Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-21
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Lakeside Press Likely to go to Port
laDd-Boom Breaks at Skowhegan

The Baptist church at Damarscotta and
Newcastle has extended call to Rev. f. C.
Whittemore of Auburn.
Mrs. s. II. Atwood Of Skowhegan had the
misfortune, recently, to break both bones of
her right ankle.
Hon Fred n. Dow has been invited to de-
! liver the address at the tripnnai festival of
the Mechanics Association.
The Northeastern Somerset Cattle Show
and Fair is billed to come off at Athens Sat
uriay, Sept 2sth or if rainy the Monday fol-
lowing, Sept Both.
| poor widow living in Saco raised a few
pumpkins and squashes upon little piece of
land and Friday night thieves carried them
all away before she hsd used any.
| The Soush Aroostook Teachers Associa-
ton will hold its next annual meeting in
| IIoulton, Oct. l and 2 State Supt. Luce
and other educators from abroad will be
present.
| Harry Gage, of Pftsfeld while fooling
with loaded pistol the other day, succeed
| ed in discharging the weapon. the bullet
passing through one hand. DR. Griffin fixed
him up quite comfortably, and he is getting
| along nicely.
| A load Of corn hauled to the Skowhegan
factory by r. o, Hight measured 100 bush
| els before husking and G6 bushels after. II
was husked by seven hands in two hours and
made 1890 lbs. of corn for the can. good
load OF good corn.
| The fall change of time upon the Maine
| Central will go into effect Oct. :. On and
after that date the night Pullman train will
| be run TO and from Bath every night of the
week, connecting Bath. Lewiston, Portland,
Bangor and Boston with night train service.
No ~. the "new train east from Port
| land at 05 will be continued on the Maine
| Central, but dropped from Boston. to be
| again resumed as a through train at the ne 1t
season Of summer travel. 1t will be fore
noon train from Portland to Waterville via
| Augusta.
| 1t ia possible that all the Allan and Do.
| minion line steamers may run direct between
/ Liverpool and Portland this winter, without
touching at Halifax. This il. on account OF
the government giving the Andersons Of Lon
| don the mail contracts on account Of the
| Canadian Pacific competition.
| Levi McAllster of Norway burn, his lef,
| hand severely the other day while perform
| ing bis duties as fireman At the shoe factory
| He had been handling some cement in which
| nsph;ha ha been mixed. and the heat from
the furnace while he was putting in wood ig
nite the infismmsble liquid which had got on
/ hi. hands
4 meeting of the stockholders Of the Lake
side Press was held in Portland Thursday
afternoon. Hon. L. D. " Sweat was chair.
man and Bion Wilson secretary. It va,
voted to raise s25 900 in addition to the
s25 000 already subscribed. and az soon a.
the subscription reaches that amount the
Lakeside Press will remove to Portland.
d. Fl Young Of Lincoln, Neb.. formerly
Of Sorxay. has become interested in til,
manufacture Of violins made from cremon,
wood that grows in Maine. Some three hun
dred vioiins made from Maine grown cremon,
wood are nov being made for Mr.. Young In
Germany. The violins made from this voot
are the best in the world.
The old Indian Head Carving Place
which forms the eastern boundary Of th,
mouth Of the New Meadows river. has re
Gently been purchased by Horace ". Sar
gent, of the firm Of Sargent, Lord Ski
Iings. Of Portland. II is understood that
Is the intention of the owner to convert
into . summer resort, and next year . mum
ber Of cottages will be built.
Il At skovhegsn there il over eight fee
rise Of water Weston's boom Il Madisol