Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-30
State News.
ANDRoscoGaIN.

ANpRoscoGGIN.
Lewiston dispatch to the Portland Argu,
says: Rev T. II. Wallace, pastor of ST.
Jossph's church Of this civ. has recently
donated to ihe Catholics of Lpwist m the sum
of ten thousand d8llars towards the erection
of 4 new church
The stage between No Auburn and Liver.
more made it, first trip on runners this win.
ter on Nov. 18Th.
HANCOCK
An Ellsworth correspondent of the Bangor
Commercial saws that the question, who will
secure the postmsster's berth in that citv, ex.
cites almost a. much interest as The sh-rra-
bouts of the missing assassin Graves. There
are eight lively capdida;e- for the offce.
Alexander Perkins, If South P.nohscot.
aged "a wears, lost his house by fire, Novem-
her 9th. tn ban sss s,v-l All INST OF
The household goods The cause Of The fire
wss defective chimney; not insured
KNOX.
Al the annual meeting of the stakeholder.
of the Rockland & Vinalhaven steamboa,
company, TUESDAY,, directors were chosen as
follows: G VI. Brainerd. Z. P. Walker II
Y. erie. WIN. B. Kutr dge. g. A Satford
and L. G. Libby. MIR. B-4inerd was CHOSEN
president If the board. Mr.. Lswry treasurer,
and Mr.. Walker. superintendent and score
tary.
LINCOLN.
The recent marriage of Miss Emma s.
Chapman, of the Boston Home Journal, Il
VIM A. Gotta. member of the CIR. ely
relief party Is reported. The bride is a
daughter of stephen II Chapman. former
resident Of Damariscoita, and the first man
to enlist in the An Maine Regiment, says the
Damariscctta Herald.
OXFORD.
Mr.. rarnsworth Elliot has recent,
shot animal that puzzles every
one who has seen it. The animal
was shot out of tall tree The head
fur, long black tail. with dark hair up to its
| fore shoulders, and measures .hree feet nine
inches in length
PENOBsCOT.
The Commercial notes the appearance of a
strange disease in family in Dexter One
| child has died and anothtr is dangerously i'll
The children woke up In the night crying anC
| soon after were attacked with vomiting auC
diarrhea accompanied by high fever and end
ing in convulsions. The doctors say tn,
| disease Is new one to them.
| SAGADAHOC.
| John NJ. Gushing, the new executive eff
Ger of Vandrrbit's steam yacht Alva. is
native of Phipsburg ami is thirty five year
old. He is a graduate of the Bath High
School.
| MARYLAND. - Our CORES pondent write.
| Nov. 20 Our railroad celebration is over. an,
our people are once more quiet and settled il
their business affairs For the past fv,
months railroad conversation has been abou
all we have heard, on the streets in the shops,
and around the hearths at home. Men hav,
neglected their business affairs for months
| some of them, while the women with tina
fortitude which belongs to their sex encour
aged the men TO push it through. and tina
they have done, ami in manner praise
worthy to themselves and their associates
We have railroad, first elias. il
its construction. having as good steel rail Al
are manufactured with rolling stock sufficient
to do the present business, and as fine hit,
depot as there is in Maine, aud all other ap
purtenances belonging thereto All this ",
have, and it is all paid for; not one dollar o
debt agsinst the COMPANY, no mortgage. n,
pref rred stock attached thereto This j.
the first instance in Maine where a raj roac
has been built without one or more of the
| foregoing endorsements. Some of tn,
| leading railroad officials in the State said i
could not be built on such principles, but i
has and that is all there is to it The mex
important question: will it pay? Yes, !
does pay from the start, and now our citizen
propose to maxi it pay a good dividend, 81
that all stockholders may rec i've fair in
terest IN the money which they have invest
ed. This seems like loud talk to OUTSIDERS
but We know whereof we sp.ak Our citizen
have not drained their pockets in the bui dne
Of this road There is a surplus LIT suffi
cient to build several manufacturing iut.rest
which are being quietly pushed forward
| Whoever reads this weeks issue of the In
dustrial Journal will learn something of tn,
resources of our vicinitg, and the la'ge mum
Der of wafer power undeveloped, most o
which are within fifteen minutes drive from
cur villnge. The water power which drive.
our schinerv is not half developed, and i,
one of the best in Name, for the reason rha
II is safe, there being large Ike CONTROL, {
by our upper dam which never runs low. Al
we want Is to draw few ma ufacturers her,
AS other places have done, au1 then we car
grow as well as they. This, we think,
be brought about in a few years at the lon.
ct such We hupp.-Mr-. Louisa Patten All
old lady of this place, died one neht las
week She has been great sufferer for
many years, having been confined to her bee
most of he time, occasioned by shock. -
Hon. A. | inn has gone on Western trip
| No doubt it Is in the interest of the town tina
| he has gone. We understand he has reia
tives there who have talked of moving theil
business to Hartland for year past.-R f
| Latty was summoned to Portland last We,
by { United States marshal to answer TO c. r
tain charges for the ILL., gal selling Of lqup,i
| duri'g The year 1885 as town agent. Count,
Attorney Bradbury defended him. He wal
acquitted.
| WALDO.
| 1t is said one cannot throw a stone in tn,
village Of Searsport, without hitting lme on,
named Nichols. And this Nichols will eithe
he sea captain. present or past or the wife
son or daughter of one.
| The Liberty & Belfast telegraph line i
now in working order and Liberty is one,
more connected with the outside world.
There is great excitement in the town o
| Brook>vilie over a house that is supposed Il
be haunted. A correspondent of the Blu ks