of $1,000 purse
for race between some of the best horse, in
Androscoggin county.
ARoOsTooK. >
The Houlton Pioneer learns that there i,
talk OF building second bridge across Me.
duxnekeag stream, and Of opening a road 10
connect with the same.
CUMBERLAND.
Sunday afternoon about O'Clock Samuel
7. Babb went to his barn in Saccarapps to
feed his cattle, and not returning a. soon as
expected his neice went to ascertain the
cause and found him dead. Heart disease
was the cause of his death.
swindler has been PLAYING very neat
game on Portland citizens He has taken n.
). two dollar greenbacks, pasted the figure
lo-which closely resembles the figure ten on
government ten-dollar greenbacks-over the
ngure two, wherever it occurs on the bills
rubbed out the word two where it occurs. and
substituted the word ten.
The old BOwery Beach House, now adyer.
tised for sale in the Portland papers. has a
very interesting history. 1t was built in 4
tavern long prior to the Ocean House,
and was, believe, the first public house
opened on the Cape. Some forty odd wears
ago the house was used for a boarding school,
in which the higher English branches we're
taught. Many of the pupils were Portland
boys, among whom were Samuel J. Ander-
son. the present Collector of Customs, and
his brother John.
HANCOCK.
Albion P. Friend, who accidentally sho,
himself last Wednesday, at Bluehill Fall.
| and had his arm amputated Thursday, died
the next morning. He leaves a wife and one
child.
PENoBsCor
In reference to the report of disease among
the cattle at the State College farm, the
superintendent states that there is no conta.
gion amohg the herd, simply that two animals
were affected with the disease and were killed
No products from the herd are sent to the
market. The college authorities attended al
| once to the matter and it is probable that
nothing more will be heard concerning it.
Fire Monday afternoon Mar. Sth, DESTROYED
the shed and barn of H. G.. Mayo, Hampaeu
Corner.
movement is on foot at Bucksport tc
organize Loan and Building Association.
SAGADAHoC.
The four-masted schooner Agnes Manning
Capt. Birdsall, will be launched from the
New England ship yard in Bath the middle
| of this month. She is owned in New Jersey
| Nearly a month ago a letter was mailed a
| the rOst-office in Bath, directed to a young
man who was then attending school at kent's
Hill. Last week the gentleman received the
letter at the Bath office. From the pos
marks on the envelope it gave the appearance
of having been at half dozen or more Kent'l
Hills.
WALDO.
The public building at Belfast is small and
inadequate for the uses to which it is put
those of post-office and custom house. A
lvrger post-office is especially needed. The
news that Mr.. Milliken's bill appropriatng
Sl5 900 for the extension of the building, ha,
passed the House, is received with much
| pleasure by the people of Belfast and vicinity
| Mr.. Kittredge of Belfast has written four
thousand legible words on a postal card
Next.
WASHINGTON.
|
son there has been shipped from Harrington
to New York and Boston markets, four thous
and pairs of rabbits, says they Machias Re
publican.
Daily mail service between Cutler ant
East Machias commenced on Monday, th,
LIST
The revival interest in Bucks Harbor con
| tinues.
| YORK.
A couple were arrested in Biddeford las
week, upon the requisition of parties at St
Hyacinthe, Can, from which place they
eloped about \ month ago, whose relation
by marriage make their case rather peculiar
The man married sister of tie woman with
whom he eloped, and the woman is the wife
| of the mans own brother
| AT LARGE.
| Benjamin Desjardins, boot and shoe dealer
Brunswick, Me-, has failed, with liabilities O.
about $1,000. E. w. Sprague, single manu-
facturer, Easton, Me-, has assigned. 1t il
thought that the creditors will get about e fly
cents on dollar. jenkins & Hill, genera
traders, Dexter, Me-, have failed. with liza
bilites of about 97000.--B Boston Herald.
There are COZ Maine vessels employed in
the cod and mackerel fisheries, and 20, $50 81
tons. The total amount OF mackerel caugh,
in 1885 was l03, 1874 barrels in ll8 vessels
with crews of 1856, of which Portland vessels
caught $1,000 barrels. Gloucester's catch
was lie. 900 barrels. The latest catch of cod
for Maine was 169 975 quintals in 100 vessels
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