Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-22

| Beams Corner.
Trustees of the Fayette Butter Factory
were in this place to make arrangements for
collecting cream, and met with fair pros
| pect of success.
| FdrmiAgtoa.
| New pupils are being received at the Nor
NAL School near every day. The al end
ance the last half of this term promises to be
much larger than it was the first half.-A ly-
| ceum has been or yanized with the follow ng
officers: President, NJ. w. Bessey; Vice
| President. o. p. Bracket; Secretary, NJ SIS
| Lillian Brown; Com. on entertainment, NJ
Knowles, Misses Hutehins and Varney.
The first meeting will be held Friday eve
ming, Sept. 2lst.
| Lireymore.
The apple crop through Livermore and
East Livermore will be good, much ahead
of early expectations. This will help out
the farmers who have lost heavily by the
recent frosts. The potato crop was fair
one in this section.
Phillips.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Board of
Trade was held on Tuesday afternoon, and a
good number in attendance. The matter of
establishing a creamery was discussed
|
and Henry Butterfeld-was chosen to can
vass this vicinity and see how many cows
can be pledged. Other important matters
| were transacted.
jay.
Work is rapidly progressing on the large
pulp works being built here by A. Record of
Lvermore Falls.--The Maine Central are
building side track from their station to
Records Pulp Works, distance of half q
4 mile. This will bring many hands into the
place, and it is thought there will be much
improvement in business of all kinds
The new county road running from this
place to Livermore Falls is finished. The
contract was let to a Readfield party who
agreed to build the same for 81 200. The
town has accepted of the road and paid down
the cash.
Strong.
The Franklin Packing Company of Port
land have erected two buildings for the pur-
pose of packing corn and fruits on the S, r.
X. r., just as it enters Strong village. The
storehouse is 100 it. long and perhaps 80 it.
wide and is placed broadside to the X. II.
| with a side track laid so that freight may be
taken to and from its very doors. At dis
lance of about IS feet and at nearly right
angles with it, is the cutting room and bath
room and boiler house. This building is 40
fl. in length. In the yard formed by the
angle of the two buildings are two large busk-
ing sheds, capable of holding forty separate
lots. The factory is complete in every res
pect and furnished with all the modern i'm
proved machinery.
| PENoBsCoT.
Garland:
Mr.. John Y. Hamiltons corn factory STRAIT
ed up Monday. but was obliged to shut down
for lack of corn on Tuesday, it not being
ripe enough to pick. He has about 30 men
and women at work at present, but will need
a much larger force when he gets fully at
work.-The frost did not do quite as much
damage as at first thought the farms situated
en- the high hills not being touched by it.
SOMERSET.
Nerporttandi
John Tinkham of Arson ,was in town Sept.
I, looking for lots of unsold wool, offering
30 cents; most Of the farmers sold earlier in
the season for % to q per pound.
East Madison:
The calk factory of Thompson & Reed
which suspended operations year ago, has
again started and isranning its hammers full
time. The wooden mill, under the manage
ment of Mr.. Brennan, is getting well under
: way and although not yet working up to its
full capacity, is turning out g. cd amount
of cloth.
West Hartldad:
Thompson & McMaster arrived home last
Tuesday with about 100 head of cattle from
the Aroosto0k. They started with $50 head.
Next day they started them for Richmond
and Gardiner. They are noted stock men.
Canaan.
Josiah Fernad won three ribbons at the
State Fair al Lewiston last week for his
three nice colts of Edmnnds Knox blood
Mr. J. II. Dodge and wife from Burnham
have been visiting friends in this town and
Skowhegan. They intend to start for Cali
fornia in October to spend the winter
II. c. Fernald is at home from Lowell, Mass
Geo. f. Farnham is at work for Atwood
& Co. on the new pulp mill at Skowhegan.
MIR. John Lane, who died at his residence
in Waterville, of paralysis was for mum
Der of years a wealthy farmer in this town,
and his remains were brought to this village
for interment Tuesday lSth.-It is quite
sickly and many are suffering from severe
colds.