Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-12
STATE NEWS.
AROOSTOOK.


gentleman in Island Falls tells that he
moved to the town thirty years ago this
spring, and that it was a COLI backward year,
the trees not starting To grow until the ninth
of June. Another man who went there
about the same time got discouraged. and
left in the fall of the same year, as he said
he did not like to live in part of the
country where they had to heat water to grind
their scythes?"
Water in the Arootstook river is falling
rapidly.
Eleven persons from old Sweden arrived
in Caribou MONDAY on tn ir way to New
S eden, where they will locate.
CUMBERLAND.
The Maine and New Hampshire Granite
Company, situated on the line of the Portland
& Ogdensburg railroad between Center and
North Conway, is 10 send a great quantity of
paving stones to New York city by way of
Portland. During the summer about 200
carloads will be brought to Portland to be
shipped. One vessel is already loaded and
another is loading there.
PENOBsCor.
The Newburgh farmers suffered more
severely from the ravages of the mice upon
their fruit trees during the past winter
than those of any other town in this vicinity.
They estimate their total loss at more than
81 900. This seems quite an amount of work
for the little animals to do in few months.
As the orchards all over the State were
severely affected the whole damage must
amount to many thousands of dollars.
SOMERSET.
FAiRrIELD.-Our correspondent writes
May IL J. NJ. Fogg left Thursday night for
Moose rivera. II. Duren went to Nor
ridgewock Thursday f. p Kenrick is
quite seriously i'll with gastric trouble. DR..
fash is the attending physieian.--Dr. Robin
son, assisted by Drs. Crossman and Parker,
performed an operation on the stomach of
Mrs. Head of Somerset Thursday A. NJ,
which was very successfui.-rhe Methodist
society held a sociabe and sale at the house
of Mrs. l.. Dow Wednesday night, which was
largely attended. Stephen Dyer has re-
turned from Boston, where he has been
spending the winter.-It is Geo. Small and
not Smith gas your paper read( that has the
incest hack on the river.-Mrs. Small has
begun repairs on her house which she has just
moved-A social dance here Tuesday night
III not draw very large crowd, but a good
one and good time is the report.-Mrs b
F. Eaton of Skowhegan was in town Thus
day
CANAAN.-Our correspondent writes May
10; Farmers in this vicinity are very busy
as the warm days come on. Some have
planted potatoes and many have sown peas.
There has been considerable grating done
in many orchards. Several have sheared
their sheep.-Mr. John Horn is in the place
today from Waterville looking after horses.
There was dance at the Town Hall.
Wednesday eve.--Mrs. Piercie Furber, the
wife of our landlord, is convalescing Mr. Ira
Goodrich, old gent snan, came near being
seriously hurt last night by falling in at
tempting to step from the depot by the post
Office to day bruising his face and causing
his nose to bleed profuscly. He is about to-
,iay.-V. X. futile is expected home soon
from New York.-Henry Kicker has sold his
farm to his father. Noah Kicker, and is
about to move to Lewiston. Herbert Getch-
ell has moved to Augusta. on the
new bridge in the village will be commenced
soon.-The little ones constituting the Band
of Hope are expecting good time Saturday
night at the town hall.-School began Mon
day at Moore. Mills under the tuition of
Mrs. Attic Mitchell The sexton buried the
dead from the receiving tomb last night
The trustees of the Maine Central Institute
at Pittsfield will finish the north wing of the
Institute building during the summer vaca-
ton for commercial college. 1t is the in
tention to have it ready to receive students at
the beginning of the next fall term.