Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-24
Over the State.

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+ SIS ,997 has been subscribed TO the fund Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. building in Bangor.
The Nealy Rifles of Lewiston want to gel
at the Coburn Cadets, of the State College,
again and challenge them for another drill
to take place in Bangor or any other Maine
city
On Thursday the schooner Lucy Dyer
landed 22 600 pounds of fish, aud the Willie
and Alice, Josephine Swanton, Lizzie May
and John Somes together landed about 20, >
900 pounds.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has award
ed the contract for furnishing 100 spars for
buoys for use in the First Lighthouse Dis
trict to Rumery, BRINE & Co. Of Portland,
at 500
SHeury Gale, Esq, one of Bsngors old and
much esteemed citizens, died at an early
hour Wednesday morning. Mr.. Gale was
for many years the health officer in that city
and vas well known. He was Is years old.
The resignation of A. NJ Edwards, Esq.
superintendent of the Lewiston schools,
has been accepted, to 90 in effect on Jan. /.
Mr.. Edwards resigns his position To engage
in business.
The saw mill and planning mill owned by
Clark Milliken Of Ricamond have closed
for the season. Monday, the firm started
their teams for the wood., accompanied by
Eugene Clark wro will look after their in
terests there.
The house of Levi Twitchell of Bethel
took fire Wednesday night aud was saved
from burning with much difficulty. The
house of Moses Cummings Middle Inter
vale) Bethel, was also entirely consumed by
fire the same night.
W. F. Morgan & Co.'S shoe factory at
Richmond is nov turning out about fifteen
cases daily. This will be brought up to tHen-
ty-five very 5000. The force employed dur
ing this run will be about one hundred hands
One or two new finishing machines are TO be
put in soon.
The four large sheets of glass designed to
cover the skylights on the roof of the rea:
extension of the Public Library building
Portland, were successfully laid in place yes
terday afternoon. These lights are each six
feet square and tive-ei xhths of an inch hick,
and weigh about three hundre pounds
apiece. The work of hosting and la ling
them in position was managed by the CON
tractor, w. W. Burrowes. the foreman of
the work being Jane, Kelley.
The proposed erection of the steam saw
mill on the farm of Chas. Cerson on the
Brighton road in Athens. by Fred futile,
Esq, will fill long felt want The farmers
in that section will nJw be able to have their
lumber sawed cheaper and at no great dis
lance from home. There is lumber enough
within stones throw of the proposed mill to
keep it at work steadily for two years, and
enough more on the surrounding farms to
supply the mill while more is growing.
An export trade has commenced from
Aroostook county by way of St. John. The
schooner Nellie Bruce now in St John har
Dor has on board a part cargo of empty oil
barrels, which came all the way from
Presque Isle. and is probably the first cargo
from Presque Isle hat has been shipped by
way of St John. The barrels were brought
dow the river or log raft, and were taken
on board the schooner above lndiantown
There are several hundred of them. The
barre are going to New York.
A movement is ON foot to have nearly all
Of Hancock peninsula, or all that part of the
town of Han :ock which is south of the fol-
lowing described line set off and incorporated
into separate town, viz Beginning on the
east side Of the town, on Sullivan River, at
the mi Idle line of the Sullivan Ferry road !;
thence southwest along the middle line of
that road to the county road leading to Mt.
Desert Ferry; thence westerly to Skillngs
river. For more definite description see
the Legislative notice in another column of
this paper. g