Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-15

poplar are arriving by rail daily for the I nj
bagog Pulp Co. A. Record is also purciias
ing quantities of spruce for his pulp mills.
We have two large pulp mills in operation
here and third in process of erection
kENSEBEc-
WEST PITTsroS.-Our correspondent writes
Feh.14: The Independent Ice Co finished
filling their houses at upper last "Wednesday,
and at lower place last Saturday They
filed five rooms at upper place. or 1900
tons. They had about Is, 900 tons of ice at
this place which they kept over from last
winter. which gives them $4,000 tons at
upper place. Their lower houses were all
empty and they have stored them full this
winter. They have capacity of % 900 tons,
which gives them total of 10000 tons of
the best ice that was ever pnt up on the ken-
nebec river.-We understand that the knick-
erbocker lee Co. finished filling their houses
on Tuesday of last week. and are now stack
ing several thousand tons, but will finish some
time this week. They will put up about
81 900 tons this winter.-Clarke & Chaplin
at Goodwin's Point, finished filling their houses
last Saturday.-The Consumers Ice Co.,
Weeks, finished filling four of their rooms
last "Wednesday. We understand that they
will not fill the other two rooms. We should
judge that they have housed about 10000
tons. The Great Falls Ice
Co. sent their horses back to
Washington. d. c. last Wednesday,
b. +. Fuller is quite sick with bad cold
Church Nash and wife of Nobleboro have
been visiting their daughter Mrs. Alfred
Haskell of this place. They returned home
last Saturday The remains of William
Folsom who died at the Sailors Home, Stat
en- Island, New York, arrived at this place
on Monday of last week. The funeral was
held on Tuesday at the residence of his sis
ter, Mrs. Z. NJ. Morton. The deceased was
| II years of age. His remains were placed in
a private tomb in Gardiner. He leaves quite
| a number of relatives at this place to mourn
| his loss Waverly McCobb has been
| sick, threatened with fever. DIR. Strout was
called and succeeded in breaking il up and he
| is now doing nicely. B. Church of Wash
ington, ID. c., President of the Independent
| Ice Co. arrived in town last Saturday
George Stanley a widow woman about Il
years of age had shock on Tuesday of last
week. She is recovering slowly.-Daniel
Booker is quite sick, threatened with lung
| fever.
RIVERSIDE. - Our correspondent writes :;
Mrs. Mills has had her hay pressed, and
has sold it TO Benjamin Gardner of Augusta.
1t is choice hay, and will command a good
price. Mrs. Mills has also sold her valuable
cow to William Mills of South China
Charles Winter of Augusta was in the place
Tuesday, the guest of James S. Emery
John &. Hall died on the 9TH inst, aged 90
years-the oldest man in the town.--W. A.
Austin, our mail carrier, attended the annual
encampment of the Department of Maine,
held in Portland last week The banquet
was given by Bosworth Post No. 2, in City
Hail. Friday evening, Feb 10th. The ban
quet cost Bosworth Post S500-a very gener-
Gus repast. The menu was very elaborate,
and all that could be asked.-George w.
Smiley leaves here tomorrow to work in the
hospital for the insane in Providence, r. l.
There is to be a meeting in the grange hall
Monday evening to make arrangements for
the butter factory in Wateryille. The man
ayers of the contemplated factory want 800
cows or the cream they will make, from
Vassalboro, Sidney, Winslow, Waterville and
Fairfield, the cream to be sent to Waterville
every day on the cars.-The Good Templars
in this place, last Saturday evening, had a
hulled corn and milk supper.-Albert Foster
is having his boards hauled to the depot. He
has sold them to manufacturing company in
Watervile. The thermometer in this place
Monday at sunrise was 10 degrees below
zero.-Mr. Baker, at his sawmill does not
have sufficient water to run his mill more
than half the time.-Men were on the road
Sunday shoveling snow, the drifts making the
roads impossible.
i CEDAR GRovE.-Our correspondent writes,
Feb. II: Capt. John Alley got badly hurt re-
Gently but it is hoped there are no bones
broken.-Ther6 is good deal of sickness.
Mrs. NJ. o. Twycross is improving slowly.
Mrs. n. J. Thomas is recovering from bilious
fever. DIR. G. l.. Simpson attended them.
Bad colds are prevalent.