Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-25
State News.



The Indursted Fiber Compan,'s factory q
North Gorham is turning out large amour
Of goods About 5000 pieces of ware AZ
shipped caily TO the PRINCIPAL jobbing hous e,
IN the large cities of the United States. Fiy,
or six large factories have been erected i,
other States. to be operated under rights in
volving the same process which is owned ant
controlled by this company.
| Miss Florida E Sylvester, a naive OF
Portland, died in San Francisco. recently
from asphyxistion from gas that escaped dur
ing the night from burner in hsr room
Miss Sylvester was an orphan 90 years old
Mysterious cases of cattle poisoning al
Scarboro. whereby Mr.. Herbert McKenney
lost several valuable cattle and fac horse,
have already been reported. Another horse
and other cattle have also been poisoned, but
( by prompt and skllltul treatment, they were
saved. Since the poisoning, a constant
watch has been kept shout the farm, but moth
ing has as vet been discovered as to who the
miscresnt is that distributed the poison. al.
though several new deposits of Paris green
| have been found in various places where il
wouls De possible TO get at it. TO say the
family live IN state of forebodng alarm
would De putting it mildly. They are nearly
wild with constant watching aad aporehen-
sion.
Lieut.. Peary, formerly of Portland, Me-,
who has been on an expedition to Greenland,
for the purpose of satisfying himself of the
feasibility of travelling across that country
and thus opening a new route for Arctic ex.
plorers is on his way home to the United
States. He thinks the route to the North
Pole via Greenland good one.
HANCOCK.
The work of enlarging the Catholic church
at Bar tlaroor has begun. The building was
cut in two and the lower end moved back fif
teen feet, aud the addition is being made be-
tween the two parts of the old structure.
KNOX.
The first snowy Arctic owl taken in Maine
this season has been shot at Matinicus and il
a very large and exceedingly beautiful specl
men. Last year but four of these birds were
taken in Maine, and previous to that time
they had not been seen here for five wears
The coming south OF these birds indicates q
very severe winter, so the weather prophets
say.
OXFORD.
The trustees of the Oxford County Agri
cultural Society have nearly completed
much needed improvement to their grounds
satisfactory, has been discontinued and an
| other has been built on the modern plan, long
stretches and circling corners. 1t is being
gravelled and will be one of the best in the
State when finished.
The Oxford Democrat says that the old
militia regiment of West Oxford, comprising
the towns of Porter, Denmark, Brownfield
Hiram, Lowell, Sweden, Fryeburg and Stow
| used 10 hold their annual muster every fall il
wears gone by. Now of all the field Office ri
of that regiment there are but three living
viz Col. James Walker of Fryeburg, Col
Eldrick Clemens of Hir IN and Mai. Jane:
French of Porter.
PENoBsCoT.
River pirates arrested in New York recently
were recognized as the robbers of several
Bangor vessels.
Diphtheria is causing quite scare in Dix
mont. Several cases have appeared recently
| and a number of deaths have occurred.
Messrs. j. w. Burke & Son of Lee are to
haul between four and five millions of spruce
and pine on the Mattawsmkeag and Passa.
dumkeag waters this season.
SOMERSET.
very narrow escape is reported from
Somerset county. The other day a gentle
man and lady with a small child were driving
from Mercer to Starks, by way of Davis
Ferry, with pair of horses and . covered
buggy They drove into the boat, and when
the boat pulled away from the shore the
horses took fright at the pullevs playing OF
| the cable and ran back. Just as the carriage
Was going over the edge of the boat into the
water, the lady with her child jumped gu,
into the boat, and the horses, buggy and all
went overheard into the river. Mr.. William
son jumped into the river and guided the
horses to the shore. All this took place
without doing any damage.
2. Wood shot an otter in cove of Mad
awaska Pond, Palmyra, few days since
The animal measured four and half feet ir
length and was the only otter captured il
that vicinity in forty years.