Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-31
State News.
ANDROsCOGGTH.

AsDRoscoGGIH.
At the Turner town meeting Wednesday
Dec. %, II was voted to rebuild the school
house at the village. Ii will be about tn,
same size and style as the one DESTROYED
1880 was raised for the purpose PROPOSAL
VIII soon be issued BY the selectmen for re
building. 1t will be erected on nearly III,
same foundation. The selecimen were fur
ther empowered To use more money if ueces
sary for the erection of a good substantia
house.
The following list of deputy sheriffs TO
1856 and 1887 have been appointed by sheriff
Smith: MELON Howard, Lewiston; w. B
Jordan, Li-bln; c. G. Thurston. Poland
Jas. g. Jordan, Ssbstis; William Maine
Lisbon Falls; Ira T. Monroe. N Livermore
X Cobb, Mechanic Falls; Wallace Carey
Turner; r. II Pettingill. Leeds
Erwin Mahar. aged seventeen years, va
drowned while skating on the river at LIE is
ton, Sunday.
CUMBERLAND
The dynamos for the electric light plant a
the Warren paper mills, Westbrook, hav,
arrived and are being set in position. TIL,
engines also have been forwarded but hav,
not yet been received. TIE lighting system
of the mills when completed will be larg'
enough for fair sized town, and comprise,
800 incandescent and 20 are lamps, says tn,
Portland Advertiser.
Tine fishing schooner John NJ Plummer
for the safety of which some anxiety has bee,
felt for some time. arriv d safely in Portlan,
Sunday, from the Nova Scottish coast with
fine trip OF Go 900 pounds of fish
The New Gloucester Packing Co., put VI
l52 900 cans ofsweet corn and succot sh tn,
past season.
new industry has been developed il
Hanc OK county, tn ( f gathering white pin,
and spruce cones for the French and German
markets.
The Bar Harbor Herald says from tn,
Dove property, which WAS purchased TO
$50, 900 last summer. S52 900 worth ha
already been sold and DR.. Derby still hold
about three .fiftbs of his purchase.
q. F. Severance Of Orrington has filed
bill in equity against Orlando Ash of Ba
Harbor to cancel deed of conveyance o
about four or five hundred acres of lant
which he alleges was obtained BY misrepre
sentation.
LINCOLN.
Mr.. Oren Carter, wife. and child, of Roun
Pond. had a narrow escape recently from
suffocating BY coal gas. The little girl awok
! first. but it was some time before she coul
arouse her parents.
| A petition is being crcu ated for signature
to have South Paris set of from the corpora
ton.
PIsCATAQUis.
Saturday Dec. %, Melvin Perham, Of Bal
nsrd, a teamster, had his leg broken. Tn
team ran down hill, in consequence of tn
bride chain breaking, and the result was this
Perham, horses, sled and logs, went into
heap together. The sled passed over his les
producing compound fracture of both bone,
SAGADAHoC.
The Central Church society of Bath at
recent meeting, voted to present to churc
in Temple, Arizona, large lot Of hymn book
| which were laid aside about year ago whe
new book. were purchased for the society.
Young Mems Business Club will b. oil
| gantZrd in Bath this month tor the purpos
of advancing the business and material pros
periiy of the CITY. One hundred promner
merchants and young men are already intel
ested in the organization.
SOMERSET.
stock company has lately been forme
under the title Of IS, bastic ,ok Granite Con
nanv," t. op rate on St Albans mountain, i
Harmony. G. J Shaw is Presid MT of tt
company, J. o. Bradbury Treasurer an
solicitor, Operations will be commence
next summer.
SkuwhegAn merchant was knocke
across his store while tryirg to tinker hi
electric light with stove poker.
WALDO
Prof. L. C.. Bateman of Searsmont write
to the Belfast Journal that while in Ne
JERSEY he dug into the grave Of Corn Hors,
the great war chief of the Delaware tribe
Indians, and found a battle axe. dozen ton
shawks, and IS flint srrow-heads.
WASHINGTON.
The Inspector of customs at Eastport m ad
| a seizure of three barrels of salt mackere
shipped from St. John on Mondays stesme
billed to Portland and invoiced as fresh fisl
York.
Hon. Geo. A. Frost. member of ex Gov
Wsshburn's council, slipped and fell al h
residence at Sprinzvsle, breaking his cola
bone and bruising himself quite severely.
AT LARGE
1t cost the State. the past vear, 50 500 II
the support of State paupers.
Some lawyers are of the opinion that NOR
| Superior Courts will be established in Main,
| At present there are three in Aroostook,
Cumberland and in Kennebec counties
A petition asking the Maine legislature
make an appropriation fer suitable mon,
ments to Maine troops at Gettysburg is beir