Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-07
State News.
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across the ruins of an ancient brick oven tn
door of which he opeoed. La it he found .
quarter Of gross of matches. watch the hea
OF the IRE hsdn'G been sufh cieuI to ignite.
CUMBERLAND.
Tuesday afternoon the house If Wallac,
Cole, al Naples MAS burosi. rne fire starte,
in srraw bed in one of the Chambers. Tn,
barn was not burned. Most of the furnitur,
was saved. Loss ABOUT $500
Frank 5. himoatl, an enGerprising man OF
Portland. mas caarted the lhree- TED
schooner Minnie c. Taylor, Capt FREDERICK
Leighton, for voyage 10 the West Indie
and Central America. He sailed Monday
lie has on board large assortment of gen
eral merchandise which he intends to sci
among the different islands rhs princips
part of his cargo is made up OF foe lumbel
and household furniture, for which he expects
to find ready market. He also has On bosrC
u large stock OF the more common fame,
goods, and good assortment Of dry goods
de has many so-cailed Yankee notions Il
peddle out among the natives.
HANCOCK.
The Ellsworth American SAYS three voun!
men, who have recenuy been employed a
the sardlne works, were discharged from
David S"eus boarding house at East La
moline, for disorderls conduc. anu befor,
leaving, they broke up crocXery ware, gas,
ware, the stove, lamps ami finally the gu.
door pump, until they nearly Quilted tn,
place. MIR. SWEET tri> d next morning - col
iect small sum to reimburse HIM for hi
loss, before they went on the boat, and no
until the boat was ready to cast off. woulC
they pay the petty sum of seven dollars. The
h.spp fol cd f,r nd he ~
his deputy, after very hard driving, got to the
place soon after the boat left.
KNOX.
The dwelling house and barn belonging t,
DAVID Williams of Warren, were burned
w sdnesday noon. ALI the hay, and part OF
the farming implem nts were consumed. Two
pigs persisted in the flames. The cause OF
the fire is unknown. Loss about 81, 200; in
sured for $500.
LINCOLN
Improvements are being made on the Kno,
& Lincoln railroad roadway, under the policy
OF displscing wood by earth. The trestle.
work, 200 feet, over the creek and marsh be
tween the Woolwieh and Nequasset stations
III be surrendered and manufactured terrs
tirma substituted A granite culvert has beer
built on dry ground (dry as the marsh car
be) and the creek, by turning one of it:
curves into right line, will be sent on it.
way through the new channel. The films
of the enbankment is well advanced.
PENoBscoT.
CoRINNA.-Our correspondent writes, Aug
8: The G. A. r. boys OF Cornna and New
port, with their wives and daughters, hav,
mad three days encampment and picnic OF
the shores of Newport Pond. They brok
camp Thursday The Nickerson Bros, viii
hold a salvation meeting next Sunday in tn
Brooks Grove.-Our genial marketman, }
ii. shepherd, was made happy last Sunday
but the town Is deprived of the services o
one of its best teachers, Miss BERTHE Phil
brick.-Mrs. Hampton Z. Hill of Saco, will
her Two children, mas been visiting relative
here.-Ghe members of the Owl Club ar
reading Shakespeare's historical plays an,
studying contemporary English history. Thi
is literary organic .tion composed entirel,
oI ladies.
The foundation is being laid on which t
build new depot at Newport.
SAGADAHoC.
Water Witch, No. 4, Fire Engine Co., O
Bowdoinham, was organized thursday even
ing, Aug. s., with the following officers
Foreman, Noble Maxwell; lst Asst, Geo
Church 2nd Asst. If. Babb, Clerk, 5. Cook
Treas Maxwell Steward, f. Berry Fore
man Hos, Wolfe Bran; lst Pipe, Der, Bod
we'll; End Pipe, Joseph Ad ms. he compa
ny voted to go to Gardiner the 18th, aud com
pete for the prizes offered for tirst-class en-
gines.
WALDO.
The Belfast journal reports considerabl
excitement in the western part of the town O
Waldo occasioned by disorder of the catt
of Mr.. Bow den, which had symptoms of tn
berculosis. Mr. Bowden killed one ANNA
and an examination of the lungs show e.
them Co be affected. Five or six other ami
mails becoming sick the selectmen were mott
fed, who ordered them to be kept in the sta
Bile away from those not affected. DR.. Bale
of Portland was sent for, who came dow
and made an examination. He though
| there was no risk in turning out all the ami
mails except one, and he was not sure tina
one had tuberculosis. although the symptom
indicated that it might be, but in the frs
stages of the disease 1t is difficult to tell wit
certainty. He left orders for the animal t
be killed should it grow any worse.
Emery Nickersun, an old and much re
spected citizen of Swanvile, died on Wed
nesday of last week, aged nearly seventy
five years, says the Belfast Age. Mr.. Nick
erson was prominent man in his town, hold
ing various tow1 offices at different times
He was postmaster for several years and on
year representative to the legislature. II
was for many years trader, but retired fron
business few years ago.
WASHINGTON.
While remoN iny The sock of boots an,
shoes IA m the Old 81 rIng store in Calais
now owned by MIR. Spence--an old letter di
rected by Richard Ras.uck Of St. Andrews Il
l.. +. Delesdernier, of Eastpurt, at. d jan
%, 1870 turned up--seventy six ve1rs ago
The Delesdernier mentioned, was the fathe
of VIM, Deiesdernier, whu was sheriff of ,hi
county in 1886 and 81
YORK.
The invention of an Old Orchard man 70
launching boats beyond the surf BY mean
OF a cradle and endless rope ives successful
ly worked at rtr-nt trial.
\ brother Of Charles J. Guitcau Is in a,
tendance at the Ocean Park campmeeting
He was III Saco to-day on a brief visit.
\ dead salmon nearly :hree Zee, in lie ,gtl
was found floating in thu river at Bddeforc