Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-24


$50 more poll-taxes than were ever before
collected in the history of Lewiston.
The Auburn toboggan slide is not the only
one that has slipped up as well as slipped
down this winter. No toboggan chute in
Maine has paid anything this season. 1t
has been a ragged season on the toboggan.
The Deputy Labor Commissioner has
been inspecting the shoe factories and other
manufacturing headquarters in the cities,
and has but few children within the pro-
hibited age. There however is yet dis
position on the part of some parents to work
their children into the factories under the
proper age.
ARoosTooK.
The question of having water works at
Fort Fairfield is agitated, and it seems
probable that the system will be introduced
at no distant date.
The Republican learns that Miss Annie
Woodman, daughter of n. II. Woodman of
Washburn. has had to have her thumb
amputated on account of felon.
KESNEBEc.
WEST PrrrsToN.--Ou r correspondent writes
Feb. 90 Mr.. c. B. Church, President of the
| Independent Ice Co. and his son Mr.. Will
Church of Washington, ID. E. went from this
place to Boothbay last Wednesday and will re-
turn home from here.--Business is rather
dull now that the ice companies have all finish
ed filling their houses.-Mr. Joseph LaPlain
got his leg hurt while breaking out the roads
one day last week. e considerable hay is being
used by the ice companies for dunnage this
sprng.-Among the horses and colts sent on
to Washington ID. c. last week by the indie
pendent Ice Co. we noticed one of the finest
looking colts that ever left this State. He is
bright bay in color, stands 10 l-2 hands
high and weighed 1000 lbs. on Lawrence
Bros scales at South Gardiner on the l4th.
He showed 3 10 gait last summer and will
not be two years old until the 26th day of
April. He was sired by the well known stall
lion Gay Boy, he by Gen. Knox, ont of Nor
rill mare. They have another very handsome
colt few months old after Dexter Boone
which promises to be something very fine.
They sent their horses and colts in one of the
Burton stock cars. which is the best arrange
ment out for shipping horses in.-The indie
pendent ,knickerbocker, Consumers and Clark
Chaplin Ice Co.'S have crews at work dun
naging their ice.-Mr. c. w Churchs little
boy was quite sick last Sunday. DIR. Strout
attended it.-Mr. James Smiths wife is quite
sick. DIR. Turner attents her Mr.. Frank
Bates sick a part of last week with a bad
cold but is now able to be at work again.
Mr. Joseph Nash has moved into the FLYNN"
boarding house at the Independent ice houses.
WINTHROP The schools in Winthrop
have closed, The High school had an ex-
hibition at Town Hall, Friday evening. The
school in district No. closed with an ex-
hibition under the charge of the teacher
Fred W Newell. of Durham. a student of
Bates College. This was his second term
re.-Stuart Rogers, of Providence, X. l.,
| the impersOnator and Mr. F. L. Jordon of
Portland. the baritone, gave the second enter
tainment in the citizens course, at Town Hall.
last week.-There has been considerable in
terest of late in local law suit. gentle
man was charged with threatening to kill
another and burn the buildings The charge
was not sustained, however and be was dis
charged
Mr.. Eben q. Emerson, who has for the
past winter ofhcIated as clerk at DORIS drug
store Waterville, is to run the coming sea-
son as express messenger between Boston and
No Conway, ~ H., commencing March LIST.
SOMERSET
Tho Wasserrunsett woolen mill at u,diso,
ia ;dIe nc v., and !, ;s ;mnoss;hIa ~ s,a,a
whom il will he started nm again No rort of
,pv CONSEQUENCE has bosn do,o since last
oc,,hor Tha aroo,ors aro ,,.L;n,, 80,
fort r, arranoo tho hus;,oss of ,ha n|,,o,a,,,,
/ md tl,.,r =
hnldars ,.ot;no tho 1r;o;naI shara, -,
scaled down from s1oo IN go each Tb,. IN
dehtedpess is about al 600 but tho a;rectors
believe that slo 900 will nov the most nros-
sine debts and enable them r. start tho mill
After sc,l;rg down tho stocl pow srhsor;,,.
tion nanor was started and At last accoun,s
about & 600 had heen Subscribed
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4 snociaI meeting of the Skowbao,r ,tb.
lletic Association, held on Friday evening last.
the question of allowing the Young ladies' the
use of the rooms and apparatus was brought
before the members. In the first ballot the
yeas carried the day, and at the motion of A
member the vote was made unanimous Ia
Mr. Joseph HAYDEN of Athens while log
ging few DAVIS ago. was knocked down and
run over by his oxen and n load of hard wood
lumber. the sled passing over his lepf nearly
crushed them. lie was alone and man.gad
to get up and get home. but the next day he
was unable to move.