Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-26

LIQUOR DEPUTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ARTICLES ON THE CANBRIDGE-Posr Or
fIcs CHASGEs-OrHER News ITEMS.
ARoosTooK
Sheriff F. W. Burns by request of the
leading temperance ladies and gentlemen Of
Houlton. has appointed Hiram K. Whi,comh
special deputy for the enforcement of the
liquor law - 'A'
within three weeks three young ladies of
Fort Fairfield have died of consumn.ion
Custom House Officer P. C. Keeesn sa;za3
a load of rum on Monday The North Star
At Van Buren, thinks the horse, barnes, and
pung must have been ordered for smuggling.
as the valuation of all was S26
AxDRoscoGGm.
Mrs. Austin Hutchinson of Keene's Mills
oied very suddenly, Saturday, of diphtheris.
she had been tskiag care of a child that died
few days before with the disease.
There is thought to be a good prospect for
the shoe manufacturing business in Auburn
the coming year.
party of Lewiston fishermen have gone
to Cobbossee pond on a two or three week,'
fishing trip.
Lewiston crayon artist has finished a
portrait of the dead child of an Auburn gen.
tleman. All he had to work from was the
picture OF cousin whose nose Was said to be
exactly like the dead child's, together with
the description furnished by the parents.
CUMBERLAND.
Town meeting at New Gloucester will oc.
cur next Monday, Mar. l. Aa article to build
a town house, has been put into the warrant
Tor dozen successive years, and as many
times defeated.
Many of the Harpswell fishermen have been
engaged of late in picking up wreckage from
the lost steamer Cambridge Several barrels
and casks of gin, whiskev, ale, beer, etc.
have been found. One barrel marked kero.
sene oil, when opened, was found 10 be filled
with whskey
Prof John Avery. of Bowdoin College who
was recently elected an honorary member of
the Royal Asiatic Society of the united coun-
tries of England. Ireland and Scotland, is &C :
quainted with fifteen languages. He is now
engaged in compiling dictionary of lau-
guage existing iu the south of India. He is
probably the only American living who is at
all familiar with it.
The funeral services of the late Philip Lee
Paine were held at the residence of his family,
in Portland, Wednesday afternoon, Messrs
Geo. NJ. Seders, Barrett Potter, Fred "
Chase, Charles A. True, Albert B. Hail.
Alfred E. Barlow and DR.. Clarence Baker
acting as pail bearers. Among the floral
tributes were large anchor of white flower.
from the class of 1874, Portland High School,
and pillow from the class of 1878, Bowdoin
College.
A Rockland firm has blind horse The onlv
peculiarly of this is that this is the second
blind horse that this firm has had, and both
animals have become blind while in their
possession.
| PENoBsCor.
Ship knees for the Bath market are annual.
lv shipped from Dexter station in considera-
BILE quantities.
SOMERSET.
The Somerset Fibre Co. will hereafter nav
their help weekly, commencing Wednesday
of this week.
The small pox inspection station at Moose
river has been abolished by the State Board
of Health.
A detachment of the Salvation Army
opened a series of meetings in Fairfield about
a month ago. The number of converts ha.
already reached forty.
WALDO.
The event of greatest interest in Troy, of
late, writes correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal, is the removal of the post-ofice
Mrs. Sarah Norton has been postmistress for
several years, and the Office gave employment
to her aged. invalid husband. The new in
, cumbent Mr.. l. NJ. Knowles, will, no doubt
be faithful and obliging public servant, blu,
a very large share of the patrons of the Of
fee sympathize with Mrs. Norton and her
husband and on their account regret the
change.
The Prospect stone workers have settled
the price of labor for the wear on the granite
works at Mt Waldo Work will begin as
soon as the weather moderates. A large
crew is wanted. One vessel load of stone
from the works lies on Point Judith. lost in
heavy gale this winter
YORK
The post-ofice at Nason's Mills, Lining.
ton, has been discontinued and the mail sent
from South Limington thereto.
AT LARGE.
| 1t having been claimed that the wild game
of Eastern Maine was killed by scores by
crust hunting. game warden writes to the
Bangor Wing denying the statement so fal
as southern and eastern Penobscot and north
ern and eastern Hancock counties are con
cerned. He says that fewer deer have been
killed on the late crusts than on those of any
winter for years, and deer are more plenty
than for long time. Hunters. he says, are
losing their eagerness for crust hunting and
on solid crusts it will take smart dog to
catch deer.