Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-15

A DOG TALE-A BURNING BALLoox-Sux-
nER TRAvEL-CIDER SPiLLED-PosrAL
NOTE
ANpRoscoGGIS

Ii ANDRosCOGGIx.
A favorite and well-known Lewiston dos
! cropped dead the other. He was Newfound
) land and has made his headquarters among
tne narketmen for the last ten years He
had gained large list Of friends among Lew.
J iston ladies by bring back to their mothers
lots OF runaway babies He was celebrated
as truant dog. His owner saw. tina,
Bruno" was never known to miss Gre. in
. Lewiston, in the last FIVE years. He could
distinguish the tone of every bell 10 the CITY,
Inc mill bells could ring till doomsday and
, ne would never stir an inch from his quar-
ters, out the moment the bell in the tower Of
city building rang,the dog would start on the
run after the fire engine.
ARoosrooK.
Some two weeks ago the store of d. Null
. len OF Sherman was broken into and consid.
J cradle property stolen. Last week a number
OF arrests were made and the parties brought
to trial. One of the witnesses swore that the
. arrested men came into his room and divided
! the money In spite of this and the contra
dictory testimony of the prisoners, they were
all discharged. 1t is said that every one of
them, with one exception, had borne hard
reputation. There is much excitement in
Sherman over the trial and its result.
Il CUMBERLAND.
\ The poor luck met with so far this season
by the mackerel fishermen has greatly dis
couraged the sailors and the mackerel sein.
ers hitting out at Portland are finding hard
Work In getting crews. Four schooners are
lying at one wharf in want of crews, and two
schooners returned from the 7astward Thurs
day after an unsuccessful search for men.
Mayor Chapman has received letter from
Secy Whitney saying that if it is found FEAST
} Bile at the time the No. Atlantic Squadron may
rendezvous at Portland for the centennial
celebration.
About o'clock, Friday evening, a verv
large balloon passed over Portland, moving
seward, and at great height. When dis
tant apparently about three miles from land
the balloon was observed to slightly change
Its course. At the same time it suddenly
seemed 70 be enveloped in thick, black
smoke. 1t went down with great rapidity,
and was almost instantly lost sight of
HANCOCK
The Rodlck." at Bar Harbor, opened to-
day, June 10th. The "West End" opens
June 23d.
There were one hundred arrivals at Bar
Harbor Saturday. on the steamers CITY of
Richmond and Mount Desert.
} KENNEBEC.
A Readfeld correspondent writes the
Commercial: The postal authorities seem az
utterly unable to explain the mysterious re-
appearance OF letters addressed to Winthrop
bank. after they had been missing IA DAYS az
they were in the first place to account for
their loss. The letters bore none of the
marks which postal requirements make neces.
sary on envelopes of letters which have
simply been miscarried. The cashier of the
same bank now assures your correspondent
that very important letter from Washing.
, ton is now 4 days overdue.
OXFORD.
Oxford County Agricultural Society have
, enclosed the land at South Paris, purchased,
last season, and are building new half-mile
track with a covered grand stand The pre-
, miums, especially on trotting, have been
raised to liberal figure, and it Is confidently
expected the fall meeting will be the mos,
successful of all former meetings.
PIscArAoUIs.
The Salvation Army has attacked Dover.
The Wing is informed that two of the soldiers
began a siege there Friday.
SOMERSET.
| HARMoNY-Our correspondent writes: AT
the railroad meeting held here Monday, June
18th, the town voted to raise ten thousand dol
lars, the extent allowed by law for the road,
and something is being done by way of sub
scription.-Rev. N. r. Turner is going to oc.
cupy the pulpit three fourths of the time for
the coming year.
WALDO.
LIBERTY.-Our correspondent writes, June
IL: Lieutenant Everad Hatch of the U. S
Army, accompanied by his wife, is at home
on "sick leave" and will spend his furlouQh al
, his fathers in this village. Lieut.. Hatch
, since his graduation at West Point, has been
. stationed at Montana and Kansas A. II.
Bean, with Mrs. Bean of Orwell, Oswego, Co.
N. Y, is passing few weeks at Mrs. Cops
MIR. Bean is a native of this place having been
absent fifty years. A few of the early settlers
remain to welcome him back to his native
hills. Mr.. Bean is half brother of the late
Timothy Copp, Esq.-Thomas Mathews
, sprained his ankle quite badly last week in
an effort to save his horse from running avn y
The horse escaped, however, and ran to the
stable breaking the harness badly and doing
the buggy no little damage.-We learn thai
, S. T. Young has had an offer for his fine spar
of horses from Waterville party. The &C
, ceptance of which is not vet decided.-Geo
H. Hill and Mrs. Hill of Boston are visiting
. at j. j. Walkers. Mrs. Hill who has beer
il quite poor health of late, we are glad tc
notice, is much improved The Liberty all
is getting quite famous for its bracing anC
invgorating qualities. Lutte Hatch il
teaching in the lower village district this
summer. We learn that there will be M
school at the upper district during the no
weather The hard cider business is becom
ing quite a nuisance in this place, notwith
}. standing the efforts of the temperance people
Several of our young men are being ruined
. BY its use. Five or six barrels were broken
open and spilled the other evening, WHERE
: cider is wont to be sold, BY party of plucky
young men who have seen the sad havoc iti
use is making. Good for the boys. Several
+ mN~o barrels are waiting for the spoilers
haInm, u. o. johnson was elected mem
Der of the republican district committee a
the convention in Watervlle last week -
Money is being raised to defray the cost of
celebration in this village the coming fourtl
E of July.-Mrs. E. L. Estabrook of Rockiane
0 H. Hunt, Esq
WASHINGTON.
The Calais Times speaking of the rescu,
D of prisoner Buckley of the Calais lookup BY
' masked men, says: Imprisoning men in Ca
0 las is becoming as much of a farce as it ha
been in st. Andrews. Still no movement i
E being made towards obtaining secure lock
up in suitable location. 1t is fun for tn
e prisoners but disgrace to Calais.
Benjamin F. Bucknam. well-known bust