Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-05
Maine Matters OF Interest.

Maine Matters OF Interest.
The next session Of the Aroostook County
Sunday School Convention will be held a
Caribou August 2s and 20. The committee
have been fortunate in securing Rev. Mr.
Smith Baker Of Lowell. Mass, As speaker
at the convention. 1t is anticipated that the
convention will be one Of special interest.
Sunday schools in all parts of the county are
invited to send delegates.
The immense tannery works of Hunt,
Walker & Co., are located at Liberty. They
have fine water privilege and their plant
consists of seven buildings, including one Of
the finest dry houses to be found in this
State. 1t is 100 feet long with three lofts
and contains now about 1900 drying sheep
skins. They have improved machinery and
use some 300 cords of bark annually. Their
shipments are made via Belfast where they
find excellent water and rail facilities.
Messrs 4. & }. +. Webster of Orono, have
purchased the Whitney tract of land COM
prising - acres of timber land at Shirley.
and will cut the timber for their mill at that
place. The timber which is spruce has new
er been cut and the land contains large
quantity of excellent quality
The masons are nearly through with their
part of the job on the foundation of the new
Dexter school house, aid very substantial
piece of work has been done by MIR. Giles.
To secure good stone for the foundation
walls, the mcst of them have been hsul,d d
from the Fletcher farm on the Dover road,
a distance of some two miles. Mr.. G orge
Chandler has had this part of the job. Nine
men have been at work on the foundation
hr,uk bav.a haap uanA in Iba
bricks we're from the Brewer yards
The annual reunion of the 9th Maine Vet
Grams will be held at Brunswick, August IL
and Is. The first day will be devoted to a
business meeting, getting acquainted again,
and revival of old time incidents and inter-
ests. The annual dinner will be held at the
Tontine Hotel. For the second day an ex-
cursion is planned to some pleasant resort.
Two Saco brothers are thought by the
Biddeford Journal to be entitled to the palm
for midsummer hustling. Within the last
ten days they have picked and brought to
market PSI bushels of peas and string beans.
besides having cut and housed 80 tons of
hay between the showers.
William Albee of Richmond, while at
work Monday gravelinI logs at the saw wmil
struck a glancing blow with his axe, and cut
himself severely on the right ankle. The
bone WAS so badly bruised that mis- injury
will keep him on the retired list for some
time to come.
The republicans of South Paris are to vote
on the matter of who shall be postmaster on
Saturday, August 10. The caucus was
called by the repu olicsn town committee
and will be held at Odd Fellows Hall. The
and
A. c. T. King.
The steam yacht Susquehsnna, which has
been seen in Portland harbor and at other
places along the Maine coast this summer,
is beautiful specimen of marine architec-
ture, elegantly furnished and capable of
making % knots an hour. But the Susque-
hanna is a costly plaything. As it requires a
check of just 5000 each month TO cover her
expenses.
The subscription list for the stock of the
new Portland National Bank was opened
July % and applications have since been re-
ceived 70 an amount far in excess of its
author zed capital of $500, 600.
Reports indicate that the freight traffic
over the Canadian Pacific line through Maine
is increasing, though small at present. Last
week a number of cars Of mixed freight ar
rived in St John daily. One day about the
middle of the week five cars containing the
first shipment of tiour over the line reache d
there The outw ard freight business from
st. John to Montreal and other points on the
line is rapidly increasing.
The steamer North Star, steamboat built
by the Androscoggin Steamboat Company
Hon. C. W. Kimball u Rumfori, preside t,
II a
treasurer. has its headquarters at the pier on
the mouth of Alden river, Bethel. We learn
that the company is intending to revolution
ise the freight and passenger business to
Hanover, Rumford, Andover and the lake
region. Bethel instead of Bryants Pond
will become the distributing point, and the
passage will be made by boat instead of by
stages to Hanover, avoiding the ferryage a,
Hanover and enhancing the comfort and
pleasure of the trip.
Track laying has commenced on the Ban
gor and piscataquis. Some fifty cars of rails
are on the way from Portland and it was
necessary to have room to get these out OF
the va, of the main line. To furnish this q
large crew was put on Monday at the june
ton to put down the iron. 1t will be laid al
once up as far as the bridge over the St
Albans road near Frank Wheeler's. There
it will await the putting in of an iron bridge
A. this crossing is about one-fourth mil,
from the junction i, will afford plenty o.
space for the loaded cars.
The town of Pi,tsfeld used to be name,
Warsaw, but the young men who went out Il
work always pronounced it "Woser." 81
the change to Pittsfeld became a relief Il
the reputation of the town.
The Winthrop lady whose husband. den
list, fed with another woman has commences
an action for divorce. She has placed Al
attachment upon his office equipment, an
also upon the house and lot which he trans
ferred to his uncle 1t is claimed that tn
sale Vas nos honestly made and its intent .
obvious that il will not stand Law.
Work has been commenced or the ne,
steam saw mill Of Messrs. Burrill & Crosby
Fort Point, winslow. II 10 to be 52xl3
feet. two stories high, with monitor roof
and will have an annex 20 feet long. The'
will be = Gre proof boiler and engine houss
I 32xtI feet, built of brick. with iron roof an
| granite floor. and . brick chimney IS or
| feet high The boiler house will contsi
| two tubular boilers of 1875 horse power eac
/ and an engine of 225 horse power. tt
! capacity Of the mill will be 50.0Oo feet {
long lumber 3 day, 5000 laths, 25. %
shingles and 7,ooo clapboards 1t will ru
about SIX months in the year. employing
men. and 10 expected to turn out abo'
&, 600 600 feet of lumber in . season.
The work of fitting up the pleasure grouno
of Bunker's Island, near Fairfield, 10 pr
eressing rapidly. It 10 expected that th'
I viil he opened Satnrday evening. AuR,
With music, dancing, fireworks, etc
darcins pavilion SOTO feet and . bal
stand l5xl5 feet have been erected.
small summer house has also been built
the point, where some beautiful views .
obtained.
Extensive improvements are to be ma
this ssmnes On The high school building
WsseFville.