Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-12
State News.
ANDRoscoGGx.


The new shoe factory of Moses Craft. in
Auburn, started uD on Monday. The factory
Is not vet quite finished but probably viii be
by the first of December.
ARoosrooK.
Portland gentleman Just returned from
trip 10 the woods Of Aroostook, reports tba,
last FRIDAY night there was the first snow
storm OF the season. He was at the time
near the head waters of the Great Macbias
River. The snow fall was about one inch
there, and rather more about 20 miles below.
CUMBERLAND.
Friday was a general sentence dsy at
Judge Bonney'< court In Portland. The AID.
Sertiser says tn re was no pleading or argu.
ment, bnt only stand-up-and-take-it per
Torrance on the part of the guilty ones. II
was very rseiul day, from a liquor dealers
point of view. Fourteen OF the offenders
paid their foes, and when the court adjourn.
ed at o'clock, Clerk bennett had about
$4,000 piled up in his desk, aad the list was
BY no means exhausted The largest fine
amounted to S35l.66 Five were sentenced
who have not paid, and if they d, not respond
with the money, they will go to Jail for terms
ranging from six months To a year and a half
Ihe total value of exports from Portland
last week was S47 .059. 50. the chief article,
being 1883 1858 feet of lumber. Among the
articles of import were l,l30 tons of salt,
loo tons of WOO pulp. and two tons of live
cells.
PENoBscor.
Mrs. Susan Boyntou died in Plymouth on
the 81, at the great age of 92 years. She vas
the oldest person in town. She was born in
the town OF Penobscut in 1894
One night Recently. Mr.. II. w. WEIGH, of
Corinna, found one of his cows dead in the
pasture, with bullet hole through her heart.
Large quantities OF meat are shipped from
the Comma station everv dav. some trains
carrying away several tous
The next meeting of the Penobscot County
Grange will be held with Mt. Etna Grange
on Saturday, Oct "a.
Mr.. Amos Caverly of Minneapolis, has
been visiting his native town of Newport
A French boy about fourteen wears of age,
who was employed tending cards in the Stone
mill at Dexter, crawled under one of the
machines tor the purpose of cleaning it while
1t was in motion. His arm was caught in the
machinery, lacerating 1t 50 severely that it
had to be amputated above the elbow. The
boy possessed mania for crawling under
the machines and had several times been
warned of the danger Of doing so.
SOMERSET.
The railroad from Pttsfeld to Har,land is
now nearly graded. But one crew is at work
grading and they have very little to do
About four miles of rails have been laid and
tn re are three more. This is about as rapid
railroad building as has ever been done in
Maine
WASHINGTON.
Complaints have been made to the Treas
ury Department against the alleged practice
OF the Collector at Eastport, Me-, of allowing
importations from St. John, N. b.. OF articles
said to be invoiced as Iron Sand" or "Iron
Dirt" and passed as crude mineral or ore at
duty of 30 per cent ad valorem, but which
is IN fact said to be pure metallic cast iron in
the torn of globules or fine shot. The col
lecIor has been instructed to m Ike thorough
investigation of the matter and if the repre-
sensations made to the department are cor
rect, to assess a duty on the articles at the
rate of 45 per cent ad valorem.
YORK.