Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-22
State News
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Mayor Cowan of Lewiston, who some time
ago adopted weekly payments in his mills,
has now. in answer To the request of employees
adopted plan for shorter hours. The mills
work from IN 1850 A. NJ and from to s
P. NJ, with half holiday Saturday, making
so hours per week
Mr.. Geo. W. Bran. the new agent of the
Androscoggin Mills IF lewiston assumed the
duties of the position Monday.
CUMBERLAND.
The store of E. S. Soula and postoffice was
broken into Saturday night. The safe was
drilled and fired twice. 4 neighbur heard
two explosions. The burglars did not sue
coed in getting into the safe Ii vas opened
with some difficulty Monday morning, the
broken up somewhat Papers, books and
everything in the safe were blackened and
burned. but not injured materially. The car
penters shop at Mr.. Mailett's shoe factory,
was broken into, and two chisels and bit
stock taken therefrom and left in the store
Nothing is missed except four or five dollars
in change.
The body of man was found floating in
the water near Peaks Island. Portland harbor
| Tuesday morning. From papers, keys and
other articles found upon il, there was no diff
uSuity II as tue UOuy Oh JOu0
Morrison. Sho was drowned BY the upsetting
OF boat in which he was sailing with Belle
Busby on the evening of July Sd.
The two confidence men arrested in Port
land Friday were released Tuesday, there
being no evidence upon which they could be
further held. Ii was at first supposed that
they passed bogus check, but this proved
not to be fact. The man who claimed to
have been swindled went home, so there was
no one to appear against the men.
At the Portland postoffice, not long ago,
letter was mailed directed to Brass Door, -
Cape Breton. 1t was forwarded, of course,
To the French town of BRAS dor" C. B. :;
and letter addressed ''g'big" sa ely reached
Little Chebeague, for which place it was in
tended.
The Phillips Phonogrsph predicts that the
shooting this fall will be the best for years
Deer. partridge and ducks are abundant in
Franklin county.
DR. Grfiths of Boston, has been appointed
Sanitary Inspector at Bar Harbor for the
summer season.
Some miscreant set fire Oh an island in
Moose Pond belonging to Joseph Bennett of
| Denmark. and destroyed lot of pine timber,
says the Oxford Democrat
The Paris Manufacturing Company, re-
\ Gently burned out, have the roofs on the main
building, the saw mill aud the boiler house :;
and hope now TO get TO work in the saw mill
very soon. There will be eight buildings
when completed, and their machine capacity
viii be nearly doubled
An Albany lady. says the Democrat, whose
husbands cellar was supplied with large
amount of hard cider, went into the cellar the
other day and removed every tap, allowing
some hundred gallons to waste their sweet
ness on the cellar drain The husband, though
surprised, says he is glad of it.
: Mrs. J. c. Bean of Mason, undertook to
load hay tor her hu band When she had got
I the cart oaded, she tell from it to the ground
and, SIR king on her head and shoulders, vas
dangerously iajured.
Charles Davis. who robbed Washington
Dean of East Oxford of 800 on the evening
OF the 9th was arrested at Auburn, Thurs
day, and on Friday was brought to Oxford
He pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing
the money. and in default of bail was com
mitted to the county Jail to await his trial at
a higher court.
South Paris people are taking of a system
of waterworks. The board of selectmen
, have contracted with a bridge company OF
Canton, Ohio, for an iron bridge across the
river near True's mill 1t is to be low
truss, with two spans of 70 feet each, making
a total length of LAG feet with An Is foot
roadway and a five foot sidewalk There
will be no wood work about the bridge ex-
cept the plank flooring. The contract price
is $3.50.
l PENoBsCor
Jordan, the circus swindler after being
sentenced to sixty days in the county Jail
appealed and placed under 800 bonds,
making his entire bonds $500 Late Tuesday
afternoon he succeeded in obtaininga Bangor
man as bondsman, and after his trial immed-
lately left town under the guidance of his
bondsmen. This will probably be the last
seen of this gang in Bangor, as the general
opinion is that Jordan will forfeit the amount
OF his bonds.
Bradford correspondent writes the Wing
Monday afternoon at about four O'Clock
hail and rain storm, such as has not been
equaled here for years, struck this town, do
ing a large amount of damage to growing
crops and breaking glass from the windows
of many dwellings. The storm was most
severe in the eastern portion of the town
where the house OF John Lewis was struck by
lightning but was not burned Four persons
wer- in the house at the time, all being un.
= injured.
YORK
1.-The Pose Club" is the name of party
4 of young Waidens in blue sailor caps. who
are keeping house at Old Orchard. There
> are ten of them One of their rules is to re-
ceive no gentleman callers. If this rule is
: strictly followed, unlike the story of the little
I Indians there will always be ten of them
There is a lady st the Beach who gave the
waiter at her table SIS the first day she came
and has presented him with 81 every day
&, since
The Sea VieS House at Biddeford Pool
narrowly escaped burning Monday night
The alarm was given promptly and the BALD
, ing saved with loss of perhaps 800. Prob.
able cause explosion or breaking of lamp
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Surest Tranquilizer Of the Nerves.
The surest tranquilizer of the nerves is a
medicine which remedies their supers n VI
tiveness by invigorating them. Over-tension
of the nerves always weakens them. What