Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-18
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State News.
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AsDRoscoGeIx.
spark from one of the pickers in the
rarnsworth Mill at Lisbon Center started a
oiaze tuesday morning, that tor a time
threatened to prove serious. All of the ma.
.shai IN the room was spoiled and the walls
o but the damage will not be large.
nc mill MIGRANTS ana hose put out the IRE.
ARoosTooK
In one of his recently published articles
upon Aroostook county, Daniel Sticknev
Esq. takes occasion to saw: ..Tbe time will
soon come if not here already, when the in.
terest OF the great county Of Aroostook will
make It necessary that it be divid, d into three
IL not four counties; three surely. Dividing
the county by the north line of Limestone.
caribou, Woodland and Perham, and so on
greet across the county 10 the west line of
tue state and county, would make a county
vi nity-eight townships, having alreadva pop
ulatlUn, including New Swed n and Seven
Islands. of at least $4,000. Thi. division
with Van Buren, for the shire town. or nn.si,
bly, Grand Isle, with another division AZ tho
south line of Bridgewater, and Presoua Isla
Tor the shire town of that county. wouid SETTLE
the whole question of the division of Aroos-
LOOK Tor half century to come. eouitably
and we'll.
Martin Bracket, Temple Perry, Jr, Lnui.
ferry, Allen Perry of Sherman. and Abram
Ferry of Silver Ridge Plantation. were con-
Vlcted at the Superior Court Houlton. and
sentenced to two years each, for burglary and
larceny at Dennis Mullen's store on the 26th
day of May last. About $3.50 worth of
watches and jewelry were stolen at the time
Three of the convicted men are brothers, the
Others cousins TO them. There have been
reported instances of larceny committed in
the town and vicinity covering years, the cul-
prlt' escaping detection.
Operations in the woods are under full
headway and more will be done the present
than the last season Wages for men and
teams are higher than last winter.
CUMBERLAND.
The cattle and horses of Herbert McKeu-
ney OF Scarboro have been poisoned nv Paris
green. No clue has as yet been discovered
out suspicion points to tramp workman
bred during the summer by Herbert Me-
henDey and who for some cause was dis
charged this fall
FRANKLIN.
At a meeting of the legal voters of school
district No. 3, Phillips, held to see if they
would vote to accept the charter granted bv
the last legislature to incorporate Phillips
village for better protection from fire, after
much discussion, the charter was rejected by
vote of d2 to SO. 1t is thought however
that at another meeting it can be carried
Pennington has purchased a fourth size
steam fire engine of the Silly Manufacturing
Company of Seneca Falls, n II. A hose
carriage and supply of hose has also been
bought
HANCOCK.
The p ople in Deer Isle have lust com
pleted new congregational church in the
place OF the one burned several wears ago
The new cdlfce contains eighty pews and will
seat $50 people easily The church will soon
be dedicated
OXFORD
The heirs of the late Mrs. Cybelia Fauuce
of Oxford. who willed the most of her proper
ty to the Portland Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, are contesting the will
While VIM r Morse, of South Paris, was
leading COW she became unmanageable,
throwing him down and trampling upon him.
tie has been seriously i'll since and fears are
entertained that he is fatally injured internal
ly, says the Democrat.
PENoBsCoT.
Says the Bangor Commercial Edison
'"N""S"S " oiChDulh, is sui Helu NJ tne
Jail for wife beating. He was bound over in
81 200 till the February term and was or
dered to furnish bonds in ST. 900 to keep the
peace. The Police Court has reduced these
sums to $500 aud 5000
SAGADAHoc
Business is good at the New England and
Bath Iron Works.
The next meeting of Ssgadahoc County
Panama mill h.,
Grange, Bowdoinham, Wednesday, Dec Ist,
instead of Nov. Path.
SOMERSET.
Boynton Bros, of Lexington, who recently
lost two horses by breaking through a bridge
at Flagstaff will demand payment of the
county, says the Fairfield Journal The
damages are set at $1,000 If the matter is
not settled by the County Commissioners at
once, suit will Re brought at the December
term of court.
No. MADISON. Our correspondent writes
Nov. 10: The Sabbath School at the Twelve
torners closed the 9TH, with fair prospp cts
for the future Elders Carr and Monroe are
holding protracted meetings on Blackwell
HiIl.-Fred T French has made 1864 gallons
of cider this fall besides several barrels for
himself.
The Monson Slate says there is talk in
PALMYRA of having the mail route transferred
from Newport to the iron bridge, and to re-
ceive-two mails day instead of one day. as
Is now the case, the cost to be the same as
from Newport. This change, if effected, will
be one of considerable be nefit to the place, as
the early morning mails lie over in Newport
until P. NJ
AS Hiram Martin and boy were chopping
timber in st. Adams, the other dav, they
found three webs of dress goods, some tobsc-
co and several pairs of women's boots, con-
cealed in hollow log. The goods were
stolen from the Calvin Bigelow store as is
shown by the marks on them. They were
worth about $50. but were spoiled when
found.
YORK.
movement is now in progress at Old
Orchard to start a small shoe factory there
1t is intended to commence the enterprise
with stock of So 800 which will include the
cost of a building and equipments.