Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-28
STATE NEWS.
AROOsTOOk.


The second school district has voted to
raise Sc 900 to build school house on the
school lot purchased last season-SiOoU oy
taxation and the balance by loan Geo. l.
Trickey, S. Taylor and B. Roberts we're
chosen building committee.
Hon. S. W. Collins will open up new
street at Caribou. during the coming season.
The street will commence between Mr.. Col
Inns and Rev. c. W. Porter's residence and
will run westerly parallel with Sweden street
A street to connect it with Sweden street will
be laid out just beyond E. g. Farrefs prop
ertv. The new street can and doubtless will
be. made one of the handsomest resident
streets in Caribou. and large number of
lots will be sold as soon as if is put on the
market, says the Republican.
HANCOCK.
The Odd Fellows of Ellsworth have fixed
up their hall in elegant style and have put in
new furniture which does one good TO look
Al. They have purchased thirteen chairs of
elaborate workmanship. the material being
solid black walnut. with plush upholstering
of different colors. each chair having on its
back an appropriate symbol in gilt. of the
Office to which it belongs Other pieces of
furniture have also been added and many
lower hall, too, has been fitted up for dane
ing and other purposes. and new safe. for
the protection of valuables, has been pur
chased.
The Ellsworth Public Improvement Society
has just presented the High School building
association with 1925 to make necessary
repairs.
Aionzo Smith has commenced work on the
Mount Cromer quarry, Gouldsboro. He has
force of paving cutters making blocks for
the New York market. 1t is reported that he
has sold one-half interest in the business to
C. {. Tracy of that place who will superin-
tend the work. They have now several car
goes on hand and will commence shipping
Immediately. Boston parties have been there
recently and bonded quarry land near that
upon which the Mount Cromer quarry is sit
uated. As there is a large amount of good
granite there it may reasonably be expected
that more quarries will be opened in the near
future.
SOMERSET.
| The Congregational church at North An
son, is renewing an unsuccessful attempt
made at the close of his seminary course to
secure the services of Rev. c. b. Wathen,
of Orono. Somewhat stronger grown, and
reinforced this time by the church at Scion
near by they are more hopeful of success.
/ Mr.. Wathen has been at OrOnO five years.
! Messrs. Forrest ( Marston of Skowhegan
have taken the contract to put in the steam
heating apparatus into and do the plumbing
of Oak Grove Seminary building at Vassal.
boro. Mr.. Forrest did the work in the
building recently destroyed by fire which
gave SO good satisfaction that the trustees
were very DESTROYS that he should do the
work in the new building.
1t is now contradicted that Mr.. J. f. Os
borne has retired from the proprietorship OF
the Quinnebassett Hotel, Norridgewock. Mr.
Osborne has leased the house for another
year and completely refurnished it. Unde
his able managementit will doubtless be vel
patronized.
The Somerset and Western Piscataqui
Bee Keepers Association will hold meeting
at Kings hotel No. Cornville, on the l0tl
day of May. Papers, reports, and discus
sions on the management of bees, will be
prominent feature of the occasion.
The latest proposal concerning the ne,
school house at Pittsfield is that $1,000
. building be erected to accommodate all tn
!! public schools of the village. The citizen
are pushing the matter.
Pittsfield's valuation has increased $40
600 during the past year.
The Indian Spring wooden mills at Madiso
are nearly completed and the n,achiner
nearly set Work will be commenced in
few days.
The Madison Wooden mills are running I
their full capacity with large orders ahead.
FAIRFIELp.-Our correspondent write
April 20; Oliver Hay and family of Portlan
are visiting at Geo Guilifers.--Geo Newhal
of the firm Lawrence Philips & Co. returne
from the lake Wednesday The "Willn
Workers" met Wednesday Z. NJ with Mrs
b. G.. Foss.-A. IL. Duren is making som
Improvements on the interior of his house. =
A good number went from here to the Bango
convention.-Mis Abbie King, Supervisor o
the schools of Benton was in town Wednes
day.-D. W. Foye has been making som
changes in his store and given it new dres
of paint and paper which very much improve
the looks "A very sudden death occurre
here this a. NJ. Mrs. James IIodgkins Twin
on Benton Hill complained of pain in he
side and DIR. fash was called. He did not a
he supposed find any serious trouble and wa
preparing some light medicine when the pa
ticnt made "A slight noise and was dead Mrs
lIodgkins was good christian woman yer
dear to her friends. She leaves husband
one daughter the wife of DIR. w. S. Mile
of this town and in the west who vii
most sincerely mourn their loss and who hav
the sympathy of the village.
WAsHINGToN.
The land boom at st. Stephens opposit
Calais, continues. All the available land abou
Indian Point has been secured by the compan
and is being surveyed into house lots, for
water system and for sewerage Lots are i
great demand.
YORK
The BiddefOrd Times says that it has bee
decided to locate the new Thornton academ
building at the corner of Main and Farfiel
streets, about 200 feet both way 5 back from tn
street.-Mrs. Abby Morton Daz, presiden
of the Woman's Educational and Industria
Union of Boston is soon to visit Saco.-
Wednesday afternoon farmer who lives i
Scarboro drove into Saco with a man, whor
he had found so he said, lying by the road
side in the woods near the Scarboro line. TIL
farmer said that the man was talking an
shouting to himself as he came upon him, an
! not liking to leave him, he finally persuade
him to get into the wagon. All attempts I
find out who the man was while coming I
town proved fruitless as he would answer NJ
questions intelligibly, but kept up a con
tinual mumbling to himself running fror
one subject to another in manner whic
evinced unmistakable insanity. No one i
Saco recognized the man until Geo Hodgdo
got look at him and he at once pronouncs
the man to be Shirley Stone. Others 500
recognized him and he was taken to the hous
of his brother George
Effects of Climate.