Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-30

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State News
ASDRoscoGGu.
At about five o'clock, MONDAY afterpoon .
crew of men AT work on the Main straa,
Grammar School building, nov in process of
construction, we're moving q derrick on the
second floor. A portion Of the supports gave
way and the derrick fell Three men fell
with it, two of ~hnm. Daniel Sylvester of
Etns and Albert Sylvester of Pit,sburg. were
quite severely hurt.
ARoosrooK.
Caribou was visited Sept. 2lst bv a slight
fall of snow.
Chsrles Niles, who lives two and a half
miles out of Houltsn, los. his barn by FIRE
the night OF Sept. 25,h. H vas ,ak,nt care
OF his stock for the night. and On attempting
70 pass by clt. the animal kicked Mr.
Niles and Also smsshed the lantern. setting
nay and barn on fire. Los $500; insured
tor $500.
The Pioneer says: About $4,000 is paid
oot weekly for potatoes for shipment from
Houlton station. Large quantities of pota-
toes are also being purchased at the three
starch factories in the town.
CUMBERLAND.
Rev. Prof. II. L Chapman of Bowdoin
College. will be one Of the speakers at the
State Convention of Young Mems Christian
Associations, TO be held 10 Portlani O:t. 2S-
81.
Prof. Henry Carmichael, formerly of Bow
dom College, is now established 10 Boston.
as an analytical and consulting chemist.
FRANKLIN.
The September term of the Supreme Judi
nal
Judge w. w. Virgin presiding. The con
tinued docket numbers 100 cases, 60 of which
Are marked for trial The term will proba-
bly, hold two weeks.
HANCOCK.
The Bar Harbor trotting park has lust been
sold TO New York parties for S2O, 900 and
after this season will be used no longer for
trotting. Ex-senator Yulee of Florida has
bought twenty acres OF land some distance
out of town, tor which he paid SAC, 900. He
already has crew of men at work there
clearing up the place and will build mag.
nihcent summer residence there before next
spring Some ST Louis friends of Senator
Iulee have bought six acres of land adjoining
his for $4,000. +--.s #. Ia
-t OXFORD.
Edmund Kmball of Sw eden, who has been
a feeble, sicklv man for wears and 10 needy
circumstances, has just received a back pen
sion of 50 PA.
Mr.. w. J Wheeler. of South p.ri,. H., a
valuable mare and colt recently, report, IA
Democrat. Thev were pastured near the
railroad and getting upon the track we're
struck by the engine on the THURSDAY night
express. Mr.. Wheeler had just refused 500
for the colt and the mare was valued at $500
PENoBsCoT.
General orders have been issued from the
headquarters OF the Second Maine Regiment
in Bangor, that all officers of the command
wear the usual badge Of mourning and the
regimentsl and company colors be draped
during the next 80 days as a token of respect
to the memory of Lieut.. Frank G Whitney
of Hampden. Musician Francis r. Linnell
and Private f II. Hail, lately deceased
Mr.. Woodward, an electric light expert,
while putting in incsndescent fixtures at
Bangor, got a terrible shock in the citation
Tuesday afternoon. He was putting up an
arc light and accidentally swung it ia such a
manner as to throw open a switch and re-
celve nearly the whole current. He was
knocked completely senseless but recovered
consciousness after little time.
The Bangor lumbermen all agree in saying
that the cut of logs the coming season will be
much larger than for several years past. 1t
is said that one-thrd more concerns viii
operate than usual and all will 60 in for a
big winters work.
SO ne person or persons unknown broke in
to Ell Nealley and Whltten's store in Mon
roe, recently and stole artic es to the amount
of nearly one hundred dollars. They first
broke into a blacksmith shop and purloined
the tools to breek into the store with. The
conditions of the robbery are the same az a
series of robberies which occurred in differ
ent parts of the State last year.
At a recent meeting of Equity Grange, says
the Belfast Press. the question of the respec-
tive cost of raising hay to SELL or TO feed,
was discussed. r w. Ellis showed, f.om
carefully kept accounts, tina. hay raised and
fed to mlch cows on the farm, cost him in d
series of years So "a per ton. while those who
had sold their hay and bought commercial
fertilizers could not get the cost below Sl3
WASHINGTON.
The unvailing of the Soldiers Monument
at Machias will occur Oct. 14th instead OF
9Th as has been reported. Judge Rounds of
Calais is expected to deliver the address.
York.
York county conference of Congreg alto ma
churches will meet in annual session in the
Second Congregational church, Biddeford,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 5 and 6.
Sanford, says the Portland Press, expert
enced a remarkable change of temperature
between the hours of 10 A. NJ. and IL NJ.
Monday. The mercury fell rapidly and the
wind blew almost a gale, while at intervals
during the afternoon flakes of snow were
perceptible whirling through the air. The
heat in TIE morning Of the same day had
been almost unbearable.
AT LARGE.
The Portland Express says; The New Eng
land fleet landed 1898 barrels of mackere
last week, which brings the total catch fol
the season up to So, ST. barrels against 25S,
900 barrels for the same time last year, and
$40 693 barrels in 1884 This shows that there
is still a deficiency of 200 600 barrels as com
pared with last year, and as many of the yes
sells have arrived from the Bay. and other,
are on the way home, tnere is no prospect Of
of the calch running over 100 900 barrels ,anC
it NAV not foot I'D more than 10 900 barrels