Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-02
STATE NEWS.
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grinders in his pulp mill at this place--A |
cold wave passed over Tuesday and Wednes |
day. the thermometer going down TO two de- |
grees below.--Maine is not the worst place. |
A resident of this place, who is spending the |
winter in California, reports in a letter TO a
relative that in January the thermometer ran
down to &c below, with nearly two feet of
snow on the ground.-Some of the old resi- |
dents say it is the coolest winter in that sec
ton for years. If Won are going to Califor-
mia strike some other section of the State for
there is plenty of fresh air in old Maine.--W.
P. Cannon returned from Boston. Monday
Mr. Cannon is about to move to Peru where
he will engage in the manufacture of cloth
ing.-S. w Burbank went 10 Dixfield We'd
nesday.-The I. o. o. F will go TO Dixfeld
the sth of the month to do some work in the
lodge there.-Fortunately no one was injured
by the bursting stone of one of the griniiers
in Records mill Tuesday. The attendant
was placing wood into the machine at the
time. but escaped without receiving a
scratch.--Geo. Chandler, hardware dealer.
has engaged a. tnsmith. Ed. Thompson of
Canton.--A Baptistrv is to be put into the
Baptist house. \ building committee were
chosen Wednesday night.-Wells are low
and some parties are obliged 10 have water
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town warrant to license Hiram March to run
billiard hall.--H. \. Elliott, harnesmaker
called your correspondents attention to a pair
of pure white rats which are allowed to run
in the shop. They are peculiar pets, and
Mr., c. thinks a great deal of them. They
are not afraid of strangers as of cats Besides
the old pair there is nest of eight little white
fellows that looked like miniature pigs These
arethree weeks old and seem as tame as do the
old ones. The children have great times
with them. Miss Mamie Dane who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Asher Horn of
Pennington returned Wednesday Mr. John
Record went to Lewiston Thursday III m
bagog Pulp Company shipped West for the
mouth of February between $50 and 800 tons
of dry board, for box making. Nearly all
products of this mill are shipped to the
West.-Ciear and cold Thursday morning,
thermometer at zero.
The Lisbon Falls Cooperative Association
held its third annual meeting, Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 2Sth The treasurer's report
stated the capital stock to exceed $4,000
clear OF all encumberances; total sales for
the past six months nearly SIS ,0o0. Sl75.-
90 of the net profits was set aside to establish
a sinking fund Dividend five per cent. on
purchases. The officers elected for the
ensuing year are; President Fenton Haigh;
Second Director, X. NJ. Small: Third
Direcor, George Canaan; Sec, Elmer L.
Gordon; Treas. q. $. White; Auditor. F.
NJ. Holland.
Detective Laughton of Lewiston recently
ran down an embezzler in New Jersey who
had stolen $3.50 from business house in
that state. He tracked the fellow into his
hiding place and brought him to time.
The Sunday School convention at the
Baptist church, Lisbon Falls, Saturday, was
very entertaining, although few were in
attendance on account of the storm The
officers for the next year are Chas God
dard, Pres; W. d. Plummer, Vice Pres. :;
Alice Canham, Sec. and Treas The asso-
citation voted to hold four sessions each year,
the next one to be held in May with the
Friends school at South Durham.
ARoosTooK.
The following carloads were shipped from
floulton station for the week ending Feb.
%: hay, %; potatoes, 10; leather, 2 :;
shingles, 9; oats. miscellaneous, ) ::
lumber, s. Total, 63 cars.
CUMBERLAND.
The improved Order of Red Men is less
than a year old in Portland but it has grow IN
about a fortnight with one hundred members,
making two tribes in the city with an aggre-
gate of over $50 members. Among the order
are included gentlemen in every walk of life
including many of our most prominent men.
Fraternity Lodge |. q. o. f. at Wood
fords is closing its second year with very
prosperous term. The y. G., Mr. W w.
Mitchell, conferred the initatory upon eleven
candidates last Monday evening, all young
men.
Mr.. F. 5. Hunnewell, of the Bangor rheo
logical Seminary, has accepted a call from
the Congregational church at Warren. to be-
come its pastor.
PENoEsCoT.
As the St. John train was passing Malta
wamkeag Wednesday, horse and sleigh,
with no occupants, came along and the
engine struck the team, killing the horse and
demoshng the sleigh. The debris was
found on the front of the engine when the
train reached Vim. Inquiry from Malta
wamkeag failed to discover any owner to the
team, which was probably a runaway
| Two Bangor boys named Harrison and
Kelsey were scufiing, Saturday, when they
got into trouble with hoy named William
Jones. about ten years old who became
angry because they ran into him aud pushed
him, and drawing penknfe stabbed the
Harrison boy slightly three times. Young
Jones was arrested and discharged after pay =
ing costs, reports the Wing.
SOMERSET.
Omar and William Clark are putting in a
new lumber mill at Carratunk village. 1t
will contain rotary saw. clapboard, shingle
and lathe machines and paner. all new i'm
| proved machinery. The rotary, wheel, shat
ting. pulleys, etc, are being manufactured
| by W. F. Bacon of Skowhegan. G. A. Bar
nard is to have charge of the erection of the
building and putting in the machinery.
| The Selectman and Treasurer of the town
of Smithteld have their report all made up
for the year ending Feb. 9th, 1883 Valua-
ton of real and personal estate, SPA 1913
amount of tax assessed, S2732. 10, expended
for schools, S721.l0; roads and bridges
S267 So poor S33s93; town expenses
$500 80 paid on town debt. S223: liabilities
S3s60,9s; resources, S36s0.36;
/ WALDO.
| BELFAsT.-.I. III. Sanborti, a son of Joseph
Sanborn has invented and patented a lobster
/ trap made entirely of wire. with wire netting
| for heading Several of these traps, which
are more than twice the size of the ordinary
lobster pot. have been made.--The Soldiers
Monument Association propose to go ahead
this season and put up the monument which
the Grand Army Post here have been so long
striving to obtain. They have now got S2300
toward the monumental petition has been
circulated here for signatures in the interest
of salmon fishermen on the Penobscot waters
The petition asks that the fishermen be
allowed to catch salmon unmolested. from the
18th of April to the 18th of July (as has been
the custom for fifteen years. until the deci-
sion of the Law Court in the case of Thomp-
son VS.. Dow is announced.-Ch F. CHM
of the firm of Ellis CHM of this city. met
with severe accident early Sunday morning
He placed ladder against the bay window
and was cutting ice out of the gutter when
the foot of the ladder slipped. letting him
fall to the ground Mr.. CHM managed to get
into the house and a surgeon was sent for,
who found a forward dislocation of the right
shoulder and fracture of the portion of the
shoulder blade.