The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-12
the STATE.
KENNEBEc COUNTY,

KENNEBEc COUNTY.
Gardiner Republicans celebrated Tuesday
evening.
Heath Post, No. 6, G. A. r., of Gardiner,
Will celebrate their anniversary next Friday
evening. Hon. A. M. Spear will deliver an
address. There will be other speaking and
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Llewellyn Quimby was sentenced Satur-
day afternoon to Imprisonment at hard labor
for life, for the murder of William Kennis-
ton Of North Boothbay.
PENoBsCor COUNTY.
The shipping business at Bangor, says the
Commercial. Is very brisk and there seems to
be more of a demand for men than for many
seasons past. Coed seamen now get $50 and
S25 per month. and mates and cooks get $50
or $40. IL Is thought that the boom In the
c0asting trade next year Will be greater than
ever, and the shipping agents are looking for
rushing demand for men all the time.
Mrs. Sarah Morton, wife Of Rev. Hinckley
S. Morton Of Stetson, met with peculiar
accident few days ago. She mistook gun
powder for steel dust, and was using Il to
| polish knives and forks. 1t did not improve
their appearance and she added some hot
| ashes. There was fire In the ashes, causing
| the gunpowder to explode, burning Mrs.
Morton quite severely about the face and
head. She suffered great pain, but Is now
improving.
Mr.. John A. Greenleaf, the Lewiston con-
tractor and builder, has just closed con-
tract with the Shawmut Fibre Company for
the erection Of the largest pulp mill in the
United States, if not in the world. 1t is to
be built at Somerset Mills, and ex- Gov A.
III. Rice of Massachusetts Is one Of the
prominent projectors of the enterprise. The
buildings will. be nine in number, as follows /:
A woodworking room, 41x50 feet; digester
house, 50x64 feet; two tank houses, each 62x
10 feet; two machine houses, 54x52 feet. and
50x50 feet respectively; an acid house, 50x50
feet; sulphur burning house, 52x2S feet; a
sulphur storehouse 27x27 feet. These build
ings will be connected, and most Of them will
be 50 feet posted. Their erection will take
over 100000 feet of lumber, over 200, 900 shin.
giles, 1900 clapboards and about $50 ship
knees. Mr.. Greenleaf begins the job next
Monday, and will build the whole set Of
buildings at once.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Capt. Charles Wolstou, formerly Of Bath,
| was arrested in Albany, N. Y, Tuesday, on
the charge Of illegally voting, but was dis
charged after hearing, the judge deciding
that he voted legally.
YORK COUNTY.
Col. Jared A. Smith Is to meet the Board
| of Trade and citizens of Biddeford and Saco
soon, to talk over methods Of improving
/ their harbor.
IN GENERAL.
One of the newly elected trustees Of the
| State Fair is In trouble, and there Is likely
| to be a lively time before the matter Is set
tied Several prominent owners of horses
and stock say they will not exhibit II he Is
| retained. and as the management cannot
| very well dispense with his presence the sit
| uation becomes interesting. The State Fair
| people are also afraid the above named ex-
| hibftors will come to Augusta and aid in
| building the Central Maine Fair The ques-
tion Of retaining the gentleman on the board
| will come up at the next meeting.