Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-09
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II INTO MS Darn.
Wednesday the Sabaiis mills began work
on the basis of ten hours for days. work.
working lo4 hours on five DAYS and II
hours Saturday. The regulation trips
are verv strict. requiring the help
10 work from the time the whistle sounds for
the commencing of work until in blows to
stop. No time is given for washing or for
cleaning machinery, except on Saturday. All
labor is paid BY the hour.
The Baptist oiety at Lisbon Falls ex-
tended to Rev. Mr.. Hovt, who has been sup
plying their desk lately, a call to their pastor
ate, which e has accepted. He will locate
there at once. Mr.. II. is graduate of the
Theological schnol at Newton, Mass, and
will be ordained in the course of few weeks
CUMBERLAND.
The Press learns that VIM O'Bricn of the
class of SO, Portland High School, has not
been late. absent or dismissed once in four
years, which beats the record.
The t~o-stori-d dwelling of E. G Mount
ford of Knightvile. Cape Elizabeth. caught
FIRE from spark. as is supposed from the
chimney, Tuesday, and was badly damaged
The furniture was got out in fair condition.
There was an insurance of S2000 which will
cover the loss.
A: the western part of KiDgield near the
foot of Mt. Abram, large mill is being built
by Gilbert Bros. of Canton This mill is
l04 feet long, 40 feet wide and three stories
high, and when completed, will be capable of
manufacturing $4,000 feet of lumber per day.
In connection with this mill large two-story
boarding house, 81 by SO feet is being built
for the accommodation of the operatives of
he mil fah
blacksmith shop, etc. This mill is to he con-
nect,.d with the F. & NJ. X. r BY branch
road. distance of little less than two miles.
Mr.. Reed of Lewiston is surveying the route
KESSEBEc.
Mrs Harriet Blanchard, IN old lady who
lives with her grandchildren in Chelsea, fell
out of door onto the stone steps of the house
a few DAYS ago. and broke her hip. She is a
great sufferer. and it is feared will not sur
vive' the shock, being more than 90 years of
age.
OXFORD.
Isaac d. Fuller OF Buckfield had both
hands blown off. Saturday The Oxford
Democrat says that Mr. Fuller's tather-in-
law, Larnard Swallow, lost both his arms in
the same way, while loading heated cannon.
PENoBscoT.
The house and barn of George Pierce,
Frankfort, were burned Tuesday night, to-
gether with lot of hay and tools and part of
the furniture
Mrs. Isaac Strickland, Mrs. L. r. Prentiss
and Geo. Wing, heirs of the late A. A. Wing,
have decided to the city OF Bangor, for a
park the triangular lot 60 feet on Bowdoin
street, 60 feet on Vernon street ard S3 feet
on Hammond street, nearly opposite the
church in Baskerville, and the city govern
ment has accepted the gift and directed the
Mayor to return thanks to the donors, and
further directed that in honor of the givers
the land shall b. known As "Wing Park"
Hay is selling very low in Bangor at pres.
ent. The best pressed hay sells for twelve
dollars per ton.
PIsCATAoUls.
The new hotel at Deer Isle in Moosehead
Lake is completed. The first dinner was
served there last Saturday and heartily en-.
joged by party of Greenville people.
SAGADAHoC.
ToPsHAM.-O Our corrrsp ,ndent writes, July
Eth: The franklin Family School closed
last FRIDAY evening with the usual rh tor cal
exercises, alter which ice cream and cake
were served. The Principal, d. L. Smith
and daughter have gone to Bar Harbor this
week to attend the American Teachers Insti
tute
SOMERSET.
EAST MADIsoN.-Our correspondent rites
July 9th: This place, which has heretofore
been regarded as an exceptionally healthy
LOCALITY. Is now being scnurgad with diphthe-
ria in its worst form. Out of some twenty.
four or twenty-five cases, there have been
eight deaths; and those that have died have
seemed to be beyond medical help from the
outset. AT present there are but two cases
neither of which are severe as vet It has
been thought By MANY living out of the place
that the disease was caused and has been ex
tended by the debris from excavations made
for the foundation of the new wooden mill o,
from an overflow of water which resulted
from the breaking away of bulkhead in the
spring. This, however, is clearly with
out foundation. The sanitary conditions
of the place have, on careful in.
spection, been found good, with few
and slight exceptions Every effort is beins
made to have them perfect There is good
evidence that the disease was started and has
been spread by simple contagion. 1t is hoped
that the means that are now being used vii
soon end its course here.-The new wooden
inlii Is just getting unuer way, ana mas quite
an amount OF cloth nearly ready to ship
Timely rains have assured an excellent ha,
crop and give promise of a full harvest
DIR. Crosman, the physician who has recent,
located in the place, is rapidly gaining the
confidence of the people by the interest that
he manifesis in the easss committed to his
care and the success that his skill is winning
Several new houses are being built ard
more to follow.
Geo. V. Penniman. c. NJ. o. of the Son.
of Veterans of the United Stste., organic
Z. ID. Morrill, Camp at Madison, July lst
with l.. c. Huntoon as Captain
At a recent town meeting in St. AlbaBs
the town refused to establish the Butler road
and the county commissioners will be called
upon to locate it. After prolonged attem.
to pet the taxes bid off, the meeting adjourned
ieas%Ag the town without a collector Tn
selectmen will. 10 appoint one; and the
town lie without u constable
Msrcellus Stewart has been appointed post
master at North Arson, vice L. II. Pease re-
moved.
YORK.
As Mr.. Charles Frank Staples was on his
way home from Portsmouth to Eliot in hi.
boat, about ten o'clock Saturday night, he
fouled a schooner lying at the Eastern rail-
road wharf, the boat was capsized. and he
was drowned. 1t is said that the unfortu
nate man was under the influence of liquor
when the accident occurred.
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